NASA Funded Study Predicts Likely Civilization Collapse

April 6th, 2014

A new scientific study partially funded by NASA predicts that our current economic framework will likely cause a collapse of civilization. The study published in Ecological Economics has received much online attention recently based on its theory that previous instances of civilization collapse occurred based on the depletion of natural resources, which depletion occurred at a faster rate than necessary due to inequitable distribution of such resources. The study noted that the creation of commoner and elite segments in previous civilizations led to over consumption of resources.

Those reading between the lines can see the potential hot button political issues. Economic or scientific discussion of inequitable allocation of resources becomes an indictment of capitalism and an endorsement of a more socialist model of society. NASA has been quick to distance itself from the study. A NASA statement attached to the study provides that the Goddard Space Flight Center only partially funded the research and that the space agency in no way endorses any of its conclusions, whether related to predictions of likely civilization collapse or otherwise. If the results of the study continue to gain media traction, much discussion will focus on the study’s division of society into commoners and elites, which sounds similar to the framework adopted by Karl Marx.

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http://guardianlv.com/2014/04/nasa-funded-study-predicts-likely-civilization-collapse/