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The Dark Origins of the Davos’ Great Reset

The Dark Origins of the Davos’ Great Reset Important to understand is that there is not one single new or original idea in Klaus Schwab’s so-called Great Reset agenda for the world. Nor is his Fourth Industrial Revolution agenda his or his claim to having invented the notion of Stakeholder Capitalism a product of Schwab. Klaus […]

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Predicting the Future: How Good is the “Earth4All” Model?

Predicting the Future: How Good is the “Earth4All” Model? Jorgen Randers, one of the original authors of the first report to the Club of Rome, “The Limits to Growth,” of 1972. Now, he is one of the main authors of the new report to the Club, “Earth for All” This post is not meant to […]

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Is it Too Late for Sustainable Development?

January 19, 2024

Is it Too Late for Sustainable Development? Dennis Meadows thinks so. Forty years after his book The Limits to Growth, he explains why Courtesy of Dennis Meadows On March 2, 1972, a team of experts from MIT presented a groundbreaking report called The Limits to Growth to scientists, journalists and others assembled at the Smithsonian Castle. Released […]

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Was the Club of Rome & MIT study right about soon-arriving resource shortages and the collapse of humanity? Part 2 of a 3 Part Series

November 2, 2022

Was the Club of Rome & MIT study right about soon-arriving resource shortages and the collapse of humanity? Part 2 of a 3 Part Series The book, Limits to Growth, published in 1972 was designed to publicize the findings of an MIT study funded by a group of European industrialists calling themselves the Club of Rome. Was this MIT collapse […]

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2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years

September 10, 2021

2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years

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When Fake News Kill: The 6 Most Stubborn (and Dangerous) Legends in History

December 3, 2018

When Fake News Kill: The 6 Most Stubborn (and Dangerous) Legends in History Gary Larson’s interpretation of the legend that Queen Marie Antoinette of France proposed that the people of Paris could eat cake when she was told that they had no bread. It highlights the absurdity of a legend which is, nevertheless, still widely […]

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Epistemology of a Dying Empire: How do Our Leaders Make Choices?

November 6, 2018

Epistemology of a Dying Empire: How do Our Leaders Make Choices? Recently, Michael Liebreich published an article titled “The Secret of Eternal Growth.” I have been mulling over in my head if it is appropriate to spend time discussing one more mishmash of legends, including the one that’s by now a classic, the “errors” that […]

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Durable Goods

October 26, 2018

Durable Goods Ed. note: The post below is a transcription of Post Carbon Fellow Stephanie Mills’ remarks at the 50 year anniversary of the publication of the Whole Earth Catalog. Gratitude to Mother Earth, ground of being. Gratitude to Stewart and Ryan and their colleagues for realizing this event. Gratitude to Stephanie Feldstein for her […]

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Eco Crises: Doom & Gloom, Truth & Consequences

October 26, 2018

Eco Crises: Doom & Gloom, Truth & Consequences Photo Source Sakeeb Sabakka | CC BY 2.0 …We can’t save the world by playing by the rules because the rules have to change. Everything needs to change and it has to start today….To all the politicians that pretend to take the climate question seriously, to all […]

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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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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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Saving the World: Top-Down or Bottom-Up? A Review of the Latest Report to the Club of Rome, “Come On”

Saving the World: Top-Down or Bottom-Up? A Review of the Latest Report to the Club of Rome, “Come On” Come On: Capitalism, Short-termism and the Destruction of the Planet. A new Report from the Club of Rome. By Ernst von Weizsaecker and Anders Wijkman – Book Review by Ugo Bardi Nearly half a century has […]

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Book Review: Food Scarcity. Unavoidable by 2100?

December 27, 2017

Book Review: Food Scarcity. Unavoidable by 2100? This is an excerpt from the review by Ugo Bardi published on the “Journal of Population and Sustainability“ Scientific studies that examine the food supply and its correlation to human population have a long tradition that goes back to Thomas Malthus and his “An Essay on the Future […]

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Tim Jackson: The High Price Of Growth

October 16, 2017

Tim Jackson: The High Price Of Growth A finite planet cannot sustain infinite economic growth Modern society is addicted to and engineered for perpetual economic growth. Now, a fourth-grader can tell you that nothing can grow forever, especially if you have finite resources. But that simple realization is eluding today’s central planners, despite multiplying evidence […]

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Investment as a Commitment. Tim Jackson at the Summer School of the Club of Rome in Florence

September 17, 2017

Investment as a Commitment. Tim Jackson at the Summer School of the Club of Rome in Florence Tim Jackson speaks at the 1st Summer School of the Club of Rome in Florence, Sep, 2017 (image courtesy Daniel Reinhardt) There have been several interesting talks at the Summer School on Sustainability in Florence, but the one […]

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