The Condition of Our Anthropocentrism
Scenes like this on the Cumberland River will become quite rare in about a decade. Live Now!
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What is Radical Acceptance?
Lake Michigan as seen from Consumers Energy Scenic Overlook, Ludington, Michigan
Geological Events Show the Difference Between Predicaments and Problems
Ludington North Breakwater Light
The Dilemma and Conundrum of Predicaments
Little Glen Lake as seen from Little Glen Lake Picnic Area
Burning Man - The Failure of the Green New Deal
This article is a collaboration with John Peach, from Wild Peaches . John Peach is an applied mathematician who held a research position at MIT Lincoln Laboratory until retirement in 2020. As lead investigator of a team of physicists and mathematicians at MIT, he spearheaded development of an atmospheric lidar propagation model accounting for scattering, refraction, and object response. This technology enabled 3D mapping of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria to locate and assess damage, expediting recovery efforts. As part of the disaster relief program, he made three trips to assist FEMA on-site with model implementation, and co-authored the paper “To Expedite Roadway Identification and Damage Assessment in LiDAR 3D Imagery for Disaster Relief Public Assistance.”
Are YOU Ready For Collapse?
Recently I have seen a string of articles and videos that repeat the same basic theme - that within the next 5 years we face umpteen different symptoms of collapse . I don't like attempting to attach timelines to any of this, and so I am simply repeating the theme that I see in all of these articles - none of this is my own assessment. I will say that I agree with the assessments. We're running out of road, folks. As for whether anyone is ready or not, I think very few if any truly are. We've been discussing this for decades, now the time is drawing near for issues to develop that will be extremely difficult for society to deny (although people still will because that is what we do). I mentioned most of all this in my recent article about our actual reality . Still, the warning bells are getting louder. This article from Alice Friedemann mirrors my own feelings about the situation, quote: " The only way I can see this being prevented or the end of oil delayed a few ye...
What is Our Actual Reality?
The Blue Ridge Discovery Center in Konnarock, Virginia I read many articles every month, which allows me to detect certain patterns within these articles. (I am working on slowing down on the number.) A large percentage of most of them contain so much bargaining and hopium that a reader who understands the predicaments we face can only laugh or cry at them. I try to glean what I can from them and ignore the parts of denial of reality and optimism bias , but some articles are so full of crap it's just not funny. Here's a prime example of what I'm talking about (although I often list these types of articles and have even written entire articles based upon them, named appropriately, Fantasies, Myths, and Fairy Tales ). That article (the prime example) lists an issue caused by several different symptom predicaments of ecological overshoot , namely, pollution loading , climate change, and ocean acidification (also a symptom of climate change). Now, to be sure, the ble...
Psychological Mechanisms to Deny Reality and Employ Optimism Bias
Backbone Rock in northern Tennessee
The "Solution" Obsession
Picture of Table Rock Mountain in South Carolina taken from Bald Ridge Heritage Preserve
Changing Perspectives
Lake Jocassee as seen from the boat ramp at Devils Fork State Park in South Carolina