theory JEAN-MARC JANCOVICI in 1972, the club of rome commissioned a study from mit: a computer simulation of globaleconomic and population growth with finite resources. “the limits to growth” estimates that the current system will star to collapse around 2050 interview by OLIVIER ZAHM OLIVIER ZAHM — “Alternative groups today are the children of catastrophe,” Peter Sloterdijk writes. “What differentiates them from previous generations and recommends them as prime candidates for a panic civilization is their expert eye for the potentialities of the catastrophes that surround them.” Are you able to distance yourself from the apocalypse that your expertise enables you to gauge? JEAN-MARC JANCOVICI — Yes. I’ve developed an aptitude for thinking about catastrophe without hysteria — that is to say, thinking about it analytically, objectively, and with detachment. It’s vital that I position myself outside the problem I’m studying. Besides, I have kids — so I have to…