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The Dark Age of Science Denial

July 27, 2019 / juliancribb1 / 2 Comments

Centuries from now, future historians will be able to assign a date to the start of the Australian Dark Age: it began in July of 2019. That was the date the nation turned its back on the enlightenment of reason, evidence, science and rationality and forged into a befogged future of political fantasies and wild, … Continue reading The Dark Age of Science Denial

On the Need for an Earth Standard Currency

April 15, 2019April 20, 2019 / juliancribb1 / 2 Comments

An essay by Julian Cribb FRSA ATSE In an age of existential emergency, when the future of human civilization depends on how successfully we manage to overcome the ten global threats which now bearing down on us all, it is important for humanity to share a common currency for dealing with them. We need not … Continue reading On the Need for an Earth Standard Currency

The Rise of Woman

March 11, 2019December 15, 2019 / juliancribb1 / Leave a comment

She’s just turned 16 and is already a world leader with more statespersonlike qualities, clear-eyed goals, plain speaking and sheer guts than almost any national head of today or recent history. Moreover she represents a profound shift in the world’s geopolitical gravity field, one that promises to alter human history forever. Swedish climate campaigner and … Continue reading The Rise of Woman

Can human civilization survive?

February 9, 2019February 9, 2019 / juliancribb1 / 3 Comments

A video discussion of the existential emergency we face, and some possible approaches to solving it. https://vimeo.com/user5670026/review/315852437/d94087b164      

When ‘oil’ spells murder

March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 / juliancribb1 / Leave a comment

Hollywood action star and former Californian governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called it when he recently accused big oil companies of first degree murder – knowingly killing millions of people around the world with their products. While legal experts rate his actions as largely a stunt to raise awareness of the deadly effects of fossil fuels, a … Continue reading When ‘oil’ spells murder

The End of Freedom

February 1, 2018February 2, 2018 / juliancribb1 / 1 Comment

The whole of humanity is only 20 years or so from meekly surrendering the one thing most us have craved, sought and fought for throughout our history. Our freedom. By the 2050s every person on the planet will be under surveillance, 24/7, for the whole of their lives, their every word and act automatically recorded, stored … Continue reading The End of Freedom

Averting ecocide

November 10, 2017November 10, 2017 / juliancribb1 / 2 Comments

In the view of most thinking people, the human species is more likely to earn its end in either a nuclear Armageddon or an episode of uncontrollable global overheating. There is now a third, and more intractable, scenario by which our tenure of Planet Earth may be terminated: ecocide. Ecocide? Sounds like another greenie scare … Continue reading Averting ecocide

Age of the Nuclear Moron

August 26, 2017August 26, 2017 / juliancribb1 / Leave a comment

“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”  – H.L. Mencken, On Politics: A … Continue reading Age of the Nuclear Moron

When optimism spells disaster…

July 25, 2017July 23, 2017 / juliancribb1 / Leave a comment

  One of the most dangerous threats to the human future in this, the Age of Perils, is ... optimism. Nowadays, if you tell the tested truth about climate science, weapons of mass destruction, global pollution, extinction or, indeed, any of the ten existential threats now closing in on humanity, you are likely to provoke … Continue reading When optimism spells disaster…

The Elders are rebelling

May 22, 2017May 22, 2017 / juliancribb1 / 6 Comments

There is a palpable wrath, out there in Elderland. The Elders, it seems, are no longer happy to look on as a bunch of corporates and their political stooges pillage the planet and lay waste to our grandkids’ future. With growing resolve, resources and organisation, they are fighting back. This isn’t the ‘grey power’ that … Continue reading The Elders are rebelling

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