# We All Know This Civilization Is Doomed, But They Keep Telling Us Everything's Normal

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Podcast: [JOHNSTONE](https://stenobird.com/podcast/johnstone-939221)
Published: 2026-08-17T02:36:04+00:00
Episode link: https://soundcloud.com/going_rogue/we-all-know-this-civilization
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## Resource

Life in the 2020s comes with so much dissonance and dysphoria because everyone knows this civilization is doomed, but it's not being acknowledged by any of our mainstream institutions. Reading by Tim Foley.

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