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Low Oil Prices: An Indication of Major Problems Ahead?
Low Oil Prices: An Indication of Major Problems Ahead? Many people, including most Peak Oilers, expect that oil prices will rise endlessly. They expect rising oil prices because, over time, companies find it necessary to access more difficult-to-extract oil. Accessing such oil tends to be increasingly expensive because it tends to require the use of greater […]
The Two Paths to Collapse
The Two Paths to Collapse The very structure of our systems guarantees their failure once conditions change beyond their limited ability to adjust. As a general rule, there are two paths to collapse: gradual erosion and sudden crash. The two are intertwined, of course; in most cases, the system slowly loses vigor, resources, efficiency, etc. (erosion) […]
What Is “Peak Oil” and How Can It Lead to Global Economic Collapse?
What Is “Peak Oil” and How Can It Lead to Global Economic Collapse? Despite a steadily improving economy in the US, the same cannot be said for much of the rest of the world. And while there are strong and growing economies in places like China that can literally give the US a run for […]
A Collapse Update from Venezuela: Corruption, Hunger, and Crime
A Collapse Update from Venezuela: Corruption, Hunger, and Crime Editor’s Note: In this update, Jose talks about the worsening corruption, hunger, and crime in Venezuela. It’s hard to imagine, but things are still getting worse there. As we get together to feast with our families this week, please remember the people of Venezuela, where 80% of […]
Quantum, Jazz and Dada – 3
Quantum, Jazz and Dada – 3 Max Ernst Ubu Imperator 1923 Ilargi: This is part 3 of Alexander Aston’s view of how upheaval and collapse can lead to new insights, new bursts of creativity, in science, religion, society and the arts. Part 1 of Quantum, Jazz and Dada can be found here, part 2 is […]
Quantum, Jazz and Dada – 2
Quantum, Jazz and Dada – 2 Hannah Höch Cut with the Dada Kitchen Knife through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany 1919 Ilargi: This is part 2 of Alexander Aston’s view of how upheaval and collapse can lead to new insights, new bursts of creativity, in science, religion, society and the arts. Part […]
Quantum, Jazz and Dada – 1
Quantum, Jazz and Dada – 1 Marcel Duchamp Nude descending a staircase 1912 Ilargi: Much to my surprise, I received a mail from an old friend. Alexander Aston last wrote for the Automatic Earth in 2014. But he hasn’t been idle. Alexander is presently finishing his doctorate in archeology at Oxford, after prior degrees in […]
Written in History: The Death of America’s Hyper-Power Fantasy
Written in History: The Death of America’s Hyper-Power Fantasy In 1987, Paul Kennedy, a British professor of history at Yale University, unleashed a political and intellectual firestorm with the publication of his great (677-page) book, “The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers.” Kennedy produced a magisterial overview of the competition for global power over […]
Preparations for War & Collapse: Gauging Possibility and Probability, and Making Preparations
Preparations for War & Collapse: Gauging Possibility and Probability, and Making Preparations Many times comments have been written about how the site should be tailored more toward subjects entailing preparing and survival. Indeed, all of the Independent Media is “guilty” of reporting news and current events…political matters, politicians, what they said, what they did, ad […]
Total Planetary Collapse: The World’s Vertebrate Population Has Fallen By An Average Of 60 Percent Since 1970
Total Planetary Collapse: The World’s Vertebrate Population Has Fallen By An Average Of 60 Percent Since 1970 The clock is ticking for humanity, and it is not just because our financial system is heading for the biggest implosion that any of us have ever seen. The truth is that we are literally running out of […]
Our Bonus Decade
Our Bonus Decade “The sense of security more frequently springs from habit than from conviction, and for this reason it often subsists after such a change in the conditions as might have been expected to suggest alarm. The lapse of time during which a given event has not happened, is, in this logic of habit, […]
