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 […]
How Will We Distribute The Pain Ahead? Denial and magical thinking are the order of the day By Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog What is acceptable, and what is unacceptable? We’ll soon have to […]
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