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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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Tag Archives: Reviews
Review of “Limits to Growth” (Meadows et al.)
If I could recommend just one book to someone with a business-as-usual outlook, someone who believes human ingenuity and free markets will always bail us out of any resource scarcity or environmental problem, it would be Limits to Growth: The 30-Year … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged agriculture, climate change, collapse, economy, energy, pollution, resource depletion, review, Reviews, vision
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Cliodynamics: Mathematizing History
One of the most interesting emerging sciences today, in my opinion, is cliodynamics. Their practitioners attempt to come to with mathematical models of history to explain “big history” – things like the rise of empires, social discontent, civil wars, and … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged china, collapse, corruption, demography, education, history, review, Reviews, science, technology
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The Road to Economic Sovereignty
Review of “Kicking Away the Ladder” (H. Chang) Chang, Ha-Joon – Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective (2002) Category: economy; history; industrial policy; Rating: 5/5 Summary: Kicking Away the Ladder:How the Economic and Intellectual Histories of Capitalism Have … Continue reading
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Tagged china, corruption, economy, education, espionage, finance, france, germany, history, international relations, japan, review, Reviews, russia, sweden, uk, usa, western hypocrisy
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Notes on “The Olduvai Theory” (R. Duncan)
Duncan, Richard – The Olduvai Theory Energy, Population, and Industrial Civilization (2006) Category: collapse, dieoff, resource depletion; Rating: 2/5 This is a summary of a classic “doomer” theory amongst students of world energy and ecological trends, which predicts that the … Continue reading
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Tagged collapse, energy, geopolitics, politics, resource depletion, Reviews, vision
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The Dilemmas of Global Dimming
Not only is global warming a real and present threat that may yet in conjunction with impending energy shortages doom industrial civilization, it may have even been dangerously underestimated. What have you been smoking!?, you might say to me. Get … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, climate change, collapse, energy, environment, geopolitics, global dimming, resource depletion, Reviews, science, vision
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Notes on “The Last Generation” (F. Pearce)
Pearce, Fred – The Last Generation: How Nature will take her Revenge for Climate Change (2008) PDF Category: global warming; Rating: 5/5 Summary: Amazon reviews Another excellent book on climate change that goes beyond the conservative conclusions of the IPCC … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, agriculture, china, climate change, environment, india, latin america, Reviews, vision
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Review of “World made by Hand” (J. Kunstler)
Kunstler, James – World made by Hand (2008) PDF Category: post-collapse fiction, oil peak; Rating: 3/5 Summary: Energy Bulletin Review (Keith Thomas) 2008 I actually wrote this a few months ago and posted it up, but deleted it for some … Continue reading
Notes on “The Collapse of Complex Societies” (J. Tainter)
Tainter, Joseph – The Collapse of Complex Societies (1988) PDF Category: collapse, resource depletion; Rating: 5/5 Summary: Complexity, Problem Solving and Sustainable Societies (J. Tainter) 1996 As you may have noticed from the sidebar, I am currently researching a book … Continue reading
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Tagged collapse, corruption, education, energy, history, politics, resource depletion, Reviews, science
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