1<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0//en"> 2<html> 3<head> 4<title>charles hugh smith - My Books</title> 5 6 7<META NAME="Author" CONTENT="charles hugh smith" /> 8<META NAME="copyright" CONTENT=copyright 2005-2026 by charles hugh smith" /> 9<meta name="keywords" content="non-fiction books by Charles Hugh Smith" /> 10<meta name="description" content="fiction, short stories and novels by 11charles hugh smith, Berkeley writer, Berkeley author, American author, novels, novelist, 12screenplays, Weblogs and New Media, Marketing in Crisis, Survival+, Survival Plus, 13Structuring Prosperity for Yourself and the Nation, Survival+ The Primer, 14Oftwominds.com, Weekly Musings, Musings Reports, 15An Unconventional Guide to Investing in Troubled Times, investing, personal finance, 16Resistance, Revolution, Liberation: A Model for Positive Change, 17Why Things Are Falling Apart and What We Can Do About It, 18The Nearly Free University and the Emerging Economy, 19Get a Job, Build a Real Career, and Defy a Bewildering Economy, 20A Radically Beneficial World: Automation, Technology and Creating Jobs for All, 21The Future Belongs to Work That Is Meaningful, 22Why Our Status Quo Failed and Is Beyond Reform, Of Two Minds Essentials, 23Un Mundo Radicalmente Prospero, Inequality and the Collapse of Privilege, 24Money and Work Unchained, The Adventures of the Consulting Philosopher, 25Pathfinding our Destiny, Preventing the Final Fall of Our Democratic Republic, 26Will You Be Richer or Poorer?: Profit, Power and A.I. in a Traumatized World, 27A Hacker's Teleology: Sharing the Wealth of Our Shrinking Planet, 28Global Crisis, National Renewal: A (Revolutionary) Grand Strategy for the United States, 29When You Can't Go On: Burnout, Reckoning and Renewal, burnout, self-exploitation, 30Self-Reliance in the 21st Century, The Mythology of Progress, Anti-Progress and a Mythology for the 21st Century, Ultra-Processed Life, Investing In Revolution" /> 31 32<META name="robots" content="all"> 33</head> 34 35<body bgcolor="white" link="#404040" alink="#404040" vlink="#404040"> 36 37<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="2"> 38 39<table width="830" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 40<tr> 41 42<td width="830"> 43<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/blog.html" TARGET="resource"> 44<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/banner2.gif" width="700" height="50" ALT="oftwominds.com blog"></A> 45</td> 46</tr> 47 48<td> 49 50</td> 51</tr> 52 53<tr> 54<td> 55 56 57 58<font face="Verdana"><font color="darkblue"><font size="4"> 59 <B>Non-Fiction Books</B> 60 61 62 63<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/CHS-novels.html" 64TARGET="RESOURCE"><B>My Novels</B></A> 65<br> 66<br> 67</font></font></font> 68<font face="Verdana"><font color="darkblue"><font size="3"> 69<div align="center"> 70<B><I>Mastery requires reading and doing.</I></B> 71</align> 72<br> 73<br> 74<HR width="800" color="darkblue"> 75 76</td> 77</tr> 78</table> 79 80 81<table width="830" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 82<tr> 83<td width="15"> </td> 84 85<td width="400" align="left" valign="top"> 86 87</font></font></font> 88<font face="Verdana"><font color="black"><font size="3"> 89<B><I>Systemic Problems/Solutions</B></I> 90</font> 91<font size="2"> 92<br> 93<br> 94<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/48qqggX"> 95Investing In Revolution</a> (2025) 96<br> 97<br> 98<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3zM05T4"> 99The Mythology of Progress</a> (2024) 100<br> 101<br> 102<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3lc4eVc"> 103Global Crisis, National Renewal</a> (2021) 104<br> 105<br> 106<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077S8PJ5Y/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B077S8PJ5Y&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=d3a935e067cb9a216e52fce67fa627b6"> 107Money and Work Unchained</A> (2017) 108<br> 109<br> 110<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1517160960/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1517160960&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=UIIRVX6FXFXLDSAV" target="resource"> 111A Radically Beneficial World</A> (2015) 112<br> 113 114</td> 115<td width="15"> </td> 116 117<td width="400" align="left" valign="top"> 118 119 120</font> 121<font size="3"> 122<B><I>What You Can Do Yourself</B></I> 123</font> 124<font size="2"> 125<br> 126<br> 127<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4k3oe8p">
128Ultra-Processed Life</a> (2025) 129<br> 130<br> 131<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3RbjjUF"> 132Self-Reliance in the 21st Century</a> (2022) 133<br> 134<br> 135<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3yvZDFo"> 136When You Can't Go On: Burnout, Reckoning and Renewal</a> 137<br> 138<br> 139<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1497533406/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1497533406&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20" target="resource"> 140Get a Job, Build a Real Career and Defy a Bewildering Economy</a> (2014) 141<br> 142 143</font></font></font> 144</td> 145</tr> 146</table> 147 148 149<table width="830" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 150<br> 151<tr> 152<td> 153<HR width="800" color="darkblue"> 154<br> 155</font><font size="3"> 156<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/revolution-trilogy.html" target="resource"> 157<B>THE REVOLUTION TRILOGY:</A> 158 159</font><font size="2"> 160<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/48qqggX"> 161Investing In Revolution</a> 162<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4k3oe8p"> 163Ultra-Processed Life</a> 164<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3zM05T4"> 165The Mythology of Progress</A></B> 166<br> 167<HR width="800" color="darkblue"> 168</td> 169</tr> 170</table> 171 172<table width="830" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 173 174 175<tr> 176<td width="25"> </td> 177 178<td width="400" align="left" valign="top"> 179 180 181<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="2"> 182</font> 183<font size="3"> 184<P> 185<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/48qqggX"> 186<B>Investing In Revolution</a></B> 187</font> 188<font size="2"> 189 print $20, 190<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4oicd1B">Kindle</A> $9.95, 191 <a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4j7PBQ6">Hardcover</A> $24, 192 <a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4oZJLRZ">audiobook</A> 193<br> 194<br> 195<font size="2"> 196 197<B>Only now do we see that we've been investing in revolution for decades--not the revolutions we thought we were investing in, revolutions in technology and finance, but in the social revolution made inevitable by the extremes of inequality driven by our single-minded pursuit of private gains.</B> 198<br> 199<br> 200The pendulum that we've pushed to an extreme will swing to the opposite extreme, and the artifices that have propped up a facade a stability for decades will accelerate the disorder rather than reverse it. 201<br> 202<br> 203Those losing ground will <I>abandon the secular gods that failed</I> and seek a replacement system. This is a <I>social revolution.</I> 204<br> 205<br> 206This book is a radical restatement of <I>things as they are, not what's acceptable.</I> 207<br> 208<br> 209<B>Its aim is practical:</B> to inspire the adoption of a new set of values that establishes incentives to <I>do more with less</I> so we use fewer resources to sustain a quality of life that's accessible to all who embrace a more balanced way of living. 210<br> 211<br> 212<B>We now stand at a point of decision</B>, and this book offers a path to a reformation and renewal that serves the shared interests of us all, not just the few. 213<br> 214<br> 215<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/IIR-Intro2.pdf" target="resource"> 216<B><I>Read the Introduction for free</I></B></A> 217<br> 218<br> 219<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/revolution-trilogy.html" target="resource"> 220The Revolution Trilogy</A> (essay) 221<br> 222<br> 223<B><I>Podcast:</B> <A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MUYtDYJzSI" target="resource"> 224Insane Financial Imbalances and a Social Revolution</A> (36:34 min)</I> 225 226<td width="25"> </td> 227 228<td width="375" align="center" valign="middle"> 229 230<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/48qqggX"> 231<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/covers/IIR-265.jpg" width="265" align="center" border="0"></A> 232<P> 233<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/48qqggX"> 234<B>Investing In Revolution</a></B> print $20, 235 <a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4oicd1B">Kindle</A> $9.95, 236 <a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4j7PBQ6">Hardcover</A> $24, 237 <a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4oZJLRZ">audiobook</A> 238 239 240 241</td> 242</tr> 243 244<tr> 245<td width="20" height="50"> </td> 246<td> </td> 247<td> </td> 248<td> </td> 249</td> 250</tr> 251 252 253 254 255 256<tr> 257<td width="25"> </td> 258 259<td width="400" align="left" valign="top"> 260 261 262<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="2"> 263</font> 264<font size="3"> 265<P> 266<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4k3oe8p"> 267<B>
