The Collapse Chronicle
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I edit a newsletter that bears witness to the unwinding and collapse of late stage capitalism. The current system will collapse in the near future due to environmental overshoot and resource constraints.
Adrian Lambert on the break between collapse awareness and acceptance. It’s one thing to learn the facts about collapse. The facts are uncomfortable but clear. Acceptance is another matter. Acceptance is the psychological recognition that the worldview you lived inside no longer holds.
THE TRUTH ABOUT COLLAPSE ACCEPTANCE
The reality of coming to terms with the end of industrial civilisation
adrianlambert.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Adrian Lambert on the break between collapse awareness and acceptance. It’s one thing to learn the facts about collapse. The facts are uncomfortable but clear. Acceptance is another matter. Acceptance is the psychological recognition that the worldview you lived inside no longer holds.
We no longer live in a high-trust society. Instead, we live in a low-trust society with trust industry scaffolding — an entire ecosystem of highly-paid intermediaries whose full-time job is to simulate the trust we no longer have in each other.
Borrowed trust in a broken society
In the West, we used to live in a genuine high-trust society. No longer. Today, we're a low-trust society, masquerading as a high-trust society, fueling a booming 'trust industrial complex.'
www.collapselife.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We no longer live in a high-trust society. Instead, we live in a low-trust society with trust industry scaffolding — an entire ecosystem of highly-paid intermediaries whose full-time job is to simulate the trust we no longer have in each other.
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People deserve to understand the current / future risk where they live.
This type of modeling is hard.
Future state modeling groups producing asset-level output have long faced skepticism from scientists, insurers, banks, and homeowners.
How modelers capture uncertainty is a true test of quality.
This type of modeling is hard.
Future state modeling groups producing asset-level output have long faced skepticism from scientists, insurers, banks, and homeowners.
How modelers capture uncertainty is a true test of quality.
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
People deserve to understand the current / future risk where they live.
This type of modeling is hard.
Future state modeling groups producing asset-level output have long faced skepticism from scientists, insurers, banks, and homeowners.
How modelers capture uncertainty is a true test of quality.
This type of modeling is hard.
Future state modeling groups producing asset-level output have long faced skepticism from scientists, insurers, banks, and homeowners.
How modelers capture uncertainty is a true test of quality.
David Stockman writes that a worldview shaped by separation and endless growth cannot guide us through a world of limits, interdependence, and feedback. If we look at the world as a network rather than isolated parts, we will realize that a a relational worldview is our path forward.
A Worldview for a World That Is Failing
History turns when an old way of seeing the world fails. The story often begins with a crisis that exposes the limits of a dominant…
medium.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
David Stockman writes that a worldview shaped by separation and endless growth cannot guide us through a world of limits, interdependence, and feedback. If we look at the world as a network rather than isolated parts, we will realize that a a relational worldview is our path forward.
Can World Address Climate Change Without US? Worldview for a Failing World, Borrowed Trust in a Broken Society, James Hansen: Candid Truth About Global Warming, Truth About Collapse Acceptance, Rich Less Willing to Help With World’s Problems, Welcome to Bunkerworld… in The Collapse Chronicle!
The Collapse Chronicle Review November 30
ICYMI: Best Stories of the Week
collapsechronicle.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Can World Address Climate Change Without US? Worldview for a Failing World, Borrowed Trust in a Broken Society, James Hansen: Candid Truth About Global Warming, Truth About Collapse Acceptance, Rich Less Willing to Help With World’s Problems, Welcome to Bunkerworld… in The Collapse Chronicle!
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Experts at India's top research hospital call the air “severe and life-threatening.” The level of toxic pollutants — from cars, factories and crop-waste burning by farmers — has been as many as 20 times above recommended levels for safe breathing. By Mujib Mashal
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/w...
India Is a Rising Power, but Its Capital Is a Lethal Gas Chamber
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Experts at India's top research hospital call the air “severe and life-threatening.” The level of toxic pollutants — from cars, factories and crop-waste burning by farmers — has been as many as 20 times above recommended levels for safe breathing. By Mujib Mashal
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/w...
Watching the World Repeat Itself, Are We On the Edge of Collapse? Impressive Data from a Recalibration of World3, Welcome to BunkerWorld, Murdoch Media Pinned High Electric Costs on Clean Energy, People Will Not Give Up Their Lifestyle For Their Country or Their Planet… in The Collapse Chronicle!
The Collapse Chronicle November 29
Watching the World Repeat Itself, Are We On the Edge of Collapse?
collapsechronicle.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Watching the World Repeat Itself, Are We On the Edge of Collapse? Impressive Data from a Recalibration of World3, Welcome to BunkerWorld, Murdoch Media Pinned High Electric Costs on Clean Energy, People Will Not Give Up Their Lifestyle For Their Country or Their Planet… in The Collapse Chronicle!
