I saw this posted on TB2K by Flavius Aetius. Interesting though IMHO a little tame for the scenario the author presents:
http://www.newcolonist.com/dim_ages.html
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Sixty Days, Next Year
by C. Haynes
You'll have to excuse me, but I don't usually keep a diary. These events began before I understood what was happening, and where it was all headed. It was only later, after it was all going on, that I thought that maybe I should be keeping some sort of record--as if no one else was. We live in The Information Age, or did. Now it's just The Dim Ages. Welcome to my world.
June 14
It all started (for me) with just a small item on an Internet news page, "Trouble in the Kingdom". I thought they were talking about Disney World (the Magic Kingdom) so I clicked on it. Turns out they were talking about "the repercussions of curtailed social services in Saudi Arabia". (Insert a big yawning noise here.) So their kids don't get free day care? Big whoop. I scanned the article for any mention of M. Mouse and then went on with my life. My mistake. No biggie. Really.
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The Dim Ages
by Pops » Wed 05 May 2004, 18:54:24
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My Version
by Aaron » Wed 05 May 2004, 20:06:44
Sixty Days, Next Year
by Aaron
June 13
You'll have to excuse me, but I don't usually keep a diary. These events began before I understood what was happening, and where it was all headed. It was only later, after it was all going on, that I thought that maybe I should be keeping some sort of record--as if no one else was. We live in The Information Age, or did. Now it's just The Dim Ages. Welcome to my world.
June 14
It all started (for me) with just a small item on an Internet news page, "Trouble in the Kingdom". I thought they were talking about Disney World (the Magic Kingdom) so I clicked on it. Turns out they were talking about "the repercussions of curtailed social services in Saudi Arabia".
Hold on a second, that emergency broadcast test signal is blarring from the TV. Man I hate that. Huh... just saw a bright flash of light through my window. I wonder what could flash bright enough to be seen in broad day
by Aaron
June 13
You'll have to excuse me, but I don't usually keep a diary. These events began before I understood what was happening, and where it was all headed. It was only later, after it was all going on, that I thought that maybe I should be keeping some sort of record--as if no one else was. We live in The Information Age, or did. Now it's just The Dim Ages. Welcome to my world.
June 14
It all started (for me) with just a small item on an Internet news page, "Trouble in the Kingdom". I thought they were talking about Disney World (the Magic Kingdom) so I clicked on it. Turns out they were talking about "the repercussions of curtailed social services in Saudi Arabia".
Hold on a second, that emergency broadcast test signal is blarring from the TV. Man I hate that. Huh... just saw a bright flash of light through my window. I wonder what could flash bright enough to be seen in broad day
The problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt, but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise... economics is a form of brain damage.
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Only towards those who do not yet appreciate the gravity of peak oil.Re: The Dim Ages
by Tanada » Wed 04 Dec 2013, 16:56:59
KSA isn't burning just yet, but the international situation and the pressures of the Arab Spring have not gone away either.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Alfred Tennyson', 'W')e are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
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Re: The Dim Ages
by Plantagenet » Wed 04 Dec 2013, 18:44:10
The Arab Spring was so 2011.
It's come and gone. It's back to BAU in the ME
It's come and gone. It's back to BAU in the ME
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Re: The Dim Ages
by Tanada » Wed 04 Dec 2013, 22:31:38
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'T')he Arab Spring was so 2011.
It's come and gone. It's back to BAU in the ME
It's come and gone. It's back to BAU in the ME
I think Quadaffi and Mubarak would dispute that opinion :D
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Alfred Tennyson', 'W')e are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
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Re: The Dim Ages
by Newfie » Thu 05 Dec 2013, 08:38:02
Good bump, too many people loose sought of the big picture.
In our gas glut we forget these areas are still pretty important.
And O doesn't seem skilled or adept at foreign policy.
In our gas glut we forget these areas are still pretty important.
And O doesn't seem skilled or adept at foreign policy.
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