Brexit and Complexity
By Brian Davey, Feasta
The historian and archeologist Joseph Tainter made a name for himself with his book The Collapse of Complex Societies. At a certain point civilisations collapse because they become more and more complex
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Prejudice, Ignorance and Granfalloons – Society in the Trump Era
By Brian Davey, Resilience.org
But what does it mean to say that a society becomes “more complex”?
Living in Unpredictable Times
By Brian Davey, Feasta
Economists make forecasts about what is going to happen in the world of that great God – money.
The Era of Dissolution
By John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report
I suppose you could call the era of dissolution the Rodney Dangerfield of collapse, though it’s not so much that it gets no respect; it generally doesn’t even get discussed.
The Era of Breakdown
By John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report
The fourth of the stages in the sequence of collapse we’ve been discussing is the era of breakdown.
The Butlerian Carnival
By John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report
Over the last week or so, I’ve heard from a remarkable number of people who feel that a major crisis is in the offing.
The One Way Forward
By John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report
As the conventional wisdom of flat-earth cornucopians crashes and burns around us, it's time for some real heresy.
The Mariner’s Rule
By John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report
One of the things my readers ask me most often, in response to this blog’s exploration of the ongoing decline and impending fall of modern industrial civilization, is what I suggest people ought to do about it all.
March of the Squirrels
By John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report
Prediction is a difficult business at the best of times, but the difficulties seem to change from one era to another. Just now, at least for me, the biggest challenge is staying in front of the headlines.
A Camp Amid the Ruins
By John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report
Well, the Fates were apparently listening last week. As I write this, stock markets around the world are lurching through what might just be the opening moves of the Crash of 2015...