Transition Ireland & Northern Ireland
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Through the looking glass: Vinay Gupta
The recent visit of Stoneleigh (aka Nicole Foss) to Ireland disturbed anyone who heard her speak about the imminent collapse of our global financial system.
However, while delivering a compelling argument as to how we’ve gotten to this point and the inevitability of collapse, in her talk she gave little consideration to what will happen during or after such a collapse. While an unpleasant scenario to consider, we have an obligation to investigate it further. Does it mean the end of civilisation as we know it? What steps will governments take to avoid such a catastrophe and might they work, and at what cost?
Vinay will explore these questions and examine the structures which underlie social, political, financial and supply-chain systems, suggesting they may not be as vulnerable as some might fear. He will discuss different kinds of fragile systems and society’s exposure to them, as well as mapping certain kinds of basic utilities and working on how they might be stabilized or resurrected in the face of a systemic collapse.
Vinay Gupta is a thinker on catastrophe and resilience, with a particular interest in responses to nuclear terrorism, genocide and various kinds of worst-case natural disaster. He is currently working on a book project, thefuturewedeserve.com. A summary of his work can be found at hexayurt.com/plan.
Please see the links below for details.
Sunday 26th of September; In Cork, The Clarion Hotel, 7pm,
Monday 27th of September, In Dublin, The Greenhouse, St Andrew St, D2, 7.30pm
Tuesday 28th of September, In Kilkenny, Bulter House, 16 Patrick St., Kilkenny, 8pm
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