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Escape velocity will not be viable for the majority...Tainter and Dimond stated one day it just simply ceased.

The Roman soldiers were at Hadrian's Wall and one day walked away when they didn't get paid.


In 401 or 402 Stilicho faced wars with the Visigothic king Alaric and the Ostrogothic king ...

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Just like the uniparty imbeciles who will be told 83.3 gave a report based in being debased.
Tainter and Dimond stated one day it just simply ceased.
The discussions we had did not broach expansion.
The impediment seen was labeled as a oxymoron ...

... its way.
Maybe.

29% Of Americans Have Finally Figured Out The Problem... 71% To Go

https://risk.princeton.edu/img/Historical_Collapse_Resources/Tainter_The_Collapse_of_Complex_Societies_ch_1_2_5_6.pdf

The log three funtion is ridiculed and as known before after three days you're a non-issue with ...

... sometimes to the detriment of needed innovation or adaptation.
Declining Returns on Investment: According to theories like those of Joseph Tainter, as societies become more complex, the benefits derived from increasing complexity may diminish, leading to a state where the costs of maintaining ...

... sometimes to the detriment of needed innovation or adaptation.
Declining Returns on Investment: According to theories like those of Joseph Tainter, as societies become more complex, the benefits derived from increasing complexity may diminish, leading to a state where the costs of maintaining ...

... unless they’re capable of feeding themselves and taking care of themselves. I’m not prepared to do that. And I think most people are not.

Tainter: We passed that point a long time ago. A collapse today would mean that billions of people would die in a short period of time.

McKenzie: That ...

Joseph Tainter on The Dynamics of the Collapse of Human Civilization

https://youtu.be/JsT9V3WQiNA?t=1397

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do i think that the transition will be graceful or is there a potential for a dark age
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i'm not sure that i know and i think there is potential for a dark age
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one of the ...

... ever peaked and declined.

And one of the best works on the subject I’ve ever read is The Collapse of Complex Societies, by anthropologist Joseph Tainter.

“Collapse” is a strong word and conjures images of anarchy and death. But Tainter’s definition is more precise; “collapse” doesn’t mean that a ...

The views of two archaeologists (number 1 on the list), Demarest, professor at Vanderbilt University, and Tainter, professor at Utah State University.


This is a list of the types of specialists who might think about collapse.

1. Archaeologists - Done enough digging to realize that much of what ...

... an assumption has developed that it always ends that way. Many assume China is next in line. Those who believe that may want to reconsider. Joseph Tainter, an archaeologist who has studied the collapse of complex civilizations, considers another possibility:

Peer polities [i.e., groups of mutually ...