In 1972 researchers at M.I.T. conducted a study that concluded that society as we know it will collapse and end prior to 2040. The study has been studied a lot and not one subsequent study has shaken its conclusion. The study was part of the reading list for a sociology class in college. I have actually lived my entire life believing this to be true simply because in 1975, before I was aware the study existed, I wrote my note for the class of 1975 time capsule (being opened this year at the reunion) and my predicition: I would not have children because the world in 50 years would be such a terrible place I could not justify bringing childen into the world.
As my wife always says: You've been right about one fucking thing your whole life and it had to be this???? On the good side I have always known that I saved too much for retirement and stopped saving 20 years ago and just let it sit, never to be used.
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last commentThings will be okay ... piece of shit lefty kooks, like icey on this site, are gradually becoming less influential. America is not done yet.
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They’ve been predicting the end of the world as long as man has walked on the face of the planet, it actually gets better with every new generation.
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Smart people have been predicting the end of the world since the beginning of time. Thankfully they have all been wrong (so far). So I’m going with that - and saving for the future and trying to set my kids up as good as possible in case the MIT 1975 study is wrong.
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I remember hearing Jay Forrester do a show and tell on that model, maybe around 1971. I think it's fair to say that the world of 1972 no longer exists, especially if you (like most people) were Chinese or Indian.
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