Orlov is a very interesting character who's written a lot about societal collapse, having lived through the Soviet version. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitr

Orlov is a very interesting character who's written a lot about societal collapse, having lived through the Soviet version. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Orlov_(writer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Orlov_(writer)) I've read some of his books (The Five Stages of Collapse, e.g.) and there's a lot of food for thought. He's now spending his time designing and building "unsinkable" houseboats. His thinkpieces, which in the past were quite worthwhile, are now behind a paywall at