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Author: Charles Hugh Smith

Of Two Minds

AI: False Savior of a Hollowed-Out Economy

What nobody seems to notice is all the incentives for deploying AI are perverse.

Charles Hugh SmithAugust 27, 2025August 27, 2025
Of Two Minds

Our Mafioso Economy

Extortion is the keystone of America's Mafioso Economy.

Charles Hugh SmithAugust 25, 2025August 25, 2025
Of Two Minds

How Great Powers Fall Apart

We're humoring our self-delusion.

Charles Hugh SmithAugust 21, 2025August 22, 2025
Of Two Minds

AI Is a Mirror in Which We See Our Own Reflection

AI is not so much a tool that everyone uses in more or less the same…

Charles Hugh SmithAugust 17, 2025August 18, 2025
Of Two Minds

Boiled Frogs: AI Slop, Phishing, Deep-Fakes and Spam, Spam, Spam

We're frogs in a pot that's being heated so gradually that we no longer notice the…

Charles Hugh SmithAugust 15, 2025August 19, 2025
Of Two Minds

Two Charts of Extremely Perverse Incentives

As a thought experiment, consider these changes to our economy's incentive structure.

Charles Hugh SmithAugust 13, 2025August 14, 2025

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