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Published on The Doomstead Diner September 22, 2019

Discuss this article & interview at the Frostbie Falls Daily News Table inside the Diner

Sam Mitchell of Collapse Chronicles

I know Diner Fans are Chomping at the Bit awating the vids from the SUN☼ Monument Placement Ceremony on it's Eternal Resting Place in the center of Flyover Country, Springfield, Missouri. However, you will have to wait another week for that, at least. As usual, other more Time-Sensitive artciles or vids have jumped the queue here, and for this line-cutter it's an interview I did with Sam Mitchell of the YouTube Channel Vlog COLLAPSE CHRONICLES. For a change, I am not doing the interview, I am the "Intervieweed". In this episode, we talk about Economics, Climate Change & Extinction, all pretty popular topics amongst Kollapsniks of course. 🙂

Besides that, except for you Grizzled Veterans of the Diner who already know this stuff, included as a BONUS is the short version History of the Doomstead Diner, how it came to be and WHY it exists at all? Although some of Sam's listenership on Collapse Chronicles are familiar with the Diner, many are relative Newbies to the Collapse Blogosphere, so this was a great opportunity to reach a new audience for the daily offerings, discussion & debate on the Doomstead Diner. Our full History is recounted (Cliff Notes Version) during this interview, going all the way back in Mr. Peabody's WAYBAC Machine to my Doomer Beginnings living down in the (former) Tropical Paradise of Brazil in the 1960s.

We also cover the Collapse Vectors & Outcomes that may evolve over time, as well as whether or not EXTINCTION is the main thing you have to worry about right now? What are the Proximal Causes? What is the Timeline? Will EVERYBODY die? What does Greta Thunberg think? Will we all be SAVED by a modern day Joan of Arc? Or like her 16 year old historical counterpart, will she end up Burned at the Stake?

It's all speculation of course, nobody really can have the answer to these questions, particularly since this is an Unprecedented Event. Although there have been numerous Civilization Collapse Events throughout Human Hitory, none has ever been completely GLOBAL in its effects; none has ever had the participation of 7.6B Homo Sap Meat Packages involved simultaneously; and none has placed the Existential Peril of the possible ANNIHILIATION of ALL LIFE ON EARTH as a possible outcome. Not just "Human Life", but ALL LIFE. Are we singing the Swan Song for life on Planet Earth, and for all we really KNOW, all the Universe?

Neither Sam nor me (or Greta!) has the answers to these questions, but we do try to frame the questions to make them as accessible as possible to think about. It's a lot to ponder on, probably the greatest conundrum to face Homo Sap since we dropped down from the trees to overrun & overpopulate the surface of the Earth. In just a couple of 100 Thousand Years since becoming "Sapient" (as in relatively modern human anatomy), our own Biomass has effectively squashed out innumerable species, as we progressively moved through agriculture, metallurgy, ceramics and ultimately, Industrialization. Will we now become responsible for our own Extinction as well? Is there any road out left? If there is, how many can come through to the other side of the Zero Point? How Many can be Saved?

SAVE AS MANY AS YOU CAN

Coming Next Week for Sunday Brunch

(hopefully…)

Placing the SUN☼ Monument