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Recently, I've thought a lot about this book "The Next Apocalypse: The Art and Science of Survival" by Chris Begley, a wilderness survival instructor and archaeologist. He breaks down the popular apocalypse stories, which are usually at the least problematic, at most dangerous, and ignorant of real-life apocalypse survivors' experiences (colonization). And he names the most likely contributors to the next apocalypse: climate change, conflict, economic inequality, and the rise of authoritarianism.

So how do we survive long-term? Not by stockpiling toilet paper and weapons. The author says adaptability, flexibility and community* are keys. None of us will be able to go it alone.
He writes "basic traits like kindness, fairness, and empathy will be the foundation on which we build everything…to discard the inequity of the present and start anew."

*Of the essentials needed for survival the author includes, "Storytellers, writers, painters, and musicians will continue to be important, as they always have been."

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