I recently found out that a neighbor of mine is collapse-aware and so are both his adult daughters.

Their three lives are an interesting set of responses. Each took a different path.

Person #1: radical simplicity, prepper, gardener, minimalist

Person #2: party animal, live for today, just enjoy it while it lasts, cook, party, have a fun time, develop no plans or commitments

Person #3: career driven and trying to get as rich as possible before it’s no longer possible, driven towards individual independence from society

For a while I’ve felt that some ancient Greek philosophies relate to collapse. Each of the three people would fall into a different ancient Greek school of thought.

#1 = skeptic/stoic

#2 = epicurean

#3 = cynicism