Okay, so I’ve read half of the article. And while I absolutely agree with the basic premise that our executives’ selfish, competitive mindset prevents sensible international cooperation, I did stumble upon a premise that I find questionable:

The simulation assumes that the U.S. remains a global hegemonic power and is capable of asserting itself. Given the country’s current unstable state, and the fact that Trump, out of sheer stupidity, has managed to discredit the U.S. internationally in the eyes of nearly all its allies (especially the Europeans), this seems rather questionable to me with an eye toward the next decade. The Europeans will very likely not support the U.S. internationally if it becomes clear that people like Trump will ultimately blackmail them just as much as the rest of the world. What happens next with Russia is another question… but even there, it doesn’t seem certain to me that the current balance of power will remain stable in the long term.