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Charles Hugh Smith

I Have a Very Bad Feeling About This

Posted by on Friday, August 18th, 2023 in Of Two Minds

Unexpected things tend to happen when the real source of problems are papered over and then suddenly reality intrudes. ...

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The Peculiar Unreality of Spectacle

Posted by on Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 in Of Two Minds

Isn't AI just a shoddy facsimile of authentic expertise that "serves the state and the media" in a new theater of Spectacle? ...

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2021 to 2024: From "Revenge" Splurging to Forced Frugality

Posted by on Monday, August 14th, 2023 in Of Two Minds

After all, "they can always print more money." That's always the solution until it becomes the problem. ...

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Why Rome Collapsed: Lessons For the Present

Posted by on Friday, August 11th, 2023 in Of Two Minds

No nation clinging to the current "waste is growth / landfill economy" will survive the emergent global polycrisis. ...

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I’m Not Really Enjoying the Show

Posted by on Wednesday, August 9th, 2023 in Of Two Minds

Let's dispense with human presidential candidates and conventions, and replace both the candidates and their supporters with ideal...

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Fooled by What We Measure, Enlightened by What We Don’t Measure

Posted by on Monday, August 7th, 2023 in Of Two Minds

Economists and pundits steer well clear of the eventual social and political consequences of America's entrenched neofeudal wealth...

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