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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCLI–The Celebration of Our Own Undoing, Part 2
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCLI–The Celebration of Our Own Undoing, Part 2 discoverthewetiko.com In Part 1 (see: Website, Medium, Substack), I attempted to lay the groundwork for understanding our predicament. I relied on some of the key scientists and researchers I have read. William Catton’s Overshoot argues that our species has greatly overshot the carrying capacity of our […]
The Bulletin: July 15–21, 2026
The Bulletin: July 15–21, 2026 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Controlling the World Island I’m Being Fined $49,890.13 for Defending a Sacred Site Evolutionary Shrinkflation — The George Tsakraklides View Why the Media Needs Objectivity — Lean Out with Tara Henley The Bigger Condo […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCL–Smoke Without Borders: Politicians Without Conscience
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCL–Smoke Without Borders: Politicians Without Conscience Had some “quality” indoor time the past few days as wildfire smoke made it dangerous to be outside — or in my gardens — here north of Toronto. And rather than get to the myriad of chores I could have been doing in the house, […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLIX–The Celebration of Our Own Undoing, Part 1
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLIX– The Celebration of Our Own Undoing, Part 1 The Mechanics of Our Predicament We are peculiar creatures, we humans. I have spent much of my recent years — since that jarring viewing of Collapse more than fifteen years ago — watching our species with a mixture of bewilderment and a strange, sorrowful […]
The Bulletin: July 8–14, 2026
The Bulletin: July 8–14, 2026 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Decline on the World Stage — global geopolitics Could there be some beauty in collapse? — Prof Jem Bendell Your Phone Is Now Your Suitcase: Why Every U.S. Traveler Should Prepare for a Border […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLVIII–Monetary Systems, Thermodynamics, and Ecological Overshoot, Part 2.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLVIII–Monetary Systems, Thermodynamics, and Ecological Overshoot, Part 2. “…the economy is an energy system, and not a financial one. Money is a human artefact used to exchange the goods and services that constitute economic output, but all of these are products of energy. Our economic history is a narrative of how […]
The Bulletin: July 1–7, 2026
The Bulletin: July 1–7, 2026 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Largest US Power Grid On Verge Of Cracking Due To Historic Heat Dome | ZeroHedge Copper Demand Surges, But Supply Deficit Is Hard To Solve, Expert Says | ZeroHedge Risk and AI: It’s […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLVII–Monetary Systems, Thermodynamics, and Ecological Overshoot, Part 1.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLVII–Monetary Systems, Thermodynamics, and Ecological Overshoot, Part 1. Money, it’s a crime Share it fairly, but don’t take a slice of my pie Money, so they say Is the root of evil today -Pink Floyd, Money (1973) One of the interests I’ve developed since falling down the rabbit’s hole of peak oil, societal collapse, and ecological […]
The Bulletin: June 24–30, 2026
The Bulletin: June 24–30, 2026 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. EXCLUSIVE: Secret Leak Suggests Elites Are Planning a New War | Daily Pulse Borrowed Time: The ‘Extend and Pretend’ Economy Must End Organic agriculture at crossroads — by Gunnar Rundgren Accepting Loss as Fair […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLVI– Laughing at Our Self-Destruction.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLVI– Laughing at Our Self-Destruction. Today’s Contemplation is a little different. At the start of this year, I was contacted by award-winning author and humourist Scott Erickson, who offered to send me a copy of his recently released book, Laughing at Our Self-Destruction: How to Stop Worrying and Accept the Impending Collapse […]
The Bulletin: June 17–23, 2026
The Bulletin: June 17–23, 2026 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. The Illusion of Freedom — The Most Effective Prison Is the One You Can’t See — Global geopolitics The Engineered Barrel — Part I: Matt Simmons, aging reservoirs, and the new physics of global oil — Oil & Gas 360 Are […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLV–Overlooking the Biophysical Basis of Human Societies.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLV Overlooking the Biophysical Basis of Human Societies. On June 4th, 2026, economist Thomas Piketty and a large team of collaborators unveiled a proposal that is, in its scope and ambition, unlike almost anything in contemporary economic discourse. Outlined in detail on the Global Justice Project’s (GJP) website, the plan is built on three […]
The Bulletin: June 10–16, 2026
The Bulletin: June 10–16, 2026 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. The Collapse Chronicle 06.10.26 Shell’s Toxic Legacy in Nigeria — by Olanrewaju Suraju Why ‘Community’ Fails: Everyone Wants a Village, Nobody Wants to Be a Villager Is AI Reversing Anti-Progress or Is It Accelerating It? […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLIV– We’re Saved! The Finale: All Aboard the Salvation Bus.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLIV– We’re Saved! The Finale: All Aboard the Salvation Bus. Man is not a rational animal; he is a rationalising animal. -Robert A. Heinlein Across the almost two dozen We’re Saved! Contemplations I’ve penned over the last ten months in an attempt to analyse “solutions” to humanity’s predicaments a consistent and […]
The Bulletin: June 3-9, 2026
The Bulletin: June 3-9, 2026 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Why Another Oil Spike Isn’t Off the Table Oil – The Master Resource – New Zealand Energy It’s NOT the Drought: The Real Reason Lake Mead Lost 100 Feet! Oil Prices Hold […]
