The Thirty Theses of Jason Godesky

Jason Godesky of the Anthropik network has offered thirty theses on the nature of the collapse of civilization: http://anthropik.com/thirty A remarkable piece of work. I have to admit, however, that there is something a little creepy about this guy. His neo paganism is a little odd. He calls himself "technoshaman" and seems to support some weird ideas about "diversity" as the chief good that seem just plain funky. But the central theses about social complexity and collapse are really well written and important reflections on the work of Joseph Tainter. Clearly Godesky has training in anthropology and has done a great deal of independent thinking, generating a deeply worked out understanding of the nature of civilizations. It is a good read, though, to be sure, guys like this tend to hold court at places like the "Rainbow Gathering" pontificating to bands of dreadlocked, patchouli reeking, corduroy pant wearing youths. Regardless, there is some good thinking going on in the central theses that are worthy of consideration.