Monthly Archives: April 2014

This Is How Empires Collapse

TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2014 CHARLES HUGH SMITH This is how empires collapse: one complicit participant at a time. Before an empire collapses, it first erodes from within. The collapse may appear sudden, but the processes of internal rot hollowed out the … Continue reading

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The Myth of Human Progress and the Collapse of Complex Societies

Posted on Apr 13, 2014 By Chris Hedges The most prescient portrait of the American character and our ultimate fate as a species is found in Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick.” Melville makes our murderous obsessions, our hubris, violent impulses, moral weakness and … Continue reading

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The Price Of Human Life, According To GM

4/2/2014 Michael Moore I am opposed to the death penalty, but to every rule there is usually an exception, and in this case I hope the criminals at General Motors will be arrested and made to pay for their pre-meditated … Continue reading

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The End of the Capitalist Era, and What Comes Next

04/01/2014 Jeremy Rifkin This post is excerpted from Jeremy Rifkin’s new book, The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism, published today by Palgrave Macmillan. The capitalist era is passing… not … Continue reading

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Our Crazy College Crossroads

MARCH 31, 2014 Frank Bruni Over recent days the notices have gone out, an annual ritual of dashed hopes. Brown University offered admission to the lowest fraction ever of the applicants it received: fewer than one in 10. The arithmetic … Continue reading

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