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At this point, we are close enough to collapse that preparing for collapse seems more important than trying to figure out the when and how.

Yesterday I started my tomatoes indoors.

Last year, I didn't want to spend much money until the garden proved itself out. Turned out I harvested about 200 ...

One time, he commented that his friend Buffet would not have done well during prehistoric times by shouting at a predator, "I allocate capital well."

Warren’s success:
- “I was born wired to allocate capital well.” If I was born in Bangladesh and I walked down
the street explaining that “I ...

“My answer is this: I am still an optimist because I see what innovation accelerated by artificial intelligence will bring.”

Artificial intelligence won't likely even slow aquifer depletion or many other similar negative trends. During the maintenance phase of this declining civilization he did a ...

I still think it's much more likely that the financial system hits the brick wall first, then things wind down from there. That would imply sooner than 15 to 35 years out but less catastrophic. At this point, we are close enough to collapse that preparing for collapse seems more important than ...

Theoretical Physicists Say 90% Chance of Societal Collapse Within Several Decades
By Nafeez Ahmed
July 28, 2020
Two theoretical physicists specializing in complex systems conclude that global deforestation due to human activities is on track to trigger the “irreversible collapse” of human ...

Thirty years ago, plus or minus, I thought things like silver and real estate were good ways to build wealth. I was reminded of that during two recent conversations.

The first was with a man around age 65 who is invested in silver. He said that he wished he had picked up on silver being a good buy ...

dominant milankovitch cycle

AI Overview

The dominant Milankovitch cycle driving ice ages has shifted over time, with the ~41,000-year obliquity (axial tilt) cycle dominant for much of the last 2.5 million years, but the ~100,000-year eccentricity (orbital shape) cycle became dominant in the last ...

Unpacking the Epidemic of Parental Estrangement
The generation that was scared of their parents is now scared of their children.
Posted May 19, 2024
Experts are reporting that we may be in an epidemic of adult children cutting off contact with their parents. In one recent study, researchers found ...

Harvard Professor Calls Out University’s ‘Exclusion Of White Males’ In Scathing Public Resignation
A history professor who has taught at Harvard for 40 years is publicly calling out the Ivy League school over race-based hiring and admissions policies, a “shocking indifference” to antisemitism ...

She asked me what I thought of AI. I said the first thing that comes to mind with regard to any new technology is whether you believe the civilization is on the ascent or the decline. If you believe the civilization is on the ascent, and you are right about that, then AI will probably on net be a ...