http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/2009/04/09/notes-tainter/ Anatoly Karlin on Eurasia, geopolitics, and peak oil. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:16:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/2009/04/09/notes-tainter/#comment-1653 Free of State » Blog Archive » “Peak Civilization”: The Fall of the Roman Empire Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:53:21 +0000 http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/?p=843#comment-1653 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/2009/04/09/notes-tainter/#comment-1642 The Belief Matrix | Sublime Oblivion Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:03:12 +0000 http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/?p=843#comment-1642 [...] surpluses, politicians and kings are forced to go back to the future. Way back. Quoting from my notes on Tainter’s The Collapse of Complex Societies: At this point, decomposition rapidly becomes [...] [...] surpluses, politicians and kings are forced to go back to the future. Way back. Quoting from my notes on Tainter’s The Collapse of Complex Societies: At this point, decomposition rapidly becomes [...]

]]> http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/2009/04/09/notes-tainter/#comment-1384 The Dilemmas of Global Dimming | Sublime Oblivion Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:13:32 +0000 http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/?p=843#comment-1384 [...] hand of government in their lives, for by now net returns to complexity will be decidedly negative (Tainter). Furthermore, not all nations will benefit or agree to this project, though they will no doubt be [...] [...] hand of government in their lives, for by now net returns to complexity will be decidedly negative (Tainter). Furthermore, not all nations will benefit or agree to this project, though they will no doubt be [...]

]]> http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/2009/04/09/notes-tainter/#comment-1254 Notes on “Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet” (M. Lynas) | Sublime Oblivion Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:49:04 +0000 http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/?p=843#comment-1254 [...] I warned in my first proper Notes post - on Tainter’s The Collapse of Complex Societies - since I am doing this mostly for myself as part of my research into my book on “future [...] [...] I warned in my first proper Notes post – on Tainter’s The Collapse of Complex Societies – since I am doing this mostly for myself as part of my research into my book on “future [...]

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