Re: Collapse of complex societies
In the first episode of "Connections," James Burke wanders out from a blacked-out city, searching for something to help him. In a rural farm, in a barn beneath a pile of junk, he finds an old plow. "You're saved," he says.
Decentralize. Focus on making things that work when things ten miles away aren't working. This applies to technology, politics, economics, and everything else. We need to come up with a system that has a lot fewer keystones in it.