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Back in December Jamais Cascio came up withan eschatological taxonomy to categorize the various kinds and severities of apocalypse scenarios. Below is the quick summary, but the full version includes examples, chances of survival (of civilization, humanity, or biological life itself), etc.

Regional Catastrophe
Human Die-Back
Civilization Extinction

a. Human Extinction-Engineered
b. Human Extinction-Natural
Biosphere Extinction
Planetary Extinction

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John Robb has very interesting analysis of the state of the world, but I especially enjoyed his short post on the importance of a resilient community during the coming times of tubulence:
John Robb’s Weblog: Coffee and communities
&ellipsis;the center of gravity for resilience against the panoply of systemic threats we will face in the future. […]