A highly developed, bureaucratized society emancipated from nature loses resilience: when its systems suddenly fail (e.g. the 2003 North American grid failure), social order can begin to collapse within 24 hours, whereas societies accustomed to power failures have backup plans and ordered improvisation.
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John RapleyEvidence Quote
“what appears to be like chaos is actually a sort of ordered chaos... but in a society that is highly developed... within 24 hours, you kind of felt social order was collapsing”
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Rich Countries Are the Most Likely to COLLAPSE | Aaron Bastani Meets John Rapley— Novara MediaCreated: 6/18/2026, 1:57:52 PM
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