"To make the systems we depend upon more resilient ideally we would
want more redundancy within critical systems and weaker coupling between
them. Localization and de-complexification of basic needs (food, water,
waste etc) would provide some societal resilience if systems resilience
was lost. We would have more buffering at all levels, that is, larger
inventories throughout society. All this is the very opposite of the direction of economic forces.
The reason we have such tight inventories, tight coupling, and
concentration in critical infrastructure is they bring efficiency and
competitive advantage. Further, in a time of global economic stress
there is a drive towards further economic efficiency ... In general we are
locked into socioeconomic processes that are increasing
complexity-derived vulnerability. Increasing vulnerability coupled with increasing hazard mean that the
risk of a major socio-economic collapse is rising ... Further, because of
the possibility that a permanent state shift could occur, planning needs
to consider how to deal with non-reversion to pre-shock conditions."
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