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What is Your Apocalypse Job Skill?
If it all goes to hell, will your productivity skills save you?
I’m a big fan of .
I wouldn’t say that I exactly enjoy her writing, but that’s because of the subject matter, not the craft. She is a modern day Cassandra, writing warnings and giving updates on the many ways our society is approaching collapse.
I don’t care where you are when you read us, that “our” is inclusive. Anyone with access to this article is part of the global supply chain and infrastructure that is currently falling apart. If you disagree, I would simply point you towards those links above so you can read some real talk about what’s going on.
One of the key points that she brings up over and over again is the fact that a lot of the skills we currently value are pretty much useless in an apocalyptic situation. Web design? Notion templates? Bullet journaling and hustle culture and the like? Not really useful when there’s no electricity, fuel, delivery services, or any of the myriad conveniences most of us take for granted.
I see the signs they point to — the Texas power grid last winter, for example, the ubiquitous excuse of “supply chain” to explain shortages and inflation, the current situation in the Ukraine, Brexit, January 6th, or all of the…
