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The future is a process
Unexpected floods, storms and fires, throughout the world has prompted me to make the point that the future must be seen as a process. From the bottom up. A process in which “black swans” will gradually fill in the big … Continue reading
A Short History of Progress
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .A Short History of Progress is a non-fiction book and lecture series by Ronald Wright about societal collapse. The lectures were delivered as a series of five speeches, each taking place in different cities across Canada as part of … Continue reading
Can this leopard change its spots?
The latest piece from Tim Watkins makes sobering reading “So no, until someone can come up with a scalable and cheap energy-dense replacement for fossil fuels, no amount of wishful thinking is going to generate the high-skilled and high-paid economy … Continue reading
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The collapse of complex societies
Worth listening to: The collapse of complex societies — RT Renegade Inc.
The Future is a Landscape
I have just come across a piece by John Michael Greer. It has reminded me of my past, in the 1960s and 70s. In the 1960s I worked in Hull, a city that was different. As The Fishing News reported it is hard … Continue reading
As the window narrows (by Dr Tim Morgan)
Tim Morgans’ latest post provides much food for thought about the future.
UK care workers leave industry en masse after being told to get vax or quit, with unions begging govt to reconsider policy
The RT Newsletter reports that “The vacancies for care workers could total more than 170,000 people – with 70,000 being those who refuse the jab – after mandatory vaccination is implemented later this year, according to government estimates cited in … Continue reading
Power to Change
A new report from Power to Change provides more evidence that tackling change from the bottom-up is more effective than doing it top-down. The paper examines the role that community organisations can play in the government’s levelling up agenda. It … Continue reading
Green Wizards
I have just come across this. Green Wizards is a website begun in 2010 about how do we learn the skills and knowledge we need to survive and prosper in the coming collapse of civilization. What Professor Bendell calls “deep adaptation”, … Continue reading
Introduction
I live in England. In an area known as the “Welsh Marches”, on the border of England and Wales. I was born in 1937. Since retiring from having to earn a living I have taken up writing. Mostly for the … Continue reading
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