I didn't say 'world'. The world will carry on, but all empires come to a close.
This could be the American peak.
I really do think we have entered a period of decadence, that ultimately will lead to a downfall.
I'm just guessing at the timespan and peak though. It took Rome a thousand years to fall, we may have time.
I can't disagree that it seems as if our civilization is on the decline. How long that takes, who knows ... I guess all I was trying to say is that everything is sensationalized nowadays. The sky is always falling and then it doesn't. It's that chicken little syndrome thing. An example from today's headlines ... something to the effect that because of the US Government shutdown an asteroid could sneak in without us seeing it coming. LOL - so! That's hardly something anyone should lose any sleep over. It all just gets ridiculous sometimes. I guess I just don't get what's so significant about 2018 that you feel the US is 'jumping the shark'.
At some point in the future, I think we will look back at 2018 as the year the US 'jumped the shark'.
It's all downhill from here, I fear.