History shows us that systems eventually strain. Empires overextend. Economies cycle. Institutions calcify. Collapse, in many cases, is organic—slow erosion from internal pressure and external stress. Entropy is not dramatic. It is gradual. But something about this era feels less gradual. Instability doesn’t drift—it spikes. Markets convulse in hours. Narratives flip overnight. Social tensions ignite simultaneously across multiple regions. Digital outrage surges with uncanny