He says that what we often see in a crisis is not social collapse but instead people working together, finding ways to ration or share, displaying the best of human nature. This I think is what a lot of preppers, specifically Americans, seem to forget. We've seen such crisis in multiple countries even in Europe within living memory, and the above is exactly what has happened. (This is not a reflection on the article's general point, I think he's correct. But this is the first time I see someone say this in writing.)

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I think it is great to fantasise about the rise local communities and locally produced food in the countryside - I see that taking off more and more in the next decade (and I believe that nostr could play a part in this). However, I can’t quite visualise how these future diversified and diffuse supply chains would work with regard to feeding cities. Maybe in future AI and autonomous vehicles fill in the gaps in the jigsaw puzzle and enable this all to happen, but then of course it still hasn’t addressed Rebanks’ main point about just-in-time logistics not being sufficient.