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this book is based on the ideas of seneca as referenced in chapter 2
Seneca’s rapid ruin mirrored the ruin of Rome. At the time of Seneca, the first century of our era, the Roman Empire was still a powerful and majestic structure. But it had started developing the first cracks prefiguring the future collapse. The first ominous hint of the bad times to come may have been the battle of Teutoburg, in 9 CE,
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Seneca’s rapid ruin mirrored the ruin of Rome. At the time of Seneca, the first century of our era, the Roman Empire was still a powerful and majestic structure. But it had started developing the first cracks prefiguring the future collapse. The first ominous hint of the bad times to come may have been the battle of Teutoburg, in 9 CE,
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Fortune is of sluggish growth, but ruin is rapid," it highlights that decline often happens much faster than ascent, driven by reaching unsustainable limits (overshoot), resource depletion, or internal tipping points.
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the author draws various references from jared diamond & evolutionary biology to system dynamics that how intricate structures can grow overtime and collapse at once.
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when three Roman legions were ambushed and cut to pieces by a coalition of Germanic tribes .
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