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The Bulletin: September 6-12
The Bulletin: September 6-12 We really need a plan Signs of Collapse: Broken Things | how to save the world Lockheed Martin Develops System to Identify and Counter Online “Disinformation,” Prototyped by DARPA The Seneca Cliff of Petroleum Production – by Ugo Bardi Is the World Walking Blindfolded Toward a Nuclear War? – Global Research […]
The Bulletin: August 30-September 5, 2024
The Bulletin, August 30-September 5 MM #18: What Can I Do? | Do the Math Japan Declares State of Emergency After ‘Nanobots’ Found in 96 Million Citizens – Global Research Will science and technology save us? – by Gunnar Rundgren “A NATO invasion of nuclear Russia is currently underway, and the world is unaware that […]
The Bulletin: August 23-29, 2024
The Bulletin: August 23-29, 2024 Global Food Production Is Being Limited by a Lack of Pollinators | Technology Networks There’s No Good News In The Unfolding Of Armageddon You Don’t Get To Vote On Any Of Your Government’s Most Consequential Actions Russia warns the United States of the risks of World War Three | Reuters […]
The Bulletin: August 16-22, 2024
The Bulletin: August 16-22, 2024 “Ubiquitous” – Scientists Discover That the Oceans Release Microplastics Into the Atmosphere Why large projects fail. Especially Renewable Energy | Peak Everything, Overshoot, & Collapse Global Debt Hits A New High Of $315 Trillion | ZeroHedge Big Tech Uses More Electricity Than Entire Countries | ZeroHedge Western Battle Tanks Are […]
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 […]
The Bulletin: August 1-7, 2024
The Bulletin: August 1-7, 2024 Introducing The Bulletin, a collation of recent articles focusing upon those predicaments flowing from the ongoing collapse of our global, industrialised complex society. Middle East On The Brink: Goldman Heads Discuss ‘Interconnected Realities’ Of Markets & Geopolitics Amid Looming Iran Strike | ZeroHedge Russia’s Arctic Energy Expansion A Geopolitical And […]
July 12-31 Articles of Interest
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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 […]
July 3, 2024 Readings
July 3, 2024 Readings 2019: Peak (Western) Civilization–The Honest Sorcerer Summer Reflections–Erik Michaels The Long Forum June 2024 – by Shane Simonsen Can The Law Drag Fossil Fuels Into Greener Pastures? We Are All Joe Biden (And Malthus Was Not a Reptilian)–Ugo Bardi The Coming US Budget Disaster Will Impoverish Americans | Mises Institute Ongoing […]
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 […]
Could We Go Back to the 1950s, Please?
Could We Go Back to the 1950s, Please? On radical acceptance and energy cannibalism Saying sorry might not work this time. Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash How come that we always end up discussing how to do what we do differently — like how to become sustainable, or how fast should we “transition” to “renewables” etc. — and never ever if […]
The Advanced Economies are headed for a downfall
The Advanced Economies are headed for a downfall It may be pleasant to think that the economies that are “on top” now will stay on top forever, but it is doubtful that this is the way the economy of the world works. Figure 1. Three-year average GDP growth rates for Advanced Economies based on data […]
This Is What Collapse Looks Like
This Is What Collapse Looks Like Every day now, the news is replete with evidence that, everywhere, things are falling apart faster and faster, and nothing of consequence is being, or can be, done about it. Every civilization collapses, but the collapse of our current global industrial civilization is occurring at a breathtaking and accelerating […]
After months of masturbatory freaking out about “the right,” the German government inches towards collapse, as the social democrats realise they’re wildly unpopular and have neither money nor answers
After months of masturbatory freaking out about “the right,” the German government inches towards collapse, as the social democrats realise they’re wildly unpopular and have neither money nor answers The Süddeutsche Zeitung reports on growing discontent with Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the ranks of his own party. Since January, German political elites have waged an […]
