The Big Picture — 6 hours, 34 videos later, we’re at the end of the beginning. — What To Do Now?
Yes, we’re part of an energy-eating global superorganism, but you still have our own volition, creativity, and ability to impact the future in outsized ways. No 2564 Posted by fw, … Continue reading
The Big Picture – What will happen after we hit the limits to expansive economic growth?
Can we knowingly plan an escape from a trending downward spiral of economic growth followed by decline? No 2563 Posted by fw, December 28, 2019 (Set 3: The Big Picture … Continue reading
The Big Picture – Our global civilization of billions behaves as a superorganism, always awake, always hungry
It functions as an energy dissipating structure, consuming every single good or service in our global economic system. No 2562 Posted by fw, December 24, 2019 (Set 3: The Big … Continue reading
Why is perpetual economic growth the engine of civilization’s inevitable collapse? Tim Garrett explains
Future growth depends on availability of energy and raw materials on a finite planet – and we’re depleting those resources faster than ever. No 2561 Posted by fw, December 21, … Continue reading
The Big Picture – Hagens sees the rapid decline of the natural world as a crisis as big as climate change
“There’s no easy way to present this next topic,” warns Hagens, his students insisting he not candy-coat the story. No 2560 Posted by fw, December 19, 2019 – (Set 3: … Continue reading
The Big Picture – Nate Hagens identifies dire impacts to Earth’s environment, as “externalities” to price system
Unaware Earth’s environment is a complex adaptive system, apocalyptic climate scenarios exaggerate climate impacts, underestimate economic risks. No 2559 Posted by fw, December 17, 2019 – (Set 3: The Big … Continue reading
Trump has, by his own example, liberated the seedy, sleazy and sordid among the American population
The degradation will continue until Trump is removed from office and as many of his appointees as possible are purged, says US history prof. No 2558 Posted by fw, December … Continue reading
The Big Picture – Nate Hagens explains why we fail to grasp The Big Picture of the human predicament
For starters, we don’t think too much about how we think – We’re self-blind, and systems blind. No 2557 Posted by fw, December 13, 2019 – (Set 3: The Big … Continue reading
The Big Picture – Nate Hagens shares with his students his personal vision of a future worth having
An understanding of “The Big Picture” gives us the potential to steer students towards desired future outcomes. No 2556 Posted by fw, December 12, 2019 – (Set 3: The … Continue reading
Why, despite hours of impeachment coverage, public opinion remains stalemated? Chris Hedges explains
Democrats chose convenient articles to impeach Trump, leaving untouched the rotten system they helped create. No 2555 Posted by fw, December 11, 2019 “There is zero chance Trump will be … Continue reading
Alarming 8°C of global warming by 2100 predicted by new Canadian climate model
Even with strong emissions mitigation, the world will experience 2.4°C of global warming by 2100. No 2554 Posted by fw, December 10, 2019 — For The Real News Network, Dimitri … Continue reading
The televised Impeachment Hearings appear not to have eroded Trump’s base. How come?
US historian Paul Street speculates on why damaging evidence during impeachment hearings didn’t weaken base support for the “least ethical president” in US history. No 2553 Posted by fw, December … Continue reading
