Stability > Discovery of hyperstimulus/resource > extreme expansion > extremity becomes normative > dependence on hyperresource > hyperresource runs out or Begins decline > system shock from "withdrawl" of hyperresource. We are, with petroleum, exactly like an addict.
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Since we don't know if the comedown will be fast or slow or managed or chaotic, the best thing we can do is become tough, and get our lives in a state where we are much more likely to make it when bills come due.
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Remember that no civilization ever voluntarily decomplexifies and you might have to love the rest of your life in the status quo we have now. So make sure you're doing what you can to live in a way that takes all this into account and makes you happy.
11:22 AM - 4 Sep 2018
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