Beyond late-k - ted bernard

In the not-too-distant future villagers forge their lives in the aftermath of the breakdown of civilization - including the loss of modern infrastructure and technology.

These ten stories explore the legacy of Bernards dystopian novel Late-K Lunacy, .

Late-K referring to late stage vulnerabilities of complex socio-ecological systems.

Up and down the Ohio Valley people were struggling with post-apocalyptic circumstances as they tried to survive, and help their families and communities.

-- Ted Bernard Panarchy invites us to conceive of the world as a vast interlocking set of interactive systems that pass through phases over time.

If we can thoroughly understand the implications of panarchys dynamic, we can perhaps begin to avoid behaviors that quicken the progression of human and ecological systems toward collapse.

That is the challenge before us now.

- Katja Nickleby, Over the Cliff in Late-K Lunacy The world has catapulted over the Late-K cliff and people regroup in a downsized world stripped of modernity yet brimming with possibility and hope.