Twittering While Rome Burns

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 @ 2:43 pm | Economy, Energy, Food, Politics

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

 

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