The End of Industrial Civilization

It is commonly believed (by the masses) that human civilization is constantly improving...thanks to human ingenuity and technological progress. But is this belief actually based on reality? Or is it just a myth? Let's find out. One of the biggest accomplishments of the 20th century was mankind's Moon landing(s). In the late 1960s to mid 1970s, humanity sent several astronauts to the Moon. Also, humanity sent numerous space probes to neighbouring planets (like Venus, Mars and Jupiter). So, it seems like humans managed to accomplish certain very impressive feats. But, that does not imply that technological progress can go on indefinitely...nor does it imply that technology can solve all of the world's problems. Because technology has its limitations and weaknesses (which we will later discuss in this article). One of the fundamental weaknesses of technology is that technology cannot create energy nor resources out of thin air. Technology requires extracting and co...

The blunt truth about our global socio-economic system (aka capitalism) is that it is unfair and unsustainable. Not just "somewhat" unfair and unsustainable. It is completely, 100% unfair and unsustainable. The following article will show you why that is the case. The truth be told is that you have almost no chance of making enough money to survive in our economy (let alone "prosper" and "succeed" in it) unless you are extremely lucky. As in you are born into a wealthy family. Or you have inherited wealth and social status. Or if you are a greedy, thieving person.  Our society certainly does not reward honesty, hard-work, or good virtue. It rewards those who can most successfully scam and rip-off other people . Like business people, lawyers, politicians and sales people. The vast majority of extremely wealthy people contribute jack shit to society. They just extract enormous amounts of wealth off of profits, interest payments and ta...

Here is a brief history of Homo Sapiens and human civilization summarized in a few paragraphs. From Douglas Dixon ’s book After Man: A Zoology of the Future “””The first men were plant gatherers and animal hunters and differed little in life style from other herbivorous and carnivorous animals around them. They had sufficient intellect to devise tools and weapons and a social organization that made hunting and food gathering more efficient. Neither of these things, however, made any serious impact on the environment.    The first great change in their life style came when, instead of hunting and gathering animals and plants they brought them together and looked after them in a single location. This eliminated the element of danger present in hunting and reduced the probability of starvation, as there was no longer the possibility of returning empty-handed from a foraging expedition. It was the beginning of agriculture. At first the areas under cultivati...

Most people think that industrial civilization is sustainable because, well, humans are apparently the most important and most special organism on this planet. We are apparently the pinnacle of God's creations or evolution (depending on your religious perspective). There is no way we can mess up the Earth's climatic systems . There is no way humans can irreversibly destroy the planet's biosphere. Most importantly, it is widely believed that human are infinitely clever and adaptable. No matter how much we destroy the planet's biosphere via industrial activities , no matter how much plastic pollu tion we dump into the world's oceans, no matter how many billions of tons of greenhouse gas pollution humans spew into the atmosphere each and every year , etc mankind will always come up with an ingenious technofix to industrial civilization's problems. Yes, most people believe that mankind will always invent new technologies to fix the problems ca...