267Ultra-Processed Life</a></B> 268</font> 269<font size="2"> 270 print $16, 271(<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4jWGksL">Kindle</A> $7.95, 272<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3H4w6co">audiobook</A>, 273<A HREF="https://amzn.to/3BJRYH9" target="resource">Hardcover</A> $20 (129 pages, 2025), 274<br> 275<br> 276 277<I><B>Ultra-Processed Life:</B> a synthetic, artificial world of products and services designed to maximize profits regardless of consequences; the substitution of a profitable facsimile for what was once authentic.</I> 278</font> 279<font size="2"> 280<P> 281<B><I>Ultra-Processed Life</I> is my term for everything that is analogous to ultra-processed snacks:</B> attractively marketed, instantly alluring, easy to consume, addictive by design, tasty in the moment but harmful over time, its origins a black box of unknown processes, the brightly colored product bearing no resemblance to the real-world ingredients, an idealized form of what is inherently imperfect, untethered from the natural world. 282<br> 283<br> 284<B>This book recounts my journey of discovery</B> of how our everyday realm has drifted away from the foundations of human life and happiness without our noticing. 285<br> 286<br> 287As with many others, the catalyst for my exploration was a life-threatening medical crisis that did not have a specific cause. 288<br> 289<br> 290<B>This led me to wonder if our entire way of life is like an ultra-processed snack:</B> tasty but not healthy, edible but stripped of the nutrients we need to be healthy, addictive by design. 291 292<br> 293<br> 294<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/IntroChapter1-UPL2.pdf" target="resource"> 295<B><I>Read the Introduction and first chapter</I></B></A> 296<br> 297<br> 298<B>Podcast:</B> <A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/podcasts/Ultra-Processed-Life-podcast.mp3" target="resource">Ultra-Processed Life: Unhealthy, Addictive, Deranging, Artificial</A> (36 min)</I></I> 299 300<br> 301<br> 302<B>Reader Jeff H.</B> 303<br> 304<I>"Having this book during the life stage of middle age and two teens coming of age couldn't be better-timed. Smith makes a compelling case for us to refocus on what truly matters: community, meaningful work, and simply starting a small vegetable garden. Getting out of the rat race can be done locally and incrementally. It just takes a willingness to experiment, connections with others and a large dose of patience. There is a big difference between blame and responsibility. We may not be to blame for our current predicaments in modernity, but the responsibility is ours (responsible = response-able; able to respond). It is our duty to instruct the next generation about the reality of the situation and guide them along a better path."</I> 305</I></B> 306</td> 307 308<td width="25"> </td> 309 310<td width="375" align="center" valign="middle"> 311 312<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4k3oe8p"> 313<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/covers/UPL-new265.jpg" width="265" align="center" border="0"></A> 314<P> 315<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4k3oe8p"> 316<B>Ultra-Processed Life</a></B> print $16, 317(<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/400HxJj">Kindle</A> $7.95, 318<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3H4w6co">audiobook</A>, 319<A HREF="https://amzn.to/3BJRYH9" target="resource">Hardcover</A> $20 (129 pages, 2025) 320<br> 321<br> 322<I>Essay about the book: 323<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/UPL-essay6-25.html" target="resource"><B>Is Life Now a Snack?</A></B></I> 324</td> 325</tr> 326 327<tr> 328<td width="20" height="50"> </td> 329<td> </td> 330<td> </td> 331<td> </td> 332</td> 333</tr> 334 335 336 337<tr> 338<td width="25"> </td> 339 340<td width="400" align="left" valign="top"> 341 342 343<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="3"> 344 345<P> 346<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3zM05T4"> 347<B>The Mythology of Progress, Anti-Progress and a Mythology for the 21st Century</a></B> 348</font> 349<font size="2"> 350 print $20, 351(<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/400HxJj">Kindle</A> $9.95, 352<A HREF="https://amzn.to/3BJRYH9" target="resource">Hardcover</A> $24 (215 pages, 2024), 353<A HREF="https://amzn.to/42NWBvh" target="resource">audiobook</A>. 354<P> 355<B>What if growth--and policies to accelerate growth--are no longer working because our fix for every problem--<I>growth for growth's sake</I>--is failing?</B>
355 We're told Progress is inevitable as a result of technology, but everyday life is getting harder, not easier--the opposite of Progress, what I call <I>Anti-Progress</I>. 356<br> 357<br> 358<B>What if the real source of the unraveling is far deeper than economics or politics?</B> What if the problem is what we see as the inevitable destiny of humanity--Progress--is actually a modern mythology, disconnected from the real-world consequences of <I>growth for growth's sake</I>? 359<br> 360<br> 361We indignantly reject that Progress is a mythology, but our need for mythology hasn't gone away because we've mastered technology; we've created a modern mythology of technology that is heedless of its own consequences. 362<br> 363<br> 364To truly progress, we need a new mythology aligned to 21st century realities. That's the goal of this book. 365<br> 366<br> 367<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/mythology-book/Intro-mythology.pdf" target="resource"> 368<B><I>Read the Introduction</I></B></A> 369<br> 370<br> 371<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/mythology-book/Intro-chapter1-mythology.pdf" target="resource"> 372<B><I>Read the Introduction and first chapter</I></B></A> 373<br> 374<br> 375<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/mythology-book/Anti-Progress-podcast.wav" target="resource"> 376<I>AI-generated podcast</A> (11 minutes) based on this essay: 377<br> 378<br> 379<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/blogoct24/anti-progress10-24.html" target="resource"> 380<B>We're Told This Is Progress, But It's Actually Anti-Progress</B></A> 381 382 383</I></B> 384</td> 385 386<td width="25"> </td> 387 388<td width="375" align="center" valign="middle"> 389 390<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3zM05T4"> 391<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/covers/mythology-cover265.png" width="300" align="center" border="0"></A> 392<P> 393<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3RbjjUF"> 394<B>The Mythology of Progress, Anti-Progress and a Mythology for the 21st Century</a></B> 395(<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/400HxJj">Kindle</A> $9.95, print $20, 396<A HREF="https://amzn.to/3BJRYH9" target="resource">Hardcover</A> $24 (215 pages, 2024) 397<A HREF="https://amzn.to/42NWBvh" target="resource">audiobook</A> 398</td> 399</tr> 400 401<tr> 402<td width="20" height="50"> </td> 403<td> </td> 404<td> </td> 405<td> </td> 406</td> 407</tr> 408 409 410 411<tr> 412<td width="25"> </td> 413 414<td width="400" align="left" valign="top"> 415 416 417<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="3"> 418 419 420<P> 421<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3RbjjUF"> 422<B>Self-Reliance in the 21st Century</a></B> 423</font> 424<font size="2"> 425 print $16, 426(<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3C7BExM">Kindle</A> $7.95, 427<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4jqd27v">hardcover</A> $22, 428<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3vs7bpX">audiobook</A> (96 pages, 2022) 429<P> 430<B>Just as no one was left unaffected by the rise of globalization, no one will be unaffected by its demise.