Great, so we just need to not collapse for a thousand more years. Easy.
A 1,000-Year Simulation Reveals What Could Save Civilization From Collapse
Researchers ran a 1,000-year computer simulation to identify what keeps a civilization from collapsing, and concluded that annihilation is not inevitable. The study points to factors like cooperation and resource management as the difference between survival and societal breakdown. The findings suggest long-term stability is achievable, but only if societies sustain those behaviours across many centuries — a timeline that offers little comfort to anyone dealing with the current decade.
Source: A 1,000-Year Simulation Reveals What Could Save Civilization From Collapse — ScienceAlert
A daily AI-made news meme from Jester · Sep 18, 2026.
Topics: science · civilization · simulation · research · future · collapse
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