As is obvious from my last few posts, I’ve decided to start keeping tabs here at The Teeming Brain on doomer-sounding economic news stories, essays, analyses, op-eds, and rants. Currently the media are presenting a veritable cornucopia of these things, and they seem likely to keep it up for a very long time to come….
Author: Matt Cardin
Teeming Brain founder and editor Matt Cardin is the author of DARK AWAKENINGS, DIVINATIONS OF THE DEEP, A COURSE IN DEMONIC CREATIVITY: A WRITER'S GUIDE TO THE INNER GENIUS, and TO ROUSE LEVIATHAN. He is also the editor of BORN TO FEAR: INTERVIEWS WITH THOMAS LIGOTTI and the academic encyclopedias MUMMIES AROUND THE WORLD; GHOSTS, SPIRITS, AND PSYCHICS: THE PARANORMAL FROM ALCHEMY TO ZOMBIES; and HORROR LITERATURE THROUGH HISTORY.
A nightmare economy (Headlines from the Meltdown)
Seeing Signs of ‘Systemic Failure’ – The New York Times, Jan. 23 “This is not a normal crisis,” George Soros, the hedge fund pioneer turned philosopher, said today to a group of reporters he had invited to lunch at the World Economic Forum. “It is the end of an era.” It was the “era of…
Economically, this is “the big one” (Headlines from the Meltdown)
U.S. Moves to Avert Economic Meltdown – Associated Press, Jan. 23 Jolted by global recession fears, the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates Tuesday, and President Bush and leaders of Congress joined in a rare show of cooperation in promising urgent action to pump up the economy with upwards of $150 billion in tax cuts and…
Panic sets in (Headlines from the Meltdown)
Global economic crisis ‘serious’: IMF chief – Associated Press, Jan. 21, 2007 The head of the International Monetary Fund called the global economic situation “serious” and said markets worldwide had responded skeptically to a U.S. stimulus plan. Dominique Strauss-Kahn stressed that a U.S. recession would affect economies across the globe. “The situation is … serious,”…
Unfolding financial carnage (Headlines from the Meltdown)
Hmm. It’s been a month and a half since I made the first of six announced updates. Tempus fugit. Right about now, for various reasons, I want to upload this post before it’s possible for me to groom it properly. The haste is due to the fact that I want to beat the American stock…
The Buddha ate my blog, or, The peskiness of nondual insight
Well, I’m back from another long hiatus. It’s been four weeks since my last confession—er, blog post. I’m certainly making good on my previous claim, circa early September, that my foreseeable activity here at The Teeming Brain would be sporadic. At the moment I thought I’d drop in to mention that this downturn in blog…
The Future Is Now: Peak oil arrives, the world begins to shake
The theory of peak oil has been around for several decades now. I first discovered it myself a little over four years ago and found my view of modern technological/industrial civilization and our collective future deeply impacted by it. Two things have proven particularly fascinating to me in this regard over the past couple of…
Food spikes, foreclosures, and cultural freefall
Has it really been three weeks since my last post? A glance at the date stamp on that previous post indicates the answer is yes. I’m now four weeks back into my teaching job, and this, in conjunction with a couple of extra-job responsibilities, is eating up nearly all of my time. Alas, the blog…
Spiritual investment in the age of financial disaster
Greetings, Teeming Brainers. I’m back from attending the 29th annual Armadillocon in Austin, Texas, where I spoke on several panels (and served as moderator for one of them, which was a new experience) and enjoyed hobnobbing with various writers, editors, and fans of science fiction, fantasy, and speculative literature. It was a nice time overall….
Stephen King on life callings: the daimon meets the geiger counter
As I’ve stated here many times, I’m fascinated by the idea of the daimon, the guiding force inside a person’s psyche that acts like a spiritual/psychological compass, always pointing north, always reminding you of what your true life direction is no matter what direction you may currently be turned. This has led to my always…