‘Gloomies, we won’t let the world end’ | The matter

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OPINION Sebastien Valkenberg, cultural philosopher

Gloomy trumps, when fifty years ago the Club of Rome outlined a doomsday scenario for the planet. The prophets of doom had not reckoned with the inventiveness of man, argues Sebastien Valkenberg. “There’s no need to be pessimistic about the future.”

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