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- The Law Frederic Bastiat’s classic critique of socialism and democracy
- The Nuclear Energy Option Online Ebook Free online ebook by by Bernard L Cohen
- Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions On Scientific Paradigm Shifts
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- Peter H. Diamandis' website X Prize, Singularity University, Planetary Resources, etc.
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- The Arts Mechanical An exploration of the technologies that affect our lives
Category Archives: Doom
Climate Apocalypse Cult Built on Faulty Models
Why Climate Change Models So Badly Flawed Climate is shaped by hundreds of factors, most of which scientists do not understand with any precision. In other words, most of the meaningful variables that contribute to the Earth’s chaotic climate cannot … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Doom, Folly of Prediction, Groupthink
Tagged Climate Apocalypse, Climate Cult
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Will China Pass on World War III and Stand Aside?
China will lend “moral support” to Putin in his war of words against the west. China does not want to see a nuclear war destroy the global economy which China is so deeply invested in. But if it comes to … Continue reading
MegaCities of the Coming Anarchy
What Would a Preview of Tomorrow’s World Look Like? It will be a world of Robert Kaplan-esque urban hellscapes — brutal and anarchic supercities filled with gangs of youth-gone-wild, a restive underclass, criminal syndicates, and bands of malicious hackers. __ … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Demographics, Doom, Dysgenics, Megacities
Tagged dysgenics, Megacities
Green Billionaires Threaten Foundation of Modern Societies
Warren Buffet, billionaire and major investor in wind energy, has admitted that wind isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. “The only reason to build them [wind farms]” is the subsidies; “They don’t make sense without” them. … As … Continue reading
Posted in Doom, Electrical Power Grid, Energy, Green Quagmire, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged energy, Green Corruption, Green Idiocy
Can These Worms Save the Human Race from Extinction?
We Have Not Confronted a Virus that Constitutes an Existential Threat to the Species — Yet But eventually, we are likely to meet an emerging virus that comes close. The Zika virus, for example, is certainly not an existential threat … Continue reading
Posted in Biomedicine, Demographics, Doom, Epidemiology, Zika
Tagged doom, Epidemics, Zika
1 Comment
Nightmare on Your Street: Could You Survive the Loss of the Power Grid?
The Power Grid Has Gone Down and Will Not Come Back Up: What Do You Do? Stores are closed. Cell service is failing. Broadband Internet is gone. Hospitals are operating on generators, but rapidly running out of fuel. Garbage is … Continue reading
Posted in Discontinuities, Doom, Electrical Power Grid, Survival Prepping, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged cyberwar, EMP, Infrastructure
1 Comment
A Sense of Security is the Beginning of Disaster
Humans crave security. They will go to great lengths in an attempt to make themselves feel safe and secure. Unfortunately, there is no limit to potential risks. The ones we focus on are often the least likely to do us … Continue reading
Why Won’t the Bitch Just Die?
Western Civilisation Shows a Marked Reticence to Roll Over and Die Doomers are a dime a dozen. According to such doomers as Ehrlich, Orlov, Kuntsler, Cobb, etc. the nations of the west should have dropped dead long ago from one … Continue reading
Posted in Coming Anarchy, Demographics, Disruptive Technologies, Doom, Government, Peter Zeihan
Tagged doom, innovation
5 Comments
Zombie Survival Camps and Retreats: Be Prepared
To survive, it is often necessary to fight. And to fight you have to dirty yourself. __ George Orwell Zombies? You’re Soaking In Them! You may believe that zombies are the stuff of myth and folklore. Sadly, that is not … Continue reading
Posted in Demographics, Doom, Dysgenics, satire, Survival Prepping, Weapons, Zombies
Tagged dysgenics, Idiocracy, zombies
3 Comments
Malthusian Monkeys Screech of Doom
Update: New steel alloy has strength to weight ratio of titanium at one tenth the cost (Nature Abstract) When Paul Ehrlich, John Holdren, and John Harte wagered Julian Simon $10,000 that the cost of commodities and natural resources would always … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Creativity, Doom, Fertility, Green Quagmire, Groupthink, Materials, Natural Resources, Ocean, Optimism, Peak Oil, Science, Technology
Tagged Green Corruption, Green Idiocy, TFR
5 Comments
How to Eat Well During Ice Ages, Nuclear Winters, and Other Global Disasters
The World Just Ended: Whatever Are You Going to Cook for Dinner Tonight? No more Chinese takeout. No pizza delivery. No Mexican drive thru. And forget about sit-down restaurants! The world as you know it is gone. If you want … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Demographics, Doom, Sun
Tagged agriculture
China’s Grand Medley of Pending Calamities
Is it All Just Bad Luck? China is riding several turbulent waves of potential disaster, hoping that it can leverage an “appearance of strength and stability” into a position of relative strength in the aftermath of what is coming. Look … Continue reading
Posted in China, Coming Anarchy, Doom, Poison, Rebuilding Civilisation
Tagged china bubble, economic collapse, Poison
6 Comments
Why are Climate Models so Estranged from Reality
Update: Blockbuster report on how temperature data has been altered to create a faked warming trend. What if it has all been one big lie? Why do climate models predict apocalyptic levels of warming that do not match up with … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Doom, Folly of Prediction, Groupthink, Science
Tagged Climate Apocalypse, heretics, intelligent sceptics
6 Comments
Pessimism and Idiocracy Walk Hand in Hand
As the dysgenic Idiocracy settles over the global landscape, an almost universal cultural pessimism accompanies the progressive dumbing down of Europe, the Anglosphere, and the rest of the advanced world. Fertility rates decline with the general outlook. It seems reasonable … Continue reading
Posted in Demographics, Doom, Dysgenics, Green Quagmire, Groupthink, Idiocracy
Tagged Doomsday has been cancelled, Green Idiocy, Ronald Bailey
10 Comments
Can Earth Support 100 Billion Humans Comfortably?
