About this episode

Dmitry Orlov discusses the Russian outlook on industrial decline and compares it to the collapse of the USSR.

Dmitry Orlov was a prominent voice in the early 2000s peak oil movement in response to his book "The Five Stages of Collapse", comparing the recent collapse of the USSR with the likely prospects of the USA under similar circumstances. He has since moved from the USA back to Russia, where he continues to monitor history as it unfolds. This conversation was a rare opportunity to delve into the Russian outlook on the state of the world from one of my favourite writers. Sign up for Dmitry's blog: https://boosty.to/cluborlov Watch his delightful Youtube videos: https://www.youtube.com/@DmitryOrlovAndClub The Five Stages of Collapse: https://www.amazon.com/Five-Stages-Collapse-Survivors-Toolkit/dp/0865717362/ Sign up to Recombination Nation on Substack for free weekly articles: https://recombinationnation.substack.com Read Shane's book, Taming the Apocalypse, about the future of post industrial biological technology: https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

People in this episode

Host: Shane Simonsen

Guest: Dmitry Orlov

Topics covered

• industrial decline
• Russian perspective
• collapse theory
• peak oil
• USSR comparison

Keywords

• Dmitry Orlov
• industrial decline
• collapse
• peak oil
• USSR
• USA
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Recombination Nation, Youtube, Amazon

Books & works: The Five Stages of Collapse

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