Jul 31Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXIIA really short contemplation prompted by an article posted in Resilience.org from The Rapid Transition Alliance regarding sustaining long-distance trade via electric ships. The entire narrative around ‘electrifying’ everything is primarily about the marketing of ecologically-destructive and completely unsustainable industrial products while leveraging human emotions about well-meaning care and compassion…Collapse3 min read
Jul 29Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXIToday’s contemplation is based upon a post in a Peak Oil Facebook Group I belong to and the suggestion that the idea of Peak Oil is catching on more broadly and making its way into the ‘mainstream’. I am not so sure that the idea of Peak Oil will catch…Peak Oil7 min read
Jul 19Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXThis is Part Two of a contemplation regarding what humanity’s future path ‘may’ look like. Part One can be found here. Infinite growth. Finite planet. What could possibly go wrong? Part Two Based on the evidence found in our pre/history and our biological proclivities (both of which I touched upon…Collapse9 min read
Jul 13Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LIXToday’s contemplation (a two-parter) was begun a few months ago but I’m just now getting around to completing and posting it. As often happens with me and my ADHD, I get thinking about/reflecting upon a topic or idea, record some thoughts while having my morning coffee and the ideas are…Collapse10 min read
Jul 6Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LVIIIToday’s contemplation shares a comment I made to a Facebook Group a number of days ago in response to an article by Dr. Ugo Bardi — whose writing, especially around limits to growth and his proposal about the Seneca cliff decline we are likely to face as we bump into…Renewable Energy10 min read
Jul 2Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LVIIA quick morning contemplation based upon an article posted to the Peak Oil Facebook Group I participate in. Almost everywhere the pursuit of the infinite growth chalice (primarily by the ruling elite) and/or population growth along with a disregard for/ignorance of biophysical limits has put a community/region/nation into ecological overshoot…Ecological Overshoot3 min read
Jun 29Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LVIThis contemplation is my concluding post regarding several psychological mechanisms at play in our thinking about ecological overshoot and the accompanying societal ‘collapse’ that will eventually result. In the initial post, I briefly summarised four psychological mechanisms I’ve been reflecting upon in the context of ecological overshoot and in particular…Overshoot12 min read
Jun 22Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LVA very short contemplation that deviates from the ‘series’ I’ve been writing on several psychological mechanisms that impact our cognitions regarding overshoot and collapse. This is a brief comment (with a slight edit) on an article by The Honest Sorcerer whose writing I discovered a few months ago and have…Economic Collapse3 min read
Jun 18Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LIVThis contemplation is the fifth part of a look at several psychological mechanisms at play in our thinking about ecological overshoot and the accompanying societal ‘collapse’ that will eventually result. In Part One, I briefly summarised four psychological mechanisms I’ve been reflecting upon in the context of ecological overshoot and…Justification Hypothesis6 min read
Jun 11Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LIIIThis contemplation is the fourth part of a look at several psychological mechanisms at play in our thinking about ecological overshoot and the accompanying societal ‘collapse’ that will eventually result. In Part One, I briefly summarised four psychological mechanisms I’ve been reflecting upon in the context of ecological overshoot and…Cognitive Dissonance7 min read