Charles Hugh Smith·Oct 22Moral Collapse / Corruption Rewards the Worst and Penalizes the BestThis is Essay #4 in the series Truth Be Told.A response icon1
Charles Hugh Smith·Sep 1The Irresistible Temptations of Centralized PowerPresidents like to deal with the CEOs of corporate monopolies for self-evident reasons: Rather than engage in the tedious, contentious…
Charles Hugh Smith·Aug 17In Our “Everything is Disposable” Economy, We’re Disposable, TooHere’s the problem in a profit-maximizing economy: durability is intrinsically less profitable than obsolescence, so to maximize profits…A response icon2
Charles Hugh Smith·Jul 29Get the Flock Out of HereOne of the core traits of a 1984-type totalitarian dystopia is 24/7 surveillance of every prisoner, oops, I mean citizen. Surveillance…
Charles Hugh Smith·Jul 16AI Is the Apex of Ultra-Processed LifeI wrote Ultra-Processed Life to describe a peculiarly perverse structure of control that now dominates our entire culture and way of life…A response icon3