Open the Future: An Eschatological Taxonomy
Back in December Jamais Cascio came up withan eschatological taxonomy to categorize the various kinds and severities of apocalypse scenarios. Below is the quick summary, but the full version includes examples, chances of survival (of civilization, humanity, or biological life itself), etc.
- Regional Catastrophe
- Human Die-Back
- Civilization Extinction
- a. Human Extinction-Engineered
- b. Human Extinction-Natural
- Biosphere Extinction
- Planetary Extinction
Nice to have a vocabulary to talk about what we’re up against. Cheer up, that disaster on the news is only category 1.