{"id":54826,"date":"2020-08-25T15:44:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T20:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=54826"},"modified":"2020-08-25T15:44:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T20:44:36","slug":"perhaps-a-crumble-rather-than-a-collapse-chapter-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=54826","title":{"rendered":"Perhaps a Crumble Rather Than a Collapse&#8211;Chapter One"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twoicefloes.com\/perhaps-a-crumble-rather-than-a-collapse-chapter-one-2\/\">PERHAPS A CRUMBLE RATHER THAN A COLLAPSE \u2013 CHAPTER ONE<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>\u201c&#8230;<em>we can endure neither our vices nor the remedies needed to cure them<\/em>.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2015\u00a0<span class=\"authorOrTitle\">Livy,\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"quote_book_link_68542\"><a class=\"authorOrTitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/work\/quotes\/323201\">The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why even question the obvious?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When contemplating a complex subject, especially one in which I hold a strong emotional investment, I find it extremely valuable to seriously and consistently challenge my own thinking, to play devil\u2019s advocate with my oftentimes emotional mind. A \u2018truth\u2019 untested, particularly one I\u2019m emotionally bound to, is little more than a belief, a comforting factoid that confirms my biases rather than enlightening and informing my mind. If I am to progress in my personal development I must test the mettle of my beliefs up to, and if need be well past, their destruction. For only then can I truly be free to exercise, and honor, my personal sovereignty on an everyday basis.<\/p>\n<p>So it is that I\u2019ve been considering the concept of \u2018collapse\u2019 with regard to society and its socioeconomic system(s), both on a personal and collective emotional and psychological basis. While it is always dangerous to paint detailed pictures with broad brushes, to some degree or another we are\u00a0<strong>all<\/strong>\u00a0emotional human beings. So while the cognitive details may vary (greatly) from person to person, our tendencies and triggers are very similar (partly because of a shared and distorted worldview) and relatively easy to discern if we have the courage to first look deeply within and then apply what we have found to the world around us. A word of warning here because this article is not a technical or fundamental economic analysis, at least not based upon the traditional financial definition of those terms.<span id=\"more-16578\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PERHAPS A CRUMBLE RATHER THAN A COLLAPSE \u2013 CHAPTER ONE \u201c&#8230;we can endure neither our vices nor the remedies needed to cure them.\u201d \u2015\u00a0Livy,\u00a0The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome Why even question the obvious? 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