Not sure I share the same doom and gloom, but this is spot on: "Because there is little public understanding of how complex systems operate, collapse tends to take almost everyone by surprise." and "A system that loses its “circuit breakers” is less resilient than one which retains these features".
It could be wildfires, a pandemic or a financial crisis. The super-rich will flee to their bunkers – the rest of us will have to fend for ourselves, writes columnist George Monbiotwww.theguardian.com