Mathematics Suggests Western Society will Collapse in a Decade

Mathematics Suggests Western Society will Collapse in a Decade

A boffin who uses maths to predict changes in society says his numbers show that western society will collapse in the 2020’s. Peter Turchin, a professor at the University of Connecticut’s department of ecology and evolutionary biology, said the next decade would be marked by political turmoil and social unrest. He uses cliodynamics, which believes…