This day is when many of us reflect upon our lives, gather with loved ones and give thanks for the small things and simple miracles that enrich us. Today’s edition is a reprise of one I created several years ago, an assembly of Thanksgiving-related stories and reflections.
The Collapse Chronicle November 27
For this Thanksgiving edition, we’ve done something different.
collapsechronicle.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This day is when many of us reflect upon our lives, gather with loved ones and give thanks for the small things and simple miracles that enrich us. Today’s edition is a reprise of one I created several years ago, an assembly of Thanksgiving-related stories and reflections.
Around the world, mountains are warming faster than surrounding lowlands, scientists warn. More intense heat is melting glaciers and diminishing snowfall, threatening a vital source of fresh water for more than a billion people.
World's Mountains Warming Faster Than Lowlands
e360.yale.edu
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Around the world, mountains are warming faster than surrounding lowlands, scientists warn. More intense heat is melting glaciers and diminishing snowfall, threatening a vital source of fresh water for more than a billion people.
Dept. of The Worse It Gets…” At least 15 coal-fired plants are being kept online to power artificial intelligence as the administration rolls back pollution rules.
AI gives coal plants a lifeline as Trump makes them dirtier
At least 15 coal-fired plants are being kept online to power artificial intelligence as the administration rolls back pollution rules.
www.eenews.net
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Dept. of The Worse It Gets…” At least 15 coal-fired plants are being kept online to power artificial intelligence as the administration rolls back pollution rules.
Dept. of I’ve Got Mine, See a Shrink About Yours: Men, boomers and high-income households are becoming less willing to have their taxes put towards solving climate change, inequality and other global issues, new polling shows - but poorer households want to help more.
Rich People Are Becoming Less Willing to Help With the World’s Problems | Novara Media
Exclusive: Men, boomers and high-income households are becoming less willing to have their taxes put towards solving climate change, inequality and other global issues, new polling shows - but poorer ...
novaramedia.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Dept. of I’ve Got Mine, See a Shrink About Yours: Men, boomers and high-income households are becoming less willing to have their taxes put towards solving climate change, inequality and other global issues, new polling shows - but poorer households want to help more.
Rebecca Nagle reminds us that “if we could go back in time and ask the pilgrims how they helped build our country, they wouldn’t describe a bountiful feast with their Wampanoag neighbors. They would show us King Philip’s head on a stake.”
The myth of Thanksgiving is as American as it is wrong
Every year, we tell the mythical story of the first Thanksgiving so we can ignore the obvious truth that this land was taken not by friendship, but by violence.
gohini.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rebecca Nagle reminds us that “if we could go back in time and ask the pilgrims how they helped build our country, they wouldn’t describe a bountiful feast with their Wampanoag neighbors. They would show us King Philip’s head on a stake.”
Thankful for One Another, Thanksgiving at Safeway, The Myth of Thanksgiving As American As it is Wrong, Culture War Comes to the Kitchen, Rich Less Willing to Help With the World’s Problems, World’s Mountains Warm Faster Than Lowlands, Saying the Quiet Parts Out Loud… in The Collapse Chronicle!
The Collapse Chronicle November 26
Thankful for One Another, Thanksgiving at Safeway, The Myth of Thanksgiving As American As it is Wrong, Culture War Comes to the Kitchen, Rich Less Willing to Help With the World’s Problems, World’s M...
collapsechronicle.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Thankful for One Another, Thanksgiving at Safeway, The Myth of Thanksgiving As American As it is Wrong, Culture War Comes to the Kitchen, Rich Less Willing to Help With the World’s Problems, World’s Mountains Warm Faster Than Lowlands, Saying the Quiet Parts Out Loud… in The Collapse Chronicle!
Over three-quarters of Americans, 76 percent, say that the administration has not “clearly explained the U.S. position on military action in Venezuela.” These poll findings come despite the U.S. now having built up the largest military presence in Latin America in decades.
Poll Shows 70 Percent in US Disapprove of Striking Venezuela as Trump Mulls War
The US has built up the largest military presence in Latin America in decades off the coast of Venezuela.
truthout.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Over three-quarters of Americans, 76 percent, say that the administration has not “clearly explained the U.S. position on military action in Venezuela.” These poll findings come despite the U.S. now having built up the largest military presence in Latin America in decades.
Charlie Warzel writes that an X update shows that foreign accounts are posing as Americans and piping political spam into people’s timelines. Musk may have revealed that the platform he’s long called “the number 1 source of news on Earth” is really just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors.
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Charlie Warzel writes that an X update shows that foreign accounts are posing as Americans and piping political spam into people’s timelines. Musk may have revealed that the platform he’s long called “the number 1 source of news on Earth” is really just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors.
