The Cussedness of Whole Systems | John Michael Greer

June 27, 2012 (Archdruid Report) -- There’s an interesting divergence between the extreme complexity of the predicament that besets contemporary industrial civilization, on the one hand, and the rema ...

A driver walks past parked trucks. Photographer: Alan Petersime/Bloomberg June 14, 2012 (Bloomberg) -- Rising truck shipments show the U.S. economic expansion is intact, even amid concerns that a slo ...

South China Sea. Source: Demis Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 22, 2012 -- On two occasions in my life I found myself living close to the South China Sea. The sea became my escape from life’s p ...

Paul Craig Roberts Sept. 30, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- In the past decade, Washington has killed, maimed, dislocated, and made widows and orphans millions of Muslims in six countries, all ...

June 17, 2011 (Energy Bulletin) -- “I don’t think the American public has gripped in its gut what could happen.... We’re looking at a scenario where there’s no more agriculture in California.” --Stev ...

John Michael Greer Jun 8, 2011 (The Archdruid Report) -- Last week’s discussion of the twilight of the electrical grid in an age after abundance turned out to be timely, in an ironic sort of way. Wha ...