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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXLIII–Ruling Caste Responses to Societal Breakdown/Decline
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXLIII–Ruling Caste Responses to Societal Breakdown/Decline August 3, 2023 (original posting date) Mexico (1988). Picture by author. Today’s Contemplation is composed of my comments on two different FB posts I came across yesterday. The first is a reply to a comment to a MSN article regarding a possible Covid-19-type lockdown scenario based upon […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXLVIII–What Do Previous Experiments in Societal Complexity Suggest About ‘Managing’ Our Future
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXLVIII–What Do Previous Experiments in Societal Complexity Suggest About ‘Managing’ Our Future September 1, 2023 (original posting date) Mexico (1988). Photo by author. What Do Previous Experiments in Societal Complexity Suggest About ‘Managing’ Our Future Viewing ‘degrowth’ through my archaeology/anthropology lens (and primarily via archaeologist Joseph Tainter’s thesis laid out in The […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXXXV–Collapse Now To Avoid the Rush: The Long Emergency
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXXXV–Collapse Now To Avoid the Rush: The Long Emergency (Original posting date: June 6, 2023) Mexico (1988). Photo by author. Collapse Now To Avoid the Rush: The Long Emergency Today’s Contemplation has been prompted by yet another conversation I have had with a person who prefers not to believe the stories […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXXV–Hydrocarbons And The Maximum Power Principle: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXXV–Hydrocarbons And The Maximum Power Principle: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (Original posting date: Apr 22, 2023) Mexico (1988). Photo by author. Hydrocarbons And The Maximum Power Principle: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Today’s Contemplation is a sharing of the response by a Facebook Friend, Schuyler Hupp, whose occasional commentary on […]
The Bulletin: December 19-25, 2024
The Bulletin: December 19-25, 2024 The Great Simplification in Action: Building Resilience Through Local Communities Antarctica’s tipping points threaten global climate stability Coal use to reach new peak – and remain at near-record levels for years | Energy industry | The Guardian Homesteading 101: Regenerative Farming and the American Farmer. A Predicament With An Outcome […]
The Bulletin: December 12-18, 2024
The Bulletin: December 12-18, 2024 The Baby Bust: How The Toxicity Crisis Could Cause the Next Economic Crash Global Warming and the Great Unravelling All Stories Are Propaganda | how to save the world The Big Shining Lie: We’re Better Off Now–No, We’re Poorer, Much Poorer Are We Running Out Of Copper? This Image Says […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXCIII—Societal Collapse, Abrupt Climate Events, and the Role of Resilience
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXCIII—Societal Collapse, Abrupt Climate Events, and the Role of Resilience Tulum, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. This Contemplation comments upon and summarises two short archaeology articles on societal collapse. The first raises the increasing evidence of abrupt climate events being a precipitating factor in societal collapse over the past dozen millennia. […]
The Bulletin: December 5-11, 2024
The Bulletin: December 5-11, 2024 The Argument for Assisted Collapse – George Tsakraklides Total Grid Collapse Strikes Cuba (Again) | ZeroHedge Yes, Climate Change Is Probably Going To Kill You Reductionism Doesn’t Work Holistically It was always about the oil #294: The perils of extremes | Surplus Energy Economics Lavrov Warns Europe The New Cold […]
The Bulletin: November 28-December 4
The Bulletin: November 28-December 4 Globalists Go For Broke: Plan To Trigger World War III Moves Forward – Alt-Market.us Why Bunkers Won’t Save The Super Rich Hydropower decline due to climate change may increase price tag to decarbonize the grid Energy Crises & Global Power Shifts: The Struggle for Stability in Israel, Iran, and Beyond […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXCII–Sorry, folks, but ‘renewables’ are NOT going to save humanity or the planet.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXCII–Sorry, folks, but ‘renewables’ are NOT going to save humanity or the planet. Tulum, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. In a truly stereotypical Canadian way, I begin with an apology to those who might disagree with or be affronted by what I am about to argue… I’m sorry, but non-renewable, renewable […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXCI–The Nexus of Population, Energy, Innovation, and Complexity
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXCI–The Nexus of Population, Energy, Innovation, and Complexity Tulum, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. This Contemplation comments upon and summarises a paper that discusses the impact of a sudden and significant energy surplus upon human population growth and the complexity that arises as denser populations struggle to meet the stresses they […]
The Bulletin: November 14-20, 2024
The Bulletin: November 14-20, 2024 What We Refuse to Believe | how to save the world “That’s Bait…” Chumming the Media Waters Doesn’t Work Like it Used To – Gold Goats ‘n Guns US Deficit Explodes: Blowout October Deficit Means 2nd Worst Start To US Fiscal Year On Record | ZeroHedge When The Show Is […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXC–Beyond Collapse: Climate Change and Causality During the Middle Holocene Climatic Transition
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXC–Beyond Collapse: Climate Change and Causality During the Middle Holocene Climatic Transition Tulum, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. This Contemplation comments upon and summarises a paper that considers prehistorical periods of rapid climatic transition and societal-level responses to the resulting environmental changes. I thought it interesting to review this research article […]
The Bulletin: November 7-13, 2024
The Bulletin: November 7-13, 2024 Thousands Of Californians Lose Power After PG&E Protects Grid As Wildfire Risks Soar | ZeroHedge The Possible Relevance of Joseph Tainter – by Brink Lindsey The Recession of 2025 Will Be Backdated | The Epoch Times ‘Ecosystems are collapsing’: one of Australia’s longest rivers has lost more than half its […]
