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Moving from Naive to Authentic Progress: A Vision for Betterment
Moving from Naive to Authentic Progress: A Vision for Betterment The Great Simplification #126 with Daniel Schmachtenberger Today, I welcome back Daniel Schmachtenberger to unpack a new paper, which he co-authored, entitled Development in Progress, an analysis on the history of progress and the consequences of ‘advancement’. Current mainstream narratives sell the story that progress is […]
Europe and the Middle East, Two Scenarios of the Same War
Europe and the Middle East, Two Scenarios of the Same War On the Red Square in Moscow, on May 9, the Parade for the 79th Anniversary of the Victory of the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany took place. More than 9,000 military personnel with 75 weapon systems including nuclear missiles on mobile launch […]
From One Ignorance to the Next
From One Ignorance to the Next Is humanity a herd of animals, doomed to follow its rulers to slaughter? There is a tendency to view history as if it were a personified being, as if it has a mind of its own and is trying to accomplish predetermined goals for humanity. One version of this […]
Spring Traditions and Celebrations: The Past, The Present and the Future of Farming. Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin
Spring Traditions and Celebrations: The Past, The Present and the Future of Farming. Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin Introduction Eleanor Parker writes in her book, Winters in the World, that “in Anglo-Saxon poetry winter is often imagined as a season when the earth and human beings are imprisoned, kept captive by the ‘fetters of the frost’. Naturally enough, […]
Irony Alert: “Outlawing” Recession Has Made a Monster Recession Inevitable
Irony Alert: “Outlawing” Recession Has Made a Monster Recession Inevitable Those who came of age after 1982 have never experienced a real recession, and so they’re unprepared for anything other than guarantees of rescue and permanent expansion. The mainstream view is that recession is caused by economic-financial factors. The mainstream view is wrong, for recession […]
The Hard Asset Inflation / Paper Asset Deflation Theory
The Hard Asset Inflation / Paper Asset Deflation Theory All fiat currencies are no more than floating abstractions of value. Society has put its faith in fiat currency issued by governments. These government-issued currencies are not backed by a physical commodity, such as gold or silver, but rather by the promises from the government that […]
Our Predicament Re-stated
Our Predicament Re-stated There is a meme doing the rounds on social media… a picture of a vegetable patch, captioned “the time is coming when only those who know how to grow food will survive.” The idea being that, as our complex civilisation breaks down, we will be forced to return to a far simpler […]
Who Will Save Us From Ourselves?
Who Will Save Us From Ourselves? We have the capacity to learn from previous civilization’s errors–rising inequality, hubris, over-reach, decay of production and trade, parasitic elites, and so on–yet we go right ahead and repeat those same errors. After listening to my explanation of the many cycles human civilizations track first to glory and then […]
By wis.dom project: Regress in Progress: Who is responsible?
By wis.dom project: Regress in Progress: Who is responsible? Dire Evolutionary Timeline by Blu This is an essay from reader wis.dom project who describes his painful personal journey of connecting dots to achieve awareness of our overshoot predicament. I was born in 1969, at a time when everything still seemed possible. On July 20, two people walked on the […]
The Age of Discord
The Age of Discord It’s very difficult to find common ground that supports cooperation in the disintegrative stage of scarcities, rising prices, catastrophically centralized power and social discord. Today’s topic echoes Peter Turchin’s 2016 book, Ages of Discord, which I have often referenced in blog posts. I’ll also discuss two other books I’ve often referenced, Global Crisis: […]
Silicon Valley Corporations Are Taking Control Of History
Silicon Valley Corporations Are Taking Control Of History Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Twitter has imposed a weeklong suspension on the account of writer and political activist Danny Haiphong for a thread he made on the platform disputing the mainstream Tiananmen Square massacre narrative. The notification Haiphong received informed him that Twitter had locked his account […]
Dawn of Everything Conclusion
Dawn of Everything Conclusion Preface. Clearly for their conclusion to make sense you’ll need to read the book and see the evidence for yourself. Since they challenge just about all of the ideas currently in fashion, you can find some pretty damning reviews of their book, but do not believe them, the several I’ve read […]
The Great Economic Destruction & COMPLEXITY
The Great Economic Destruction & COMPLEXITY COMMENT #1: OK Marty, it is now becoming obvious that not only Trump reads your stuff but so does Obama. Trump bought a $19 million remote island and Obama bought one for $15 million. This is not a coincidence. Your war cycle goes nuts next year and we have […]
Watching the End of the World
Watching the End of the World
