The Collapse?
The Collapse?
Imagine if hundreds of years from now, scientists excavated the abandoned ruins of some of our largest cities, what conclusions would they come to?It happened to the Romans, the Anasazi, and the Mayans and, inevitably, one day our own modern civilization will also fall. In this two hour special discover how a future civilization might be baffled as to why the population of these once-great cities would suddenly abandon their technology and architecture, and turn their homes into ghost towns.Some experts believe that there is a very real risk this could happen, and the collapse of the world as we know it is closer than we think.
Examining the parallels between cultures separated by hundreds of years, explore whether the key to preventing such a global collapse today could lie in finding renewable alternatives to our dwindling energy supplies and sustainable resources. Can we learn from the mistakes of the past before it’s too late?
Aftermath: Population ZeroThe book is so much better than this. This has so much filler and this whole pretend "documentary from the future" just seems silly to me, personally. The book is straight forward and chock full of actual research, statistics, etc. so I realise it could be a bit academic to read, and could stand to be more concise, but I found it went far more in depth, covered more civilisations and landscapes, plus you don't have all the melodramatic music like this doc.
Imagine if one minute from now, every single person on Earth disappeared. All of us. What would happen to the world without humans?
How long would it be before our nuclear power plants erupted, skyscrapers crumbled and satellites dropped from the sky?
What would become of the household pets and farm animals? And could an ecosystem plagued with years of pollution ever recover?
Similar to the History Channel’s special Life After People, Aftermath features what scientists and others speculate the earth, animal life, and plant life might be like if humanity no longer existed, as well as the effect that humanity’s disappearance would have on the artifacts of civilization.
I am not sure if I chose right forum where to post this thread but according to this "I think I did.Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.It is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational argument.[3] The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophia), which literally means "love of wisdom".
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Originally Posted by Charrua
if I were you. Every era has doomsayers; the doomsayers of the modern era turn their prophecies into documentaries.
