These two webinars may be of interest: Will Modern Civilization be the Death of Us? Envisioning Tomorrow’s Earth A Special Zoom Webinar. Sponsored by: Institute on Religion in an Age of Science. https://www.iras.org/ Dates: Monday, June 29, and Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Time: 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. 11:00 PM European Summer Time Register: Be sure to register […]
The Politics of Natural Disasters by Daniel Aldrich
This paper was published in June 2012, well prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. This summary quote is lengthy, very academic, and insightful. Mentally extending the findings stated below to our current global health disaster and future global warming disasters is useful as it implies realtime and future reaction at many societal levels. Art Hunter, CACOR […]
Ted Manning, Wednesday Zoom Series, 2020-06-10
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My Assessment of and Response to Our Current Situation
Ruben Nelson, Canadian Club of Rome member, affirms: SUMMARY I am a hopeful pessimist. (EDIT: Please send comments to Ruben) It is my considered judgement that in the coming years and decades we in Modern Techno-industrial (MTI) cultures will be blindsided by great tragedy and despair. These are now irrevocably baked into the next several […]
The miracle new sustainable product that’s revolutionising architecture – stone!
Along with stone plank stands on Store Street in central London, raised on triangular wooden props, giving it the look of a medieval battering ram, ready to lay siege to Tottenham Court Road. This great masonry beam means no harm to the shoppers – but it could well prove to be disruptive in another way. […]