Polycrisis

Polycrisis means a complicated situation with a lot of related problems happening at the same time, making it harder to fix any of them on their own.

The term was first introduced by Edgar Morin, a French philosopher, in the 1990s, and has gained popularity in the 2020s.  Combining the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, war, debt, inflation, climate change, resource depletion, inequality, and technological advancements is an example of a polycrisis.

Critics say that it can make solutions for specific parts harder to see and become overwhelming, but advocates believe things need to be looked at together to make sure fixing one problem does not make another one worse.

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