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xchrom

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11. In short - or rather my version - stop waiting until we're IN

Reply to GliderGuider (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 04:10 PM

May 2012

The crisis to make appropriate plans.

Plan to AVOID the crisis.

Good governance - Good planning & design.

Kinda like Bionic Man - we have the means - we have the ability - we don't have to live like this.

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An 8-point Manifesto on the Collapse of Global Industrial Civilization [View all] GliderGuider May 2012 OP

Screw that, I'm living forever and helping colonize the galaxy. Odin2005 May 2012 #1

Good luck with that! nt GliderGuider May 2012 #18

Assuming we're talking about something this side of Mad Max IDemo May 2012 #2

The thing is, "AK guy" will eventually come across another "AK Guy," and if neither of them villager May 2012 #3

Eventually a band AK guys will form a "kingdom" Speck Tater May 2012 #5

At least until someone sets the farm on fire. Zalatix May 2012 #13

The dynamics of the AK guys will vary IDemo May 2012 #6

You are thinking that the early adopters don't have AK's also. ret5hd May 2012 #10

I'd never think that IDemo May 2012 #24

As soon as we get over romanticizing information flow, things will work out saras May 2012 #4

Now THAT is a fascinating insight. Thanks!!! nt GliderGuider May 2012 #17

Thank you for this post. truedelphi May 2012 #7

And thank you a thousand times for this response. Zalatix May 2012 #9

And imagine what it would be like if, instead of a San Diego student, GliderGuider May 2012 #16

well, cali May 2012 #8

Good questions. GliderGuider May 2012 #15

In short - or rather my version - stop waiting until we're IN xchrom May 2012 #11

I think we're already well into the crisis. GliderGuider May 2012 #12

i don't disagree. but i do think we need to develop both trains. nt xchrom May 2012 #14

Just read an absorbing article which agrees with you: dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #19

Something I want to meantion about the so-called "Dark Ages". Odin2005 May 2012 #20

We're not going back to the paleolithic, or even the medieval era. GliderGuider May 2012 #21

I agree on the social organization part. Odin2005 May 2012 #23

Oh, and another thing I thought of... Odin2005 May 2012 #25

Oh well... greytdemocrat May 2012 #22