Breaking Down: Collapse

Entire societies have collapsed due to insufficient access to water - as a matter of fact, drought is perhaps the #1 reason for civilizational collapse in the past. Many parts of the  world are currently experiencing the worst drought conditions since records began - and it's only going to get worse with climate change. This episode explores the dangers of drought, why it will continue to get worse, and what we can expect for the future.https://www.ppic.org/publication/what-if-californias-drought-continues/#:~:text=Consequences%20include%20sinking%20lands%2C%20higher,these%20symptoms%20of%20chronic%20overdraft.https://drought.unl.edu/Education/DroughtforKids/DroughtEffects.aspxhttps://www.cdc.gov/nceh/drought/implications.htm#:~:text=Drought%20can%20also%20cause%20long,mosquitoes%20breeding%20in%20stagnant%20waterhttps://www.newsweek.com/arsenic-laced-dust-drought-ridden-great-salt-lake-risk-water-level-drops-1613165https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-07-16/drought-water-use-strategieshttps://spei.csic.es/map/maps.html#months=5#month=4#year=2022https://www.drought.gov/internationalhttps://www.c2es.org/content/drought-and-climate-change/#:~:text=How%20climate%20change%20contributes%20to,the%20timing%20of%20water%20availability.https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/ten-civilizations-or-nations-that-collapsed-from-drought.htmlhttps://youtu.be/NUiXzDkK5mshttps://youtu.be/vEAFzgsRQs8https://youtu.be/PJRDlVnWeHwhttps://youtu.be/qvf5zL8trjASupport the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The US electrical grid is known as "the largest machine in the world". It's complex, it's vital, and it's vulernable.  In this episode we discuss how the grid works, the threats that it faces, and the consequences of its failure.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcrsgdl_hP0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08mwXICY4JMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KciAzYfXNwUhttps://www.nbcdfw.com/news/nbc-5-responds/one-year-after-power-crisis-what-happened-to-those-big-electric-bills/2891039/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGan5NwJ-LM&t=620shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlGI643vUIg&t=637shttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-01-26/what-happens-when-russian-hackers-cyberattack-the-u-s-electric-power-gridhttps://www.wired.com/story/power-grid-cyberattack-facebook-phone-numbers-security-news/https://www.govtech.com/security/russians-hacked-into-americas-electric-grid-heres-why-securing-it-is-hard.htmlhttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-24/california-summer-blackouts-threaten-newsom-political-powerhttps://justenergy.com/blog/power-grid-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-work/https://www.e-education.psu.edu/ebf483/node/643https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD6hWnnsCBEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlGI643vUIghttps://www.apmresearchlab.org/10x-power-climateSupport the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the subseries, we talk about the reasons why some believe we won't see conflict in the future. While we don't make any specific claims regarding what types or what levels of conflict we will experience, we do believe that conflict is inevitable as collapse continues.https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/politics/article/world-war-threehttps://www.vice.com/en/article/jgmke8/nuclear-war-anxiety-is-back-heres-how-to-manage-ithttps://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/REPS-10-2018-010/full/html#:~:text=Liberals%20argue%20that%20economic%20interdependence%20lowers%20the%20likelihood%20of%20war,would%20rather%20trade%20than%20invadeSupport the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this second episode on Ray Dalio's book "The Changing World Order" Kellan details what Dalio thinks the world will look like in the future, by examining cycles of the past.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we discuss Ray Dalio's Book titled "The Changing World Order"Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we interview David Skrbina, an author and professor who writes about his anti-technology philosphy. David has written a book with Ted Kazynski (the Unabomber) who holds a similar philosophy.In the interview, we discuss David's philosophy, his vision for the future, as well as his book with Ted Kazynski.You can find his books here: Confronting Technology, Metaphysics of Technology, Technological Slavery. If you'd like to join David's "Anti-Tech Collective", you can do so here.David Skrbina (sker-BEE-na), PhD, was a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Michigan, Dearborn from 2003 to 2018.  He taught a graduate course in Technology and Sustainability at the University of Helsinki in fall, 2020.  His areas of interest include philosophy of mind, eco-philosophy, philosophy of technology, and environmental ethics. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Climate change deniers often ask "How can you possibly know what happened 10,000 years ago?". Paleoclimatology is a fascinating field of study that gives us insights into the past, in order to help us model the future.https://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/proxies/paleoclimate.html#:~:text=Paleoclimatology%20is%20the%20study%20of,serve%20as%20useful%20climate%20proxies.https://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/briefs/1999_schmidt_01/https://web.archive.org/web/20171204232348/http://www.whoi.edu/instruments/viewInstrument.do?id=8087http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/paleoclimate.phphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC_2WXyORGASupport the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The collapse of education is the collapse of the nation" - maybe Nelson Mandela, maybe not. Either way, it's true, and we'll explain it here!Learn more:https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/global-education-at-risk-save-the-children-report/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/sep/06/lost-generation-education-in-quarter-of-countries-at-risk-of-collapse-study-warnshttps://www.thedailystar.net/lifestyle/perspective/why-collapse-education-the-collapse-nation-1549213https://www.axios.com/teachers-substitutes-principals-ae3caedb-96b2-4a1b-aff3-ffb8c8edc429.htmlhttps://www.educationworld.in/higher-education-system-has-collapsed/https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3927583,00.htmlhttps://www.edweek.org/leadership/how-bad-are-school-staffing-shortages-what-we-learned-by-asking-administrators/2021/10https://www.reddit.com/r/Teachers/https://www.forbes.com/sites/markcperna/2022/01/04/why-education-is-about-to-reach-a-crisis-of-epic-proportions/?ss=careers&sh=30f5d28878c7&fbclid=IwAR3CF3IaVrsflGZLIjfM0IHxOvdZSP3XC1_1YmTJXJa3UslI3142JHK57tU\https://www.k12dive.com/news/survey-teachers-more-likely-to-report-burnout-than-other-government-employ/607413/Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this second episode on infectious diseases, we discuss the increasing trend in zoonotic diseases, as well as the potential dangers of prion diseases.Learn More:https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/06/888077232/u-n-predicts-rise-in-diseases-that-jump-from-animals-to-humanshttps://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/statements/preventing-next-pandemic-zoonotic-diseases-and-how-break-chain?_ga=2.94500693.897601755.1649284753-1612452407.1649284753https://www.cdc.gov/prions/index.htmlhttps://thewalrus.ca/new-brunswicks-medical-mystery/#https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1971008068001https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74Fz2OUVi_Ahttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2848070/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45Ke07JzdxYhttps://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/fatal-familial-insomnia/https://www.cdc.gov/prions/cjd/occurrence-transmission.htmlhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41582-021-00488-7https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091231164747.htmhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2019/02/21/zombie-deer-disease-what-happened-people-ate-cwd-meat/2926840002/https://www.cbpp.org/research/poverty-and-inequality/tracking-the-covid-19-economys-effects-on-food-housing-and#:~:text=The%20COVID%2D19%20pandemic%20and,unemployment%20remained%20high%20throughout%202020.https://www.forbes.com/sites/williampesek/2021/02/26/covid-19s-24-trillion-cost-so-far-means-economics-will-never-be-the-same/?sh=333bef544844Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You've probably heard a considerable amount of conflicting information when it comes to recycling? What's the truth and what's fiction? Is recycling THE answer, is it all bogus, or is it somewhere in between?  In this episode we try and take a nuanced view of the good and bad when it comes to recycling. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.