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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh–Mythical Narratives Everywhere to Avoid Reality
NOTE: Beginning to post these thoughts of mine here. I began a couple of years ago posting them on Medium but have found that the subscription practices there are somewhat restrictive. I will attempt to post one per day until I am caught up…and then will be posting in both locations. _____ Today’s Contemplation: Collapse […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XL
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XL Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXIX
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXIX Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Another contemplation prompted by an email my mum sent me. This is a lengthier article than usual (and intended) since I added further points each time I proofread it… * * * * * “This was sent to us from a college friend of […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXVIII
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXVIII Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author The following contemplation has been prompted by some commentary regarding a recent article by Megan Seibert of the Real Green New Deal Project. It pulls together a couple of threads that I’ve been discussing the past few months… * * * * * There is no ‘remedy’ […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXVII
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXVII Teotihuacan, Mexico (1988) Photo by author Got involved in a discussion after an Facebook Friend (Alice Friedemann, whose work can be seen here) posted a study on the decline of ‘rationality’ over the past few decades. My initial response was as follows: My initial thought is that this shift is more the result […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXVI
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXVI On Narrative Control and ‘Fact Checking’ One of the areas of interest for me as I weaved my way through my ten years of formal post-secondary education (yes, I spent the entire decade of the 1980s pursuing four degrees at several different universities; some of it part-time as I waffled […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXIV
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXIV Athens, Greece (1984) Photo by author ***** Supply chain disruptions and the product shortages that result have become a growing concern over the past couple of years and the reasons for these are as varied as the people providing the ‘analysis’. Production delays. Covid-19 pandemic. Pent-up consumer demand. Central bank […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXI
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXI Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author 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 ‘Climate […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXX
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXX Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author 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 Friedemann of energyskeptic.com. * * * I […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXIX
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXIX Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author 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 comes to global warming/anthropogenic climate change. We periodically […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXVII
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXVII Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author 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 I have had with a few people who […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXV
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXV Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author This contemplation was prompted by an article regarding an ‘independent’ think tank’s report that presented the argument that government funding of the oil and gas industry needed to be shifted towards ‘green/clean’ alternatives. I’ve included a few hyperlinks to sites that expand upon the concepts/issues discussed. […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXIII
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXIII Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Today’s thought was motivated by another Tyee article that carries on the notion of ‘clean energy’ and the ‘magical thinking’ needed to buy into such narratives. * * * As long as language is being manipulated (e.g., ‘clean energy’ is a gargantuan oxymoron), magical […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXII
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXII Knossos, Greece (1993) Photo by author A personal view of the ‘Net-Zero’ policy being implemented by governments around the world, particularly those of the ‘West’. * * * As happens so often (always?), the ruling elite are manipulating what is possibly one of our more (most?) existential dilemmas so […]
