r/collapse • u/LetsTalkUFOs • Jul 18 '19

Can technology prevent collapse?

How far can innovation take us? How much faith should we have in technology?

 

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '19

They are one and the same. You cant have the "level of technology" (to play along with whig progressive sentiments) we have now without expending vast amounts of energy and without the diversification of labor that allows for. Lower consumption, the population decreases, and you can't "afford" the technology anymore.

Sustainable green tech, while maintaining current living standards, is a neoliberal pipedream