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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXCI–The Nexus of Population, Energy, Innovation, and Complexity
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXCI–The Nexus of Population, Energy, Innovation, and Complexity Tulum, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. This Contemplation comments upon and summarises a paper that discusses the impact of a sudden and significant energy surplus upon human population growth and the complexity that arises as denser populations struggle to meet the stresses they […]
1984 Is Not The Future
1984 Is Not The Future Jacobello Alberegno The Beast of the Apocalypse 1360-90 The Guardian ran an article yesterday by one of its editors, David Shariatmadari, that both proves and disproves its own theme at the same time: “An Information Apocalypse Is Coming”. Now, I don’t fancy the term apocalypse in a setting like this, […]
Four Pillars for a Better Future: Knowledge, Consciousness, Innovation, Local Action – Part 1
Four Pillars for a Better Future: Knowledge, Consciousness, Innovation, Local Action – Part 1 For many years now, my message has been that tweaking around the edges of a systemically corrupt and discredited economic and political system is not good enough. Rather, what we need is a full scale, species-wide paradigm shift in the way […]
The Generational Wheels Are Turning
The Generational Wheels Are Turning “The electric light did not come from the continuous improvement of candles.” — Oren Harari If you only read my stuff sporadically, you might be surprised to hear that I’m actually quite optimistic about the future. The main reason I compose articles highlighting all the frauds, corruption and absence of ethics […]
Joseph Tainter: The Collapse Of Complex Societies
Joseph Tainter: The Collapse Of Complex Societies What history predicts about our future prospects By popular demand, we welcome Joseph Tainter, USU professor and author of The Collapse Of Complex Societies (free book download here). Dr. Tainter sees many of the same unsustainable risks the PeakProsperity.com audience focuses on — an overleveraged economy, declining net energy per […]
You Call this Progress?
You Call this Progress? One of the prevailing narratives of our time is that we are innovating our way into the future at break-neck speed. It’s just dizzying how quickly the world around us is changing. Technology is this juggernaut that gets ever bigger, ever faster, and all we need to do is hold on […]
Liberty Movement Needs More Innovations To Counter Technological Tyranny
Liberty Movement Needs More Innovations To Counter Technological Tyranny The great lesson from history that each consecutive generations seems to forget is that the tools of tyranny used outward will inevitably be turned inward. That is to say, the laws and weapons governments devise for supposed enemies abroad will ALWAYS and eventually be used against […]
What’s Scarce Geopolitically: Stability, Ways to Get Ahead and Innovation
What’s Scarce Geopolitically: Stability, Ways to Get Ahead and Innovation Conserving what is failing is not a path to stability. What’s in demand but scarce is valuable. This is one of those scale-invariant principles: businesses large and small want what’s scarce and in demand, because that’s what generates profits. What’s abundant but not in demand is […]
Climate change will push Canadian business onside
Climate change will push Canadian business onside Companies seem conservative today, but just watch when they reach the profitable tipping point Until he lost his shirt in the Dirty Thirties, a relative of mine was an influential businessman in southern Saskatchewan. Among his interests was a livery stable, with a blacksmith, harnesses, buggy whips and everything you needed to keep […]
Collaboration, Adaptation and Risk: Innovate or Die
Collaboration, Adaptation and Risk: Innovate or Die Collaboration, innovation and risk are all intrinsic to adaptation. Without adaptation, every system eventually perishes once conditions change. One feature of capitalism that is rarely discussed is the premium placed on cooperation and collaboration. The Darwinian aspect of competition is widely accepted (and rued) as capitalism’s dominant force, but […]
