{"id":32784,"date":"2026-06-30T17:47:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=32784"},"modified":"2026-06-30T17:47:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:47:36","slug":"mit-predicts-societal-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2026\/06\/mit-predicts-societal-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"MIT Predicts Societal Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The general living quality of the common person has become equal or better than that of rulers in the greatest empires of history. However, the sustainability of our modern society is fragile, and the future is uncertain. And on the current global path, one of MIT&#8217;s greatest prediction models shows that our society could very well collapse in the next 14 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"MIT Has Predicted that Society Will Collapse in 2040 | Economics Explained\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kVOTPAxrrP4?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What does\u00a0<strong>\u201ctoo much weight given\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0mean? <em>\u201cIs the fact that this report is ahead of schedule actually something to be worried about or is this all just a case of <strong>too much weight being given<\/strong> to statistical correlations?.\u201d<\/em> Use this phrase in a sentence. Give a similar expression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does\u00a0<strong>\u201chedged their bets\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>mean?<em>\u00a0\u201cWell like good economists, the researchers <strong>kinda hedged their bets<\/strong>.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>se this expression in a sentence. Give a similar expression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>by all accounts<\/strong>\u201d mean?<em>\u00a0\u201c<strong>By all accounts<\/strong>, this is what you would consider a complete collapse of society<\/em>.<em>\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Use this idiom in a sentence. Give a similar expression.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do you believe MIT&#8217;s prediction will come to pass? Why or why not?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Will humans be able to survive a societal collapse? 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