Uncharted Thoughts.

Back in 2011, I used to be fascinated with the apocalypse. Be the judgement be gifted to us by flesh eating zombies, or natural disasters, it mattered not. I was fascinated with the idea of living on a planet reset by a shift in the status quo. Surviving as our ancestors did, in the shadow of a world once seen as superior. I imagine there was a time much like this following the collapse of the great ancient empires. Farmers walking among the ruins of colossal temples, left the be claimed by the wildlife.

Yet the fascination was as much a fantasy as the alien invasion Sci-fi movies that also pastured our TV screens throughout the years.

I remember people laughing hysterically at preppers, mocking them and finding them strange and unorthodox to say the least. Now, in 2026, are we laughing? I don’t think so…

If the world as we know it collapsed tomorrow, and the systems that have held us in peace and harmony fell overnight, do you have what it takes to survive? Not just the first day, or week, or even year, but till you are old and gray and die in your sleep at the ripe age of 85? I don’t think so…

Most people today, including myself, would struggle to eat should food be stripped from the shelves. We’d then have to make sure we have clear water, and to produce enough to sustain human life. Then we need to protect our food, shelter and water, can you do that?

Lets say you do that, you manage to survive the first year and year two comes with drought, or gang warfare, or perhaps the food you harvester fails its next crop… What then?

We live in such a fragile state, with such limited access to the knowledge we need to continue life after this systems collapse, how many would die?

If I had to guess, depending on the event, I’d say a minimum of billions and a maximum of everyone.

I am lucky enough to be in a very strategic city, surrounded by nature and with enough outdoor experience to last long enough to get far away from civilization. I am also in good health, and have a fitness level in-between good and adequate. I am still relatively young and able bodied. This day and age that is a very small proportion of people.

So why are we not prepping? Why are we so trusting in our system that it will hold when so many others have failed to do so? The answer… ignorance.

If something happened tomorrow, the world would act in shock horror, when all the sign of collapse have been there for the last 10 years. Financial collapse, global warming, resources stretched, natural disasters, pandemics, government failures, rioting and civil unrest, lawlessness, social fragmentation, and of course warfare. Need I go on?

I wish I started 10 years ago, 5 years ago, last year, so I am starting now…

I don’t believe you have to bankrupt ones self in order to be ready, and enough food and drinkable water for three months should be enough to get people back on track.

If I had a spare, and I mean spare, 2k, I’d honestly use it for prepping.

Perhaps I am cynic and I believe that everything we touch will be torched by our inability to separate what we want, and what we need. Or perhaps I am just observing the world around us and realising that nothing is stable enough for us to rely on it anymore.