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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXXIV– ‘Renewables’: The Great ‘Solution’ (NOT)
Knossos, Crete (1988). Photo by author. ‘Renewables’: The Great ‘Solution’ (NOT) I’ve been very, very slowly reading a paper by archaeologist Joseph Tainter (Problem Solving: Complexity, History, Sustainability Population and Environment, Sep., 2000, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 3-41) that I will comment upon and summarise in a few weeks. In the meantime, I thought […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXXIII–Complexity and Sustainability
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXXIII–Complexity and Sustainability I believe that in many ways the past is a prologue to our future. Every experiment our species has attempted in the development of complex societies (from small to large ones) has eventually ‘failed’ to sustain the systems that make them complex and simplification/decline/collapse has followed. Regardless of […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXXII–Tech ‘Solutions’ Are Us
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXXII–Tech ‘Solutions’ Are Us Pompeii, Italy (1984). Photo by author. Tech ‘Solutions’ Are Us I wanted to share another one of those conversations I have been involved in. It is not unlike many I see occur (and sometimes get involved in) when someone posts definitive support for the pursuit of complex […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXXI–The Politics of Dancing: The politicians are now dj’s…
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXXI Tulum, Mexico (1986). Photo by author. The Politics of Dancing: The politicians are now dj’s… It seems nowadays we’re always trapped in the silly season of election campaigning. Perhaps my memory is foggy but where it used to be a short window of inane proclamations and ever-grander promises (that never […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXX–She Blinded Me With Science, and More on the ‘Clean’ Energy Debate…
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXX She Blinded Me With Science, and More on the ‘Clean’ Energy Debate… For whatever reason, I just can’t seem to help myself… The most relevant issue for the first part of this Contemplation is a loose definition and lack of agreement at the outset on what all of us involved […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CIII–We All Believe What We Believe…Evidence Be Damned.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CIII Teotihuacan, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. We All Believe What We Believe…Evidence Be Damned. The following contemplation is my comment on the latest Honest Sorcerer post that explores personality ‘types’ and how these contribute to why we tend to hold such different views of our world. Very interesting discussion and does help […]
Today’s Contemplation: And Now For Something Completely Different, Part 6
Today’s Contemplation: And Now For Something Completely Different, Part 6 February 16, 2023 (original posting date) While I take a break from my Contemplation posts here is the sixth installment of chapters from the fourth book in my fictional novel series (that stalled a few years ago but have ready). I will continue to share some […]
Today Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CI–Theory Is Great, In Theory: More On Our ‘Renewable’ Energy Future
Today Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CI February 13, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico (1988). Photo by author. Theory Is Great, In Theory: More On Our ‘Renewable’ Energy Future Quite often I get involved in online discussions with others about our predicament(s). Most of the time these are quite friendly in nature and a sharing of ideas […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCIX–Energy Future, Part 4: Economic Manipulation
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCIX February 9, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. Energy Future, Part 4: Economic Manipulation In Part 1, I argue that energy underpins everything, including human complex societies. In Part 2, I suggest that the increasing need for diminishing resources, especially finite or limited ‘renewable’ ones, invariably leads […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCVIII–‘Inevitable’ Growth: Helping To Keep the Profiteer Gravy Train Pumping
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCVIII February 7, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. ‘Inevitable’ Growth: Helping To Keep the Profiteer Gravy Train Pumping The following are two brief comments (followed by a couple of shorter responses to others) I put out on one of my town’s FB pages regarding the ongoing conversation/debate […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCV–We All Believe What We Want To Believe
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCV January 31, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. We All Believe What We Want To Believe The following Contemplation is my comment in response to a thought-provoking post I read by Dave Pollard at his site How to Save the World. Great read, thanks for sharing. A […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCIV–‘Representative’ Democracy: A Ruse To Convince Citizens That They Have Agency In Their Society
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCIV January 29, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. ‘Representative’ Democracy: A Ruse To Convince Citizens That They Have Agency In Their Society A friend recently posted on my FB timeline the link to an article about the plans of our provincial government in opening up sections of […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCIII–Energy Future, Part 3: Authoritarianism and Sociobehavioural Control
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCIII January 16, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. Energy Future, Part 3: Authoritarianism and Sociobehavioural Control In Part 1, I argue that energy underpins everything, including human complex societies. In Part 2, I suggest that the increasing need for diminishing resources, especially finite or limited ‘renewable’ ones, […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCII–Ecological Overshoot and Collapse: Rearranging the Deck Chairs On the Titanic
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCII January 22, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. Ecological Overshoot and Collapse: Rearranging the Deck Chairs On the Titanic My comments prompted by two recent articles by The Honest Sorcerer (whose writing I highly recommend). January 13 post: I believe you’ve hit the nail on the head […]
