This article first appeared in Harper’s Magazine under the title: Republic or Empire: A National Intelligence Estimate on the United States on February 07, 2007. I think it warrants your […]
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We each view reality from our own unique perspective, only a community of minds can show us the truth.
The Climate Optimist
Continuing from this year’s Edge Question. … What Are You Optimistic About? and Why? William Calvin Mention global warming at a seasonal social gathering and see what happens, now that […]
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A Pox upon Mr. Armstrong´s Wonderful World!
I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself, what a wonderful world. Jason Miller In an increasingly […]
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Continuing from this year’s Edge Question. … What Are You Optimistic About? Why? Marvin Minsky Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter to Jacques Dubourg in April of 1773: “I wish it […]
Continue readingThe Agenda Restated
Originally published at the Author’s websites on February 5th, 2007. James Howard Kunstler Out in the public arena, people frequently twang on me for being “Mister Gloom’n’doom,” or for “not […]
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John Michael Greer One of the major blind spots that gets in the way of trying to anticipate the shape of a deindustrial future in advance is the habit of […]
Continue readingWe Have the Capacity to Understand One Another
John Brockman runs a very interesting website called The Edge. Each year he asks a provocative question to some of best thinkers on the planet, and then publishes their answers […]
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Isn’t it time that we stopped war. Not just this particular war, but the very institution of war itself? Molly Ivens The purpose of this old-fashioned newspaper crusade to stop […]
Continue readingThe Consequences of U.S. Oil Dependency
The Council on Foreign Relations established an Independent Task Force to examine the consequences of dependence on imported energy for U.S. foreign policy. Since the United States both consumes and […]
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Posted at the author’s website on January 15, 2007. James Howard Kunstler The American public is understandably happy to see the bottom fall out of the oil futures market. But […]
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