Paul Ehrlich, a Stanford University biologist, wrote his book The Population Bomb in 1968. In it he warned of doom and gloom – resource depletion, species extinction and a human population so large that as a species we would face … Continue reading
Posted in Doom, Economics, Environment, Green Quagmire, Groupthink, Natural Resources, Optimism, Skyscrapers, Technology
Tagged Green Idiocy
4 Comments
Things Doomers Will Never Tell You About Fukushima
There have been no deaths or cases of radiation sickness from the nuclear accident, but over 100,000 people had to be evacuated from their homes to ensure this. Government nervousness delays their return. Official figures show that there have been … Continue reading
Is Russia Doomed? The Question is How and When
Morgan Stanley has a short message for Russia: you’re doomed. _Doomed But it really depends upon what is meant by the term “doomed.” The land will remain, and many of the people. But over time Russia’s wealth resources will be … Continue reading
Posted in Doom, Russia, Russian Collapse
Tagged Russian Decline
Dropping Oil Prices: What Could Go Wrong?
First of all, don’t listen to the doomers. It is not the end of the world. Here are a few things that are likely to happen in the short term in North American oil plays: As oil prices drop, producers … Continue reading
Economically Strapped Dictator Threatens to Play the Nuclear War Card
Is global thermonuclear war unthinkable? Not in Moscow. As Russia’s economy takes a deep dive into a shallow pool, the Kremlin’s war planners are busy laying the groundwork for large scale global violence. Under mounting Western pressure this year, Russian … Continue reading
Peak Oil Armageddon, Global Warming Apocalypse, Doom on a Popsicle Stick
The path to “end of the world” thinking is well trod, most heavily so in times of oppression, uncertainty, and corruption. But perhaps some of us can recognize how familiar is this dark road, resist the natural urge to repeat … Continue reading
Global Nuclear War Making a Comeback Under Putin, Obama?
Remember the grand old days of the USSR? Remember Dr. Strangelove, Alas Babylon, Lucifer’s Hammer, Earth Abides, On the Beach, and the large number of other popular works that both shaped and reflected the widespread nightmares of global nuclear war? … Continue reading
Posted in Doom, Nuclear War, Rebuilding Civilisation, Russia, Survival Prepping, Weapons
6 Comments
The Future: Problems are Guaranteed; Doom Isn’t
We are living in an apocalyptic age. We have been living in the apocalyptic age for many decades — even centuries and more. Humans are strangely attracted to the apocalyptic mindset. Perhaps the doomer mentality is an intentional but subconscious … Continue reading
Posted in Doom, Environment, Natural Resources, Optimism
6 Comments
Coming Back from Apocalypse
Rebuilding civilisation after the deluge will require more than just survival skills. And don’t think apocalypse can’t happen. The Earth is struck by large asteroids far more commonly than we are told. “The only thing preventing a catastrophe from a … Continue reading
Posted in Doom, Rebuilding Civilisation, Survival Prepping, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged re-booting sophisticated culture
4 Comments
Malaise: NASA Abandons Space, Embraces Global Collapse
Update: NASA is rapidly backstepping away from the study discussed below. NASA officials claim that although they helped fund the study, that they are not to be held responsible for its conclusions, should they prove unpopular with anyone who matters. … Continue reading
Idiocracy: When the Lights Go Out
Would you survive an electrical power shutdown lasting several weeks or months? Millions of people across North America wouldn’t. … we believe it is more a question of “when” than “if.” A targeted cyber attack — either alone or combined … Continue reading
Posted in Competence, Demographics, Doom, Energy, Idiocracy, Survival Prepping
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