Best of Sublime Oblivion (to be expanded)…
- Shifting Winds – why Pax America is at risk of sudden collapse due to energy shortages, economic disbalances & geopolitical shocks. See also here, here.
- Ecotechnic Dictatorship is Our Last Hope of Averting Collapse – the world system is on trend to collapse by mid-century and the only hope of averting it is to start a “sustainable retreat” back below the limits.
- Europe, the Black Continent – the future geopolitics of Europe in the Age of Scarcity Industrialism.
- China, the Last Superpower – why China will be the world’s next, and probably last, global power. See also here.
- What Might Be Is – my metaphysics explained. See summary.
- On Future War – my vision of future war, emphasizing the intersection between doctrine & technology. See naval, ground, air/space, nukes.
- Russia’s Sisyphean Loop – my huge essay on a “unified theory” of Russian history drawing on geography, cultural traditions, imperial cycles and belief dynamics. See a defense of the theory.
- The Endgame Begins – the endgame of the Age of Abundance Industrialism, that is.
- Collapse Ethics – dictatorship or collapse? one of the key ethical questions of the future.
- The US Strategic Dilemma and Persian Deadlock – analyzing the US/Russia/Iran “triangle” and Israel. See my interview.
- The Century without an Indian Summer – why India has far worse prospects than China.
- IQ and Industrialism – on the intersection between (educational) human capital, IQ, and economic growth.
- Cliodynamics: Mathematizing History – how analyzing the patterns of the past can shine a beam of light into the unknown future.
- Review of “Limits to Growth” (Meadows et al.) – possibly the most important book you can read today.
- How a Second Korean War will be Fought – the US/South Korea will win, but it’s unlikely to be an easy ride.