We are going to die like a plague of rats
and… it will save the planet, and maybe a few small communities who were able to create resilience.
Dr. John Calhoun did an amazing experience with mice, and reproduced it afterwards with rats with similar results : the “Universe 25” experiment, inthe early 70ties. It is an experiment with mice, and reproduced later on with rats with similar results.
He created an ideal utopian world, with enough food, no illnesses, no predation, in a nice space. He started the colony with chosen healthy individuals.
After multiplication and a thriving population, new generations were inhibited, and with crowding behavior discouraged mating, contributing to dropping birthrates. A prominent social ladder quickly took shape within male population. The most dominant mice were characterized by their extremely aggressive behavior: so-called “alpha mice” would often engage in wildly violent bloodbaths, proceeding to attack, rape, and even practice cannibalism of their peers. These violent outbursts had no clear provocation or motive. Does it ring a bell ?
Least socially adept mice were completely excluded from mating. They spent their time moving between larger groups of mice, eating and sleeping alone. Occasionally, these mice would also fight one another. Any mice that fell between these groups were timid and often became victims of violence perpetrated by their more hostile counterparts.
Females took on aggressive attitudes of their own. Taking care of their nests in the midst of such a chaotic domain was no easy task, so many mothers would sometimes act violently towards their own litters. Others would completely withdraw from their motherly responsibilities, ignoring their litters and quitting mating practices entirely.
The “death phase” marked the beginning of the end. The spike in mortality rate fluctuated at around 100%, halting population increase altogether. The surviving mice had no perception of the “normal” lives that mice led beyond the walls. An absence of social stimulus and maternal care leads to a high rate of physical and emotional retardation and mortality. Isolation paved the way for a new category of mice called the “beautiful ones”. These were segregated from the other, bloodthirsty mice and the violent. Being separated from the rest of the mice, the “beautiful ones” made no contributions to society: no help in mating, mothering, marking territory, etc. Instead, they spent all their time feeding, drinking, grooming, and sleeping. No sex, no fight, no added value. They look very good, but are unable to cope with unusual stimuli. They look inquisitive, but they are in fact, very stupid. Well, in case, THAT should ring a bell ! I have several names and adresses, and Instagram accounts…
Eventually, the “beautiful ones” outnumbered the more aggressive. Still, rather than mating or creating new roles in society, they continued to exist solely for their physiological satisfaction. With everything provided for them in the enclosure, the paradox of the “beautiful ones” reveals the self-destructive patterns that emerge when living a life without purpose. Because of the collective indifference towards mating or building a sustainable society, the mouse population began to die out until there were no mice left at all.
There is a similar story, that happenned on an island, Nauru. It was once the second richest nation in the world by GDP per capita. But, thanks largely to colonial aggressio, Nauru’s economy has collapsed; along with the health of its people. 1900 saw a discovery that would shape Nauru for the next century: the presence of phosphate, a mineral widely-used at the time for fertilisation. With the discovery Nauru became a nation of great interest to the big colonial powers of the time. They saw an opportunity. Through the money made from selling off phosphate, Nauru became the second richest country in the world per capita, and had among the highest standards of living in the Third World. The bones of mechanical monsters encroach along the island’s shores. They are the skeletons of a once-great mining infrastructure, a towering symbol of modernisation and giddying, uninhibited affluence.
This is Nauru. It was once the second richest nation in the world by GDP per capita. But, thanks largely to colonial aggressio, Nauru’s economy has collapsed; along with the health of its people. Nauru has the highest rates of type 2 diabetes in the world, with 40 per cent of its inhabitants affected by the condition. 71 per cent of the population is obese. 97 per cent of the men are overweight, a figure which is only marginally smaller for women.
The story of Nauru’s ailing health is a parable in miniature; an illumination of the social and economic impact a type 2 diabetes epidemic can have. It could be applied to most of the developed world.
1900 saw a discovery that would shape Nauru for the next century: the presence of phosphate, a mineral widely-used at the time for fertilisation. With the discovery Nauru became a nation of great interest to the big colonial powers of the time. They saw an opportunity. Through the money made from selling off phosphate, Nauru became the second richest country in the world per capita, and had among the highest standards of living in the Third World.
Not a lot of thought was given to Nauru’s long-term economic future. People quit their jobs and bought cars, preferring to bask in the prosperity of the moment. According to one resident: “Hardly anyone thought of investing the money. Dollar notes were even used as toilet paper. It was like every day was party day”. But the phosphate reserves were finite, and towards the end of the 20th Century they were running out. Nauru was left as an environmental wasteland, with no consistent source of income. The economy island collapsed, together with massive health problems.
On the other hand, with our Extrapreneurs, we have noticed incredible empowerment, creativity, carried by beautiful people with deep human values, in war zones, after cataclysms, in societies in urgent need.
We have somesort of convergence… : If there exists no conflict, no danger, or no “work” to be done in a society, its inhabitants will ultimately lose their purpose in life, and become extinct, after illness, agressivity or depression.
I am sure you have some names and addresses of people who would fit in some of the rat-profiles. I do. A lot. So, which are the lessons from this experiments and observations :
- Get out of the rat-race a-s-a-p.
- Cluster with think-alikes, to build our next civilization, outside the rat spaces full of desperate people. Bad energy. Ideally, on large pieces of land, owned by people who also want to build their “Regeneration Island”, for real, humbly contributing to progress for all.
- Get “work” done, put yourself in danger, stay awake, learn from each other, experiment, stand out, plant, build. Humbly develop and question yourself. Develop discernment, consciousness and holistic view.
Do not worry about the planet, humanity will die out way before it will do much more harm. Our “die phase” has started full-blast. IQ is lowering every year, mortality rates are rizing since 2021, medium age is lowering. Birth rates are lowering.
Get in gear. The fall is faster than the rize. Much faster.
Prof. Michel A. de Kemmeter
