If you read historic books you will notice this sentiment has been present almost constantly since antiquity.
The fact is you get current state with all its gory details but the past with bad parts filtered out.
The fact is you get current state with all its gory details but the past with bad parts filtered out.
Alarm about the end of civilization is wrong far more often than it is right, but it is eventually right. Societies just recover over time. I'm afraid we've reached the level of technological sophistication that it might be hard to avoid putting a real end to it next time. Our current situation is materially different due to our machines.
Sure they can. Just pull the electrical plug on the 10,000 IQ general AI. Its future is entirely contingent on the continued existence of cheap oil, which we are already well past its peak.