John Michael Greer has recently finished a series of nine articles on his website covering the topics of energy, public health, economics and politics. Each of the series is well written and provides good insight into these topics, covering historical, present and future perspectives. Not everyone will agree with everything he says - I don't myself - but IMO he's really put together an excellent series. The articles are written largely from a US perspective, but the majority of the content is easily applicable to Australia and elsewhere in the Western world. The nine topics covered are: Energy predicaments and prospects Energy: preparations and possibilities Economics: avoiding the Y2K fallacy Economics: Hallucinated Wealth Economics: The Sound of Aunt Edna's Knitting Public Health: Slow Motion Disaster Politics: imperial sunset Politics: The Eighty Percent Pay Cut Politics: Rebuilding Civil Society
Hi Jez, Thanks for posting these links - I found the articles very interesting. I was particularly interested in his comments on health care in a 'deindustrialised' society. Derek
My pleasure Derek, glad you got something out of them. Dr Paul Roth is an Australian doctor with a blog which is very good if you're interested in future healthcare. One recent article is Peak Oil and Healthcare Relocalisation (Click Here to view) and from there you can access other articles he's written from the menu on the left.