(disclaimer: many human societies will cope just fine. The most advanced economies are the least resilient and deaths could be in the millions…) Deep Space Climate Observatory, or DSCOVR, is the singular satellite that can tell us of an approaching … Continue reading
Wikipedia says: Talianki (Ukrainian: Тальянки́) is an archaeological site near the village of the same name in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. It was the location of a large Cucuteni-Trypillian settlement dating to around 3850–3700 BC, currently the largest known settlement in … Continue reading
This relatively simple idea comes from Termination Shock, a fiction book by futurist Neal Stephenson. And it is mostly brilliant (and scary). Drop a shipping container, full of high explosives to the ocean floor. Detonate it and high waves spread … Continue reading
Background: John von Neumann came up with the idea of self-replicating machines in 1949. This lead to the computer virus… Then in 1986 K. Eric Drexler coined the term Grey Goo. Read this carefully because it is very, very scary, … Continue reading
It is not too unusual for someone to attempt to profit from not paying – debtors, wages, income tax, GST, rent – while syphoning off the profits. Then declare bankrupt. And next year, do the same again with a new … Continue reading
A paper was just released that looks into how much damage a major solar storm can cause to the infrastructure of the Internet. Here’s my summary: Long metal things, especially at high latitudes, are prone to more harm than anything … Continue reading
Often survivalists wonder if they should be part of a collective or intentional community, or go solo (just immediate family). More people with a range of skills is clearly better, but with more people trust diminishes, secrecy diminishes, and people … Continue reading
Space is considered to be the framework of the universe, and is fixed, just like we imagine the framework of a house, or a chess board. It is thought that there is a finite size to a piece of space. … Continue reading
Some things I had forgotten about… NASA had a page debunking a 2012 doomsday People were gathering in Bugarach Liu Qiyuan was making survival balls in China Even Vladimir Putin chimed in The Daily Mail said this: Without wishing to … Continue reading
Just a quick little post to let the search gods know that Survive 2012, the site that started the end of the world hysteria, is once again available to take a gander at.