Mind Map of Global Civilizational Collapse
(Non-Kairos references)
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Thomas Homer-Dixon. The Upside of Down: catastrophe, creativity and the renewal of civilization. Island Press, 2006 [summary]
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Paul Ormerod. Why Most Things Fail: evolution, extinction and economics. Wiley; 2005 [extracts]
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