Archive - Collapse Life

China is winning wars and it's not even fighting

Influencers, algorithms, and Western disillusionment are reshaping the battlefield.

21 hrs ago

All aboard the pain train

Rising fuel costs aren't currently impacting Americans' need to drive. That begs the question: how much more room is left for households to adapt?

Apr 14

Notes from the edge of civilization: April 12, 2026

Everyone loves the bad guy; virtue signaling becomes virtue spending; the dominoes are starting to fall.

Apr 12

We've crossed the point of no return

This conversation with veteran investor Bob Moriarty took place just before the tenuous ceasefire in Iran; but the real story didn’t pause with the…

Apr 11

1:02:44

Has the AI transition met its first real resistance?

As the parasite class maps the future of work, workers themselves are quietly refusing to cooperate.

Apr 9

The ladder they already built

Cold War strategists mapped the escalation path to nuclear conflict decades ago. It was a sequence, not a warning. And now it’s running again.

Apr 7

Can mindset decide who survives? — a Book Chat recap

A live discussion about identity, adaptability, and the psychological shifts some people don't make in time to deal with collapse.

Apr 6

1:05:14

Notes from the edge of civilization: April 5, 2026

Bonfire of insanities means an unstoppable gravy train; Canada wins gold in the Equity Olympics; plus, the 'K' economy in action.

Apr 5

Predictive programming: when fiction stops being fiction

On this week's Collapse Life podcast, a discussion about how the clues are everywhere, if you choose to notice them.

Apr 4

52:12

The toll booth at the end of history

For four centuries, we told ourselves the sea was free. Then someone stood at the narrowest point on earth and asked for payment.

Apr 2

March 2026

The war on dogs

A BBC lifestyle piece about whether Brits are too dog-friendly belies a bigger question: how far does a majority 'accommodate' before its sway stops…

Mar 31

"You can’t prep your way out of collapse" — Book Chat recap

A live conversation on food systems, false security, and what holds when things start to break.

Mar 30

1:06:45

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