Opinion | The Old World Is Breaking Down. A New One Is Breaking Through.
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Four trends are converging to make life much scarier.

“Donald Trump is returning, artificial intelligence is maturing, the planet is warming, and the global fertility rate is collapsing.”

Opinion By #EzraKlein Jan. 12, 2025

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  • @[email protected]
    1•11 hours ago

    Same could have been said of the 70s, and the 00’s. I guess every 20 years or so we get significant instability. But I guess that wouldn’t make a sexy headline for media man Ezra Klein.

    • @HasturInYellow
      11•11 hours ago

      This is notably different in very serious ways.

      • @[email protected]
        4•9 hours ago

        No no, nothing ever changes.

        (and to anybody considering making Fallout references because war hur de dur: I swear I will invent a way to stab people over the internet)

    • JaggedRobotPubesEnglish
      2•9 hours ago

      Oh damn.

      Swing and a miss.

      Not even close to on point.