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Was the fall of the Roman Empire due to plagues & climate change?
Was the fall of the Roman Empire due to plagues & climate change? Preface. Harper (2017) shows the brutal effects of plagues and climate change on the Roman Empire. McConnell (2020) proposes that a huge volcanic eruption in Alaska was a factor in bringing the Roman Empire and Cleopatra’s Egypt down. In addition, there are other […]
New Zealand rated best place to survive global societal collapse
New Zealand rated best place to survive global societal collapse Study citing ‘perilous state’ of industrial civilisation ranks temperate islands top for resilience Bunker repurposed for a US ‘doomsday’ community. A study proposes that countries able to grow food for their populations, protect their borders from unwanted mass migration and maintain an electrical grid, are […]
What Kind of Mindsets Lead Us Into Traps?
What Kind of Mindsets Lead Us Into Traps? First picture: Morning, Hamilton Ranch (aka Carroll Ranch), Big Hole Valley, Montana Second picture: Beaverslide used for hay. Agriculture is what led into civilization. After quite an interesting last week, I have a better understanding of why so many people fall into the different “traps” and mindsets that we […]
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 […]
Welcome to the 21st Century Sequel of the Catastrophic 1600s
Welcome to the 21st Century Sequel of the Catastrophic 1600s As the chart below on ‘how systems collapse’ illustrates, the loss of stabilizing buffers goes unnoticed until the entire structure collapses under its own weight. Disruptive extremes of weather: check Rising geopolitical tensions with no diplomatic resolution: check Multiplying scarcities in essential commodities: check Domestic disorder accelerates as […]
Over 70 Killed As South Africa “Crumbles” Despite Military Intervention
Over 70 Killed As South Africa “Crumbles” Despite Military Intervention South Africa could be on the verge of collapse, and all the warning signs are there. The looters have targeted foreign shops, shopping centers, distribution centers/warehouses, and raided gun shops. Shortages are beginning with food, fuel, and ammo. Over 70 have reportedly been killed since social […]
The Future Is Not a Spectator Sport
The Future Is Not a Spectator Sport Like all self-organized, adaptive systems, society moves in nonlinear ways. Even as our civilization unravels, a new ecological worldview is spreading globally. Will it become powerful enough to avert a cataclysm? None of us knows. Perhaps the Great Transition to an ecological civilization is already under way, but […]
What is Ecological Overshoot?
What is Ecological Overshoot? What is ecological overshoot and why is it important? Is it a more important predicament than climate change? What about energy and resource decline – more important than it? The answer to the latter two questions is YES and ecological overshoot is important because it is the predicament which is causing all the other predicaments […]
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. […]
California Begs For More Electricity As Shift To Renewable Power Leaves State In The Dark
California Begs For More Electricity As Shift To Renewable Power Leaves State In The Dark
Keeping the Balance
Keeping the Balance COMMENT: Civil unrest is defivately rising, your models are so good at looking far into the future! With incidents like this, I really find it interesting reading public comments on social media are empathetic and typically left leaning. I also find it interesting how ignorant the left are in not realizing that they are […]
Earth tipping points could destabilize each other in domino effect: Study
Earth tipping points could destabilize each other in domino effect: Study A new risk analysis has found that the tipping points of five of Earth’s subsystems — the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Amazon rainforest — could interact with […]
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
This is How a Civilization Collapses
This is How a Civilization Collapses What Does a Civilization That’s Beginning to Collapse Look Like? This, Here, Now Image Credit: Lex Augusteijn “You don’t seriously think…civilization…is going to…collapse? Do you? LOL! Dude!! Here, have a beer!” It’s a question I get asked these days, sometimes angrily, sometimes mockingly, sometimes like I’m crazy — rarely seriously. […]
