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Jared Diamond On Why Societies Collapse

August 19, 2014 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

Fascinating short TED Talk by Jared Diamond on why societies collapse. He cites five factors: resource depletion, climate change, relations with neighboring friendly societies, relations with neighboring hostile societies, and political, economic and social factors enabling society to enact change.

He also addresses a common question about collapse, which is why don’t people see the signs of collapse and do something about it. His answer is that a society can’t save itself when the short-term interests of the ruling elites conflict with the long-term interests of the society, particularly when the elites are able to insulate themselves from what is happening. Diamond warns that this condition is particularly applicable to the United States.

Makes you think. Watch it here:

Filed Under: Apocalyptic, Politics

PSA Details Little Girl’s Life Falling Apart In Civil War

April 2, 2014 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

This PSA shows a year in the life of a little girl in one-second snippets showing how her happy life in England falls apart during a civil war. The video, produced by an organization dedicated to helping Syria’s children affected by the civil war there, is intended to hammer home to Westerners what it’s like for these children. Powerful stuff.

Filed Under: Apocalyptic, Film Shorts/TV, Politics

Canada Vows to Fight Zombies

March 31, 2014 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

The Canadian parliament debates readiness for the zombie apocalypse. “Canada will never be a safe haven for zombies–EVER!” –John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Filed Under: Politics, Weird/Funny, Zombies

How The Media Will Report The Apocalypse

January 15, 2014 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

Buzzfeed recently ran a funny series showing how the media will cover the coming apocalypse of asteroids and radioactive mutant zombies.

Check it out here.

Below is Slate.com presenting a fresh, provocative angle:

Filed Under: Apocalyptic, Politics, Weird/Funny

LBJ’s Daisy Ad

December 23, 2013 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

Campaign ad from 1964.

Filed Under: Apocalyptic, Film Shorts/TV, Politics

Who Would Win A Second Civil War?

November 29, 2012 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

SLATE recent republished a Q&A from Quora that makes for some real interesting reading. A reader asked, “If Every U.S. State Declared War Against the Others, Which Would Win?”

Jon Davis, U.S. Marine sergeant and veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, provides a long, thoughtful and detailed answer here.

Now somebody should sign this guy up to do a book.

Filed Under: Apocalyptic, Politics

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