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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXXVIX–Problem Solving: Complexity, History, Sustainability
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXXVIX–Problem Solving: Complexity, History, Sustainability Tulum, Mexico (1986). Photo by author. This Contemplation shares my thoughts on and a summary of an article by archaeologist Joseph Tainter that discusses societal problem solving’s complexity, history, and prospects for sustaining a society. It follows nicely from the four-part series I just completed regarding […]
How Empires Die
How Empires Die When the state / empire loses the ability to recognize and solve core problems of security and fairness, it will be replaced by another arrangement that is more adaptable and adept at solving problems. From a systems perspective, nation-states and empires arise when they are superior solutions to security compared to whatever arrangement […]
What Would It Take To Build A World Without Globalists?
What Would It Take To Build A World Without Globalists? You can bet that whenever you find people analyzing the root of a problem you will also find other people trying to derail those efforts with dishonest arguments. For reasons that we can guess at but are rarely able to confirm, there are some folks […]
Fighting Back Against Globalism Requires An Honest Movement To Decentralize
Fighting Back Against Globalism Requires An Honest Movement To Decentralize Over a decade ago, critics of the liberty movement would often argue that it was not enough to simply point out all the problems plaguing our economy — we needed to also offer solutions. Of course, a common Alinsky tactic is to demand your opponents […]
What Problems Are We Solving by Increasing Complexity?
What Problems Are We Solving by Increasing Complexity? The incremental increase in systemic complexity is rarely if ever recognized as a problem that additional complexity can’t solve. The Collapse of Complex Societies fame has observed that societies increase complexity to solve pressing problems that cannot be resolved with existing solutions. What is complexity in this context? […]
How Modern Life Destroys Survival Instinct
How Modern Life Destroys Survival Instinct Our world today would seem magical to our ancestors. Our needs are met almost immediately, we have clean water at the turn of a knob, heat at the push of a button, and light with the flip of a switch. Food is purchased in a box, ready to heat, […]
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 […]
Stairway to Heaven
Stairway to Heaven “Let us stop talking about collapse, peak oil, and global weirding and begin a conversation about what is cool and what is uncool.“ In Nine to Five Jane Fonda’s character, Judy Bernly, is the office newbie. In a scene evoking Lucille Ball on the assembly line, she pushes too many buttons on an enormous Xerox machine and […]
