Peak Oil Entrepreneur
by Paula | 2 December 2009 | permalink | comments [3]
Tags: collapse, recession
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Has it really been six months since my last entry??
Like so many others I too fell on hard times this year. I’ve spent the last several months descending to an underworld of Western distress and clawing my way back up to the land of the living. Happily, things have stabilized once again and I now have a new address for both my studio and my home. I have electricity, food, a working vehicle, plenty of personal hygiene products, telephone and internet service, furniture and appliances. It feels like palatial opulence.
Over these last months I’ve gotten a small peek into what Dmitry Orlov means when he says, “Collapse, for you, is likely to turn out to be a deeply personal experience.” Although my experiences pale in comparison to those Dmitry’s long blockquote cites, they did provide me with an unexpected perspective as an outsider looking in on the true heart lurking beneath nice, clean, suburban, Christian America.
I knew it was cold and nearly retarded in its stupidity. I guess I’d hoped it wasn’t as bad as I’d feared.
I’ve learned a lot this year, important things that have deeply informed my approach to both life and business. My time this morning is too short to get into detail but I plan to share some of these things as I get back into the swing of blogging again.
For now I’d just like to say it’s good to be back and many thanks to those who continue to stop by on the off-chance I’ve posted something new.
(Sidebar: due to an inordinate amount of spam, comments are now moderated. Rest assured if you post a comment I’ll release it to the blog shortly.)![[end article]](/images/article-end.gif){kind=small}
Money as Debt
[YouTube playlist] How the monetary system works.
Peak Oil & Sustainability: CRM's potential impacts
[PDF] White paper from Beagle Research Group, September, 2008
The American Tapeworm
Catherine Austin Fitts, 2003. This was my introduction to finance or, as CAF calls it, the "negative ROI economy."
The Hirsch Report
HTML version
The Hirsch Report
PDF version
The Strategy of the Fighter Pilot
A special kind of military strategy, applied to business
The Truth & Lies of 9/11
Mike Ruppert, 2001 [video]. This was my intro to peak oil. I heard Ruppert's Portland State lecture the morning after its delivery on KBOO's rebroadcast.
Weblogs & New Media: Marketing in Crisis
Excerpt from Charles Hugh Smith's book by the same title.
Catherine Austin Fitts
Investment advisor, investment banker, educator, entrepreneur
Charles Hugh Smith
Author of _Marketing in Crisis,_ entrepreneur
Chet Richards
USAF Colonel, retired; author of <i>Certain to Win</i> among other books; USAF, ret.; expertise in business applications of military strategy
Jeff Vail
Energy intelligence analyst, attorney
Jim Puplava
Investment advisor, author, radio host, entrepreneur
John Robb
Author of <i>Brave New War,</i> entrepreneur, former USAF special operations pilot
Mike Ruppert
Investigative journalist (retired), former LAPD detective, entrepreneur
Nate Hagens
Former hedge fund manager, U of Chicago MBA, doctoral candidate @ the Gund Institute
Glad to see you back, Paula! I look forward to reading more…
— Sonya · 2 December 2009, 15:26 · #
Hey woman, many thanks! And glad to see your site’s up and running too. Man Laryssa’s talented.
— Paula · 2 December 2009, 15:58 · #
Hi Paula, your story will be treated with respect and valued for the insights it no doubt will contain. Go well – we are all in the same boat – well maybe different boats but the same ocean.
— james samuel · 2 December 2009, 16:31 · #