Well, I’ve decided to do another fast. No grandiose mystical aspirations this time, although I wouldn’t be surprised to have something like that happen. You inevitably have psychological and spiritual side effects from depriving yourself to that degree, or examining your relationship to food and the emotional stimulation it provides.
It’s interesting to recall that [...]
He’s wasting a way…
Some Convenient Bullshit: they blinded me with science
Okay, lets go back and talk about this consensus of scientists for a minute.
So far I’ve mostly confined myself to a critique of the public image side of this whole thing, and poking some holes in the bubble of fake certitude that our erstwhile green priesthood are riding on.
However, that’s not to say there [...]
Some Convenient Bullshit: Holes in the Dike
Okay, let’s jump into some data here.
Now from the outset, I want to say there are some really good sources for information on this subject, which I encourage anyone interested in the topic to avail themselves of, and that I will fold into the path here as we go. Just be careful not to get [...]
Some Convenient Bullshit: a summary for policy makers
As long time readers and listeners will know, once in while, I go off on what can be called a bit of a rant.
I’m cautious about going on uncontrolled rampages of polemic, because in many cases the justifications for them are rather thin, and do more harm than good.
However, in certain cases, it’s useful to [...]
where the rubber meets the road
So, I’m sure by now you’re going ‘okay zac..16 possible futures…gee that’s great. Before, I only had to pick between two or three. Thanks asshole. ‘
But fear not. I wouldn’t leave you in such a dismal condition. From this point it’s just matter of which one you think is the most likely, or fits the [...]
Futures on the Pivot
Okay. So these last six are what you get when half the variables are good, and the rest bad, which will make them composites of the characteristics and relationships we’ve seen so far.
World #11 Best case technology and energy, worst case climate and population:
Similar to world #3 but the drive to colonize new territories is [...]
