InThe Story WellbyAnis Labidi·Oct 26THE WORLD IS NOT LOSING ITS SOUL BY ACCIDENTFrom Dubai's hidden markets to Japan's euphemisms → from human trafficking to AI-generated abuse: who profits when human dignity becomes a…
Charles Hugh Smith·Oct 21The Hidden Looting by the Rich leads to the Physical Looting by Those Who’ve Been LootedThis is Essay #3 in the series Truth Be Told.A response icon2A response icon2
Jack Maurus·Apr 2Is America in Decline?What follows is a conversation with AI which asks for a clarification and comment about a response I received on social media. I ask a…
Charles Hugh Smith·Mar 25The Illusion of the Shortcut (Self-Employment Series)This is a guest essay by longtime correspondent 0bserver, part of our Self-Employment Series.
Charles Hugh Smith·Mar 20Welcome to the Stockyard of UnaffordabilityWelcome to the herd jammed into The Stockyard of Unaffordability, where prices keep rising and it gets more crowded as those who reckoned…A response icon2A response icon2
Charles Hugh Smith·Feb 25How We Got Here: Moral Flexibility Leads to Moral DecayThis is a guest essay by correspondent 0bserver. This series focuses on the realities of self-employment. In my view, everyone is…
InHyperobjectsbyJames Greathouse·Jan 3Albert Camus Parallels Frantz FanonAlienation, Moral Decay, and the “Manichaean” Split
Charles Hugh Smith·Nov 18, 2025What We’ve LostAmidst the constant drumbeat of tech “progress” and grandiose “solutions,” it’s a useful exercise to ask: what have we lost in the past 40…A response icon3A response icon3
Immanuel R. Knight·Sep 18, 2025DehumanizedWhat are the fruits of progress? The infant, insignificant The elderly, exiled Posterity’s promise purloined And for what fair share of…
