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The Fall of Empires Explained in 10 Minutes

October 21, 2018

The Fall of Empires Explained in 10 Minutes This is the presentation I gave to the meeting for the 50th anniversary of the Club of Rome on Oct 18th in Rome. The gist of the idea is that the fall of ancient civilizations, such as the Roman Empire, can be described with the same models […]

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Dealing With Collapse: The Seneca Strategy

October 1, 2018

Dealing With Collapse: The Seneca Strategy The ruins of the Egyptian Pyramid of Meidum, perhaps the first large building to collapse in history (*). The collapse of large structures is part of a fascinating field of study that we may call “Collapsology.” I already wrote a book on this subject, titled “The Seneca Effect” (Springer […]

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Did the Club of Rome Ever Disavow “The Limits to Growth”? A Story of Ordinary Disinformation

September 24, 2018

Did the Club of Rome Ever Disavow “The Limits to Growth”? A Story of Ordinary Disinformation Aurelio Peccei in 1969, when he was appointed the first president of the Club of Rome The Club of Rome is inextricably linked to the legendary report that it commissioned to a group of MIT researchers in 1972, “The […]

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Plastic Pollution: The Age of Unsolvable Problems

September 17, 2018

Plastic Pollution: The Age of Unsolvable Problems Suddenly, we discovered that plastic pollution is a problem, a big one. What to do about it? As usual, it is a question of governance: the problem in itself is not so terribly bad that it couldn’t be controlled. But, over the years, we develop such effective technologies […]

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Stunning News from the Memesphere: Forest Fires had no Effect on the Public’s Interest in Climate Change

September 9, 2018

Stunning News from the Memesphere: Forest Fires had no Effect on the Public’s Interest in Climate Change In 2018, the fires in California and in other parts of the world have been especially devastating. But they had little or no effect on people’s perception of global warming and climate change. It seems that we are […]

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How Can They Lie to us so Blatantly? The Strange Case of Wealth Inequality in Russia

September 2, 2018

How Can They Lie to us so Blatantly? The Strange Case of Wealth Inequality in Russia The figure is taken from the “Independent” dated 23 November 2016. It looks like a serious chart, but it is not. It is pure propaganda or, more simply, a lie. It is just an example of how blatantly they […]

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So, You Think Science Will Save the World? Are You Sure?

August 29, 2018

So, You Think Science Will Save the World? Are You Sure? I understand that by publishing this post I may be giving ammunition to the anti-science crowd. But we can’t just hide in the ivory tower and tell people that science is perfect as it is. We need deep reforms in the way science is […]

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Why so Many People on Earth? The Ideology of Natalism

August 19, 2018

Why so Many People on Earth? The Ideology of Natalism (Above: a 19th century English family). A few years ago I was invited at a reunion of citizens concerned about social issues. When I was there, I was startled to discover that only concern of the group was the evils of abortion. It was a […]

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Why is it so Easy to Deceive People? The Strange Case of the Cooling Trend of the United States

August 14, 2018

Why is it so Easy to Deceive People? The Strange Case of the Cooling Trend of the United States The figure above, showing a cooling trend in the United States, was posted by Steven Goddard (aka Tony Heller) on his blog with the remarkable title of “The Deplorable Climate Science Blog” (actually there is a […]

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How the World Elites are Going to Betray us: Lessons from Roman History

How the World Elites are Going to Betray us: Lessons from Roman History The more I study the story of the Roman Empire, the more I see the similarities with our world. Of course, history doesn’t always repeat itself, but it is impressive to note how with the start of the collapse of the Western […]

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Why, in a Few Years, Nobody Will be Talking About Climate Change Anymore.

Why, in a Few Years, Nobody Will be Talking About Climate Change Anymore. In the book “Hitler’s Willing Executioners” (1996) Daniel Goldhagen argues that the Germans couldn’t possibly have missed that their government was exterminating the Jews and other ethnical groups. But it is also possible that most Germans were misled by the technique of […]

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The Coming Population Crash: A Seneca Cliff Ahead for Humankind?

The Coming Population Crash: A Seneca Cliff Ahead for Humankind? This is a condensed and modified version of a paper of mine that appeared on “The Journal of Population and Sustainability” this year. The image above is the well known “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” by Albrecht Durer – 1498. Yes, I know it is […]

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Trump Takes Italy by Storm: the Rise of Matteo Salvini and of the Italian Right

Trump Takes Italy by Storm: the Rise of Matteo Salvini and of the Italian Right Matteo Salvini, the leader of the Italian League and Minister of the Interior since June 2018. During the past few weeks, he has gained political prominence in Italy by adopting Trump’s style and policies. Here, you see him together with the […]

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The Impossible Battle against Fake News: The Horse Manure Crisis in London

The Impossible Battle against Fake News: The Horse Manure Crisis in London Illustration and initial text from a recent post on WUWT Sometimes, I have this horrible feeling that the battle against fake news and propaganda is just impossible to win. The latest example is an article appeared on the unnamable WUWT blog, which repeats […]

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