## Tags - Part of: [[Game B]], [[Future of humanity, AI, sentience, futurology, politics|Futurology]] - Related: - Includes: - Additional: ## Technical summaries - The term polycrisis, also referred to as a [[metacrisis]] or permacrisis, describes a complex situation where multiple, interconnected [[crises]] converge and amplify each other, resulting in systemic challenges that are difficult to manage or resolve. Unlike single crises, which may have clear causes and solutions, a polycrisis involves overlapping and interdependent issues, making it a more pervasive and enduring state of instability This concept reflects growing concerns about the [[sustainability]] and viability of contemporary [[Social system|socio]]-[[economy|economic]], [[Politics|political]], and [[ecology|ecological]] systems. ## Main resources - [Polycrisis - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycrisis) <iframe src="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycrisis" allow="fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" style="height:100%;width:100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 5; "></iframe> [Metacrisis and The Dark Side of Conscious Ai | Daniel Schmachtenberger - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7WtcTATa2U) ## AI Based on the search results, the polycrisis and metacrisis concepts encompass multiple interconnected global crises. Here is a list of the key crises mentioned: 1. Climate change and climate crisis 2. Environmental overshoot and ecosystem collapse 3. Biodiversity loss 4. Rising authoritarianism and political instability 5. Misinformation and disinformation 6. Economic volatility and recession 7. Technological disruption 8. Geopolitical tensions and conflicts (e.g. war in Ukraine) 9. Pandemics (e.g. COVID-19) 10. Energy scarcity and crisis 11. Food insecurity and hunger 12. Cost-of-living crisis and inflation 13. Social unrest and injustice 14. Inequality 15. Resource scarcity (food, water, energy, minerals) 16. Nuclear proliferation and existential risks 17. Mental health crisis 18. Educational disruption 19. Demographic challenges 20. Forced migration and refugee crises The key aspect of polycrisis and metacrisis is that these crises are not isolated, but rather interconnected and compounding, creating emergent effects that are greater than the sum of the individual crises[1][2][3]. The concepts emphasize the systemic nature of these challenges and the need for holistic approaches to address them. Citations: [1] https://www.realitystudies.co/p/explaining-polycrisis-and-metacrisis [2] https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/global-sustainability/article/global-polycrisis-the-causal-mechanisms-of-crisis-entanglement/06F0F8F3B993A221971151E3CB054B5E [3] https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01/polycrisis-global-risks-report-cost-of-living/ [4] https://polycrisis.org/lessons/what-other-terms-have-been-used-to-capture-intersecting-global-crises/ [5] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/metacrisispolycrisis-some-short-notes-raphael-mak [6] https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/03/polycrisis-adam-tooze-historian-explains/