[whimsicalism]

> Not being able to talk about the very likely fact that we are going to witness the collapse of everything we know and love in the coming decades is unhealthy.

I would be curious if this level of pessimism is a novel thing or has been around for a long time.

I don't see why you would believe something like this, it doesn't seem well supported by any evidence. Even the climate catastrophe is not something that will lead to a collapse in our lifetime, all of the evidence is that the impact will be greatest on our children's children.