Alain de Vulpian, author Towards the Third Modernity, continues to see parallels between Western society now and Western Europe in the 1920s and 1930s. He sees a society (or socio-system) on the brink of chaos and he also knows that's a place where any organism can respond most rapidly and effectively.
For all his socio-anthropological training, he still seems very uncertain whether we're going to make it. There are favourable signs and there are very bad omens.
Part of the reason for his uncertainty may simple be that society hasn't yet made up its mind. Are we going to come back from the brink? Do we know how? Have we got the courage?
If you read French, have a look at his latest thought piece:
Signaux Faibles ~ Society on the edge of chaos