</B> 431 The only response that reduces our vulnerability is self-reliance: de-risk your life by carving a path that works for you. 432<P> 433When Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote his famous essay Self-Reliance in 1841, the economy was localized and households 434supplied many of their own essentials. In our hyper-globalized economy, we re dependent on distant sources for 435our essentials. 436<P> 437Emerson defined self-reliance as being our best selves thinking for ourselves rather than following the conventional 438 path. Self-reliance in the 21st century means reducing our dependency on fragile supply chains and becoming 439 producers as well as consumers. 440<P> 441Self-reliance is often confused with self-sufficiency--the equivalent of Thoreau s a cabin on Walden Pond. 442But self-reliance in the 21st century isn t about piling up money or a cabin in the woods; it s about 443humanity s most successful innovation: cooperating with trustworthy others in productive networks. 444<P> 445Later chapters address the mindset of self-reliance and 18 nuts and bolts principles of self-reliance in the 21st century. 446 447<P> 448<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/Self-Reliance-sample2.pdf" target="resource"> 449<B><I>Read the first chapter for free (PDF)</I></B></A> 450<P> 451<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/SR.html" target="resource"> 452<B><I>Read excerpts of all three chapters</I></B></A> 453<P> 454<A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJGCL9CHtLo&t=4s" target="resource"> 455<B>Podcast with Richard Bonugli: Self Reliance in the 21st Century</A></B> (43 min) 456 457</I></B> 458</td> 459 460<td width="25"> </td> 461 462<td width="375" align="center" valign="middle"> 463 464<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3RbjjUF"> 465<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/covers/SR-250.jpg" width="300" align="center" border="0"></A> 466<P> 467<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3RbjjUF"> 468<B>Self-Reliance in the 21st Century</a></B> 469(<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3C7BExM">Kindle</A> $7.95, print $16 (96 pages, 2022) 470<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3vs7bpX">audiobook</A> 471</td> 472</tr> 473 474<tr>
475<td width="20" height="50"> </td> 476<td> </td> 477<td> </td> 478<td> </td> 479</td> 480</tr> 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488<tr> 489<td width="25"> </td> 490 491<td width="400" align="left" valign="top"> 492 493 494<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="3"> 495 496 497<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3yvZDFo"> 498<B>When You Can't Go On: Burnout, Reckoning and Renewal</a></B> 499</font> 500<font size="2"> 501 print $15, 502(<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3FNLpRJ">Kindle</A> $6.95, 503<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3AVo3ZZ">audiobook</A> (90 pages, 2022) 504<P> 505<B>When I burned out, what I wanted but could not find was a practical guide by someone who had experienced burnout 506 themselves.</B> None of the material I found spoke to what I was experiencing or to my sense that our 507economy is now optimized to burn people out. 508<P> 509<B>I decided to write the guide I wanted but could not find.</B> This is my experience of burnout, reckoning and renewal. 510<P> 511I am not an expert in burnout, I am only an expert <I>in my own burnout</I>. 512<P> 513<B>This book is my account of what helped me.</B> The intended audience is other burnouts and those who want to better 514understand the experience of burnout. 515<P> 516<B>Burnout is a life-changing experience in a good way</B>, as absurd as that may sound to those in the depths of burnout. 517To paraphrase Samuel Beckett: I can t go on but I must go on. There is a way forward. 518<P> 519<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/Burnout-sample2.pdf" target="resource"> 520<B><I>Read the first chapters for free (PDF).</I></B></A> 521<P> 522<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/BRR.html" target="resource"> 523Read <I>Understanding Burnout</I> and the Introduction</A> 524<P> 525<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/blogmay22/burnout5-22.html" target="resource"> 526The Epidemic Nobody Talks About: Burnout</A> 527 528</td> 529 530<td width="25"> </td> 531 532<td width="375" align="center" valign="middle"> 533 534<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3yvZDFo"> 535<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/covers/BRR-250.png" width="300" align="center" border="0"></A> 536<P> 537<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3yvZDFo"> 538<B>When You Can't Go On: Burnout, Reckoning and Renewal</a></B> 539(<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3FNLpRJ">Kindle</A> $6.95, print $15 (90 pages, 2022) 540<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3AVo3ZZ">audiobook</A> 541</td> 542</tr> 543 544<tr> 545<td width="20" height="50"> </td> 546<td> </td> 547<td> </td> 548<td> </td> 549</td> 550</tr> 551 552 553<tr> 554<td width="25"> </td> 555 556<td width="400" align="left" valign="top"> 557 558 559<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="3"> 560 561 562<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3lc4eVc"> 563<B>Global Crisis, National Renewal: A (Revolutionary) Grand Strategy for the United States</a></B> 564</font> 565<font size="2"> 566 567(<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3yC80iS">Kindle</A> $9.95, print $20 (234 pages, 2021) 568(<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/39l21E9">audiobook</A>) 569 570<P> 571<B>This book is the roadmap to Degrowth that we need to survive as a nation.</B> 572<P> 573<B>National Security is not just military force. In an age of scarcity, security is a degrowth economy of energy independence, social cohesion and civic virtue.</B> 574<P> 575All nations, including the United States, face systemic crises that are reinforcing each other at an explosive point in history. The threats to the republic are unprecedented, but the status quo is incapable of understanding that conventional responses are an accelerant of fatal synergies: the status quo is now the problem rather than the solution. 576<P> 577These novel crises demand an entirely new Grand Strategy. The emergence of solutions is not pre-ordained; the collapse of the state is also a possibility, though far from an ideal one. 578<P> 579<B>The global crisis offers an opportunity to redraw America s Grand Strategy from the ground up.</B> Should we fail to make full use of this opportunity, the United States will fail, along with all the other nation-states that are incapable of redefining the problems so that new solutions become possible. 580<P> 581This revolutionary Grand Strategy will be the deciding factor between nation-states that fail and the few (if any) that will not just survive but actually thrive. 582 583<P> 584<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/Global-Crisis-National-Renewal-sample.pdf" target="resource"> 585<B><I>Read Chapter One for free (PDF).</I></B></A> 586<P> 587<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/GCNR.html" target="resource"> 588Read the Introduction</A> 589<P> 590<B>Podcasts:</B> 591<A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k73QFgat-5w" target="resource"> 592A Grand Strategy to Address the Global Crisis</A> (54 min., with Richard Bonugli) 593<P> 594<A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jt-l4LhHb8&t=1s" target="resource"> 595Turmoil Ahead As We Enter The New Era Of 'Scarcity' (53 min., with Adam Taggart) 596</I></B> 597</td> 598 599<td width="25"> </td> 600 601<td width="375" align="center" valign="middle"> 602 603<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3lc4eVc"> 604<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/covers/GCNR-300.jpg" width="300" align="center" border="0"></A> 605<P> 606<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3lc4eVc"> 607<B>Global Crisis, National Renewal: A (Revolutionary) Grand Strategy for the United States</a></B> 608(<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3yC80iS">Kindle</A> $9.95, print $20, 609<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/39l21E9">audiobook</A> (234 pages, 2021) 610 611</td> 612</tr> 613 614<tr>
