The System's Self-Destruct Sequence Cannot Be Turned Off

The artificial hill of pottery shards is puny and localized; the consewuences of our system will bring down the system in ways the system is completely blind to.

We're all familiar with the plot device of the self-destruct sequence counting down while our hero / heroine frantically tries to find the kill switch that turns it off. The system--however we choose to describe it--is self-destructing and there's no switch to turn it off.

We're drawn to the notion that cabals and conspiracies are the root source of the …