Dmitry Orlov - On financial and social collapse in America

I attended this speech last week at Ft. Mason in San Francisco, sponsored by Stewart Brand's Long Now Foundation, and found it fascinating as well as timely and valuable food for thought. Whether or not the level of collapse is as severe as Mr. Orlov predicts is less important than his perspective, and I believe his insights should be publicized to a wider audience to stimulate debate on the subject.

The video of the speech will be available at some point on the Long Now website. But, in the meantime, you can view the text of the speech here:

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