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The other side of the global crisis: entropy and the collapse of civilizations
The other side of the global crisis: entropy and the collapse of civilizations When we discuss the impending crisis of our civilisation, we mainly look at the resources our economy need in a growing quantity. And we explain why the Diminishing Returns of resource exploitation pose a growing burden on the possibility of a further […]
If You Don’t Warn The People, Their Blood Could Be On Your Hands
If You Don’t Warn The People, Their Blood Could Be On Your Hands Why are so few voices warning the people about what is coming? We stand at the door of a period of distress that will be unlike anything that any of us have ever known before. And even though the signs are all […]
Ukraine Collapse Is Now Imminent
Ukraine Collapse Is Now Imminent Via GEFIRA, Two years have passed since Yanukovich was deposed and, as it turns out, another ruthless clan of oligarchs has taken power. No wonder then that Ukraine is heading for a new wave of violence and chaos. Oligarchs are fighting each other, the IMF is pulling out of the country, […]
The collapse of the Western Roman Empire: was it caused by climate change?
The collapse of the Western Roman Empire: was it caused by climate change? Image from the recent paper by Buentgen et al., published on “Nature Geoscience” on February 8, 2016. The red curves are temperature changes reconstructed from tree rings in the Russian Altai (upper curve) and the European Alps (lower curve). Note the remarkable dip […]
How to survive a global disaster: a handy guide
How to survive a global disaster: a handy guide Whether it’s a natural disaster, bioterrorist attack or pandemic, experts reckon society as we know it will collapse within 13 days of a catastrophic event. So what do you do next? Ubisoft’s role-playing shooter The Division wouldn’t be as much fun if players followed Nafeez Ahmed’s […]
How Systems Break: First They Slow Down
How Systems Break: First They Slow Down Alternatively, we can cling to a state of denial, and the dominant system will be replaced by archetypal systems that are not necessarily positive. Understanding our current socio-economy as a system of sub-systems enables us to project how and when unsustainable sub-systems will finally unravel. The reality that […]
The world’s forests will collapse if we don’t learn to say ‘no’
The world’s forests will collapse if we don’t learn to say ‘no’ An alarming new study has shown that the world’s forests are not only disappearing rapidly, but that areas of “core forest” — remote interior areas critical for disturbance-sensitive wildlife and ecological processes — are vanishing even faster. Core forests are disappearing because a tsunami of new roads, dams, power […]
The Opaque Process of Collapse
The Opaque Process of Collapse The ultimate cost of protecting the privileges of the few at the expense of the many is the dissolution of the social order that enabled the rule of the privileged few. When I write about the demise of unsustainable systems, readers often ask me to describe the collapse I see […]
The Global Economy Could Fall Farther and Faster Than Pundits Expect
The Global Economy Could Fall Farther and Faster Than Pundits Expect Systemic fragility doesn’t respond to central bank jawboning or Keynesian claptrap; unlike those “policy tools,” fragility is real. The core narrative of central bank/cartel capitalism is centralized agencies have the power to limit downturns and extend credit-based “good times” almost indefinitely. The centralized power bag […]
Gerald Celente: Get Prepped For Global Systemic Collapse
Gerald Celente: Get Prepped For Global Systemic Collapse More ridiculous predictable market action today. The worse things become in the real world the more frantic the stupidity becomes. The American authorities are clearly terrified that their world role as hegemon is being threatened and it is not beyond the realm of possibility that your fears […]
When The Economy Collapses The Government Will Implode : “The Support Mechanisms On Which We Depend Will Break Down”
When The Economy Collapses The Government Will Implode : “The Support Mechanisms On Which We Depend Will Break Down” For twenty years Micheal Rivero of What Really Happened has been exposing the lies and corruption emanating from the Federal government, Wall street bankers, and big business. In his latest interview with Crush The Street he sounds one of his most […]
Mining Industry in Collapse
Mining Industry in Collapse The mining industry is in collapse. Everyone expanded dramatically expecting China to never stop buying. The loading up of debt is still likely to see many companies get in trouble. It is likely to see the entire industry be downgraded on a wholesale basis. Those looking at the miner stocks, […]
Success Is a Source of Destabilization
Success Is a Source of Destabilization We tend to assume our system for understanding the cause of failure must be sound, because we’ve experienced Roaring Success for so long. Rip-Roaring Success is a funny thing: we assume it’s the goal of every person, household, enterprise and nation, but we overlook that rip-roaring success can be as […]
