>"In 1972, MIT scientists predicted that society will collapse by 2040. Learn why author Gaya Herrington believes this theory is on track."

The new study offers plotted the MIT team’s projections against actual, tangible data on economic development and resource extraction in order to see how far down the road to oblivion we’ve traveled.

Back in 1972, a team of MIT scientists published research predicting the end of our current industrial civilization within the 21st century.