615<td width="20" height="50"> </td> 616<td> </td> 617<td> </td> 618<td> </td> 619</td> 620</tr> 621 622 623 624 625<tr> 626<td width="25"> </td> 627 628<td width="400" align="left" valign="top"> 629 630 631<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="3"> 632 633 634<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08HJWR4VC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B08HJWR4VC&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=000dd63f47205f26b52a959cb4769242"> 635<B>A Hacker's Teleology: Sharing the Wealth of Our Shrinking Planet</a></B> 636</font> 637<font size="2"> 638 (Kindle $7.95, print $16, 639<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08PQ4FYPV/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B08PQ4FYPV&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=39f4ad82c7b1a6c6a6044daa3b6790bd">audiobook</A>) (150 pages, 2020) 640<P> 641<B>The world has entered an era of profound uncertainty.</B> The Old Normal is gone for good, and 642the deck is shifting ominously beneath our feet. Now is the moment to ask: <I>what would a fairer, more 643sustainable system look like? How would it be better for me, humanity and the planet?</I> 644<P> 645<B>Even before the global upheavals, our <I>system</I> was failing.</B> Now that 646it's unraveling, it's time for a new arrangement that's actually sustainable on our 647resource-depleted planet that doesn't favor wealthy insiders. But those gorging on inequality 648will never accept reforms that strip away their unearned privileges, and so the only practical 649 way forward is a <I>Hacker's Teleology</I>. 650<P> 651What's a <I>Hacker's Teleology</I>? A <I>hack</I> is a workaround in a kludgy, broken system-- 652a new way of <I>connecting the dots</I>. <I>Teleology</I> means <I>the destination we end up reaching 653because that's where the dots lead</I>. 654<P> 655In this book I connect the dots of my own life experiences to show how a sustainably fair way 656of organizing human activity would work. <B>In telling <I>my story</I>, I'm also telling <I>our story</I></B>, 657because we all share our limited-resources world and the same aspirations for fairness, belonging, 658getting ahead and a say in our future. 659<P> 660So let's get started on an arrangement that actually works for all of us--and our world. 661 662<P> 663<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/AHT-sample2.pdf" target="resource"> 664<B><I>Read excerpts of the book for free (PDF).</I></B></A> 665<P> 666<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/hackers-teleology.html" target="resource"> 667The Story Behind the Book and the Introduction</A>. 668<P> 669</I></B> 670</td> 671 672<td width="25"> </td> 673 674<td width="375" align="center" valign="middle"> 675 676<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08HJWR4VC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B08HJWR4VC&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=000dd63f47205f26b52a959cb4769242"> 677<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/covers/AHT-300-480.jpg" width="300" align="center" border="0"></A> 678<P> 679<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08HJWR4VC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B08HJWR4VC&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=000dd63f47205f26b52a959cb4769242"> 680<I>A Hacker's Teleology: Sharing the Wealth of Our Shrinking Planet</a>
680</I> (Kindle $7.95, print $16, 681<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08PQ4FYPV/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B08PQ4FYPV&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=39f4ad82c7b1a6c6a6044daa3b6790bd">audiobook</A>) 682 683 684</td> 685</tr> 686 687<tr> 688<td width="20" height="50"> </td> 689<td> </td> 690<td> </td> 691<td> </td> 692</td> 693</tr> 694 695<tr> 696<td width="25"> </td> 697 698<td width="400" align="left" valign="top"> 699 700 701<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="3"> 702 703 704<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1691549444/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1691549444&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=8c27a6ab0ba537361cdd772734d71978"><B>Will You Be Richer or Poorer?: Profit, Power and A.I. in a Traumatized World</a></B> 705</font> 706<font size="2"> 707 (print $12, 708<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YMWFG8D/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B07YMWFG8D&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=4515076ce75936fe675d97ee25a4ec06">Kindle $6.95</a>, 709<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4klMHGx">audiobook</A> 100 pages, 2019) 710<P> 711 712<B>Will you be richer or poorer? What does the future hold for you--and for the world?</B> 713<P> 714Supposedly we're all getting richer, but many of us feel we re becoming poorer. Why? 715<P> 716One reason is our economy doesn t even measure many kinds of wealth and ignores many costs. 717Clearly, clean air and water, good health and civil liberties are valuable, but you won t find 718 these on any balance sheet. Our system s incentives are to maximize short-term financial profits, 719 and everything else is treated as if it doesn t exist. 720<P> 721This book tackles three critical questions: 722<P> 723<B>What if everything we don t measure is worth more than financial wealth?</B> Our obsession with 724 financial capital is blinding us to a traumatizing global decline in other forms of wealth. 725<P> 726<B>Will artificial intelligence (A.I.) make us all richer?</B> What if A.I. will only enrich the few 727who own the platforms and technology? 728<P> 729<B>Is our economic model dooming us?</B> We re told we all benefit as the super-rich get even richer, 730but what if the status quo only benefits those in power at the expense of everyone else--and our planet? 731 <P> 732Though we may not be politically powerful, we are far from powerless. This book will help you 733 identify the things that truly matter, and accumulate capital that benefits you and your family-- 734and our planet. 735 736<P> 737<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/Richer-Poorer-sample.pdf" target="resource"> 738<B><I>Read the first section for free (PDF).</I></B></A> 739<P> 740I discuss this book with Chris Martenson in 741<A HREF="https://www.peakprosperity.com/charles-hugh-smith-will-you-be-richer-or-poorer/" 742 target="resource">a new podcast</A> (51 minutes), which is also available on 743<A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TvCtvu0pfI" target="resource">YouTube</A>. 744 745 746</I></B> 747</td> 748 749<td width="25"> </td> 750 751<td width="375" align="center" valign="middle"> 752 753<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1691549444/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1691549444&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=8c27a6ab0ba537361cdd772734d71978"> 754<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/covers/ROP-250.png" width="300" align="center" border="0"></A> 755 756<P> 757<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1691549444/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1691549444&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=8c27a6ab0ba537361cdd772734d71978"> 758Will You Be Richer or Poorer?: Profit, Power and A.I. in a Traumatized World</a> (print $12) 759 760<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YMWFG8D/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B07YMWFG8D&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=4515076ce75936fe675d97ee25a4ec06">(Kindle $6.95)</a> <br> 761(<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4klMHGx">audiobook</A>) 762 763</td> 764</tr> 765 766<tr> 767<td width="20" height="50"> </td> 768<td> </td> 769<td> </td> 770<td> </td> 771</td> 772</tr> 773 774 775 776 777<tr>
