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The Low Energy Trap
But since the mid-1970s we’ve been increasingly aware of the limits and problems with this model, and it’s put us on an energy diet. Now when we invent something cool, we often have to say “too bad the energy requirements are so high.”
Matthew Yglesias • The case for more energy
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Our professional and technological capabilities have been increasing exponentially, but our ability to use them wisely has not. We are building vast, complex civilizations, but that very complexity is in danger of overwhelming us, creating huge and unintended consequences for the planet and all those that inhabit it.
Christine Wamsler • What the Mind Has to Do With the Climate Crisis
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To help us find our bearings, we’re going to look at several frameworks, including Richard Heinberg’s “Four Ways to Decline,” David Fleming’s Surviving the Future, Peter Frase’s Four Futures, Dmitry Orlov’s Five Stages of Collapse, John Michael Greer’s Long Descent, as well as the broad notion that climate change is an unsolvable “super-wicked prob
... See moreAndrew Boyd • I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor
To help us find our bearings, we’re going to look at several frameworks, including Richard Heinberg’s “Four Ways to Decline,” David Fleming’s Surviving the Future, Peter Frase’s Four Futures, Dmitry Orlov’s Five Stages of Collapse, John Michael Greer’s Long Descent, as well as the broad notion that climate change is an unsolvable “super-wicked prob
... See moreAndrew Boyd • I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor
To help us find our bearings, we’re going to look at several frameworks, including Richard Heinberg’s “Four Ways to Decline,” David Fleming’s Surviving the Future, Peter Frase’s Four Futures, Dmitry Orlov’s Five Stages of Collapse, John Michael Greer’s Long Descent, as well as the broad notion that climate change is an unsolvable “super-wicked prob
... See moreAndrew Boyd • I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor
And how will we deal with unfolding climate change? There is now a widespread consensus that we need to do something to prevent many highly undesirable consequences, but what kind of action, what sort of behavioral transformation would work best? For those who ignore the energetic and material imperatives of our world, those who prefer mantras of g
... See moreVaclav Smil • How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
