Charles Hugh Smith: "Survival+" e-book serialized at Of Two Minds

Richard Metzger 8:26 am Thu Mar 26, 2009

Richard Metzger is Boing Boing's current guest blogger

Soon, I'll be taping an interview with Charles Hugh Smith and posting it here at Boing Boing. In the meantime, Charles has posted Chapter 2 of his new (free) e-book, "Survival+" at his Of Two Minds blog, which I encourage you all to visit daily. Many of you reading this are starting to wonder what society will look like: in a few months, a year from now, five years from now and Charles Hugh Smith is an indispensable thinker and tour guide for what we should be preparing for. I believe that he's one of the sharpest, smartest –and sanest– writers around today, and I enjoy batting ideas around with him corresponding over email, some of which makes it into his more informal columns. I'm pleased and grateful to have a forum here at Boing Boing where I can help promote his work.

Some recent Charles Hugh Smith essays:

Survival+ Chapter 1

The Dematerialization of America

The Return of Big Government and the (de facto) Welfare State

Has Capitalism Failed?

The Road to National Insolvency

What's Obvious III: Some Transformations Will Be Positive

End of An Era: What's Not Coming Back

Of Two Minds: An Interview with Charles Hugh Smith

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