What Do You Value Most? Thanksgiving 2022

Charles Hugh Smith
When these are no longer valued as essentials for the common good, society is lost. I'm thankful for the eight things to aspire to listed at the bottom of the right-hand column of the main blog page: integrity austerity restraint humility responsibility patience sacrifice thrift When these are no longer valued as essentials for the common good, society is lost. These aspirations remind of Chapter 58 of the Tao Te Ching: When the country is governed through simplicity and leniency, The people are genuine and honest. When the country is governed through harshness and sharp investigation, The people are more deceitful and dishonest. And Chapter 9: To hold things and to be proud of them is not as good as not to have them, Because if one insists on an extreme, that extreme will not dwell long. When a room is full of precious things, one will never be able to preserve them. When one is wealthy, high ranking, and proud of himself, he invites misfortune. My new book is now available at a 10% discount ($8.95 ebook, $18 print):Self-Reliance in the 21st Century. Read the first chapter for free (PDF) Read excerpts of all three chapters Podcast with Richard Bonugli: Self Reliance in the 21st Century (43 min) My recent books: The Asian Heroine Who Seduced Me(Novel) print $10.95, Kindle $6.95 Read an excerpt for free (PDF) When You Can't Go On: Burnout, Reckoning and Renewal$18 print, $8.95 Kindle ebook; audiobookRead the first section for free (PDF) Global Crisis, National Renewal: A (Revolutionary) Grand Strategy for the United States(Kindle $9.95, print $24, audiobook) Read Chapter One for free (PDF). A Hacker's Teleology: Sharing the Wealth of Our Shrinking Planet (Kindle $8.95, print $20, audiobook $17.46) Read the first section for free (PDF). Will You Be Richer or Poorer?: Profit, Power, and AI in a Traumatized World (Kindle $5, print $10, audiobook) Read the first section for free (PDF). The Adventures of the Consulting Philosopher: The Disappearance of Drake (Novel) $4.95 Kindle, $10.95 print); read the first chapters for free (PDF) Money and Work Unchained $6.95 Kindle, $15 print)Read the first section for free Become a $1/month patron of my work via patreon.com.
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