Maybe the real question is not how optimistic we should be, but rather how pessimistic we should be.
It is clear to most of us that today’s out of control hyper-modern global society is unsustainable and headed for collapse due to overconfidence, overconsumption, and ecological overshoot.
But how bad will it get — very bad, or very VERY bad? How pessimistic should we be?
That’s the issue tackled in this fascinating discussion between a science fiction writer and an evolutionary biologist...
