MxMad
September 6, 2026 at 10:12:24 PM
Is there a specific page or post you're commenting on? If so, link it here.:
https://two-reeler.com/blog/posts/2025-07-28-A-Laymans-Guide-to-Collapse
really love the whole design of the site, its seriously awesome! sorry in advance for how lengthy this comment will be also, lol.
found this article/guide a really interesting intro to the topic of collapse (will definitely have to start checking out the reading list at the bottom), and it helped to open my eyes to some things i hadn't considered, e.g. ai's energy consumption making "buildable" energy a less viable fix for the climate.
i had a couple of questions about the article/guide, but no pressure at all to answer - will make sure to do my own reading on it too haha, i get it's not meant to be comprehensive.
1. you touch on the topic of population growth (in particular the rapid growth in recent years), and its impact on consumption. however, many "developed" countries are now beginning to see a slowing of growth, with predicted future declines. do you believe that this is likely to be offset by the growth/development of the global south? that predicted numbers are misleading? or something else entirely?
2. you give cars as an example of humanity's actions that contribute towards death, which i found really interesting, especially the raw statistics of death. in the linked article "Car Harm", however, it seems to argue against collapse by suggesting that automobility is able to be reformed through a series of proposed interventions (with real life examples). do you believe that our currently highly consumptive lifestyles will prevent these interventions from being rolled out? if so, do you think that in a post-collapse society, these interventions could still have value, or that automobility should in some way be abandoned entirely?
all the best, and huge thanks for making such an awesome site!