When there is pressure for leaders to respond to problems or crises, they often simply intensify their efforts in their particular defined… — Arthur Demarest Challenges Copy Share Image
With apologies to the green movement, "sustainability" is a myth. History and archaeology show that societies are always moving to the edge… — Arthur Demarest Apology Copy Share Image
“When you examine societies just as self-confident as ours that unraveled and were eventually swallowed by the jungle...you see that the balance… — Arthur Demarest Ecology Copy Share Image
The key strengths of civilizations are also their central weaknesses. You can see that from the fact that the golden ages of… — Arthur Demarest Age Copy Share Image
On the future of the U.S., or of Western civilization in general, I tend to be quite pessimistic. I would say that… — Arthur Demarest Pessimistic Copy Share Image
No society can sustain unlimited growth - none ever has. History demonstrates that expectations of infinite growth lead to collapse. Unfortunately, millennia… — Arthur Demarest Copy Share Image
The possible signs of a coming collapse are the same as the greatest strengths of Western civilization: democracy, capitalism, the generally peaceful… — Arthur Demarest Capitalism Copy Share Image
These strengths, and our civilization in general, have reached an apogee with the end of the apocalyptic threats of the Cold War… — Arthur Demarest Copy Share Image
"Hypercoherence" is one of the most dangerous threats to the long-term survival of our civilization. Hypercoherence is the close efficient linkage of… — Arthur Demarest Communication Copy Share Image
Leaders may recognize that they are not addressing the real problems, but they rationalize their actions with the argument that they must… — Arthur Demarest Action Copy Share Image
One of our great strength, world capitalism, is the most successful economic system possible, but has also become one of shorter and… — Arthur Demarest Business Copy Share Image
