tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2848841213670110129.post1291158782858257792..comments2024-03-12T18:37:16.548-04:00Comments on The Easiest Person to Fool: Responding to Collapse, Part 8: Pitfalls and Practicalities of that Team SportIrv Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08030800457536589003noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2848841213670110129.post-56938691509719966162019-04-03T21:02:15.095-04:002019-04-03T21:02:15.095-04:00@ Category 5
Thanks!
I had some similar experience...@ Category 5<br />Thanks!<br />I had some similar experiences trying to start a Transition Town. The process was hijacked by activists wanting to oppose things like wind turbines and bringing natural gas into the area. They really weren't interested in adapating to collapse. I've talked to other people who have also had problems with activist wanting to use the Transition Town as a soapbox for their causes.<br />Since then I've taken your approach and made a number of good friends who I think will be of help a collapse progresses.<br /> Irv Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08030800457536589003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2848841213670110129.post-75885069090703349252019-04-03T20:56:16.261-04:002019-04-03T20:56:16.261-04:00@ Unknown
I can't help wondering what you thi...@ Unknown<br /><br />I can't help wondering what you think these court cases prove. Certainly nothing to do with the facts about glyposate. I really would be interested in what you think the point of all this is.<br />To me it is an indication that all the millions of dollars spent by the organic farming and food industry to convince people that pesticides are dangerous is actually paying off.<br />Here's another link: https://plantoutofplace.com/2018/08/glyphosate-and-cancer-revisited/<br />The conclusion: the largest data set we have (by far) which does the best job (by far) of accounting for confounding variables shows absolutely no association between handling glyphosate and developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma.<br /> Irv Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08030800457536589003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2848841213670110129.post-23088655331441132102019-04-01T01:00:51.020-04:002019-04-01T01:00:51.020-04:00@ C5
I'm curious about the failure of your MA...@ C5<br /><br />I'm curious about the failure of your MAG. What went wrong? I've been reading your blog for a few months and have not seen it mentioned, but haven't gone very far back.<br /><br />I have tried, very tentatively, to enlist others in my community (through my community association) to make basic preparations for collapse. One attempt was a skills inventory. A means of inventorying technical skills and letting everyone know who had skills that might come in handy post-collapse. It went nowhere.<br /><br />I know that there are many in my community who follow the issue of collapse, but most don't want to overtly prepare or even talk about it. In the meantime, I try to engage in community service and help my community as much as I can. I don't do so as a prep for collapse, but I know that anything that builds trust and comradeship will help no matter what the situation.Joe Clarksonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2848841213670110129.post-89295242561762921712019-03-30T19:09:23.176-04:002019-03-30T19:09:23.176-04:00@ Bev
Yes, that "distaster" was indeed a...@ Bev<br />Yes, that "distaster" was indeed a mistake, and a very minor disaster, I guess you could say, too. Thanks very much for drawing that to my attention. Typos are the bane of my existence!<br />I am excited to hear that you are going to do a post about my blog. Your post about renewables is going to make it onto my monthly list of what I've been reading this month. <br />Irv Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08030800457536589003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2848841213670110129.post-23685743113094770162019-03-30T09:32:59.422-04:002019-03-30T09:32:59.422-04:00Very good job. Ill promote this in my next blog po...Very good job. Ill promote this in my next blog post.<br /><br />When I first started talking about the necessity community, I tried starting a MAG or Mutual Assistance Group of preppers. Once I had one... I realized this wasnt working. BAU kept things too individualistic. And after a collapse it would stay individualistic. <br /><br />I took an intuitive direction change... and basically swung the door open. Instead of preppers, I cast the net wide... to anyone willing to do regular dinner parties. People willing to hang out together. <br /><br />Now I have more reliable friends than My previous MAG. Category5https://www.blogger.com/profile/11271017279434127118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2848841213670110129.post-44564512471458460792019-03-29T16:36:33.011-04:002019-03-29T16:36:33.011-04:00Bayer Loses Second Roundup Glyphosate Trial; Order...Bayer Loses Second Roundup Glyphosate Trial; Ordered To Pay $80 Million<br /><br />https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-27/bayer-ordered-pay-80-million-after-losing-second-roundup-glyphosate-trialfamousdrscanlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18417176359925277372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2848841213670110129.post-67121344771293469432019-03-29T00:48:32.957-04:002019-03-29T00:48:32.957-04:00Irv, I've been preparing a post about your blo...Irv, I've been preparing a post about your blog and the 'collapse' posts and I just noticed that in the top line of your blog, under the header you've got "the distaster mythology and the mis-spelling of "disaster" also occurs in the heading of the topic. I presume it's a mistake. <br /><br />It happens with me too. I look at blogpost drafts and think, right that's OK, then go and check the final preview and find all sorts of mistakes. Even after publishing and STILL finding errors!Bevnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2848841213670110129.post-49314889364943862452019-03-28T13:16:49.847-04:002019-03-28T13:16:49.847-04:00Thanks, Bev. And congratulations on your starting ...Thanks, Bev. And congratulations on your starting to write again. Your first new post certainly focuses on a critical issue. Way to many people these days think renewables are going to let Business as Usual continue as usual.Irv Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08030800457536589003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2848841213670110129.post-8710523386369038592019-03-28T05:10:45.362-04:002019-03-28T05:10:45.362-04:00All good stuff as usual, Irv. I've started wri...All good stuff as usual, Irv. I've started writing my blog again and will be moving it away from the food-growing focus to collapse and related subjects. I'll be linking to your blog in the next post.Bevnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2848841213670110129.post-54292897428101668642019-03-27T21:20:45.462-04:002019-03-27T21:20:45.462-04:00@ Don Hayward
Thanks, Don.
I agree about the fir...@ Don Hayward<br /><br />Thanks, Don.<br /><br />I agree about the first category--very few people really deserve to be relegated to it. But I have to keep reminding myself that a few really do.<br /><br />I have probably diverged somewhat from your ideas on the third category. I think they have a lot of potential and if you otherwise like them, it's worth investing some effort getting to know them and forging a friendship. I have a few hobbies (gardening, baking bread, making cheese, weaving willow baskets) that are collapse related and tend to interest people. Sometimes a way to get a conversation started. As things get bumpier, people will become more receptive, and because you are already a friend they will be interested in what you have to say.<br /><br />And there is a fuzzy area between categories two and three, people who you couldn't really call collapsniks, but who don't reject the idea outright and will occasionally be willing to talk about it.<br /><br />And yes, people do change, even the complete assholes. Important to be willing to accept them, though perhaps with some degree of caution.<br />Irv Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08030800457536589003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2848841213670110129.post-52746364827973279862019-03-26T22:05:21.287-04:002019-03-26T22:05:21.287-04:00Great Irv, and a very nice range of references. Th...Great Irv, and a very nice range of references. There is stuff there I need to read, as is in all your posts. I want to reinforce the fourth part of my classification process. No matter how we evaluate people in present circumstances, as you point out, people change under stress and will need to be looked at again. The first category is for safety purposes, and it's best they don't know I am a kollpsnick and worse some sort of socialist thinking weirdo. I don't think we should worry if we add too many people to this unfairly. The second group is gold in that at least I can vent and, as in your case, great insight. The third group is to try and avoid wasting time until necessary, so all of these three categories are less important than flexibility when the time comes. I tried to portray some of this in my first novel, having my characters easily accept new people no matter what their past. I always enjoy your essays.Don Haywardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229684724312837788noreply@blogger.com