Sarah Connor reports that James Hansen, who first focused the world’s attention on global warming, has a fresh set of warnings: humanity has a larger price to pay than currently expected and that institutional failures to communicate the true scale of the crisis: scientific reticence on steroids.
James Hansen: Candid Truth About Global Warming
"Substantial underestimate"
www.collapse2050.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sarah Connor reports that James Hansen, who first focused the world’s attention on global warming, has a fresh set of warnings: humanity has a larger price to pay than currently expected and that institutional failures to communicate the true scale of the crisis: scientific reticence on steroids.
Dept. of Karma, Your Table is Ready: A senior Campbell Soup Company executive is under scrutiny: “We have sh*t for f*cking poor people. Who buys our sh*t? I don’t buy Campbell’s products barely anymore. It’s not healthy now that I know what the f*ck‘s in it.” And the whistleblower? Already fired.
"For poor people": Campbell's Soup exec allegedly caught on secret audio trashing the product and its customers
"I don’t wanna eat a piece of chicken that came from a 3-D printer," the exec is heard saying in the audio.
www.dailydot.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Dept. of Karma, Your Table is Ready: A senior Campbell Soup Company executive is under scrutiny: “We have sh*t for f*cking poor people. Who buys our sh*t? I don’t buy Campbell’s products barely anymore. It’s not healthy now that I know what the f*ck‘s in it.” And the whistleblower? Already fired.
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants.
‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants.
Future monsoon storms may weaken in wind but grow wetter, last longer over land, and increase flood risk across South Asia.
Why future monsoon storms will become much more dangerous
Future monsoon storms may weaken in wind but grow wetter, last longer over land, and increase flood risk across South Asia.
www.earth.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Future monsoon storms may weaken in wind but grow wetter, last longer over land, and increase flood risk across South Asia.
'Seasonal Drift:' The Science Behind A Warmer Thanksgiving, Why Future Monsoons Will Become More Dangerous, Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat, Mumbai Suffers as Datacenters Demand Coal, Insect Apocalypse, Elon Musk's Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors… in The Collapse Chronicle!
The Collapse Chronicle November 25
‘Seasonal Drift:’ The Science Behind A Warmer Thanksgiving, Why Future Monsoons Will Become More Dangerous, Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat, Mumbai Suffers as Datacenters Demand Coal, Insect Apoc...
collapsechronicle.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
'Seasonal Drift:' The Science Behind A Warmer Thanksgiving, Why Future Monsoons Will Become More Dangerous, Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat, Mumbai Suffers as Datacenters Demand Coal, Insect Apocalypse, Elon Musk's Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors… in The Collapse Chronicle!
Ten years ago the 2015 Paris agreement aimed to put humanity on a path to avert dangerous climate change. A decade on, humanity has lost the bet. Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into “overshoot” within the next few years. So, what comes after failure?
The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Ten years ago the 2015 Paris agreement aimed to put humanity on a path to avert dangerous climate change. A decade on, humanity has lost the bet. Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into “overshoot” within the next few years. So, what comes after failure?
In the West, we used to live in a genuine high-trust society. No longer. Today, we're a low-trust society, masquerading as a high-trust society, fueling a booming 'trust industrial complex.'
Borrowed trust in a broken society
In the West, we used to live in a genuine high-trust society. No longer. Today, we're a low-trust society, masquerading as a high-trust society, fueling a booming 'trust industrial complex.'
www.collapselife.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In the West, we used to live in a genuine high-trust society. No longer. Today, we're a low-trust society, masquerading as a high-trust society, fueling a booming 'trust industrial complex.'
There is a moment in collapse awareness that is rarely described with clarity. It is not the moment you learn the facts. Awareness is the realization that industrial civilisation is entering contraction and demise. Acceptance is recognition that the worldview you lived inside no longer holds.
THE TRUTH ABOUT COLLAPSE ACCEPTANCE
The reality of coming to terms with the end of industrial civilisation
adrianlambert.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
There is a moment in collapse awareness that is rarely described with clarity. It is not the moment you learn the facts. Awareness is the realization that industrial civilisation is entering contraction and demise. Acceptance is recognition that the worldview you lived inside no longer holds.
History turns when an old way of seeing the world fails. During the Great Depression, the economic system collapsed. The country discovered that personal responsibility alone could not hold a society together. Now our current polycrisis is global.
A Worldview for a World That Is Failing
History turns when an old way of seeing the world fails. The story often begins with a crisis that exposes the limits of a dominant…
medium.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
History turns when an old way of seeing the world fails. During the Great Depression, the economic system collapsed. The country discovered that personal responsibility alone could not hold a society together. Now our current polycrisis is global.