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Ugo Bardi

The Dewdrop World is a Dewdrop World, and yet, and yet….. The Ethereal Nature of Collapse

From “The Seneca Effect,” June 27 2022

11 min readJul 4, 2022

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The Dewdrop World is a Dewdrop World, and yet, and yet….. The Ethereal Nature of Collapse

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Ugo Bardi

The Saddam Trap: Winning by Checkmate

The game of chess is not supposed to be a realistic simulation of a battle. But, on one point, it may provide a fundamental hint: wars are…

9 min readJun 22, 2022

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The Saddam Trap: Winning by Checkmate

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Ugo Bardi

The lockdown in China: if the powerful are doing something that looks stupid, is because whatever…

I received several comments on my post “The Shanghai Lockdown: a Memetic Analysis,” and I think that some were so interesting to be worth…

5 min readJun 11, 2022

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The lockdown in China: if the powerful are doing something that looks stupid, is because whatever…

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Ugo Bardi

Propaganda and the Fall of the Western Empire

This painting by Konstantin Vasiliev (1942–1976) celebrates the great patriotic war of 1941–1945 (Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́). It is a…

5 min readJun 1, 2022

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Propaganda and the Fall of the Western Empire

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Ugo Bardi

The Age of Exterminations, VIII: How to destroy Europe

From “The Seneca Effect”

6 min readMay 29, 2022

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The Age of Exterminations, VIII: How to destroy Europe

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Ugo Bardi

God is dead, and Gaia is not that well either. Who Remains to Defend Humankind?

Meeting the Goddess Gaia in a Supermarket, Italy. Frankly, as a mystical experience, it left much to be desired.

24 min readApr 5, 2022

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God is dead, and Gaia is not that well either. Who Remains to Defend Humankind?

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Ugo Bardi

How to keep gasoline prices low: bombing your gas station

An Italian fighter plane (note the “fasci” symbols on the wings) shot down in England in November 1940 during the bombing campaign mounted…

7 min readJan 24, 2022

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How to keep gasoline prices low: bombing your gas station

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Ugo Bardi

The Rise and Fall of Scientism. Do we Need a new Religion?

What is religion, exactly? Hieratic monks singing their hymns? Fanatics performing human sacrifices? Old ladies praying the rosary…

21 min readJan 3, 2022

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The Rise and Fall of Scientism. Do we Need a new Religion?

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Ugo Bardi

Propaganda: the Doom of the Western Empire

This painting by Konstantin Vasiliev (1942–1976) celebrates the great patriotic war of 1941–1945 (Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́). It is a…

5 min readDec 28, 2021

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Propaganda: the Doom of the Western Empire

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Ugo Bardi

The Secret of the Long Life of a Good Holobiont

Liliana Lippi, my mother in law, died last month at 101. You see her in a picture taken for her 101th birthday, last July. with her two…

7 min readDec 25, 2021

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The Secret of the Long Life of a Good Holobiont

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Ugo Bardi

Ugo Bardi

Ugo Bardi teaches at the University of Florence, Italy. He is also a member of the Club of Rome and the author of several books on the future of the world

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