Why Rome Collapsed: Lessons For the Present
No nation clinging to the current "waste is growth / landfill economy" will survive the emergent…
Author: Charles Hugh Smith
I’m Not Really Enjoying the Show
Let's dispense with human presidential candidates and conventions, and replace both the candidates and their supporters…
Fooled by What We Measure, Enlightened by What We Don’t Measure
Economists and pundits steer well clear of the eventual social and political consequences of America's entrenched…
The Wealthy Are Not Like You and Me–Our Terminally Stratified Society
History suggests such a stratified society cannot endure as a democracy. When we say "The Wealthy…
Even the Aliens Are Boring
Everything is boring, even the aliens. Sometimes truth is best revealed tongue-in-cheek, that is, in semi-serious…
Lessons from the Unraveling of the Roman Empire: Simplification, Localization
The fragmentation, simplification and localization of the post-Imperial era offers us lessons we ignore at our…