it was his catch phrase in Dad's Army, and it appears in this article we are, in 1972, a computer model predicted the end
of the world, from the article,
the computer model was
commissioned by the Club
of Rome, a group of scientists, industrialists and government officials
focused on solving the world's problems. The organisation wanted to know how
well the world could sustain its rate of growth based on information that was
available at the time. World1 was developed by Jay Forrester, the father
of system
dynamics, a methodology for understanding how complex systems operate. When deciding the fate of civilisation, the program
considered several variables, including pollution levels, population growth,
the availability of natural resources and global quality of life. These factors
were considered in tandem with one another as opposed to separately, following
the Club of Rome's perspective that the world's problems are interconnected.
and sadly it appears we are on course for the world, as we know it, to collapse in 2040, Private Fraser might be right then!
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