I have refrained from uploading
the third part of The Tragedy of the
Commons mainly because I needed to think.
The consequence of this
thinking is that I have decided to close this blog for an indefinite
period. The reason for doing this is
that what I am writing about is past its sell-by date. The world has changed in the seven years
since I began the first series of blogs, especially over the last period.
We have entered a time
when matters will be decided on the political and other stages, rather than
through debate. History is on the move
and tends daily to outstrip anything we might write about it. Indeed, I think, we are standing on the edge
of a precipice and it will be some time until those who survive the fall can
dust themselves off and begin again.
Faced with a storm at
sea, the proper reaction is to batten down the hatches. This is what needs to be done now from the
lowest level up—individually, communally, even nationally, if in the latter case
such a thing is any longer possible. And
all for purposes merely of survival.
Things are spiralling
out of control. There are periods in
history when failure is the inevitable consequence of every effort, even the
best-intentioned; when it is no longer possible to do right for doing wrong. I think we’re facing such a period now.
Events are going to
drive history for the time being, not blogs, not words.
All the best.
