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Four Reasons Civilization Won’t Decline: It Will Collapse
Four Reasons Civilization Won’t Decline: It Will Collapse Photograph Source: Studio Incendo – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ As modern civilization’s shelf life expires, more scholars have turned their attention to the decline and fall of civilizations past. Their studies have generated rival explanations of why societies collapse and civilizations die. Meanwhile, a lucrative market has emerged for post-apocalyptic novels, […]
Why is Civilization Unsustainable?
Why is Civilization Unsustainable? Top picture: Civilization; Pikeville, Kentucky Bottom picture: Nature; Birch Knob, Virginia So, what is it about civilization being unsustainable that people do not understand? I often wonder why this is and have come up with the idea that it is mostly cultural programming and indoctrination by industry that technology is good […]
Elon Musk: “Civilization Is Going To Crumble”
Elon Musk: “Civilization Is Going To Crumble” Even billionaires like Elon Musk can see that the current state of affairs is completely and utterly unsustainable. If we stay on the path that we are on, and there are absolutely no indications that we plan to reverse course, societal collapse is inevitable. In fact, as I […]
What is The Venus Project and Why Can It Never Be Attained?
What is The Venus Project and Why Can It Never Be Attained? Something which is difficult to get away from when it comes to the predicament of ecological overshoot and all of its offshoots such as climate change is the wide array of different plans for so-called “solutions” for these predicaments. Perhaps, ironically, the most […]
Who Would Survive the Collapse of Civilization?
Who Would Survive the Collapse of Civilization?
The Fall of Civilizations
The Fall of Civilizations Roman Britain The Bronze Age Collapse The Mayans The Greenland Vikings The Khmer Rouge Easter Island The Songhai Empire The Sumerians The Aztecs The Han Dynasty Byzantium
Civilization and its Rise and Fall
Civilization and its Rise and Fall QUESTION: Concerning 911, you said the people in Guantanamo Bay are innocent so they never bring them to trial. Was that the break which set in motion the decline of our civilization? KJ ANSWER: That is certainly possible. Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani was the terrorist they put on trial in New York […]
Deconstructing Civilization
Deconstructing Civilization Old paper mill, Oregon City, Oregon. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. “Our confidence in our ability to direct the course of events has been severely eroded by the experiences of the twentieth century. Several disastrous wars have occurred, against all efforts to prevent them, and even the United Nations has been almost totally unsuccessful […]
Will Civilization’s Response to COVID-19 Lead to a More Sustainable, Equitable World?
Will Civilization’s Response to COVID-19 Lead to a More Sustainable, Equitable World? What better time to shift our thinking and actions away from a hyperconsumptive, inequality-widening, environmentally-detrimental era than the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Having been shaken to our collective core by the COVID19 pandemic, can we muster the will to make major changes […]
How sand transformed civilization
How sand transformed civilization Preface. No wonder we’re reaching peak sand. We use more of this natural resource than of any other except water. Civilization consumes nearly 50 billion tons of sand & gravel a year, enough to build a concrete wall 88 feet (27 m) high and 88 feet wide right around the equator. […]
Plague and Civilization
Plague and Civilization The plague is a disease that raises its devouring and catastrophic head every so many decades and centuries, especially when humans violently disturb the natural world. The 2020 plague is one of a variety of pandemic diseases that have afflicted humans for millennia, not necessarily with the same intensity or virulence. The […]
“Every time a civilization is in crisis, there is a return of the commons” – Interview with Michel Bauwens
“Every time a civilization is in crisis, there is a return of the commons” – Interview with Michel Bauwens The commons are nothing new. Historically citizens always came together to pool resources and manage them collectively and autonomously. It is the responsibility of cities and states to identify, connect and support them. Today the commons […]
The West Fades. The Center Quietly Returns: The New Silk Road
The West Fades. The Center Quietly Returns: The New Silk Road If you think about that, it is funny that we tend to define ourselves as “Westerners.” Most civilizations and cultures in history have tended to see themselves as the center of the world, just think of China: it is supposed to be “the Middle […]
The History Of The World, In One Video
The History Of The World, In One Video Throughout the history of the world, many civilizations have risen and fallen. You may be familiar with the achievements of prominent societies like the Romans, Mongols, or Babylonians, but, as Visual Capitalist’s Jeff Desjardins explains below, how do all of their stories intertwine over time and geography? Visualizing the History […]
