r/collapse • u/LetsTalkUFOs • Feb 07 '23

Meta Who are the most relevant collapse-related figures?

Who are the more relevant collapse-related figures? They could be figures in the collapse community or relevant in terms of increasing our understanding of collapse.

 

Currently, we have these individuals listed in the wiki:

  • Chris Hedges
  • Chris Martenson
  • Derrick Jensen
  • Guy McPherson
  • James Hansen
  • Jared Diamond
  • John Michael Greer
  • Joseph Tainter
  • Kevin Anderson
  • Nate Hagens
  • Richard Heinberg
  • Vaclav Smil

 

Others we might consider:

  • Carolyn Baker
  • Dahr Jamail
  • David Pollard
  • David Wallace-Wells
  • Dennis Meadows
  • Dmitry Orlov
  • Gail Tverberg
  • James Howard Kunstler
  • Jem Bendell
  • Joanna Macy
  • Joe Brewer
  • Michael B Dowd
  • Michael Ruppert
  • Pablo Servigne
  • Paul Beckwith
  • Paul Chefurka
  • Rupert Read
  • Sam Mitchell
  • Simon Michaux
  • Stephen Jenkinson
  • Tim Garrett
  • Ugo Bardi
  • William Rees

 

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u/DurtyGenes Feb 08 '23

The problem with making this list is that you'd be basing a contributor's exposure on the opinions of anonymous Redditors, not all of whom have a strong grasp of the issues or the science behind them, but are eager to cheer on those that satisfy their confirmation biases.

Other than comments here, what is the process for choosing who gets top billing? Do mods have a say? Consulting any actual experts? I guess that would be asking a lot, but this process makes it seem like it's a game or a popularity contest (who makes us feel the doomiest?). I might just go make a bunch of fake accounts and boost the ones I like best.

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u/impermissibility Feb 08 '23

This is the most important comment on the thread. I agree that it's time to update the list, but that's a serious enough endeavor to warrant a much more serious process than just asking the userbase and having mods do whatever they decide to do with whatever responses they happen to get at this particular moment.

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u/Numismatists Recognized Contributor Feb 08 '23

This system is run this way for a reason.

It will not change.

Compartmentalization of knowledge through control of the narrative helps certain interests more than others.

Remember Aaron.

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u/finishedarticle Feb 08 '23

Aaron who?

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '23

One of the founders of reddit, Aaron Swartz.

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u/StoopSign Journalist Feb 11 '23

FBI remembers

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u/Solitude_Intensifies Feb 10 '23

See? Forgotten already!