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The Song of Sand Creek
On the anniversary of the massacre, 29 November 1864
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November 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
When I wrote my book "Exterminations" (2024), I thought I had unearthed enough dark things to shock anyone. But there is always a road to worse.
November 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
When I wrote my book "Exterminations" (2024), I thought I had unearthed enough dark things to shock anyone. But there is always a road to worse.
....according to this model, the collapse of industrial production should start next year. If this is a good prediction, we are in for a rough ride, a VERY rough ride.
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Are we on the Edge of Collapse? Impressive Data from a Recalibration of World3
Staring at the Cliff right in front of us.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
....according to this model, the collapse of industrial production should start next year. If this is a good prediction, we are in for a rough ride, a VERY rough ride.
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Most tasks that people perform in their jobs involve nothing more than moving things from one place to another. Physical entities (say, you are a mailman or a truck driver), or numbers/strings of letters (say, you are a clerk, or a bureaucrat).
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Global Dumbing: The Consequences
What happens when humans lose their intelligence?
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November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Most tasks that people perform in their jobs involve nothing more than moving things from one place to another. Physical entities (say, you are a mailman or a truck driver), or numbers/strings of letters (say, you are a clerk, or a bureaucrat).
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One of the features of the Seneca Effect: it occurs only in complex systems, and its sudden effects are often caused by small perturbations whose effect is impossible to predict.
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Civilization Collapse: A Seneca Cliff Ahead?
An Interview to Ugo Bardi
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November 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One of the features of the Seneca Effect: it occurs only in complex systems, and its sudden effects are often caused by small perturbations whose effect is impossible to predict.
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When the Chinese set their minds to doing something, they usually do it, and they do it seriously. It’s not that there is no greenwashing in China, but the Chinese have understood one thing: they have to free themselves from fossil fuels
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senecaeffect.substack.com/p/from-shang...
From Shanghai with Energy
Can China face the challenges awaiting humankind in the near future?
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November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
When the Chinese set their minds to doing something, they usually do it, and they do it seriously. It’s not that there is no greenwashing in China, but the Chinese have understood one thing: they have to free themselves from fossil fuels
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senecaeffect.substack.com/p/from-shang...
The Goddess Gaia illustrates the concept of "ecological civilization, together with her Chinese colleague, the Goddess GuanYin
November 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Goddess Gaia illustrates the concept of "ecological civilization, together with her Chinese colleague, the Goddess GuanYin
This is the center of the world. Honestly, the area doesn’t look very impressive in architectural terms, but I suppose the people who live there see it as their sweet home.
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Jerusalem: the Center of the World?
The Bünting cloverleaf map, created in 1581 by the German Protestant pastor and theologian Heinrich Bünting.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This is the center of the world. Honestly, the area doesn’t look very impressive in architectural terms, but I suppose the people who live there see it as their sweet home.
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With the Civil Wars of the 1st century BCE, the Roman Empire lost its expansion momentum and started its downward spiral.
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The Decline of Fiction, The Decline of Myth
Another failed movie: "1917"
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November 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
With the Civil Wars of the 1st century BCE, the Roman Empire lost its expansion momentum and started its downward spiral.
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By exceeding 420 parts per million of CO₂ in the atmosphere, we have crossed an unprecedented threshold for our species, forcing our biology to operate in a chemical environment for which it is not designed.
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CO2: Bringer of Life, Harbinger of Death
The Human Destructive Madness is Harming Everybody and Everything on Earth
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November 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
By exceeding 420 parts per million of CO₂ in the atmosphere, we have crossed an unprecedented threshold for our species, forcing our biology to operate in a chemical environment for which it is not designed.
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In the past, we had rituals that helped us change, transform ourselves mentally in order to meet new challenges and deal with the unknown. My fear today, when rituals have lost their transformative power.
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senecaeffect.substack.com/p/a-voice-cr...
A Voice Crying in the Desert: Ignoring the Poisoning Effect of CO2
The Goddess Gaia knows that CO2 is a poison, but her human children refuse to believe that.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
In the past, we had rituals that helped us change, transform ourselves mentally in order to meet new challenges and deal with the unknown. My fear today, when rituals have lost their transformative power.
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senecaeffect.substack.com/p/a-voice-cr...
The chemical poisoning caused by CO2 could be the ultimate Seneca cliff for humankind
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climateplaybook.substack.com/p/thanks-ugo...
Thanks Ugo, A surprising conversation about CO₂, health, and the air we breathe.
For decades, we’ve talked about climate change through the language of temperature: 1.5°C, 2°C, heatwaves, droughts, sea-level rise. But rising atmospheric CO₂ may carry additional risks.
climateplaybook.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The chemical poisoning caused by CO2 could be the ultimate Seneca cliff for humankind
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climateplaybook.substack.com/p/thanks-ugo...
Sometimes, I dream of a mystic revelation in which the Goddess would appear to me and tell me, “Ugo, I am granting you one wish of your choice.” I would answer, “Most exalted daughter of the Moon, take me to the Jurassic and show me a brachiosaur, alive.”
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livingearth.substack.com/p/the-longne...
