A couple of weeks ago, I posted a link to a story by the New Scientist about predictions by the Club of Rome made in the 70's about an impending world wide economic and agricultural collapse showing signs of now coming true.
In the vein of that idea, I'm going to spend my Friday's exploring, what I call in the back of my mind, Signs of the Apocalypse.
A friend of mine, suggested I take a look at the work being done by a gentleman named Chris Martenson.
Mssr. Martenson, who according to his bio has a doctorate in neurotoxicology from Duke, along with an MBA from Cornell, arrived at the conclusion that the world was headed towards a likely period of serious economic and enviromental turmoil in the short term of the next 20 years.
I found that on the surface, the arguement he makes to be convincing. He lay's out position in a series of related videos he calls The Crash Course starting with his assessment of what the problems are and proceeds from there to laying out planning guides for considering potential actions a person can take in response to their own individual assessment of the risks.
Below is chapter 19 of the series.
Among the idea's that Martenson champions is the value of relationships and community vs the value of money as having the most importance in dealing with the vagries of a discordant future.
Martenson's focus on the future is primarily financial in scope, and doesn't directly address issues of food security, environment or social discord, though he does make some mention of some of these issues. I get the feeling, that despite the potential disruptions Martenson thinks may be possible, over all he isn't willing to suggest a worst case scenario.
I recommend taking the time to visit his website, www.chrismartenson.com. I'd be interested in your thoughts.
1 comment:
Hello, I just found your blog searching for people with similar interests. I see you have read Jared Diamond’s ‘Collapse’. Have you also read Guns, Germs, and Steel? I’m an armchair archaeologist myself, looking to delve into the field for real once my daughter is grown. I have problems with many of Diamond’s conclusions in GGS, and what I particularly ironic is that the problems he points to in ‘Collapse’ were completely overlooked in GGS. Specifically, the fact that increased population leads to increased food production and not the other way around. Well anyway… I completely agree with Martenson about the value of relationships and community over money as the real solution to our world’s (and nation’s) crises. Have a great day!
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