778<td width="25"> </td> 779 780<td width="400" align="left" valign="top"> 781 782 783<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="3"> 784 785 786<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KMKWQWZ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B07KMKWQWZ&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=c75aa078c89424fde33f09985292e73a"> 787<B>Pathfinding our Destiny: Preventing the Final Fall of Our Democratic Republic</A></B> 788</font> 789<font size="2"> 790 791(Kindle ebook $6.95, 792<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/172666872X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=172666872X&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=29c53d60378d685f5942b1c1d3e2c449">print</A> $12, 793<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3TA73AF">audiobook</A>) (118 pages, 2018) 794<P> 795 796<B>America teeters on the precipice:</B> our government is now captive to special interests and big money, twin cancers that threaten our democracy. This accelerating crisis is exacerbated by a toxic social media-fueled tribalism that has replaced what do you think? with which side are you on? 797<P> 798<B>Our crisis isn t just political it s structural:</B> as the pace of change explodes from gradual to non-linear, the organizations that dominate our economy centralized corporations and government become destined to fail. We see this failure in both the soaring inequality that has hollowed out the American Dream as well as in the rising tide of social and political disunity. 799<P> 800<B>To prevent the fall of our democratic republic, we must transform our economy and society from 801the ground up.</B> As we enter a new era of rapid, unprecedented tumult, it is we citizens who will need to save our democracy. For our political and financial elites will cling to their centralized power, doing more of what s failed, even as civil society unravels. 802<P> 803<B>All is not lost--yet.</B> Our way forward starts with understanding the fatal flaws of our brittle, self-serving status quo and embracing this basic truth: better options are available if we re willing to explore. 804<P> 805To pathfind our way to a better destiny, we must create new localized structures optimized for resilience and adaptability a flexible, decentralized, sustainable, democratic, opportunity-for-all nation. 806 807<P> 808<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/Pathfinding-Our-Destiny-sample2.pdf" target="resource"> 809<B><I>Read the first section for free in PDF format.</I></B></A> 810 811</I></B> 812</td> 813 814<td width="25"> </td> 815 816<td width="375" align="center" valign="middle"> 817 818<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KMKWQWZ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B07KMKWQWZ&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=c75aa078c89424fde33f09985292e73a"> 819<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/covers/POD-250.jpg" width="300" align="center" border="0"></A> 820 821<P> 822<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KMKWQWZ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B07KMKWQWZ&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=c75aa078c89424fde33f09985292e73a">Pathfinding our Destiny: Preventing the Final Fall of Our Democratic Republic</A> Kindle ebook $6.95</A> 823<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/172666872X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=172666872X&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=29c53d60378d685f5942b1c1d3e2c449">print</A> $12 <a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3TA73AF">audiobook</A> 824 825</td> 826</tr> 827 828<tr> 829<td width="20" height="50"> </td> 830<td> </td> 831<td> </td> 832<td> </td> 833</td> 834</tr> 835 836 837 838<tr> 839<td width="25"> </td> 840 841<td width="400" align="left" valign="top"> 842 843 844<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="3"> 845 846 847<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077S8PJ5Y/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B077S8PJ5Y&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=d3a935e067cb9a216e52fce67fa627b6"> 848<B>Money and Work Unchained</A></B> 849</font> 850<font size="2"> 851 (Kindle ebook $9.95, print $20)(181 pages, 2017) 852(<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4eebXgh">audiobook</A>) 853<P> 854<B>This book started when I asked myself:</B> when we dream of the future of our society, are we hoping for the right things? 855<P> 856The current conventional-wisdom view of our soon-to-be future is rose-tinted: automation will free millions of people from the drudgery of work, then by taxing the robots doing all the work, we can pay everyone Universal Basic Income (UBI), enabling a life of leisure and artistic pursuit for all. The result: A future of Universal Happiness. 857<P> 858But is this accurate? Is this what UBI is actually capable of doing?
859More importantly, is this what we want? 860<P> 861And even more importantly: will this future be our best future? Will it account for and manage the practicalities of work, money and automation, given the limits of endless growth on a finite planet? 862<P> 863<I>Money and Work Unchained</I> drags the now-popular concept of Universal Basic Income (UBI) from the shadows of Pundit blather into a harsh, illuminating light, and in doing so presents an entirely new view of the future that upends our conventional, foundational, understanding of work and money. 864<P> 865<B>This book lays out a practical pathway that realigns work, money and human fulfillment into 866a sustainable system that sheds the inequalities and injustices of the status quo in favor of 867a human-scale way of living.</B> 868<P> 869And it gives us a future to truly hope for. 870<P> 871<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/Money-Work-free.pdf" target="resource"> 872<B><I>Read the first section for free in PDF format.</I></B></A> 873 874</I></B> 875</td> 876 877<td width="25"> </td> 878 879<td width="375" align="center" valign="middle"> 880 881<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077S8PJ5Y/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B077S8PJ5Y&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=d3a935e067cb9a216e52fce67fa627b6"> 882<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/covers/money-work-250.jpg" width="300" align="center" border="0"class="wide"></A> 883<P> 884<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077S8PJ5Y/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B077S8PJ5Y&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=d3a935e067cb9a216e52fce67fa627b6">Money and Work Unchained</A>, Kindle ebook $9.95, print $20</A> <a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4eebXgh">audiobook</A> 885 886</td> 887</tr> 888 889 890 891<tr> 892<td width="20" height="50"> </td> 893<td> </td> 894<td> </td> 895<td> </td> 896</td> 897</tr> 898 899 900 901<tr> 902<td width="25"> </td> 903 904<td width="400" align="left" valign="top"> 905 906 907<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="3"> 908 909<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MSP2SXM/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01MSP2SXM&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=e45dbb20ba66e69c33a3a26772391278" target="resource"><B>Inequality and the Collapse of Privilege</a></B> 910</font> 911<font size="2"> 912 8,900 words, 75 pages ($3.95, Kindle ebook, $12 print, 913<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4ekW8oe">audiobook</A>) 914<P> 915<B>Table of Contents</B> 916<P> 917<I>Introduction:</I> What is Privilege? 