Tag Archive | "Nietzsche"
Like an elevator when the cable breaks
According to Mark Twain, “civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.” It seems western civilization is just about done with the mindless multiplication of anything, much less unnecessary nonsense. It’s too late for a fast collapse of the industrial economy. According to every significant index, the U.S. hit its economic peak in 2000. We’ve [...]
Continue reading...Greatest hits
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Three years and 185 essays into the blogosphere, I’ve decided it’s time for a “greatest hits” essay. The best part, for you: It’s only a line or two per essay, and I’ve selected from only a dozen essays. The best part, for me: I get to pick ‘em. They’re in chronological order. Feel free to [...]
Continue reading...What works: community
Friday, April 2, 2010
As we continue into the decades-old, but only recently acknowledged era of destruction and extinction, it’s apparent the current model is not working. Truth has fallen and taken liberty with it. A vast majority of Americans are aware the industrial economy clings by the barest of threads but, too fearful of individual retribution to disrupt [...]
Continue reading...Humanity at a crossroads
Thursday, May 21, 2009
The evidence is gaining increasing clarity: We've reached a crossroads unlike any other in human history. One path leads to despair for Homo industrialis. The other leads to extinction, for Homo sapiens and the millions of species we are taking with us into the abyss. I'll take door number one.
Continue reading...Still hanging around
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
I'm not happy. The latest projections on climate change from the Hadley Center indicate we'll not voluntarily power down quickly enough to save our species. Seems even if we reduce emissions to 47% below 1990 levels by 2010 (yeah, right) we'll still warm the planet sufficiently to destroy all planetary ice by century's end, and therefore ensure the extinction of our species. No surprise there, of course. When the Nobel committee gives away the Peace prize to the gutless (but "pure") scientists at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), you know we're screwed at our own hand.
Continue reading...Time to throw in the towel?
Sunday, January 4, 2009
I used to talk, and write, about peak oil with considerable urgency. But my enthusiasm is waning. Perhaps it's time to throw in the proverbial towel, give up the proverbial ghost, switch proverbial horses, or ... well, insert your own tired cliché here.
Continue reading...Reason: four classics
Monday, September 29, 2008
Mysticism has proven an insufficient foundation for conserving nature. Ultimately, I suspect it will prove inadequate for saving humanity as well. Although we could blame the lying clowns who represent us, the politicians merely reflect the populace, and therefore contemporary zeitgeist. Like it or not, the politicians we elect are six flights below the lowest common denominator in large part because we cannot reason our way up the stairs.
Continue reading...On being a doomer
Thursday, September 4, 2008
I admit I'm a doomer. But I don't think that's a bad thing. To be a doomer is to recognize the tragedy of the human experience.
Continue reading...Saving the world: a transcript for your review
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Civilization represents a grave threat to the existence of myriad cultures and species, including our own species. And we can do better.
Continue reading...What I believe
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
I recognize I'm quick to offend. Continue reading at your own risk.
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Sunday, April 17, 2011
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