I’ve Been Pollan-ated
Several groups teamed up to bring Michael Pollan to the University of Vermont for a question and answer session and book signing this past Thursday evening, and I was lucky enough to attend the event.
Sufficient Liberal Stories–The Krugman Function Part 4
The introduction just of oil supply and carbon emissions into the liberal field of view pretty much undoes the main story told by mainstream Democrats today.
Weathering the Storms, Planting the Seeds
Fundamentally, we have to “hospice what’s left of the system we’re leaving behind, while planting the seeds for the future we’re building.”
Dark Age America: Involuntary Simplicity
The political transformations that have occupied the last four posts in this sequence can also be traced in detail in the economic sphere.
The Infinite Toddler Regress–The Krugman Function Part 3
In this installment I’m going to talk about Paul Krugman’s resistance to whole-system thinking, and I’m going to do it by way of a comparison to a very different intellectual dispensation…
Strips of Native Prairie Protect Farm Soil
A new conservation practice reduces cropland erosion to sustainable levels even on moderately sloping land: contoured strips within corn and bean fields, planted to native prairie grasses. The deep rooted grasses slow runoff, trapping suspended soil and nutrients. They also provide habitat for insects and wildlife.
On Public Health and Energy
Among the many radical changes that have transformed society since the birth of industrialism, perhaps none have had as great an impact as the revolution in health.
A Pink Slip for the Progress Fairy
…I’m going to spend this week’s post summarizing the the decline and fall of industrial civilization.
The Krugman Function, Part 2: Whole-System Thinking
Because of its emphasis on liberty, autonomy, free will, and consent, the Enlightenment tradition of Liberalism has, I will be arguing, in large part been based on the rejection of whole-system thinking.
The Tao of the Apocalypse
So even though post apocalyptic stories are my favorite ones to read and watch, it is the story of the Tao and a life lived in accordance with nature that I want to play a role in.
The Krugman Function
Fresh thinking is difficult to perform and is often poorly received, but is not without some pleasures as well.
Dark Age America: The Hour of the Knife
The disintegration of social hierarchies, the senility of ruling elites, and the fossilization of institutions all lead to the hour of the knife…
