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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CV–That Uncertain Road, Part 2
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CV–That Uncertain Road, Part 2 March 6, 2023 (original posting date) Teotihuacan, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. That Uncertain Road, Part 2 The set of possible futures includes a great variety of paths. There may be abrupt collapse; it is also possible there may be a smooth transition to sustainability. But […]
The Bulletin: August 20-26, 2025
The Bulletin: August 20-26, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. The Machine that Is Eating the Earth – by David Haggith Global Nuclear Power Hits Record High as Asia Surges Ahead | OilPrice.com Why Oil Prices Don’t Rise To Consistently High […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXI–Collapse, Environment, and Society
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXI–Collapse, Environment, and Society Collapse, Environment, and Society is a 2012 article by geographer Karl Butzer (see: here and here) whose academic career focussed upon the relationship between humans and their environment. In this article (summarised in more detail below), Butzer takes issue with often oversimplified narratives regarding societal ‘collapse’. He argues that societal decline […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCX–Keep Calm and Carry On… Human Ingenuity and Technology Will Save Us! Part 3
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCX–Keep Calm and Carry On… Human Ingenuity and Technology Will Save Us! Part 3 In Parts 1 (Website Medium Substack) and 2 (Website Medium Substack) of this multipart Contemplation I present the case that humanity’s psychological defense mechanisms (especially denial, bargaining, and techno-optimism) are preventing most from becoming aware of and/or better understanding the predicaments […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCIX– Keep Calm and Carry On… Human Ingenuity and Technology Will Save Us! Part 2
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCIX– Keep Calm and Carry On… Human Ingenuity and Technology Will Save Us! Part 2 CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. In Part 1 of this Contemplation (Website Medium Substack) I discuss how our species seems to be responding to the signals our planet and […]
The Bulletin: July 23-29, 2025
The Bulletin: July 23-29, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Brace For Soaring Electricity Bills: Biggest US Power Grid Sets Power Costs At Record High To Feed AI | ZeroHedge Plant, Persist, Prevail: Collective Grower Wisdom (#1) Iran’s President ‘Ready’ For War […]
The Bulletin: July 16-22, 2025
The Bulletin: July 16-22, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Is There Enough Water to Quench the Thirst of AI Super Data Centers? | The Epoch Times Let me explain exactly what is going on with Bayer’s effort to enact a wide-ranging […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCVII–‘Collapse’: It May Not Be What You Think It Is.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCVII– ‘Collapse’: It May Not Be What You Think It Is. cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net This Contemplation is the result of my beginning to put together a different one that’s focussing upon an academic article I’ve been reading (Collapse, Environment, and Society) but that got me thinking about the academic ‘debate’ regarding what ‘societal […]
The Bulletin: June 19-25, 2025
The Bulletin: June 19-25, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Study finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950 A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally. – The New York Times IEA Doubles Down On Peak Oil […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCVI–A ‘Great Simplification’ Is On Our Doorstep.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCVI A ‘Great Simplification’ Is On Our Doorstep. stock.adobe.com CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this synopsis. I have been wanting for some time to connect in an aggregate fashion a few of the ‘texts’ I’ve been exposed to over the past two decades and that have […]
The Bulletin: May 29-June 4, 2025
The Bulletin: May 29-June 4, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Forests, Water, and Climate: Time for Re-Conceptualization A Dead World, Plastic-Wrapped to Preserve Freshness – resilience Modern Civilization is Proving to be a Very Fragile Thing The Reductionist Delusion: How We Got Climate […]
The Bulletin: May 1-7, 2025
The Bulletin: May 1-7, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. A Key Longevity Antioxidant Is Fading From Our Food Supply The Limits of Business-as-Usual in AEO 2025 | Art Berman Complexity, Collapse, and the Lessons of Late Antiquity More Than 150 Nobel-Prize Winning Scientists […]
The Bulletin: April 24-30, 2025
The Bulletin: April 24-30, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Killing People by Lies: The New CO2 Campaign $10T Money Print! Fed’s New Plan Will Dwarf Bernanke Era | ZeroHedge The Wile E. Coyote Recession How I Unintentionally Became an Urban Farmer Banned DDT […]
