What the Orange Skies Over America Really Mean, or Why the World Is Coming Undone — By now, you’ve seen them. Everyone’s seen them. The dystopian pictures of America’s East Coast, particularly Manhattan, under….that orange sky. That Extinction sky. All this is just what your gut is telling you it is. Your brain is disputing it, because, well, sadly, your brain has been filled, if you’re…

Hello, This Is the End of the World Calling, Would You Like To Survive? Press One for “Yes” — I have to warn you, you’re not going to like reading this. Any of this. Go…I don’t know…watch a Marvel Movie or something. Play with a dog. I’m going to tell you what’s going to happen next, and it’s going to be as real and ugly as it gets. You’ve…

How Growing Wealth (Really) Works — And What It’s Really About — Thanks Umair :) I have increased income by asking for a little more, cut costs dramatically by being happy with and enjoying what I have, home cooking mostly and buying great clothes at charity shops for a few euros :) All you have mentioned works so far, I just need…

What It Means for a Society To Disintegrate, And Why It Matters — Q: How do you resolve conflict in a society in which there is no way to produce agreement on facts or values, when fantasies of forcing people to accept facts or values are popular but won’t work? This is a good question. An apt one. About very many societies today. I think in this case, it’s about America, which is of course a prime example. So let’s talk about it.

Three Rules for Surviving an Age of Economic Implosion — More and more conversations I have these days go like this. There we are, a group of friends. One says, “Man, times are tough. We’re really struggling these days.” Another one says, “We are too. What should we even do?” And a third one points at me and says, “ask…

How Disconnection — And Misconnection — Are Driving Our Civilization Crazy — Q: Is there any shred of optimism we can hang onto? This is a deep question. I want to give it the respect it deserves. So buckle up for a weekend long read and deep dive. To answer this question well, first we need to ask the opposite one. Why is there so much pessimism? You see, the accusation, these days…

Why America’s National Debt (Really) Matters, And What It Means — Today we’re going to discuss America’s…future. What does it look like? Is there much of one — given the profound pessimism most Americans feel? The lessons, too, apply to many countries — so think about your own if you’re not American. Lately, the national debt’s been a big story in…

Why Are Two of the World’s Richest and Most Powerful Countries in Such Deep Trouble? — Question 1: Where are you more pessimistic about, UK or USA? The UK economy is doomed — but as a society it’s still pretty civilised, US economy will remain strong but as a society it’s… not great. Question 2: Last year you spoke a lot about the near-term collapse of…

What It’s Going to Feel Like as the Planet Turns Against Us — In the age we’ve entered, the age of extinction, what is life going to be like? One way to think about it is what I’ve begun to call in my head “World War P.” It’s going to seem as if the planet is at war…with us. Human beings took their…