918<br> 919Overview of Privilege and Destabilization 920<br> 921The Importance of Eliminating Privilege 922 923<P> 924<I>Chapter One:</I> Understanding Privilege 925<P> 926<I>Chapter Two:</I> Privilege, Inequality and Poverty 927<P> 928<I>Chapter Three:</I> Privilege and Our Mode of Production 929<P> 930<I>Chapter Four:</I> The Nature of Financial Privilege 931<P> 932<I>Chapter Five:</I> The Nature of Political Privilege 933<P> 934<I>Chapter Six:</I> Narratives that Enforce Privilege 935<P> 936<I>Chapter Seven:</I> The Nature of Social Privilege 937<P> 938<I>Chapter Eight:</I> The End Game: Crisis and the Collapse of Privilege 939 940</I></B> 941</td> 942 943<td width="25"> </td> 944 945<td width="375"> 946 947<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1539567338/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1539567338&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=ce026aa3ba3bc32eb89114bed507fbca"target="resource"> 948<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/covers/ICP250.jpg" width="250" align="center" border="0"></A> 949<br> 950</td> 951</tr> 952 953 954 955<tr> 956<td width="20" height="50"> </td> 957<td> </td> 958<td> </td> 959<td> </td> 960</td> 961</tr> 962 963 964<tr> 965<td width="25"> </td> 966 967<td width="400" align="left" valign="top"> 968 969 970<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="3"> 971 972<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ELXQZGE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01ELXQZGE&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=33DAOPEVGBNGBS37" 973target="resource"><B>Why Our Status Quo Failed and Is Beyond Reform</B></A> 974</font> 975<font size="2"> 97627,600 words, 90 pages ($3.95, Kindle ebook, $12 print; 977<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M7YCLI2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01M7YCLI2&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=60a5ab448cf91113c0df9df97732358e">audiobook</A>) 978<P> 979<B>Our status quo -- the pyramid of wealth and power dominated by the few at the top -- has failed and is beyond reform.</B> 980<P> 981This failure is not rooted in superficial issues such as politics or governmental regulations; the failure is structural. 982<P> 983The very foundation of the status quo has rotted away, and brushing on another coat of reformist paint will not save our societal house from collapse. Yet those who benefit from our status quo naturally deny it has failed, for the reason that it has yet to fail them personally--either pretending to not understand all unsustainable systems eventually collapse, or hoping to postpone it. 984<P> 985The writing is on the wall for us to read: 986<P> 987We are doing more of what has failed spectacularly.<br> 988We are implementing emergency measures as permanent policies.<br> 989We receive diminishing returns on status quo solutions.<br> 990We suffer declining social mobility.<br> 991We have a loss of social cohesion/shared purpose.<br> 992Our status quo is not only failing to solve humanity's six core problems--it has become the problem. 993<P> 994Since this failure is now inevitable, something is coming to replace it. It is urgent that each of us understand why our status quo has failed, and why the usual menu of reforms can't stop this failure, so we can prepare ourselves for the radical transformations ahead. 995 996 997</I></B> 998</td> 999 1000<td width="25"> </td> 1001 1002<td width="375"> 1003 1004<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ELXQZGE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01ELXQZGE&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=33DAOPEVGBNGBS37" 1005target="resource"> 1006<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/photos2016/SQ-275.jpg" width="275" align="center" border="0"></A> 1007 1008</td> 1009</tr> 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016<tr>
1017<td width="20" height="50"> </td> 1018<td> </td> 1019<td> </td> 1020<td> </td> 1021</td> 1022</tr> 1023 1024 1025<tr> 1026<td width="25"> </td> 1027 1028<td width="400" align="left" valign="top"> 1029 1030 1031<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="3"> 1032<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1517160960/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1517160960&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=UIIRVX6FXFXLDSAV" target="resource"> 1033<B>A Radically Beneficial World: Automation, Technology and Creating Jobs for All:</A> 1034</font> 1035<font size="2"> 1036The Future Belongs to Work That Is Meaningful</B></I> 1037 1038<P> 1039216 pages, ebook $9.95, print $20, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FYBYQZ4/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01FYBYQZ4&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=AXNFHTKZO2653EFV" 1040 target="resource">(audiobook)</A> </B> (2015) 1041<P> 1042Automation is upending the global order by eliminating human labor on 1043an unprecedented scale--and the status quo has no solution to this wholesale loss of jobs. 1044<P> 1045What if we could hit the reset button on the way we create money, work, commerce and 1046community? What if we could design a <I>social economy</I> rather than a merely financial one?</B> 1047<P> 1048These are not idle questions, for technology now enables us to hit that reset button and 1049 organize the creation of money, work, commerce and community in new ways. 1050<P> 1051If we could start from scratch, what would a new system look like? Clearly, we need a 1052system that offers what the current system cannot: <B>meaningful work for all</B>. 1053<P> 1054This book is the practical blueprint of a new system that offers opportunities for 1055meaningful work and ownership of the sources of prosperity not just to a few, but to everyone. 1056 1057<P> 1058A radically beneficial world beckons what are we waiting for? 1059 1060<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/ARBW.html" target="resource"> 1061<B>Read the Introduction and Chapter One (free)</B></A> 1062<p> 1063<B>German language edition of Part 1:</B> 1064<A HREF="https://www.scribd.com/doc/311237307/DE-ERSW-part-1-rtf" target="resource"> 1065Eine Radikal Segensreiche Welt Part 1</A> (Scribd) 1066<P> 1067<P> 1068<B>Spanish edition:</B> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MDOM3TS/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01MDOM3TS&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=649b29e90fda8b26b0ba7a9a4722aab0" 1069target="resource">Un Mundo Radicalmente Prospero: Automatizaci n, tecnolog a y creaci n de empleos para todos</a> 1070 1071<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/UMRP-book.html" target="resource">(web page)</A> 1072 1073</I> 1074</font></font></font> 1075 1076</td> 1077 1078<td width="25"> </td> 1079 1080<td width="375" align="center" valign="middle"> 1081 1082<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0178MQI1M/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0178MQI1M&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=CGXPIKGVST4OBTXU" target="resource"> 1083<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/photos2015/ARBW-300.jpg" width="300" border="0"></A> 1084<P> 1085<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0178MQI1M/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0178MQI1M&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=CGXPIKGVST4OBTXU" target="resource">A Radically Beneficial World (Kindle, $9.95)</A> 1086 1087<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1517160960/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1517160960&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=UIIRVX6FXFXLDSAV" target="resource">(print, $20)</A> 1088 1089<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FYBYQZ4/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01FYBYQZ4&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkId=AXNFHTKZO2653EFV" 1090 target="resource">(audiobook)</A> 1091</I> 1092 1093</td> 1094</tr> 1095 1096<tr> 1097<td width="20" height="50"> </td> 1098<td> </td> 1099<td> </td> 1100<td> </td> 1101</td> 1102</tr> 1103 1104 1105<tr> 1106<td width="25"> </td> 1107 1108<td width="400" align="left" valign="top"> 1109 1110 1111<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="3"> 1112 1113<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1497533406/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1497533406&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20" 1114target="resource"><B>Get a Job, Build a Real Career and Defy a Bewildering Economy</a></B> 1115</font> 1116<font size="2"> 1117155 pages, ebook $9.95, print $20, <A HREF="https://www.audible.com/pd
