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Why the demise of civilisation may be inevitable [1]

Doomsday scenarios typically feature a knockout blow: a massive asteroid, all-out nuclear war or a catastrophic pandemic. Yet there is another chilling possibility: what if the very nature of civilisation means that ours, like all the others, is destined to collapse sooner or later?

Publication Date: 
05/04/2008
Debora MacKenzie [2]
New Scientist [3]
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