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Michael P Byron is the author of The Path Through Infinity's Rainbow: Your Guide to Personal Survival and Spiritual Transformation in a World Gone Mad. This book is a manual for taking effective action to deal with the crises of our age including global climate change, peak oil, and political failure to deal with these and other problems.
His previous book is Infinity's Rainbow: The Politics of Energy, Climate and Globalization.
Byron-has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine.--He teaches all aspects of Political Science and Political Economy in local colleges in the San Diego area.- He was the Democratic Party's candidate for United States Congress in California's 49th Congressional District in 2004. In 2002,-he- ran as a write-in candidate upon discovering that the Republican incumbent, Darrell Issa, had no major-party challenger.
Mike lives in Oceanside, CA with his wife, Ramona Byron. Both are Navy veterans.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 It's Now or Never! (6 comments)
Human civilization is at a birfucation point. Either we fundamentally change everythinng now, or we collapse in flames. Now is the time for each of us to contribute all we can to bringing about fundamental change.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 The Future of the Past (1 comments)
Essay on the ultimate meaning of reality and the final destiny of the cosmos based upon contemporary quantum physics experimental findings.
Saturday, June 12, 2010 In Defense of Civilization (13 comments)
A defense of human civilization against those who believe that civilization as a mode of human organization is inherently doomed to destruction.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 Nothing on Earth Can Save Us (54 comments)
Explanation of the significance of recent developments in space technology with respect to their implications for facilitating the transition to renewable sources of energy across the planet.
Thursday, August 13, 2009 Clash of Realities (3 comments)
Musings on the developing clash between American 'consensus trance reality' and natural reality.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 Crisis and Opportunity (1 comments)
Looking for the 'bright side' of the accelerating existential crises of our species.
Saturday, August 1, 2009 Of Microbes and Men
Long term learning at life's microsocm and its macrocosm both involves structure.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Consider the Ant (1 comments)
Essay on emergence comparing and contrasting two very different, but also similar types of complex socities-those of humans and ants.
Monday, July 27, 2009 Pi in the Sky (2 comments)
Explanation of how a geosynchronous orbit microwave reflector power system would work.
Sunday, July 26, 2009 Ten Millennia Ago a Seed Was Planted (1 comments)
Poetic statement of my anthropological,and historic beliefs interpreted through systems theory.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Mind and Organization (5 comments)
Effects of cognitive capabilities on resultant societal organization.
Monday, July 20, 2009 Mind and Organization
Assessment of the relationships between our minds and our degree of social organization.
Monday, July 20, 2009 The Future Isn't What it Used to Be
Musings on why the future that seemed so close 40 years ago when Apollo 11 landed on the moon didn't come to pass--and how possibly it still could.
Saturday, July 18, 2009 Consciousness and Complexity
Assessment of our future possibilities based upon our cognitive abilities as a species.
Monday, July 28, 2008 2008: Year of Emergence (1 comments)
Assessment of 2008 Presidential race from a systems theory perspective.
Thursday, January 10, 2008 Proof Certain
Irrefutable analysis of the vote discreprency between Clinton and Obama in NH. NOTE:This is SATIRE!
Saturday, December 29, 2007 2012 (4 comments)
Reflections on the meaning of 2012 in fact and fiction.
Thursday, October 25, 2007 The Burning Time (1 comments)
My impressions of the Southern California wildfires burning all around me as I write.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 Denial, Deception, and Delusion: American Politics versus Reality
Listening to the empty blather of the American presidential candidates, one would assume that the long golden era of post-WWII prosperity stretches ahead of us as far as eye could see. But nothing could be further from the truth. Our nation, its people, and most critically its leaders, are living in a state of denial.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007 Misunderstanding Global Warming: Alexander Cockburn versus Global Warming. (16 comments)
Review, analysis, and debunking, of Counterpunch article of April 28, 2007 by Alexander Cockburn, Counterpunch editor, claiming that global warming due to human caused CO2 emissions is nonexistant.
