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Peter Boghossian: How To Have Impossible Conversations

How can we successfully engage in discussion on difficult issues with those we care about, as well as society at large?

Peter Boghossian, co-author of How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide, shares straightforward conversational ‘hacks’ for having constructive, respectful discussion on any controversial topic — including climate change, religious faith, gender identity, race, poverty, immigration, or gun control.

Peter Boghossian: How To Have Impossible Conversations

by Chris Martenson

How can we successfully engage in discussion on difficult issues with those we care about, as well as society at large?

Breaking Free

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by Chris Martenson

Executive Summary The importance of continuous learning and clarifying your Why? Why personal integrity is your most valuable asset Why our current challenges are actually a call to greatness The key question is: How will you choose to answer it? If you have not yet read Part 1: The Lab Rat That Survives Is The…

Breaking Free

PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

Collapse Is Already Here

by Chris Martenson

Many people are expecting some degree of approaching collapse — be it economic, environmental and/or societal — thinking that they’ll recognize the danger signs in time.

As if it will be completely obvious, like a Hollywood blockbuster. Complete with clear warnings from scientists, politicians and the media. And everyone can then get busy either panicking or becoming the plucky heroes.

That's not how collapse works.

Collapse is a process, not an event.

And it's already underway, all around us.

Collapse is already here.

Collapse Is Already Here

by Chris Martenson

Many people are expecting some degree of approaching collapse — be it economic, environmental and/or societal — thinking that they’ll recognize the danger signs in time.

That's not how collapse works.

Collapse is a process, not an event.

And it's already underway, all around us.

Collapse is already here.

Transcript for Bud Conrad: Japan Is Forcing Us Out of the Eye and Into the Storm

by Peak Prosperity Admin

Below is the transcript to Bud Conrad: Japan Is Forcing Us Out of the Eye and Into the Storm: Chris Martenson: Welcome to another podcast with Chris Martenson. I am your host and today we are talking with Bud Conrad, Chief Economist for Casey Research. We are big fans of the operation Doug Casey has…

Transcript for Bud Conrad: Japan Is Forcing Us Out of the Eye and Into the Storm

by Peak Prosperity Admin

Transcript for Bud Conrad: Japan Is Forcing Us Out of the Eye and Into the Storm

by Peak Prosperity Admin

Transcript for Bud Conrad: Japan Is Forcing Us Out of the Eye and Into the Storm

by Peak Prosperity Admin

Transcript for Argentina: A Case Study in How An Economy Collapses

by Peak Prosperity Admin

Below is the transcript for Argentina: A Case Study in How An Economy Collapses Chris Martenson: Welcome to another PeakProsperity.com podcast. I am Chris Martenson your host today as usual. Today we’re speaking with Fernando “FerFAL” Aguirre author of Surviving the Economic Collapse. FerFAL experienced the hyperinflationary destruction of Argentina’s economy in 2001 and has…

If our technological society collapsed tomorrow, what crucial knowledge would we need to survive in the immediate aftermath and to rebuild civilization as quickly as possible?

Ask yourself this: If you had to go back to absolute basics like some sort of post-cataclysmic Robinson Caruso, would you know how to recreate an internal combustion engine? Put together a microscope? Get metals out of rock? Or produce food for yourself?

Lewis Dartnell: How To Rebuild The World From Scratch

by Chris Martenson

If our technological society collapsed tomorrow, what crucial knowledge would we need to survive in the immediate aftermath and to rebuild civilization as quickly as possible?

Scott Cahill: Collapse Risk At The Oroville Dam Is Still Unacceptably High

by Chris Martenson

Remember the crisis earlier this year at the Oroville Dam?

The overflow from California's winter of heavy rain threatened to overpower our country's tallest dam. A cascading failure of the dam's main gates, its primarily spillway AND its emergency spillway had the world watching hour by hour to see if a catastrophic breach was going to occur.

Fortunately, the rains stopped long enough for the situation to be brought under control. The dam remains in place and repair crews have been working all spring and summer.

But should we breathe easy at this point? Not at all, says dam safety expert Scott Cahill.

Scott Cahill: Collapse Risk At The Oroville Dam Is Still Unacceptably High

by Chris Martenson

Remember the crisis earlier this year at the Oroville Dam?

Fortunately, the rains stopped long enough for the situation to be brought under control. The dam remains in place and repair crews have been working all spring and summer.

But should we breathe easy at this point? Not at all, says dam safety expert Scott Cahill.

Joseph Tainter: The Collapse Of Complex Societies

by Chris Martenson

Dr. Tainter sees many of the same unsustainable risks the PeakProsperity.com audience focuses on — an overleveraged economy, declining net energy per capita, and depleting key resources.

He argues that the sustainability or collapse of a society follows from the success or failure of its problem-solving institutions. His work shows that societies collapse when their investments in social complexity and their energy subsidies reach a point of diminishing marginal returns. That is what we are going to be talking about today, especially in regards to where our culture is today, the risks it faces, and whether or not we might already be past the tipping point towards collapse but just don’t know it yet.

Joseph Tainter: The Collapse Of Complex Societies

by Chris Martenson

Dr. Tainter sees many of the same unsustainable risks the PeakProsperity.com audience focuses on — an overleveraged economy, declining net energy per capita, and depleting key resources.