Thoughts on Disaster

  1. The Peripheral

    Might catastrophe be used as a form of population control?

  2. Collapse

    When civilizations collapse from environmental degradation, it's often because they're unable to reconcile their values with those required for adaptation.

  3. The Alchemist

    Societies and individuals obey different, sometimes conflicting, moral systems.

  4. The Shock Doctrine

    The most nefarious looters in the aftermath of a disaster are sometimes the policymakers responding to it.

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