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My One Prediction for 2023
My One Prediction for 2023 The question that should be on our minds is: how are my household’s buffers holding up? Lists of predictions for the new year are reliably popular. Here’s 10 predictions, there’s 17 predictions, over here we have 23 and a half… let’s strip it all down to one prediction: everyone’s predictions will be […]
2022: The Year of Breakdown
2022: The Year of Breakdown In other words, our economy and society have been optimized for failure. If we look at the fragility and instability of essential systems, it’s clear that 2022 will be the year of breakdown. Let’s start by reviewing how systems break down, a process I’ve simplified into the graphic below. 1. Regardless […]
The Systems of Life – a MAHB Dialogue with Fritjof Capra, Systems Scientist and Author of The Tao of Physics
The Systems of Life – a MAHB Dialogue with Fritjof Capra, Systems Scientist and Author of The Tao of Physics “Deep ecology does not see the world as a collection of isolated objects but rather as a network of phenomena that are fundamentally interconnected and interdependent. It recognizes the intrinsic value of all living beings […]
It’s About The System, Not The Individuals: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
It’s About The System, Not The Individuals: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ If the working class had as much class solidarity as the ruling class has there never would’ve been a ruling class. ❖ Stealing someone’s labor is worse than stealing their property, because […]
Collapse Is A Process, Not An Event
Collapse Is A Process, Not An Event How does one ‘get ahead’ during hard times? Look, I’m a systems guy. I think in systems terms. You should as well. Why? Because we’re entering a period of time when the major systems that have supported humanity are going to fail. Or, put more accurately: they are already failing. […]
The school of economics as a suicide academy?
The school of economics as a suicide academy? “Anyone who thinks that economic growth can continue for ever on a finite planet is either a madman or an economist.” Kenneth Boulding The Limits to Growth Study of 1972 In 1972 economists became embroiled in a controversy with a group of systems scientists from the Massachusetts Institute […]
Why is Going Green So Hard? Because the System Isn’t
Why is Going Green So Hard? Because the System Isn’t Every year around Earth Day, I’m reminded of papers I graded in an environmental sociology class. The assignment was to assess your values, explain how you thought you would live as an adult (about 20 years in the future), and then complete an online calculator […]
Nothing Can be Reduced to a Single Cause & Effect be it Markets or Nature
Nothing Can be Reduced to a Single Cause & Effect be it Markets or Nature QUESTION: Dear Mr. Armstrong, Thanks for the Socrates forecast. Just a question. What will possibly happen to existing Tropic Belt countries like my region South East Asia when the world is turning into global cooling? Any forecast? Regards, SS ANSWER: I […]
The World’s Fragile Economic Condition – Part 1
The World’s Fragile Economic Condition – Part 1 Where is the world economy heading? In my opinion, a large portion of the story that we usually hear about how the world economy operates and the role energy plays is not really correct. In this post (to be continued in Part 2 in the near future), I […]
The changing narrative – A new ontology for the progressive movement?
The changing narrative – A new ontology for the progressive movement? Have you ever wondered why the world works like it does? Why things seem skewed in favour of the rich and the powerful and why our so called ‘democratic’ systems seem so inherently unjust? Why we have rampant inequality, poverty, hunger and accelerating species […]
How Things Fall Apart: Extremes Aren’t Stable
How Things Fall Apart: Extremes Aren’t Stable A funny thing happens on the way to stabilizing things by doing more of what’s failed: the system becomes even more unstable, brittle and fragile. A peculiar faith in pushing extremes to new heights has taken hold in official circles over the past decade: when past extremes push […]
Here’s How Systems (and Nations) Fail
Here’s How Systems (and Nations) Fail These embedded processes strip away autonomy, equating compliance with effectiveness even as the processes become increasingly counter-productive and wasteful. Would any sane person choose America’s broken healthcare system over a cheaper, more effective alternative? Let’s see: the current system costs twice as much per person as the healthcare systems […]
Population growth and food: A systems perspective
Population growth and food: A systems perspective In this age of the Anthropocene, it is necessary to look inward as well as outwards to find systemic solutions. People may or may not be “a plague on earth” as David Attenborough has stated, but we are without doubt the dominant force on this planet. Some introspection […]
Systems Thinking and How It Can Help Build a Sustainable World: A Beginning Conversation
Systems Thinking and How It Can Help Build a Sustainable World: A Beginning Conversation In Brief Humanity stands at a precipice. Overpopulation, resource scarcities, degraded ecosystem functioning from pollution and biodiversity loss, and anthropogenic climate change are damaging the life-supporting capacity of the planet. Diminishing returns on fossil fuel energy investments, combined with their dwindling […]
