‘Collapse’ of Modern Civilization a Real Possibility ‘Ecological strain’ and ‘Economic stratification’ could bring global downfall, researchers warn Prophecies of impending doom go back a long way, but this one has the extra cachet of backing by NASA. “Ecological strain” and “economic stratification” could lead to the global fall of modern civilization within decades, researchers…
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Skyscraping Triumvirate SHANGHAI – Shanghai Tower will eventually be a sight to behold. But right now it’s nothing more than an ugly concrete cube – 15 floors’ worth, surrounded by steel girders. Hundreds of workers mill about the construction site, which is tucked in amid freeways. Passersby – women clad in pretty ensembles and elegantly…
Stubborn refusal of an order untenable The protests that break in Europe this year against the austerity policies – in Greece and France, but also to a lesser extent, Ireland, Italy, Spain – gave birth to two fictions. The first forged by the authorities and the media, based on a depoliticization of the…
It is important to put a price on nature Jan 18th 2010 THE insight that nature provides services to mankind is not a new one. In 360 BC Plato remarked on the helpful role that forests play in preserving fertile soil; in their absence, he noted, the land was turned into desert, like the bones…