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Musings on the Nature of Technology
Musings on the Nature of Technology A picture taken during the trip (own photo) Recently I have been on a four-day hiking trip, completing another 80 km (~50 mile) stretch of the 1171 km National Blue Trail running across my tiny country. This gave me plenty of time to tune into and ponder on the many […]
Musings on the Nature of Technology
Musings on the Nature of Technology A picture taken during the trip (own photo) Recently I have been on a four-day hiking trip, completing another 80 km (~50 mile) stretch of the 1171 km National Blue Trail running across my tiny country. This gave me plenty of time to tune into and ponder on the many […]
Money’s Grim Future
Money’s Grim Future Prepare for total control of your economic life. That is the message from Brownstone Fellow Aaron Day at his 4-hour workshop in San Jose, California last Saturday, May 11th. Day has written the excellent book The Final Countdown, which carefully describes the increasingly aggressive assaults on our freedoms by our government and by the global elites. […]
NASA Shares Photos Of Massive Explosions On Sun That Unleashed Solar Flares
NASA Shares Photos Of Massive Explosions On Sun That Unleashed Solar Flares NASA has recorded two explosions on the surface of the sun which unleashed powerful solar flares on Friday and Saturday. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory meticulously documented the solar eruptions which sent ripples of electromagnetic energy hurtling towards Earth. “The Sun emitted two strong solar flares […]
The Threat of a Solar Superstorm Is Growing—And We’re Not Ready
The Threat of a Solar Superstorm Is Growing—And We’re Not Ready Someday an unlucky outburst from our sun could strike Earth and fry most of our electronics—and we’ve already had some too-close-for-comfort near misses Powerful outbursts from the sun—like this bright, flashing solar flare and the adjacent eruption of hot glowing gas—can wreak havoc with […]
Everything You Need to Know About EMPs from a NASA Expert
Everything You Need to Know About EMPs from a NASA Expert EMPs (Electromagnetic Pulse) are a trope that is often used in prepper fiction. We often think of an EMP attack as the worst-case, end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it scenario that is just around the corner. There’s little doubt that it would change everything, but what’s the truth? Here’s […]
Is There a Road Map for What’s Ahead?
Is There a Road Map for What’s Ahead? One of our primary survival traits is the ability to anticipate the future to avoid threats and reap higher yields. We seek a vantage point to view the road ahead, or even better a road map to what’s ahead. Is there a road map to what’s ahead? An enormous […]
Draining the World of Fresh Water
Draining the World of Fresh Water Two recent studies show human activity is drying up the planet’s lakes, rivers and aquifers. Efficient irrigation systems have not conserved water but encouraged the expansion of irrigated land, resulting in more havoc with the global water system. Image via Shutterstock. “When you drink the water, remember the spring.” — […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCVI–Technological ‘Breakthroughs’, Ponzi Schemes, and ‘Green’ Energy
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCVI February 3, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. Technological ‘Breakthroughs’, Ponzi Schemes, and ‘Green’ Energy A collection of my recent comments on posts/articles that have been shared with me via FB groups/pages. I share these to provide further ‘insight’ into where I am coming from in my […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCI–Mainstream Green Narratives: It’s About Selling More Industrial Products
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCI January 16, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. Mainstream Green Narratives: It’s About Selling More Industrial Products A follow-up to Contemplation LXXXIX that responded to the idea that if enough people found true contentment and happiness by cooperating with others, humanity would discover a ‘oneness’ that could […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXVIII–Collapse: Just Like Boiling A Frog
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXVIII January 2, 2023 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. Collapse: Just Like Boiling A Frog As I continue to work on my multipart contemplation regarding our energy future (Part 1; Part 2), thought I would throw out this ‘brief’ one that shares my comment on the most recent […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXVII–Limitless, ‘Clean’ Energy: More Magical Thinking
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXVII December 29, 2022 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. Limitless, ‘Clean’ Energy: More Magical Thinking A brief contemplation that shares my comment on the latest post by The Honest Sorcerer regarding the recent fusion energy ‘breakthrough’ that has been making the rounds on many media sites. My current […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXVI–Roadblocks To Our ‘Renewable’ Energy Transition: Debt, Resource Constraints, and Diminishing Returns
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXVI November 12, 2022 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. Roadblocks To Our ‘Renewable’ Energy Transition: Debt, Resource Constraints, and Diminishing Returns Today’s contemplation is a quick rundown of three of the roadblocks I see preventing us from achieving the utopian dream of a seamless ‘clean’ energy transition from […]
Ignorance, Hubris, and Stupidity
Ignorance, Hubris, and Stupidity Artwork from Ken Avidor As I frequently point out, we face a series of predicaments all brought to us as a result of our own behavior of using technology, which has produced the predicament of ecological overshoot. When a species goes into overshoot, it always faces the same outcome: collapse. There is quite literally no way to […]
