"Oil is the primary resource of our abundant industrial, turbo techno economy, and without reliable, predictable, affordable supplies of it, we're going to be in a lot of trouble. And that's exactly where we are now." - James Kunstler

Some mitigators want to find workarounds for the problems we are facing in the economy, the energy crisis, and the climate.

But there are also the early adaptors who believe the only way through these crises is 'to adapt to them by changing our behavior and the way we do things.'

To survive in the future, we must learn to live differently.

So, how can we face this course correction head-on?

James Howard Kunstler is a prolific author, public speaker, blogger, podcaster, and painter. He's the author of Living in the Long Emergency, about the "converging catastrophes of the 21st century." You can hear more of his ideas and insights on his Clusterfuck Nation blog, which has fresh content on Mondays and Fridays, and his monthly podcast, the KunstlerCast.

On this episode of The Wiggin Sessions James Kunstler joins me to discuss how the increase in population and a broken energy business model led to ​​the current deindustrialization of Western Civilization.

We discuss the real reason for the auto industry's demise, the weightiest issues in the upcoming midterms, and why we're all living with a persistent anxious hum, that's getting harder to ignore.

Listen in to understand why the most significant challenge we face is determining how we will adapt so we can continue to inhabit our planet.

Key Takeaways

James walks us through the planet's warming through the different periods of the last 2000 years.

How Germany's decision to go green has tanked their economy and turned them medieval

How Techno-narcissism fails to understand history or the consequences of its actions

The capital-intensive reason we must stop doing agribusiness on the current industrial scale

The real reason the future of the automobile is in danger of demise

Why identifying how we are going to inhabit the landscape is the critical question we need to answer NOW

Why early adaptors are the ones who recognize times of change and discover ways to adapt

Why the disconnect between our leadership's responsibility and what's actually happening causing mass formation psychosis

How the epic failure of the current administration is giving James hints of the Jacobin phase of the French Revolution

How the increase in population and a broken energy business model led to ​​the current deindustrialization of Western Civilization

Which will hold more weight in the upcoming midterms: kitchen table issues or green economy social issues

How economics is mitigating techno narcissism with the decline of skyscrapers

Where you can find James' paintings of the human imprint on the traditional landscape

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Resources

Living in the Long Emergency

World Made by Hand: A Novel

The Long Emergency

Byron King—The Danger in Weaponizing the US Dollar EP48

The Psychology of Totalitarianism by Mattias Desmet

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