During its eleven-year run, The Archdruid Report was one of the most controversial and widely cited blogs on the future of industrial society. This ninth volume of the collected essays from The Archdruid Report covers the year 2011. As the age of progress draws to an end, most of the common preconceptions about human nature and the shape of the future have passed their pull date and badly need revision. The diverse essays included in this volume tackle that immense challenge from a variety of angles, and begin an exploration of the role of consciousness and imagination in the rise and accelerating fall of industrial society.