Unplugr » Uncategorized http://unplugr.com Pulling the plug on a broken world Mon, 28 May 2007 21:20:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 A link I came across (in a banner ad no less) http://unplugr.com/archives/13/a-link-i-came-across-in-a-banner-ad-no-less http://unplugr.com/archives/13/a-link-i-came-across-in-a-banner-ad-no-less#comments Thu, 10 May 2007 22:52:05 +0000 Vince http://unplugr.com/archives/13/a-link-i-came-across-in-a-banner-ad-no-less http://www.onedayvancouver.ca/portal.php

]]> http://unplugr.com/archives/13/a-link-i-came-across-in-a-banner-ad-no-less/feed 0 Open the Future: An Eschatological Taxonomy http://unplugr.com/archives/5/open-the-future-an-eschatological-taxonomy http://unplugr.com/archives/5/open-the-future-an-eschatological-taxonomy#comments Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:16:52 +0000 Dethe http://unplugr.com/archives/5/open-the-future-an-eschatological-taxonomy 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.

  1. Regional Catastrophe
  2. Human Die-Back
  3. Civilization Extinction
  4. a. Human Extinction-Engineered
  5. b. Human Extinction-Natural
  6. Biosphere Extinction
  7. Planetary Extinction

Nice to have a vocabulary to talk about what we’re up against. Cheer up, that disaster on the news is only category 1.

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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. Not the home/family (too small). Not the nation-state (too big). The community. In short, your success over the long run (for both you and your kids) will be based almost entirely on how resilient your community is to disruption.

This directly relates to what I’m hoping to achieve with the co-op I live in and the ideas I want to hash out on this blog.

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