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 icon1A 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 icon2A 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 icon3A response icon3
Charles Hugh Smith·Jun 23What Once Explained Everything Now Explains NothingOne way to summarize the present zeitgeist is What Once Explained Everything Now Explains Nothing: all the intellectual frameworks that…
Charles Hugh Smith·Jun 10Is AI Reversing Anti-Progress or Is It Accelerating It?Consider the depth and consequences of the widening gap between these headlines. One the one hand, we’re awash in articles proclaiming the…A response icon2A response icon2
