Future of Life- Evolutionary Thrashing and Social Chaos

Future of Life- Evolutionary Thrashing and Social Chaos: "Future of Life- Evolutionary Thrashing and Social Chaos
Friday, 09 July 2010 11:31
Written by David Tow

David Hunter Tow
David Hunter Tow- Director of the Future of Life Research Centre, forecasts that society may be on the cusp of social chaos triggered by ‘Evolutionary Thrashing’, which could result in major social breakdown for many decades.

According to David Tow, the ‘evolutionary thrashing’ phenomenon occurs when the rate of change in a system’s environment exceeds its capacity to effectively adapt or evolve, before again being overwhelmed by the next wave of change.

At the biological level this can result in an organism’s inability to reach its optimal potential, making it less fit and more susceptible to extinction. This is currently occurring on the planet at an unprecedented rate. Many species are finding it increasingly difficult to adapt to the continuous changes in their habitat resulting from global warming and human destruction, with a quarter of vertebrate species predicted to become endangered or extinct by 2050."