The Longnecks' Plea
Misunderstood dinosaurs
livingearth.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Sometimes, I dream of a mystic revelation in which the Goddess would appear to me and tell me, “Ugo, I am granting you one wish of your choice.” I would answer, “Most exalted daughter of the Moon, take me to the Jurassic and show me a brachiosaur, alive.”
livingearth.substack.com/p/the-longne...
livingearth.substack.com/p/the-longne...
Why "will be"? They are already
October 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Why "will be"? They are already
A guest post by Lukas Fierz, who discusses the decline in human testosterone and correlates it to chemical pollution. He concludes that humans may not be able to reproduce themselves anymore before the end of the 21st century.
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Testosterone collapse: One more Seneca Cliff
Chemical Pollution and Human Survival
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October 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A guest post by Lukas Fierz, who discusses the decline in human testosterone and correlates it to chemical pollution. He concludes that humans may not be able to reproduce themselves anymore before the end of the 21st century.
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open.substack.com/pub/senecaef...
The saga of Meuianga Mera continues.
One of the Naked Apes who goes under the name of Muosk or something like that is planning to expand into space. And you should not forget our Merseian enemies. They could link with these Naked Apes and create trouble for us.
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One of the Naked Apes who goes under the name of Muosk or something like that is planning to expand into space. And you should not forget our Merseian enemies. They could link with these Naked Apes and create trouble for us.
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The Reptilians and the Naked Apes
Part I: The Reptilian Imperial Legate.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The saga of Meuianga Mera continues.
One of the Naked Apes who goes under the name of Muosk or something like that is planning to expand into space. And you should not forget our Merseian enemies. They could link with these Naked Apes and create trouble for us.
open.substack.com/pub/reptilia...
One of the Naked Apes who goes under the name of Muosk or something like that is planning to expand into space. And you should not forget our Merseian enemies. They could link with these Naked Apes and create trouble for us.
open.substack.com/pub/reptilia...
As usual, history rhymes. Just replace “Guano” with “Oil” and we are moving exactly in the same direction, including attempts to seize the remaining resources by military means.
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Seneca Collapses: The Case of Guano Production in Peru
A story of several Seneca Cliffs, all in the same place!
senecaeffect.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
As usual, history rhymes. Just replace “Guano” with “Oil” and we are moving exactly in the same direction, including attempts to seize the remaining resources by military means.
senecaeffect.substack.com/p/seneca-col...
senecaeffect.substack.com/p/seneca-col...
The Goddess Gaia knows that CO2 is a poison. But her human children refuse to believe that
October 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The Goddess Gaia knows that CO2 is a poison. But her human children refuse to believe that
One year ago, I published on Amazon my book titled “Exterminations.” It has sold nearly 500 copies so far, with several favorable reviews. The Kindle edition is at present #314 out of the more than 70,000 books in the “International and World Politics”
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Exterminations: One Year Later
Practical Advice on how to Publish a Book
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October 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
One year ago, I published on Amazon my book titled “Exterminations.” It has sold nearly 500 copies so far, with several favorable reviews. The Kindle edition is at present #314 out of the more than 70,000 books in the “International and World Politics”
open.substack.com/pub/senecaef...
open.substack.com/pub/senecaef...
Wasn't Ozempic supposed to solve the problem?
October 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Wasn't Ozempic supposed to solve the problem?
The bottom line is that, no, more CO2 in the atmosphere is not good for your health. However, it may be that for short times, and in some specific conditions, a modest increase in CO2 in your blood could be helpful.
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livingearth.substack.com/p/is-co2-goo...
Is CO2 Good for Your Health?
The Yoga Class of the Holy Goddess Gaia in her forest.
livingearth.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The bottom line is that, no, more CO2 in the atmosphere is not good for your health. However, it may be that for short times, and in some specific conditions, a modest increase in CO2 in your blood could be helpful.
livingearth.substack.com/p/is-co2-goo...
livingearth.substack.com/p/is-co2-goo...
Is the war really over? I don’t know, nobody knows, but we can hope it is. Two years of madness in Palestine. Now we are left with rubble, a devastated land, destroyed buildings, ruined lives, wounded bodies, and wounded souls. And the big question, why?
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senecaeffect.substack.com/p/is-it-over...
Is it Over? Really?
Peace in Palestine. Is it Possible?
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October 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Is the war really over? I don’t know, nobody knows, but we can hope it is. Two years of madness in Palestine. Now we are left with rubble, a devastated land, destroyed buildings, ruined lives, wounded bodies, and wounded souls. And the big question, why?
senecaeffect.substack.com/p/is-it-over...
senecaeffect.substack.com/p/is-it-over...
I wonder what it would be to enter one of those small shops, buy a coke or something like that, and ask people there, “do you know you are at the population centroid of the Afro-Eurasian bloc?” Who knows? Maybe they know.
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Jerusalem: the Center of the World
Not really
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October 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I wonder what it would be to enter one of those small shops, buy a coke or something like that, and ask people there, “do you know you are at the population centroid of the Afro-Eurasian bloc?” Who knows? Maybe they know.
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The Goddess Gaia kisses her tyrannosaurus friend
October 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Goddess Gaia kisses her tyrannosaurus friend