Archive | September, 2010
Balloon seeks pin
I speak openly about myriad ongoing collapses, regardless how others respond. Among the costs: Rumors of my insanity have spread beyond the institution I departed and throughout the nation’s hallowed halls. Apparently I’ve contracted a rare disease, which explains the insanity. I can only hope (i.e., wish) it’s not fatal. Further evidence I’ve lost my [...]
Continue reading...Typical presentation
18. September 2010
The pages below are excerpted from the presentation I delivered to the Sixth Annual Gila River Festival in Silver City, New Mexico on Friday, 17 September. Click on one of the seven pages to view it. With apologies for the awkward format, click again to make it large enough to read. As always, questions and [...]
Continue reading...The tragedy of goats
15. September 2010
According to the Christian bible, judgment day has us being divided into two groups of people. Sheep represent the good group, goats the bad. As I’ve said for years, there are two kinds of people in the world: those who divide people into two groups, and those who don’t. In the Christian version of separating [...]
Continue reading...Media alert
10. September 2010
This Sunday, 12 September 2010, I will be interviewed live on Conscious Discussions. The radio show will air at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time in the U.S. That’s 10:00 a.m. on the left coast. Guests can call in during the broadcast: 646.478.4758. Further details here. Update: Interview is archived here. During the afternoon of Friday, 17 [...]
Continue reading...Deconstructing negativity
5. September 2010
When I write or speak about global climate change or energy decline — and often I do both, in the same session — I am often accused of “being negative.” I’m losing contacts on Facebook nearly as rapidly as the industrial economy is fading into the distance, thereby provoking messages from my friends calling on [...]
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21. September 2010
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