The ride of our lives
When have we ever truly steered our path as a species? Are we actually in control at all?
collapse
Doom or denial: Is there another path?
My conclusion, after years of studying environmental research literature, is that some form of societal collapse is indeed highly probable this century, depending on how we define “collapse.” … Collapse needn’t imply that nearly everybody dies at once, or that the survivors become wandering cannibals. Rather, it means our current institutions will fail to one degree or another and we will have to find alternative ways to meet basic human needs—ways that are slower, smaller in scale, and more local.
Cracks in the supply chain: Is metastable turning into unstable?
What we are witnessing as a result of this pandemic is a widespread challenge to metastable systems upon which our societies depend. The most obvious are those related to hospitals and health care products. We often read in the news that hospitals are near “the breaking point” as if the hospital walls will burst when too many patients crowd into the building.
Ecofeminism to Escape Collapse
From my point of view –which comes from systems dynamics and environmentalism rather than from feminism– one of the tools that can best help feminist economics articulate a coherent discourse is the pattern of collapse.
Deep adaptation, post-sustainability and the possibility of societal collapse
A new paper by a long-time sustainability academic and consultant says that minor tweaks in our current system won’t help us. We are likely headed for societal collapse and need a radical new way of thinking about the future. The first necessary casualty is hope–hope that we can keep things largely the way they are.
Ruin is forever (revisited): Why your death isn’t as bad as that of all humankind
Our actions have planet-wide consequences that we don’t fully understand.
A Taboo and a Talisman
So those who claim that Malthusian limits don’t apply to humans are effectively assigning our species the status of permanent evolutionary winners.
On Surplus, Part 1
These images represent not only what I lived as a child, they were additionally pounded into the crevices of my being by years simply of living in America, the land of high expectations…
Deflationary Collapse Ahead?
Both the stock market and oil prices have been plunging. Is this “just another cycle,” or is it something much worse? I think it is something much worse.
Climate change: can the Seneca effect save us?
A Seneca shaped production curve would considerably reduce the amount of fossil carbon that can be burned in the future.
The Collapse phenomenon
Michael Ruppert’s last book, first starring film role and ascendancy to the national stage in 2009
The Tao of the Apocalypse
So even though post apocalyptic stories are my favorite ones to read and watch, it is the story of the Tao and a life lived in accordance with nature that I want to play a role in.