B2019: Peak (Western) CivilizationAccording to the plot of the movie, The Matrix, robots had won the war on humanity and put each and every one of us into a virtual reality…9h ago89h ago8
BMeet The Mind-Virus: WetikoIt all started with writing post after post on how the “energy transition” is nothing but a fairy tale we tell ourselves to avoid facing…Jun 1740Jun 1740
BCould We Do Civilization Better?There seems to be a persistent mental bug preventing us from building a sustainable civilization. So far I have been focusing on the…Jun 1031Jun 1031
BThe Energy Transition Story Has Become Self-DefeatingWe need another kind of transformation more than everJun 327Jun 327
BThe End of Science as a Useful ToolDespite the rapid roll-out of seemingly newer and shinier than ever technologies, something seems to be amiss with science. The symptoms…May 2031May 2031
BMusings on the Nature of TechnologyRecently I have been on a four-day hiking trip, completing another 80 km (~50 mile) stretch of the 1171 km National Blue Trail running…May 1323May 1323
BRed Herrings, Transhumanism and well… PitchforksI’ve been thinking recently why so many otherwise sharp-eyed commentators deny so vehemently (almost with a religious fervor) that there…May 622May 622
BEurope 2100: A Frozen Wasteland?The beauty of complex systems is that you never get what you pay for. Despite recent temperature trends and shattered winter heat records…Apr 299Apr 299