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Podcast: Call It Like I See It
Episode: “The Limits of Growth” and Predicting a Collapse of Civilization; Also, Uncovering a Southbound Underground Railroad
Description: 50 years ago, the book, “The Limits of Growth,” made some controversial predictions about a potential collapse of civilization due to our culture’s unsustainable approach to growth, and James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at how the book got to its predictions and consider how things have developed since then (01:22). The guys also react to the recently uncovered history about a southbound route to freedom for enslaved Americans in the 1800s (31:38).The Infamous 1972 Report That Warned of Civilization's Collapse (Wired)Limits to Growth (pt1) | Original 1973 film about civilization collapse on schedule in 2020 (YouTube)Th...