Thoughts on Disaster
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The Peripheral
Might catastrophe be used as a form of population control?
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Collapse
When civilizations collapse from environmental degradation, it's often because they're unable to reconcile their values with those required for adaptation.
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The Alchemist
Societies and individuals obey different, sometimes conflicting, moral systems.
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The Shock Doctrine
The most nefarious looters in the aftermath of a disaster are sometimes the policymakers responding to it.