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Re:Steven Pinker thinks your sense of imminent doom is wrong by kipchak on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @03:42PM (#28529977)
This is essentially the premise of Peter Turchin's Ages of Discord, specifically measured in "The Double Spiral of Well-Being and Elite Overproduction".[1]

[1]https://peterturchin.com/age-of-discord/

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Re:Steven Pinker thinks your sense of imminent doom is wrong by dr_dshiv on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @05:14PM (#28531337)
Wow, Turchin is an incredible scholar. Thanks for sharing this, my mind is blown.
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