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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXVI–Confessions Of A Fossil Fuel Shill
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXVI Tulum, Mexico (1986). Photo by author. Confessions Of A Fossil Fuel Shill For anyone who has been following my writing over the past couple of years, you will know that I have been critical of non-renewable, renewable energy-harvesting technologies (aka ‘renewables’) and the ‘marketing’ that surrounds them[1]. My critiques are usually focused upon […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LX–Infinite growth. Finite planet. What could possibly go wrong? Part Two
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LX July 19, 2022 (original posting date) Athens, Greece (1984). Photo by author. Infinite growth. Finite planet. What could possibly go wrong? Part Two This is Part Two of a contemplation regarding what humanity’s future path ‘may’ look like. Part One can be found here. Based on the evidence found in our pre/history […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LVIII–Magical Thinking to Help Avoid Anxiety-Provoking Thoughts
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LVIII July 6, 2022 (original posting date) Arles, France (1984). Photo by author. Magical Thinking to Help Avoid Anxiety-Provoking Thoughts Today’s contemplation shares a comment I made to a Facebook Group a number of days ago in response to an article by Dr. Ugo Bardi — whose writing, especially around limits to growth and his […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XLIV–The Ruling Class: Chasing Growth Regardless Of the Consequences
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XLIV Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author The Ruling Class: Chasing Growth Regardless Of the Consequences Today’s contemplation is in response to an article by the Honest Sorcerer whose writings I discovered not long ago and have enjoyed for their insight and clarity. I recommend reading them[1]. If only the tragedy that is […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XLIII–War. What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing!
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XLIII Teotihuacan, Mexico (1988) Photo by author War. What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing! Today’s ‘contemplation’ is derived from a conversation on a Facebook Group post I was recently involved with[1]. I’ve been reluctant to write anything regarding the current Russian/Ukraine conflict due to the extreme polemic and emotional aspects such events […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXV–Energy and Its Interconnections With Our Financialised Economic System
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXV Teotihuacan, Mexico (1988). Photo by author. Energy and Its Interconnections With Our Financialised Economic System Petroleum geologist Art Berman recently posted an article discussing an issue regarding the mainstream energy transition narrative that I wanted to highlight. This is the connection between our monetary/financial/economic systems and energy, something that as Art argues […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LVII–Ecological Overshoot Cannot Be ‘Solved’
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LVII July 2, 2022 (original posting date) Rome, Italy (1984). Photo by author. Ecological Overshoot Cannot Be ‘Solved’ A quick morning contemplation based upon an article posted to the Peak Oil Facebook Group I participate in. Almost everywhere the pursuit of the infinite growth chalice (primarily by the ruling elite) and/or population growth […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LVI–Cognition and Belief Systems: Part Six — Sociopolitical ‘Collapse’ and Ecological Overshoot
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LVI June 29, 2022 (original posting date) Rome, Italy (1984). Photo by author. Cognition and Belief Systems: Part Six — Sociopolitical ‘Collapse’ and Ecological Overshoot This contemplation is my concluding post regarding several psychological mechanisms at play in our thinking about ecological overshoot and the accompanying societal ‘collapse’ that will eventually result. In the initial […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LV–Expediting ‘Collapse’: Financialisation of Our Economic System
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LV Rome, Italy (1984). Photo by author. Expediting ‘Collapse’: Financialisation of Our Economic System A very short contemplation that deviates from the ‘series’ I’ve been writing on several psychological mechanisms that impact our cognitions regarding overshoot and collapse. This is a brief comment (with a slight edit) on an article by The Honest […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LIV–Cognition and Belief Systems: Part Five — Justification Hypothesis
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LIV June 18, 2022 (original posting date) Rome, Italy (1984). Photo by author. Cognition and Belief Systems: Part Five — Justification Hypothesis This contemplation is the fifth part of a look at several psychological mechanisms at play in our thinking about ecological overshoot and the accompanying societal ‘collapse’ that will eventually result. In Part One, […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LIII–Cognition and Belief Systems: Part Four — Cognitive Dissonance
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LIII June 11, 2022 (original posting date) Santorini, Greece (1984). Photo by author. Cognition and Belief Systems: Part Four — Cognitive Dissonance This contemplation is the fourth part of a look at several psychological mechanisms at play in our thinking about ecological overshoot and the accompanying societal ‘collapse’ that will eventually result. In Part One, […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LII–Cognition and Belief Systems: Part Three — Groupthink
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LII June 7, 2022 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico (1988) Photo by author Cognition and Belief Systems: Part Three — Groupthink This contemplation is the third part of a look at several psychological mechanisms at play in our thinking about ecological overshoot and the accompanying societal ‘collapse’ that will eventually result. In Part One, […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XLIX–Sometimes People Don’t Want to Hear the Truth
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XLIX Monte Alban, Mexico (1988) Photo by author Sometimes People Don’t Want to Hear the Truth Today’s Contemplation has been prompted by a request to engage someone in ‘an academic lesson’ regarding the maladaptation of pursuing complex technologies in an attempt to ‘solve’ our ‘problem’ of climate change. As Frederick Nietzsche has been […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XLVIII–We Are Not Prepared For Shutting Down the Fossil Fuel Industry
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XLVIII Monte Alban, Mexico (1988) Photo by author We Are Not Prepared For Shutting Down the Fossil Fuel Industry To be or not to be, that is the question… Prince Hamlet’s well-known soliloquy in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet is apropos to a question I have been pondering: should we shut down immediately the […]
