{"id":59635,"date":"2021-10-03T07:00:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T12:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59635"},"modified":"2021-10-03T07:00:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T12:00:54","slug":"take-us-to-defcon-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59635","title":{"rendered":"Take us to DEFCON 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/un-denial.com\/2021\/10\/02\/take-us-to-defcon-1\/\">Take us to DEFCON 1<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14406\" src=\"https:\/\/undenial.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/09\/defcon-levels.webp?w=460\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"14406\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/un-denial.com\/2021\/10\/02\/take-us-to-defcon-1\/defcon-levels\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/undenial.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/09\/defcon-levels.webp\" data-orig-size=\"460,345\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Defcon Levels\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/undenial.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/09\/defcon-levels.webp?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/undenial.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/09\/defcon-levels.webp?w=460\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The US military defines its Defense Readiness Condition (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DEFCON\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DEFCON<\/a>) levels as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DEFCON 5 is normal readiness.<\/li>\n<li>DEFCON 4 is above normal readiness.<\/li>\n<li>DEFCON 3 is the air force ready to mobilize in 15 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>DEFCON 2 is all forces ready to fight in 6 hours.<\/li>\n<li>DEFCON 1 is the maximum state of readiness and means nuclear war is imminent or has already started.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have my own definitions that I use for my personal life.<\/p>\n<p>I spent the first 50 years of my life at DEFCON level 5. That would be as a normal, fully in denial, culturally conforming, dopamine &amp; status seeking, energy maximizing, member of a superorganism.<\/p>\n<p>Then I had a stress related meltdown and while recovering stumbled on peak oil. After seeking and failing to find a good path forward other than population reduction, I wondered what else I was in denial about, and widened my field of view to include climate change, pollution, species extinction, unsustainable debt, etc., all of which I eventually came to understand are related and fall under the umbrella of human overshoot.<\/p>\n<p>Now at DEFCON level 4, a realty based state of awareness, I began to think about making changes to my life, took a 6 month course on small scale farming, and did some volunteer work on a small organic farm.<\/p>\n<p>Then the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC) occurred and I went to DEFCON level 3.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HsSH9ibLzlc?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Confident that a collapse would occur within 10 years, I changed everything in my life. A new location where I\u2019d be happy finishing my life, a simpler slower lifestyle, satisfying physical work, improved health, and thank goodness,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/un-denial.com\/denial-2\/theory-short\/\">Varki\u2019s MORT theory<\/a>\u00a0to keep me sane with an explanation for the insanity all around me.<\/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>Take us to DEFCON 1 The US military defines its Defense Readiness Condition (DEFCON) levels as follows: DEFCON 5 is normal readiness. DEFCON 4 is above normal readiness. DEFCON 3 is the air force ready to mobilize in 15 minutes. DEFCON 2 is all forces ready to fight in 6 hours. 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