Books

coordination

Does anyone know any novels where the 'antagonist' turns out to be 'Moloch' /coordination failures of ordinary people, rather than an actively bad person/group? They must exist but I'm drawing a blank.

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Not a novel, but the movie “Don’t Look Up” (2021) comes to mind. None of the protagonists actually want themselves or the planet to die, but they fail to coordinate due to their moral flaws (greed, fame, selfishness, etc.).

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Haha, yea I hadn't thought of it like that but yes I guess you're right!

I feel like you’re basically describing sitcoms :) but not in a bad way!

Also, while still not a novel, I had bookmarked this very comprehensive article about Moloch / human coordination problems in the age of online social networks.

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Nice, I hadn't seen that one before, will have a read this evening. Thanks.

Also, while still not a novel, I had bookmarked this very comprehensive article about Moloch / human coordination problems in the age of online social networks. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2025764118