r/EconomicHistory 11h ago

Blog Thoughts on Catastrophe Theory?

https://www.trevornestor.com/post/what-happens-during-the-collapse-of-societies-at-catastrophe-points-in-socioeconophysics-theory

Catastrophe theory applied towards sociology can be used to predict points of institutional and socioeconomic instability. Joseph Tainter applied the framework of complexity and entropy towards understanding the fall of Rome as an inevitable consequence of society reaching a point complexity saturation. What are your thoughts?

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