Received opinion holds, in the phrase of Auguste Comte, a 19th-century social scientist, that "demography is destiny" and that Europe is doomed by its death-spiral population Numbers.
The newspaper industry is in a downward deathspiral, having been severely impacted by new technologies, the ubiquity of Internet access, and a rise in citizen journalism.
报业正处在一个向下的死亡螺旋中，已经严重地被新技术，无处不在的网络、和不断提高草根新闻挤压。
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Some scientists worry that Arctic sea ice may be going from a downward spiral to a "deathspiral," one from which there is no escape even if we can manage to reduce carbon emissions.