The series of interconnected risks all collapsing at the same time means its coordinated and has happened before in history. Perhaps that's why such accurate forecasts from the 1870's are coming to pass.

Ukraine. Across its eastern border is Russia and to its west-Europe. For centuries, it has been at the centre of a tug-of-war between powers seeking to control its rich lands and access to the Black Sea. 2014’s Maidan massacre triggered a bloody uprising that ousted president Viktor Yanukovych and painted Russia as the perpetrator by Western media. But was it? “Ukraine on Fire” by Igor Lopatonok.

We've been told that AI is hallucinogenic. It should have license to just make things up. Now it's not just pushing government narratives about pandemics and climate but libelling law professors and labelling innocent people as convicted criminals. Will anything slow down the race between search engine competitors to incorporate it? How about some lawsuits? Who's responsible for its lies in a world when government labels everyone they disagree with as disinfo agents.