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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXII–Greenwashing, Fiat Currency, and Narrative Management: More On Climate Change and Elite Confabs
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXII November 6, 2021 Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Greenwashing, Fiat Currency, and Narrative Management: More On Climate Change and Elite Confabs Today’s missive was motivated by a former student’s (and eventual colleague) question regarding a Facebook Post I made regarding COP-26. Here’s what I posted: COP-26. Be aware… These elite confabs […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXI–Beware the Snake Oil Salesmen: Climate Change and Elite Confabs
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXI November 2, 2021 Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Beware the Snake Oil Salesmen: Climate Change and Elite Confabs So, dozens of political leaders, their hundreds of staff, multitudes of corporate leaders, and who knows how many ‘celebrities’ have all gathered in Glasgow, Scotland for an elite confab (#26) to discuss the […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXVII–The Future Ain’t What It Used to Be
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXVII Tulum, Mexico (1986). Photo by author. The Future Ain’t What It Used to Be Today’s Contemplation is my brief comment on an article posted on Facebook by Tristan Sykes of Just Collapse. The article in question (short and concise) is an update of the World3 model used in creating the various scenarios […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LI–Cognition and Belief Systems: Part Two — Deference to Authority
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LI May 27, 2022 Monte Alban, Mexico (1988) Photo by author Cognition and Belief Systems: Part Two — Deference to Authority This contemplation is the second part of a look at several psychological mechanisms at play in our thinking about ecological overshoot and the accompanying societal ‘collapse’ that will eventually result. You can find Part […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh L–Cognition and Belief Systems in a ‘Collapsing’ World: Part One
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh L May 19, 2022 Monte Alban, Mexico (1988) Photo by author Cognition and Belief Systems in a ‘Collapsing’ World: Part One Keeping in mind that we humans are storytelling primates with extraordinary cognitive abilities, I’ve been reflecting upon a few of the psychological phenomena that are key to how we form beliefs, especially […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXVI–Societal Collapse: The Past is Prologue
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXVI Athens, Greece (1984). Photo by author. Societal ‘Collapse: The Past is Prologue Today’s Contemplation has been once again prompted by the latest musings of The Honest Sorcerer. I believe their posts motivate me more than most others I read because we very often focus upon the same subject matter and appear, for […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXX–Ecological Overshoot and Political Responses
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXX September 21, 2021 Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Ecological Overshoot and Political Responses Today’s post has been prompted by some thoughts regarding the inability of our political systems to respond in a timely manner to our plight of ecological overshoot penned by Rex Weyler, co-founder of Greenpeace, and posted by Alice […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXIX–Are We Being Duped Regarding Global Warming?
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXIX August 17, 2021 Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Are We Being Duped Regarding Global Warming? Today’s contemplation was prompted by an email my mum sent me. As she closes in on 80, I find that she’s becoming a bit more open-minded about things but remains somewhat of a skeptic when it […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXIV–Growth and Denial: A Bad Combination
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXIV Knossos, Greece (1993). Photo by author. Growth and Denial: A Bad Combination Today’s Contemplation is a glimpse into some conversation between myself and another around growth, denial, and differences in what can/should be advocated for. Post by GW: Just saw the sign coming in to town which reads “Country close to the […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXVII–Ecological Overshoot, Hydrocarbon Energy, and Biophysical Reality
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXVII July 24, 2021 Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Ecological Overshoot, Hydrocarbon Energy, and Biophysical Reality Discussing ‘renewable’ energy and its shortcomings with those who hold on to the belief that they offer us a ‘solution’ to the predicaments humanity faces is always ‘challenging’. Today’s contemplation is based on a recent dialogue […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXIII–Keep Calm and Carry On
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXIII Mexico (1988). Photo by author. Keep Calm and Carry On Today’s Contemplation is my comment on a recent post by Allan Urban that speaks to his experiences attempting to share his learnings on ‘collapse’. For those that have read it, you can likely recognise similar reactions from others; I certainly did. After […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXII–Reality is an Inconvenience to Beliefs
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXII Mexico (1988). Photo by author. Reality is an Inconvenience to Beliefs Today’s brief Contemplation was prompted by The Honest Sorcerer’s latest article that looks at the latest energy ‘breakthrough’ (seems there is one every other week) and how it’s going to save modern civilisation, our species, and the planet. In this […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CII–That Uncertain Road, Part 1.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CII February 20, 2023 Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. That Uncertain Road, Part 1 “I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of uncertainty about different things, but I am […]



