What We’ve Lost What we’ve lost are the foundations of a healthy standard of living / quality of life Charles Hugh Smith writes on Substack Amidst the constant drumbeat of tech “progress” and grandiose “solutions,” […]
The Golden Age Of Spectacle “The most useful expert, of course, is the one who can lie.” ~Guy Debord Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog We’re living in the golden age of Spectacle: whatever substance remains […]
How Great Powers Fall Apart We’re humoring our self-delusion Charles Hugh Smith | OfTwoMinds blog How do great powers come undone? We can start with a destructive force without equal: self-delusion. Emperor Norton comes to mind […]
The United States Of Impunity The United States of Impunity cannot be called by its real name because its illegitimacy would then be revealed Charles Hugh Smith | OfTwoMinds blog AI is the whiff of […]
12 Contexts For An Era Of Global Conflict Charles Hugh Smith | OfTwoMinds blog Understanding any complex system or situation begins by identifying contexts that illuminate rather than obscure, misdirect or confuse. I find these […]
Here Come The Chaos Monkeys They may appear harmless, until they grab something of ours that is valuable or even essential By Charles Hugh Smith | OfTwoMinds blog The Chaos Monkeys are so masterful at […]
Roaring ’20s Or Great Depression 2.0? The binary ahead is the result of a simple law of Nature: adapt or die By Charles Hugh Smith | OfTwoMinds blog Will we revel in a New Roaring 20s of […]
All The World’s A Stage: Everything Is Fake Charles Hugh Smith | OfTwoMinds blog No wonder we’re restless, teetering on the edge, frustrated by our addictions to fakery and excess, starved for what cannot be […]
Is The “Everything Bubble” About To Pop? Somehow the pump inflating the bubble goes unmentioned: it’s the Money Charles Hugh Smith | OfTwoMinds blog Among the big winners of the Everything Bubble is–yes, I know […]
The Super-Wealthy Have A Problem Charles Hugh Smith | OfTwoMinds blog The less self-congratulatory camp of the super-wealthy understand the pressure cooker of inequality and unfairness is going to blow unless they relinquish some of […]
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