slowlyfadingaway: Life at the end of civilization?

Lost cities of the future — It’s sad how close they are to us. And how close we are to the future.

What Rome can teach us about the decline of civilizations — In some ways we have tougher challenges than Rome. We have one key advantage — we can talk about our predicament. Or Twitter about it if you prefer.

The New Energy Order — We have entered a new era in which traditional super powers now face energy super powers. Nothing less than our food and livelihood is at stake.

When the Prime (”Good”) borrowers start handing in their keys

Monetary failure is rewarded only at the highest levels

• IMF Warns of Great Crisis — We keep seeing the “Depression” word come up more and more in the mainstream.  The mainstream media wasn’t even worried about a recession this year. And who is the IMF? Read more here, and be sure to check out the criticisms.
• The Black Death of Financial Collapse — Relentlessly dire view of the global economic situation.
• Financial Collapse Information Foraging and “Uglier than you thought”
• Major banks about to go bye bye? What will happen to all those “subprime” mortgages nobody could really pay off, and as a result, all the more legitimate mortgages nobody will be able to pay off either? Free houses?
• The UN warns of global food fights. — Now might be a good time to stock up on food.
• Shell finally sponsors Peak Oil (PDF) — I wonder if Shell read this part: “The bad news is that no combination of technologies can plug the energy gap if the peakists are correct. There will be a third, and last, global energy crisis. It will dwarf previous crises. Profound economic dislocation will result. The challenge for human civilization will be how we rebuild post-peak.”

• The New Survivalism — Dear lord, this is the stuff being found in the NY Times Fashion & Style section. Britney Spears move over.
• The US Oil Supply — a dire prognosis getting worse by the day.