We live in some apocalyptic times... but here we are. Humanity is at a precipice, where we can choose what the future looks like. But certain chain reactions are already underway, and no matter how we face the future, there is certainly turbulence ahead. ==What We Can Do== This is where we can list ideas that we think can help us prepare for an uncertain future. [[Raising Mealworms]] [[Learning Foraging]] ==Networking One of the most valuable assets we can have as we move forward into an uncertain future is to have a good network. Loose voluntary associations between people that work torward satisfying the needs of the whole community. The two major pitfalls that such communal resource-sharing projects often succumb to are: # over-organizing and ultimately bureaucratizing everything until what started was as something fun, fulfilling, and self-organizing, instead becomes an increasingly rigid structure which eventually comes to feel like a chore or obligation, rather than a fun and fulfilling way of supporting your community. So let's try to avoid that ;) # trying to be everything to everyone instead of just serving it's little piece of the puzzle by supporting a smaller group of people. As the group becomes too large, it becomes too disorganized, and in turn demands the trappings of bureaucracy. These are difficult pitfalls to avoid indeed... As we come up with new structures and new ways of organizing ourselves, we must keep these things in mind. ===Splitting the Cell In the past, it seems one of the greatest difficulties is in "splitting the cell", so-to-speak. As a group becomes too large, it would be practical for it to turn into multiple smaller groups, but because humans are so monkey-brains, it's difficult to separate without developing hostile emotions of division and feeling "left out". Sometimes I think there's a way to have a pre-defined process of "splitting the cell" that could facilitate the process, but then I fear that process will itself come to feel like some bureaucratically enforced nonsense. Organization principles are not my strong suit. This will take some more thought and more contribution if we're ever going to figure it out. ==Related Videos== # How to Enjoy the End of the World: \\ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5WPB2u8EzL8 \\\\This is a sobering, but inspiring, talk about the "Energy Cliff", and how we're about to run out of resources for this global society no matter what we do. However, knowing the inevitability of this collapse allows us to shift our energy, from holding onto the old, to building the new.