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Every crisis comes with its own script
No matter what insanity our elected (and unelected) officials have prepared, there's an accompanying slogan — strategically designed to keep the public…
Mar 12
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Paid Subscriber Roundtable: The art of living well in strange times
Mark your calendar and join in the conversation this Thursday when Zahra Sethna of Collapse Life and Hrvoje Moric of Geopolitics & Empire host a special…
Mar 11
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Why 'collapse' seems to be the hardest word
It's not 'Sorry,' Elton John — it's 'collapse' and it's the word modern societies refuse to say out loud.
Mar 10
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Neil Howe's 'The Fourth Turning is Here' — Book Chat Replay
Howe argues that we are living through an era when institutions unravel, crises intensify, and a new social order begins to take shape.
Mar 9
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Notes from the edge of civilization: March 8, 2026
Here comes the Technate; would you win a round of 'Is it War?'; science based on 'alternative facts'; Americans see each other as morally bad; and…
Mar 8
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What happens when a fragile economy meets a geopolitical shock?
Peter Grandich returns to Collapse Life to explain why rising debt, geopolitical tensions, and economic fragility could collide in ways many people are…
Mar 7
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Medicine’s legitimacy crisis
The pandemic fractured public trust. Now, the same institutions are building biomedical technologies that require even more of it.
Mar 5
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The uneven terrain of America's housing market
Inheritance transfers, contract cancellations, and billionaire migration reveal a housing system splitting along class lines.
Mar 3
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Escape from Technocracy (Part 2) - a Book Chat replay
A recording from Collapse Life's live video
Mar 1
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Notes from the edge of civilization: February 29, 2026
Iran's strategic importance; AI models love the nuclear option; and, will these countries survive a nuclear war?
Mar 1
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February 2026
Three weeks in England and Ireland: signs of unmistakeable strain
Surveillance at the airport, labor shortages in villages, decay in Mayfair. The incremental signs of collapse seen on a recent international trip.
Feb 28
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Rejecting the normalization of decay
Everyday transactions now require cameras, locks, and scrutiny. Each change makes sense on its own. But in aggregate, they reveal a society reorienting…
Feb 26
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