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Why Analysts Misjudge Oil’s Future
The dominant view that oil will remain oversupplied well into 2026 is starting to crack. For months, the consensus has warned of a looming glut—blaming weak demand, slow growth, and…
The Reductionist Delusion: How We Got Climate Change Wrong
The failure of the climate movement isn’t just political or scientific—it’s philosophical. At its core is a reductionist mindset: isolate one culprit, pursue one goal, rally around one fix. Fossil…
Living with Uncertainty: Rethinking Truth in a Quantum World
Why is lying to yourself worse than lying to others? Rod Dreher recently reflected on this question, answering: because it reveals a deeper failure to confront reality. He pointed to…
Pharaohs to AI: The Long Ascent of the Superorganism
The foundational myth of modernity is that infinite economic growth can be sustained on finite energy. This isn’t science—it’s faith in a technological miracle, a sacred narrative that defies physical…
Peak Loneliness
As the liberal world order unravels, most are busy grieving its loss rather than trying to understand what’s really going on. Blame is everywhere—at leaders, at policies, at the right,…
The Limits of Business-as-Usual in AEO 2025
The EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2025 provides a solid baseline for understanding U.S. energy trends, but it’s built on a business-as-usual framework that filters out geopolitical, financial, governance, and ecological…
Toward a Conscious Myth: Meaning and the Sacred in a Digital Age
The digital age tempts us with infinite choice and distraction, but beneath the noise is a quieter truth: survival now depends on learning to be satisfied with the real, imperfect…
The Structure of Geopolitical Revolutions
There is a growing chorus about a “new world order,” but much of the language surrounding it is vague and recycled, attempting to impose clarity on a moment defined by…
Putting the Earth Back in Model Land
A friend sent me Doomberg’s latest takedown of peak oil with a familiar jab—“Obviously, I’m poking you”—since I was deep in that world 20 years ago. Doomberg’s point is simple:…
Maximum Power, Minimum Awareness
“I don’t have much hope for this century,” Kristine Tompkins of said in a recent interview. She’s the CEO of Patagonia, and was speaking about the rapid unraveling of ecological…
Rethinking Science, Reclaiming Wisdom
At the heart of the human predicament lies an uneasy—and often unexamined—relationship with science. We’ve come to treat science not just as a tool, but as a worldview. Once a…
We Wanted a New World—Just Not This One
The world is changing fast, and the public is uneasy. Gallup’s World Happiness Report shows that the major powers—China, the U.S., India, Russia—are less happy than they were 15 years…
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