politics, crime, collapse and space
This story hasn’t gotten much play. It may fizzle, it may explode, but it’s bound to be interesting either way. Maybe it’ll even work. It’s certainly going to be closely watched by many people, although not the American media:
Worried about the collapse of civilization? Concerned that Kyoto is too little, too late? Overwhelmed by feelings of doom and gloom? Here’s a new take on the standard story of humans consuming themselves to death:
“Societies don’t just go into a tailspin and self-destruct,” says Stevenson, an archaeologist at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. “They can and do adapt, and they emerge in new ways. The key is to put more back into the system than is taken out.”
While evidence suggests the Rapa Nui people cut down 6,000,000 trees in 300 years, for example, they were also developing new technological and agricultural practices along the way—such as fertilization techniques to restore the health of the soil and rock gardens to protect the plants. As a result, every rock on Easter Island has probably been moved three or four times, Stevenson said.
What they don’t say is that it’s any fun to live through this sort of adjustment. I wouldn’t take it as an excuse to let things go to shit.
Here’s someone with some political courage. It’ll be interesting to see who attacks him for this:
How does all this stimulus money affect things I care about?
- Stimulus Bill Is a Step Forward for Pedestrians, Cyclists & Cities
- Compromise on stimulus bill gives NASA $1 billion
- Extra NASA funds: An initial step towards gap reduction options/extension
Tales of crime:
Things that fall from the sky:
- Lights in the sky meteors, not space junk
- Jersey City UFO mystery solved: It’s another flying ‘tooth’
And things that go up into the sky:
