In his book, The Long Descent, John Michael Greer observes that our culture has two primary stories: “Infinite Progress” or “Catastrophe”. On the contrary, he sees history as cyclic: civilizations rise and fall. Like others, ours is exhausting its resource base. Cheap energy is over. Decline is here, but the descent will be a long one. It’s too late to maintain the status quo by swapping energy sources. How to deal with this predicament? He lays out practical ideas, possibilities, and potentials, including reconnecting with natural and human capacities pushed aside by industrial life. (www.thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com). Produced December 12, 2008. Episode 138.
Peak Moment 138: The Twilight of an Age (transcript added)
By Janaia Donaldson, originally published by Peak Moment Television
January 29, 2009
Janaia Donaldson
Tags: Building Community, Culture & Behavior, Overshoot
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