John Michael Greer predicts the unavoidable extinction of the industrial world
In 1969 population biologist Paul Ehrlich published a short work of fiction entitled “Eco-Catastrophe!” in a now-defunct, leftist magazine called Ramparts. In a terrifying story of Earth’s deteriorating environment, Ehrlich described widespread pollution, unfettered population growth, precarious food production, dying oceans, the eradication of sea life, the disappearance of birds and explosion of pesticide-resistant insects. ...