About
In addition to blogging here, Anatoly Karlin also runs Arctic Progress.
You can also read his articles at Inosmi (на русском) and Al Jazeera.
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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Peak Oil and Resource Depletion
Although I have several articles on the threats posed to industrial civilization by runaway global warming and ecological degradation on Sublime Oblivion (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), I have yet to cover the Charybdis of resource depletion in … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Sublime Oblivion
2 Comments
Defending the Loop
Following my posting of Russia’s Sisyphean Loop, the influential East-Central Europe expert, Vlad Sobell, wrote up an interesting critique at the Untimely Thoughts Russia Discussion Group. It addresses what may be considered some weak, or at least not thoroughly explained, … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged authoritarianism, climate change, collapse, energy, guest, history, philosophy, russia, vision
4 Comments
Russia’s Sisyphean Loop
Anatoly Karlin @ www.SublimeOblivion.com PDF version | DOC version Russia’s Sisyphean Loop The Eternal Return to the Future? In this article I attempt to explain Russia’s historical cycles of failed Westernization and to project its future socio-political trajectory. First, I … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged authoritarianism, communism, core article, corruption, culture, demography, economy, geopolitics, history, imperialism, jews, liberasty, medvedev, military, morale, poland, putin, resource depletion, russia, russians, soviet union, stalin, vision, western hypocrisy, western media
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Philosophical Musings #1
1. Long Live Death! Why is everyone so afraid of death? Granted, it is directly opposed to our instinct of self-preservation; but in reality, our intellect should recognize it as the road to the ultimate freedom – a world free … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged authoritarianism, copies, matrix, philosophy
8 Comments
Diasporas and Barbarians
During one conversation at Sean’s Russia Blog, the commentator Evgeny referred me to a work by Russian political analyst & nationalist Konstantin Krylov, Поведение (“Behavior”). In it he tries to classify the world’s civilizations into four ethical systems (South – … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Da Russophile, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged chaos, collapse, history, israel, jews, liberasty, life, morale, philosophy, russians
8 Comments
We Need a Fat Tax! (or revolution)
Somewhat more than a year ago I argued that introducing a fat tax is a good idea on the grounds that fatty foods are unhealthy and addictive (like drugs), and that a fat tax is socially progressive and would encourage … Continue reading
Thinking about Nuclear War
I have always been fascinated by nuclear war. Mountain bunkers, missile gaps, MAD, – what is there not to like? So this post will be devoted to the doomsday weapons which continue tantalizing us with visions of post-nuclear nirvana. Because yes, … Continue reading
Posted in Sublime Oblivion
Tagged economy, hi-tech, military, soviet union, space, technology, usa, war
2 Comments