Is society caught up in a Death Spiral? Modeling societal demise and its reversal

Just like an army of ants caught in an ant mill, individuals, groups and even whole societies are sometimes caught up in a Death Spiral, a vicious cycle of self-reinforcing dysfunctional behavior characterized by continuous flawed decision making, myopic single-minded focus on one (set of) solution(...

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Main Authors: Michaéla C. Schippers, John P. A. Ioannidis, Matthias W. J. Luijks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Sociology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2024.1194597/full