The new, apocalyptic novel One Second After deals with an extremely fast crash,
being that of an EMP, or Electromagnetic Pulse attack on the United States.
Convergence on Zero Conference
Baird Auditorium, Washington DC
June 26, 2009
Trying to come to grips with what function this ramble is intended to serve in a Convergence on Zero
context, I have concluded that I am sort of like the Woman on the Edge of Time, to borrow Marge
Pearcy's term — someone who has journeyed to the future and come back.
It is true that the Internet has challenged the newspaper business like nothing else. The Internet has also changed social networking and activist organizing. But we must also see beyond the Internet, a system that banks on the notion of unlimited non-renewable resources for computers, power generation, and shipping through petroleum. The Internet also operates on anonymity or the potential for it, as little face-to-face communication is required. Is that really the future?
When I used to serve the major oil companies, I had the sincere notion that they consisted of honorable gentlemen. I anticipated and received good treatment for our family business that served the marketing end
Note: this essay was revised for Culture Change from the original with the same title. -- Editor
Making a living in our modern culture usually requires that you participate in the destruction of the world. We can't go back to Homo hunter-gatherer. Is there another way forward?
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