Climate change… No it is all normal
England is having blizzards in spring. The worst in 50 years. London is covered in snow again, they hadn’t had snow for decades before 2000. The USA has a winter that won’t end. New York has had two massive hurricanes in 4 years. Australia is getting tornadoes!! Unheard of. Australia has had floods and bushfires [...]
Environmental mismanagement is a very sure way for a civilisation (in this sense civilisation is human existence no matter how uncouth) to break down, even to disappear completely. Jared Diamond in his book Collapse: How Societies choose to fail or survive, (another book that had multiple sub headings for its title, in England just choose [...]
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Ownership is an interesting concept. Civilization has been defined by it since its inception. To own something means that a person has “exclusive rights and control” over it. It is a concept that is well understood and rarely questioned by nearly everyone in the world. Today, not only can one own land and material objects [...]
Continue reading …It is expected by the year 2050 Australia will have increased its population by 75%, rising to 35 million people, Melbourne and Sydney will have populations of over 7 million. The Australian dream of a house in the suburbs with a back yard for children to play in, a back shed to build your own [...]
Continue reading …“[W]e have to wonder why the kings and nobles failed to recognize and solve these seemingly obvious problems undermining their society. Their attention was evidently focused on short term concerns of enriching themselves, waging wars, erecting monuments and competing with each other” Jarad Diamond: Collapse: Why some societies chose to fail Sustainability Every day we [...]
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