1117/Business/Get-a-Job-Build-a-Real-Career-and-Defy-a-Bewildering-Economy-Audiobook/B019S03GVM/ref=a_search_c4_2_3_srTtl?qid=1451346302&sr=2-3" target="resource">audiobook</A> </B> (2014) 1118<P> 1119Ever since my first summer job decades ago, I've been chasing financial security. 1120Not win-the-lottery, Elon Musk riches (although it would be nice!), but simply 1121a feeling of financial control. 1122I want my financial worries to if not disappear at least be manageable and 1123comprehensible. 1124<P> 1125And like most of you, the way I've moved toward my goal has always hinged not just on 1126 having a job but a career. 1127<P> 1128You don't have to be a financial blogger to know that "having a job" 1129and "having a career" do not mean the same thing today as they did when I first started 1130 swinging a hammer for a paycheck. 1131<P> 1132Even the basic concept "getting a job" has changed so radically that jobs--getting 1133and keeping them, and the perceived lack of them--is 1134the number one financial topic among friends, family and for that matter, 1135complete strangers. 1136<P> 1137So I sat down and wrote this book: 1138<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1497533406/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1497533406&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20" 1139target="resource">Get a Job, Build a Real Career and Defy a Bewildering Economy</a>. 1140<P> 1141 It details everything I've verified about employment and the economy, and lays out an 1142action plan to get you employed. 1143<P> 1144I am proud of this book. It is the culmination of both my practical work experiences 1145 and my financial analysis, and it is a useful, practical, and clarifying read. 1146<P> 1147<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/get-a-job.html" target="resource"> 1148<B>Readers' Own Stories, Introduction and Section One</A></B> 1149<P> 1150<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/self-employment-series.html" target="resource"> 1151Essays on Self-Employment</A> 1152 1153</I> 1154<P> 1155</font><font size="3"> 1156<B><I>Interviews about the book:</I> 1157</font> 1158<P> 1159<a href="https://youtu.be/9Qsd2e_Iyc8" target="resource">Interview with 1160host Doug Miller, An Economy of One</A></B> (26:08) 1161<P> 1162<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx2aIGrdcQ8" target="resource"> 1163<B>Entrepreneur Skills A Must for Any Job</A> (34:43)</B> 1164with host Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St. 1165<P> 1166<B>Essay about the book:</B> 1167<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/blogfeb24/jobs-AI2-24.html" target="resource"> 1168Finding, Creating (and Keeping) a Job in the Era of AI</A> (2/19/24) 1169 1170</font></font></font> 1171 1172</td> 1173 1174<td width="25"> </td> 1175 1176<td width="375" align="center" valign="middle"> 1177 1178<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JJX2KZM/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00JJX2KZM&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20" 1179target="resource"> 1180<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/photos2014/GAJ-300.jpg" width="300" border="0"></A> 1181<br> 1182 1183<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1497533406/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1497533406&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20" 1184target="resource">Get a Job, Build a Real Career <br>and Defy a Bewildering Economy</a> 1185(print, $20)</A> 1186<br> 1187<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JJX2KZM/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00JJX2KZM&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20" 1188target="resource">(Kindle, $9.95)</A> 1189<br> 1190<A HREF="https://www.audible.com/pd/Business/Get-a-Job-Build-a-Real-Career-and-Defy-a-Bewildering-Economy-Audiobook/B019S03GVM/ref=a_search_c4_2_3_srTtl?qid=1451346302&sr=2-3" 1191target="resource">(audiobook)</A> 1192</I> 1193</B> 1194</td> 1195</tr> 1196 1197<tr> 1198<td width="20" height="50"> </td> 1199<td> </td> 1200<td> </td> 1201<td> </td> 1202</td> 1203</tr> 1204 1205 1206 1207 1208 1209<tr> 1210<td width="25"> </td> 1211 1212<td width="400" align="left" valign="top"> 1213 1214 1215<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="3"> 1216 1217<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1491222212/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1491222212&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20"target="resource"><B>The Nearly Free University and the Emerging Economy</A></B> 1218</font> 1219<font size="2"> 1220<I> 1221180 pages, ebook $9.95, print $20 1222<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/45AetLv">audiobook</A> 1223(2013)</I> 1224 1225 1226<P> 1227With the soaring cost of higher education, has the value a college degree been turned upside down? 1228College tuition and fees are up 1000% since 1980. Half of all recent college graduates are jobless or underemployed, revealing a deep disconnect between higher education and the job market. 1229<P> 1230It is no surprise everyone is asking: Where is the return on investment? Is the assumption that higher education returns greater prosperity no longer true? And if this is the case, how does this impact you, your children and grandchildren? 1231<P> 1232We must thoroughly understand the twin revolutions now fundamentally changing our world: 1233The true cost of higher education and an economy that seems to re-shape itself minute to minute. 1234<P> 1235<I><B>The Nearly Free University and the Emerging Economy</B>
1235</I> clearly describes the underlying dynamics at work - and, more importantly, lays out a new low-cost model for higher education: how using digital technology will enable a revolution in higher education that dramatically lowers costs while expanding the opportunities for students of all ages. 1236<P> 1237<I><B>The Nearly Free University and the Emerging Economy</B></I> provides clarity and optimism in a period of the greatest change our educational systems and society have seen, and offers everyone the tools needed to prosper in the Emerging Economy. 1238 1239<P> 1240<a href="https://www.oftwominds.com/Nearly-Free-University.html" TARGET="RESOURCE">Read 1241the Foreword, Chapter 1 and the Table of Contents</A> 1242 1243</I> 1244</font></font></font> 1245 1246</td> 1247 1248<td width="25"> </td> 1249 1250<td width="375" align="center" valign="middle"> 1251 1252<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EZCR9S0/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00EZCR9S0&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20" 1253target="resource"> 1254<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/photos2013/NFU-web300.png" width="300" border="0"></A> 1255<br> 1256 1257<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1491222212/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1491222212&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20" 1258target="resource">The Nearly Free University and the Emerging Economy<br> 1259The Revolution in Higher Education (print $20)</A> 1260<br> 1261<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EZCR9S0/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00EZCR9S0&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20" 1262target="resource">Kindle edition $9.95</A> <a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/45AetLv">audiobook</A></B> 1263</I> 1264 1265</td> 1266</tr> 1267 1268<tr> 1269<td width="20" height="50"> </td> 1270<td> </td> 1271<td> </td> 1272<td> </td> 1273</td> 1274</tr> 1275 1276 1277<tr> 1278<td width="25"> </td> 1279 1280<td width="400" align="left" valign="top"> 1281 1282 1283<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="3"> 1284 1285 1286<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1480219886/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1480219886&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20" target="resource"><B>Why Things Are Falling Apart and What We Can Do About It</A></B> 1287</font> 1288<font size="2"> 1289 1290213 pages, ebook $7.95, print $16 1291<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/465OuvA">audiobook</A> 1292(2012) 1293 1294<P> 1295Things are falling apart that is obvious. But why are they falling apart? The reasons are 1296complex and global. 1297<P> 1298Our economy and society have structural problems that cannot be solved by adding debt to debt. We are becoming poorer, not just from financial over-reach, but from fundamental forces that are not easy to identify or understand. We will cover the five core reasons why things are falling apart: 1299<br>1. Debt and financialization 1300<br>2. Crony capitalism and the elimination of accountability 1301<br>3. Diminishing returns 1302<br>4. Centralization 1303<br>5. Technological, financial and demographic changes 1304<P> 1305Increasingly complex systems weakened by diminishing returns collapse under their 1306own weight and are replaced by systems that are simpler, faster and affordable. If 1307 we cling to the old ways, our system will disintegrate. If we want sustainable prosperity 1308 rather than collapse, we must embrace a new model that 1309 is Decentralized, Adaptive, Transparent and Accountable (DATA). 