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Even The Millionaires Are Fed Up
Even The Millionaires Are Fed Up How to speak to a hostile crowd Some weeks ago, I was sitting on stage with an economist from the World Trade Organisation and a banker from UBS. We were opening a small, one-day conference for the private aviation industry, and I had been invited to challenge the prevailing […]
The Collapse Is Coming. Will Humanity Adapt?
The Collapse Is Coming. Will Humanity Adapt? An evolutionary biologist and a science fiction writer walk into a bar… and mull over survival. I’ve known Dan Brooks for 40 years now. Somehow we’re still talking to each other. We’ve followed radically different trajectories since first meeting back in the ’80s. Dan built a truly impressive […]
10 Premises Behind Collapse 2050
10 Premises Behind Collapse 2050 What does “collapse” mean? What will the downfall of civilization look like? What am I suggesting people do? What if I’m wrong? Photo by Yaoqi / Unsplash People look at my username on Twitter or title of this website and jump to conclusions about the way I think. Some ‘get’ me straight […]
Walking Away From The Marketplace
Walking Away From The Marketplace The recent sequence of posts here on lenocracy (from Latin leno, a pimp)—that is, the form of political economy in which productive economic activity gets squeezed dry by various kinds of legally mandated pimping—has fielded a response I find interesting. Next to nobody has tried to argue that lenocracy is […]
Links of the Month: May 2024
Links of the Month: May 2024 Public Service Announcement: If reading my links of the month is unbearably depressing for you, just skip down to the very bottom of this post and at least read Lyz Lenz’s little story on Mothering. Everything else here will probably be the same next month, anyway. cartoon by Michael Leunig No, […]
Wars, Apologetics, and Political Arguments
Wars, Apologetics, and Political Arguments When political arguments ask you to commit to extreme positions, perhaps they are religious rather than ethical arguments. Possibly the two most pressing world events at the moment are the wars in Ukraine and Israel. In each case, the argumentation for each side in the Western world has followed a […]
How to Collapse: Hyperinflationary Depression
How to Collapse: Hyperinflationary Depression How crop failure leading to a 20% caloric deficit might cause a financial crisis. It’s Wednesday. You wake up, let the dog out for a piss, shower and drag yourself to work. Eight to ten hours of pointless grin-fucking pass by and you’re ready to collapse on your sofa with […]
The Worst Time to Be Alive
The Worst Time to Be Alive The world has ended before. Sure, the entire world has never ended before. Not all at once. Depending on how you define words like “world” and “end.” But… There have been plenty of times in history where it sure tasted like the world was ending, where the future didn’t […]
Falling From Grace
Falling From Grace Years ago, Doug Casey mentioned in a correspondence to me, “Empires fall from grace with alarming speed.” Every now and then, you receive a comment that, although it may have been stated casually, has a lasting effect, as it offers uncommon insight. For me, this was one of those and it’s one […]
Why societies grow more fragile and vulnerable to collapse as time passes
Why societies grow more fragile and vulnerable to collapse as time passes Getty Images Do societies become more fragile over time? (Credit: Getty Images) An analysis of hundreds of pre-modern states suggests that civilisations tend to have a ‘shelf-life’ – a pattern that holds lessons for today’s ageing global powers. The rise and fall of […]
Sudan on brink of collapse and starvation as country marks one year of civil war
Sudan on brink of collapse and starvation as country marks one year of civil war Sudanese security forces patrol in a commercial district in Gedaref city in eastern Sudan on April 3, 2024. EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP/AFP via Getty Images CNN — As Sudan marks the grim anniversary of a year-long conflict, aid agencies have warned that the country teeters […]
Among the ancestors
Among the ancestors Note to Substack readers. I replicate the essays that I publish on my chrissmaje.com site here on Substack. I’ve switched comments off here because I don’t want to juggle two parallel conversation threads, but if you’d like to discuss my essays feel free to join the conversation over on my website. Currently, all my […]
EROEI and Civilization’s Forced Decline
EROEI and Civilization’s Forced Decline EROEI (Energy Return on Energy Invested) is possibly the most important ratio to human existence. This measure is foundational to our civilization, yet understood by few. Photo by NASA / Unsplash EROEI (Energy Return on Energy Invested) is possibly the most important ratio to human existence. This measure is foundational […]
Scientists finally solved chilling mystery of why the Mayans vanished after thousands of years
Scientists finally solved chilling mystery of why the Mayans vanished after thousands of years Self-made environmental issues took a turn for the worse. Mayans have always been a topic of interest renowned for their hieroglyphic writing, agricultural achievements, as well as their ancient calendar that famously predicted an apocalypse back in 2012. Around A.D. 250, […]
