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Why the Technocratic Mindset Produces Only Misery and Failure
Why the Technocratic Mindset Produces Only Misery and Failure It has the most fundamental aspect reality backwards Saw this article come across, come across my news alert for “Transhumanism”. In it Dr. David Eagleman talks about how not only can we augment human senses with fantastic new abilities (like to “see” heat and electromagnetic patterns), but […]
Net Zero: a failure for climate change mitigation
Net Zero: a failure for climate change mitigation
2021 is Already Optimized for Failure
2021 is Already Optimized for Failure One sure way to identify a system “optimized for failure” is if all the insiders are absolutely confident the system is “optimized for my success”. I often discuss optimization here because it offers an insightful window into how systems become fragile and break down. When we optimize something, we’re aiming to get […]
Why We’re Doomed: Our Delusional Faith in Incremental Change
Why We’re Doomed: Our Delusional Faith in Incremental Change Better not to risk any radical evolution that might fail, and so failure is thus assured. When times are good, modest reforms are all that’s needed to maintain the ship’s course. By “good times,” I mean eras of rising prosperity which generate bigger budgets, profits, tax revenues, […]
Climate scientists should admit failure and move on – writes Dr Wolfgang Knorr
Climate scientists should admit failure and move on – writes Dr Wolfgang Knorr TIME FOR ACCEPTANCE The climate crisis demands new ways of thinking – scientists should be first to admit failure and move on. A universal policy failureInarguably, one of the most significant and long-lasting legacies of the 50-year old Apollo programme was the life-changing […]
Why Lockdowns Work
Why Lockdowns Work There was another comment at the Automatic Earth yesterday questioning the function and wisdom of various lockdowns. I thought I’d explain this in more detail. Ilargi if you or anyone else could explain what the exit strategy is from a lockdown I’d be interested in hearing it. As it is, this lockdown […]
Politics Has Failed, Now Central Banks Are Failing
Politics Has Failed, Now Central Banks Are Failing With each passing day, we get closer to the shift in the tide that will sweep away this self-serving delusion of the ruling elites like a crumbling sand castle. Those living in revolutionary times are rarely aware of the tumult ahead: in 1766, a mere decade before the […]
Our Delusional Economy Is Poised To Slam Into The Brick Wall Of Reality
dailyhaha Our Delusional Economy Is Poised To Slam Into The Brick Wall Of Reality Will you thrive, merely survive, or fail? While life has always been uncertain, today our choices matter more than ever. The decisions each of us make today will determine if we thrive, merely survive, or fail during the future time of upheaval […]
Idiots who try to control the world and blame everyone else for their failure
Idiots who try to control the world and blame everyone else for their failure COMMENT: Ok Mr. Armstrong, this is nuts; You are starting to freak me out with this forecasting. The last 2 months has blown me away when a few more elements of your methodology lit my bulb a little brighter. This may sound […]
Why Real Reform Is Now Impossible
Why Real Reform Is Now Impossible The endless bleating of well-paid pundits in the corporate media about “reform” is just more circus. It’s difficult for well-meaning pundits to abandon the fantasy that meaningful reform is possible. Indeed, a critical function of the punditry and corporate media is to foster the fantasy that the status quo could […]
The Status Quo Has Failed and Is Beyond Reform
The Status Quo Has Failed and Is Beyond Reform The truth is the usual menu of reforms can’t stop this failure, so we have to prepare ourselves for the radical transformations ahead. That the status quo–the current pyramid of wealth and power dominated by the few at the top–has failed is self-evident, but we can’t […]
Success Is a Source of Destabilization
Success Is a Source of Destabilization We tend to assume our system for understanding the cause of failure must be sound, because we’ve experienced Roaring Success for so long. Rip-Roaring Success is a funny thing: we assume it’s the goal of every person, household, enterprise and nation, but we overlook that rip-roaring success can be as […]
Everyone is the Mother of Victory
Everyone is the Mother of Victory Everyone is the mother of victory; No one is the father of defeat. Do we claim COP21 as a success, and risk watching it being used by fossil fuel failures to carry on burning humanity, and so become complicit in defeat? Do we claim COP21 was a failure, and risk being […]
The Fatal Blindness of Unrealistic Expectations
The Fatal Blindness of Unrealistic Expectations We are damned to fail when we avoid hard truths My old employer, Yahoo!, has been in the news again of late. Its latest CEO (and former Googler), Marissa Meyer, is currently at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where she has just given her first televised interview detailing her strategy […]
