The End Is Nigh — Bonus Content

Summary

The website serves as a comprehensive resource hub for exploring societal collapse, offering a series of articles, bonus content, and external resources for understanding and discussing the topic.

Abstract

The provided web content is titled "The End Is Nigh — Bonus Content" and functions as an extensive repository for individuals interested in the subject of societal collapse. It includes an original series of articles that delve into various aspects of collapse, such as its definition, inevitability, timing, mechanisms, potential avoidance, and appropriate responses. Additionally, the site offers bonus content that addresses specific themes like the Great Bifurcation, the difference between problems and predicaments, the role of nature in modern civilization, and the importance of hope. The resource section directs readers to a variety of media, including a dedicated subreddit, podcasts, lectures, videos, and books that further explore the concept of collapse from multiple perspectives. The website invites community engagement by encouraging readers to suggest topics and links for inclusion.

Opinions

The author posits that societal collapse is an inevitable eventuality, with articles discussing its various facets.
There is a clear distinction made between problems that can be solved and predicaments that must be endured, with collapse being categorized as the latter.
The author presents three mutually exclusive paths for the future: prioritizing human life, modern civilization, or nature, noting that none of these paths lead to a favorable outcome.
Despite the grim outlook, the author advocates for choosing hope over despair in the face of impending collapse.
The website acknowledges the echo-chamber effect that can occur within the collapse discourse community but does not dismiss the validity of the discussions.
The inclusion of a wide range of resources implies that the author values diverse perspectives and comprehensive analysis of the topic.

Bonus content:

- Revolution Or Death: The Great Bifurcation: a post on the dilemma we face, do we aim for the skies or face the music? - Problems, Predicaments, And You: a post on the difference between problems and predicaments — and why collapse is the latter and not a set of the former. - Do We Need Nature?: a post on whether we could sacrifice nature to save our technological progress, and what’s needed to get there. - Human Life, Modern Civilization, Nature. Choose One: a post on what I view as our three possible, but mutually exclusive, paths. None of them good. - Hope Over Despair: a post on why I think we should choose hope despite the overwhelming evidence of the calamities facing us. - The Bubble Is Real: a post on getting “stuck” in the collapse echo-chamber (it is, let’s be real — doesn’t mean it’s wrong, doesn’t mean it’s right either).

Other resources:

Collapse Subreddit: Echo-chamber of despair or grim realism, a bit of everything. Fridays are casual, so expect less serious posts. Contains discussion around coping, preparation, predictions, collapse-related news, and much more. - Breaking down; Collapse: Excellent podcast breaking down collapse in all its facets. The first 8 episodes outline the main predicament we’re facing. Note: link is to their Patreon account, while the podcast can be found in most podcast apps. - Joseph Tainter Lecture 1: The lecture that got me interested in collapse. - Joseph Tainter Lecture 2: A follow-up lecture. - Hagens Lecture 1: Excellent lecture on our global society as a super-organism, and the future of that organism. - Hagens lecture 2: A follow up lecture debunking many of the counterarguments to what I’m discussing here. - Kurzgesagt video on whether you can fix climate change, and a series of videos on other climate change related topics. - Earth 2100: a part fiction, part scientific, ‘documentary’ describing the next 90 years (video from 2010). - It Could Happen Here: a podcast detailing how a second civil war in the US might play out (first season) and collapse in general (first episodes of the second season in particular). - Michael Dowd recordings: Michael has recorded much of the ‘collapse literature’ on SoundCloud, including the classics such as Catton’s “Overshoot” and Greer’s “The Long Descent”. See also here for his post-doom podcast, and here for his Collapse 101 video series. - 2021 update to Limits To Growth: Thesis by Gaya Herrington, Director Sustainability Services at KPMG. Link points to summary, while the thesis itself can be found here. - Overshoot: The Ecological Basis Of Revolutionary Change: Book by William Catton (audio reading by Michael Dowd above). If not the original ‘collapse’ book, perhaps the best. - Silent Spring: Book by Rachal Carson. One of the first books to truly drive home how our production practices (agriculturual pesticides in this case) are damaging the environment.

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The End Is Nigh — Bonus Content

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