Category Archives: How the World Really Works

The Humanist Trap

Posted on May 25, 2022 by Dave Pollard

(right click on the image, or click here, to open full size in another tab/window; I made this in 2015 so it’s a bit dated) A lot of people who profess to be atheists or pantheists in their youth, tend … Continue reading →

Noticing What’s Missing

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Dave Pollard

painting of ivory-billed woodpecker by John Audubon (public domain); despite large rewards for a proven sighting, it was declared extinct last year An interesting aspect of human nature is our obliviousness to the disappearance of things that we once took … Continue reading →

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How Abandonment of the $US Could Precipitate Global Economic Collapse

Posted on May 21, 2022 by Dave Pollard

Chart of relative stock market values since 1870, from Morningstar via Indrajit Samarajiva. Note that the scale is logarithmic. Since 1870, while energy and industrial production have increased by a factor of 20, stock “values” have increased by a factor … Continue reading →

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Links of the Month: May 2022

Posted on May 14, 2022 by Dave Pollard

cartoon by Ali Solomon Despite my aspirations to be more equanimous, and to accept that my role is simply to witness and chronicle the collapse of our global industrial growth culture and the sixth great extinction, I am quite terrified … Continue reading →

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Cognitive Dissonance

Posted on May 9, 2022 by Dave Pollard

Every day, I shift back and forth between three ‘personas’, completely incompatible systems of belief, worldviews and ways of trying to make sense of the world. One writes: This ‘Dave’ believes there will come a time, probably in about ten … Continue reading →

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Understanding Why (Part 2): The War in Ukraine and the Destruction of Mariupol

Posted on May 7, 2022 by Dave Pollard

This is the second of a multi-part series. In this part, I’m going to use the Ukraine War, and specifically the destruction of Mariupol, as a case study of the importance of asking Why?, and moving beyond the rhetoric, the … Continue reading →

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Understanding Why (Part 1): Why War?

Posted on May 4, 2022 by Dave Pollard

This is the first of a multi-part series that attempts to move past the grotesque propaganda for war that has once again enveloped us, and understand what underlies it, and whether our species, at least when under stress, always seems … Continue reading →

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It’s Raining

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Dave Pollard

image from pexels, CC0 When a loved one is very self-destructive you can’t control their fate; at some point you’ve just got to let them make their mistakes and hope something in them wakes up before they wind up dead. … Continue reading →

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Dave Gets Censored by the CBC

Posted on April 27, 2022 by Dave Pollard

I almost never comment on online news stories, but I was absolutely incensed by Trudeau Jr’s new law legalizing the theft of Russian citizens’ bank accounts and other property without a trial or right of appeal. So I wrote this … Continue reading →

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If You Care About Eco-Collapse, What Do You Do Now?

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Dave Pollard

Alberta Tar Sands, soon to cover an area larger than NY State; its toxic sludge ponds alone are large enough to be visible from space. Photo by Dru Oja Jay, Howl Arts Collective, for The Dominion CC-BY-2.0 A large and … Continue reading →

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