NON-TAPE: COLLAPSE

Part II of the White Tape - The Black Tape. The Consequences of a National Park Wildfire in 2074 and the Collapse of Places and Industry. This Post has a Heavy Focus on Consequences.

Preface

Non-Tape: COLLAPSE is the fifth tape in the ongoing Cassette Series and continues the release The Truth is Written and With Each Word the Future is Lost | A Societal Problem, also known as the White Tape. It is a tale of wildfire, the destruction and extended disruption it caused, and consequences that may have been managed if the precarity of the system (economic, socio-technical, ecological) relationships were recognized and addressed long before it became obviously apparent. It is also a story of collapse, of a permanent end of the state or existence of a specific system or systems, that is irrecoverable as it once was. All collapse creates a mess, the extent of which is rarely understood by any one person. After collapse, the primary example used here has massive economic implications to the individual, banks, and not spending money that circulates into the national economic system. At the same time, ecological systems have been decimated in this example, and while after generations they will recover, they will not be the same - they will have a new state. The effects extend far from where they started and will entangle with other subsystems. Consequences are discussed plainly to inspire or support long-term discussions of their management now. Once the collapse has created a mess, it is far too late to be anything but reactive.