If this is TRULY the best thing you've read in a long time, then you need to try and encompass a little more of available reading.

Poor Mark Stern makes his mark in this article by mocking what he sees as the foolish extrapolations of past speculators. He mocks Jared Diamonds use of deforrestation as an indication of societal decline. Apparently though, he considers overly linear extrapolations as perfectly predictive when backed with his certainty of his own ideological purity.

If you LOVE predictive rhetoric like this:
There are many trouble spots around the world, but as a general rule, it’s easy to make an educated guess at one of the participants: Muslims vs. Jews in “Palestine,” Muslims vs. Hindus in Kashmir, Muslims vs. Christians in Africa, Muslims vs. Buddhists in Thailand, Muslims vs. Russians in the Caucasus, Muslims vs. backpacking tourists in Bali. Like the environmentalists, these guys think globally but act locally.

Then this article is for you.