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We Are Not the First Civilization to Collapse, But We Will Probably Be the Last
We Are Not the First Civilization to Collapse, But We Will Probably Be the Last The archeological remains of past civilizations, including those of the prehistoric Cahokia temple mound complex in Missouri, are sobering reminders of our fate. Doomsday Selfie – by Mr. Fish CAHOKIA MOUNDS, Missouri: I am standing atop a 100-foot-high temple mound, […]
“Nothing Left In Pipes”: French Towns Rely on Water Truck Deliveries For Survival
“Nothing Left In Pipes”: French Towns Rely on Water Truck Deliveries For Survival Severe drought conditions affect about 60% of the EU, and in France, dozens of municipalities have run out of water and relied on a fleet of trucks hauling fresh water for survival. At least 100 towns and villages have run out of […]
Let Them Eat Bugs
Let Them Eat Bugs A study earlier this year from four prestigious institutions proclaimed that you should eat bugs and spiders. And not only that. The study — conducted by BI Norwegian Business School (BI), Chuo University, Miyagi University and Oxford University — also said that the way to convince people to do this is […]
A third of Brits face poverty with energy bills set to hit $5,000
A third of Brits face poverty with energy bills set to hit $5,000 London (CNN Business) Nearly one third of households in the United Kingdom will face poverty this winter after paying energy bills that are set to soar again in January, campaigners say. About 10.5 million households will be in fuel poverty for the first three […]
Food – are we facing a Crisis or an Opportunity?
Image by author Home/General/Food – are we facing a Crisis or an Opportunity? Food – are we facing a Crisis or an Opportunity? This post shares four things. The one that takes up the most space is about those two little words “food crisis” that are starting to make headlines. There’s a reason they’re making […]
Phase Shift — Part 2
Phase Shift — Part 2 Putting tipping points into context Image credit: Pawel Czerwinski via Unsplash When you start to see the world as a massively complex self-adapting system with its innumerable actors and all its tipping points — as discussed in Part 1 of this essay — you start to see phase transitions everywhere. The world as […]
Phase Shift — Part 1
Phase Shift — Part 1 Loosing polar ice, the Amazon and the fight against a coming recession Image credit: Pawel Czerwinski via Unsplash News stories and popular narratives on recent — and not so recent — events like how the economy got broke or why inflation is soaring focus too much on human decisions. As if ‘choices’ leading […]
A Winter of Anger
A Winter of Anger Vincent van Gogh Beach at Scheveningen in Stormy Weather 1882It is very simple: if you’d ask most citizens of whichever EU country if they are willing to risk being unable to feed and heat their children in order to support Ukraine and Zelensky, they would say NO. Hell no! But that is what […]
Rather Than Focus on What You Don’t Control (“The News”), Focus on What You Do Control: What You Grow, Eat and Own
Rather Than Focus on What You Don’t Control (“The News”), Focus on What You Do Control: What You Grow, Eat and Own Now that globalization and financialization are finally unraveling, people are slowly awakening to the national security foundations of localizing production. What exactly is “the news” other than an inducement to passivity, despair and […]
“Situation Is Really Precarious”: World’s Largest Rice Exporter Faces Output Decline Amid Heatwave
“Situation Is Really Precarious”: World’s Largest Rice Exporter Faces Output Decline Amid Heatwave The effects of elevated food prices have rippled worldwide and forced governments to impose price controls and trade restrictions. Price increases are due to supply constraints driven by several variables, including high energy prices, geopolitics, and weather. Ukraine restarted maritime transport of […]
Collapse Won’t Just Reset Society, It Will Destroy It
Collapse Won’t Just Reset Society, It Will Destroy It I The collapse of techno-industrial civilization is likely to occur on the present business-as-usual mode of social functioning, probably by 2030, but there are scenarios where it could be before Christmas 2022, if the West and Russia slide into nuclear war; that is our position, supported […]
Is a Partial Collapse Possible? — Part 2
Is a Partial Collapse Possible? — Part 2 Image credit: Himesh Kumar Behera via Unsplash After exploring the possible ways the West could (continue to) collapse in Part 1, let’s turn our mental gaze towards the East, and see what are the global implications of such a shift in centers of power — if there are any… […]
Is a partial collapse possible? Part 1
Is a partial collapse possible? Part 1 Image credit: Himesh Kumar Behera via Unsplash Can the East survive the fall (or rather the collective suicide) of the West? Can the center of global power be transferred from the falling Western Empire to its Eastern counterparts? And ultimately: will this shift contribute to or, instead, reverse the […]
Free Food: 33 Foods You Can Forage From July–September
Free Food: 33 Foods You Can Forage From July–September The summer months are a great time to forage for nature-grown edibles. Depending on what part of the country you live in, you are bound to find a few wild foods to take back with you! The summer months are a great time to forage for […]