1310<P> 1311We are not powerless. Not accepting responsibility and being powerless are two sides of 1312the same coin: once we accept responsibility, we become powerful. 1313<P> 1314<a href="https://www.oftwominds.com/WTAFA-home.html" TARGET="RESOURCE">Read the Introduction 1315and Table of Contents</A> 1316<br> 1317<br> 1318 1319 1320 1321</I> 1322</font></font></font> 1323 1324</td> 1325 1326<td width="25"> </td> 1327 1328<td width="375" align="center" valign="middle"> 1329 1330<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1480219886/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1480219886&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20"target="resource"> 1331<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/photos2012/WTAFA-300.jpg" width="300" border="0"></A> 1332<br> 1333 1334<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1480219886/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1480219886&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20" 1335target="resource">Why Things Are Falling Apart<br> and What We Can Do About It 1336(print $16)</A> 1337<br> 1338<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A3IERX0/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00A3IERX0&linkCode=as2&tag=charleshughsm-20" 1339target="resource">(Kindle edition</A> $7.95) <a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/465OuvA">audiobook</A></B> 1340</I> 1341</td> 1342</tr> 1343 1344<tr>
1345<td width="20" height="50"> </td> 1346<td> </td> 1347<td> </td> 1348<td> </td> 1349</td> 1350</tr> 1351 1352 1353<tr> 1354<td width="25"> </td> 1355 1356<td width="400" align="left" valign="top"> 1357 1358 1359<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="3"> 1360 1361<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1468065084/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1468065084" target="resource"><B>Resistance, Revolution, Liberation: A Model for Positive Change</A></B> 1362</font> 1363<font size="2"> 1364 1365<I> 1366225 pages, ebook $7.95, print $16 1367<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4ep92RZ">audiobook</A> (2012)</I> 1368 1369<P> 1370We are like passengers on the Titanic ten minutes after its fatal encounter with the iceberg: though our financial system seems unsinkable, its reliance on debt and financialization has already doomed it. 1371<P> 1372We cannot know when the Central State and financial system will destabilize, we only know they will destabilize. We cannot know which of the State s fast-rising debts and obligations will be renounced; we only know they will be renounced in one fashion or another. 1373<P> 1374The process of the unsustainable collapsing and a new, more sustainable model emerging is 1375called revolution. 1376<P> 1377Rather than being powerless, we hold the fundamental building blocks of power. We need neither 1378 permission nor political change to liberate ourselves. A powerless individual becomes 1379 powerful when he renounces the lies and complicity that enable the doomed Status Quo s 1380dominance. 1381<P> 1382<a href="https://www.oftwominds.com/RRL-home.html" TARGET="RESOURCE">Read the Introduction 1383and Chapter One</A> 1384 1385</I> 1386</font></font></font> 1387 1388</td> 1389 1390<td width="25"> </td> 1391 1392<td width="375" align="center" valign="middle"> 1393 1394<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1468065084/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1468065084" 1395target="resource"> 1396<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/photos2012/RRL-KDP1.jpg" width="300" border="0"></A> 1397<br> 1398<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1468065084/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1468065084" 1399target="resource">Resistance, Revolution, Liberation:<br> A Model for Positive Change 1400(print $16)</A> 1401<br> 1402<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007Q3LPN0/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B007Q3LPN0" 1403target="resource">(Kindle edition</A> $7.95, <a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4ep92RZ">audiobook</A>)</B> 1404</I> 1405</td> 1406</tr> 1407 1408<tr> 1409<td width="20" height="50"> </td> 1410<td> </td> 1411<td> </td> 1412<td> </td> 1413</td> 1414</tr> 1415 1416 1417<tr> 1418<td width="25"> </td> 1419 1420<td width="400" align="left" valign="top"> 1421 1422 1423<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="3"> 1424<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1461098882/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1461098882" 1425target="resource"><B>An Unconventional Guide to Investing in Troubled Times</A></B> 1426</font> 1427<font size="2"> 1428 1429234 pages, ebook $7.95, print $16</B> (2011) 1430<P> 1431 1432The next 20 years will not be a simple extension of the previous 20 years. Everything that is currently seen as permanent--the Savior State, the financialized economy, cheap energy-- is visibly unsustainable. Status Quo personal finance strategies--"buy and hold" and global diversification--are doomed by their reliance on increasingly unstable global markets and a myopic focus on the rearview mirror--the recent past is no longer an accurate guide to the future. 1433<P> 1434 This comprehensive guide offers practical ideas for everyone, from those seeking to protect 401Ks or IRAs to entrepreneurs to those with more time than money to invest in their future. This book offers a broad spectrum of strategies for investing your human, social and financial capital in low-risk, decentralized, diversified assets that increase resiliency and self-reliance. 1435<P> 1436Topics include systemic risk, the spectrum of potential investments, gold, hedging, relative 1437 value, hybrid work, income streams, ecosystems of local enterprise and the essential 1438 tools of lower-risk investing. The solution in one word: Localism. 1439 1440<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/investing-in-troubled-times.html" 1441TARGET="resource">Read the Introduction and Chapter One</A>. 1442</I> 1443 1444 1445 1446</font></font></font> 1447 1448</td> 1449 1450<td width="25"> </td> 1451 1452<td width="375" align="center" valign="middle"> 1453 1454<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005DN7PGG/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B005DN7PGG" 1455TARGET="RESOURCE"> 1456<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/photos2011/web_kindle2.jpg" width="300" border="0"> 1457</A> 1458<P> 1459<I> 1460<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1461098882/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1461098882" 1461target="resource">An Unconventional Guide to Investing in Troubled Times (print $16)</B></A> 1462 1463<br> 1464 1465<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005DN7PGG/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B005DN7PGG" 1466TARGET="RESOURCE">(Kindle edition $7.95)</A> 1467</I> 1468</td> 1469</tr> 1470 1471<tr>
1472<td width="20" height="50"> </td> 1473<td> </td> 1474<td> </td> 1475<td> </td> 1476</td> 1477</tr> 1478 1479 1480<tr> 1481<td width="25"> </td> 1482 1483<td width="400"> 1484 1485 1486<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="3"> 1487<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1449563449?ie=UTF8&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1449563449" target="resource"><B>Survival+: Structuring Prosperity for Yourself and the Nation</a></B> 1488</font> 1489<font size="2"> 1490 1491<I> 1492396 pages, $20 print, $9.95 Kindle edition, 1493<a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4692Xaa">audiobook</A> 1494</B> 1495(2009)</I> 1496<P> 1497This indispensable guide to the next 20 years of global turmoil and transformation 1498weaves the full spectrum of disciplines--history, political economy, 1499ecology, energy, marketing, investing, health, and the psychology of happiness-- 1500into a uniquely comprehensive understanding that offers 1501every thinking person practical principles for not just surviving 1502but prospering in the decades ahead. 1503<P> 1504If we are entering a multi-decade Great Transformation, then as prudent as it 1505 is to stockpile a few months of food and supplies, that will obviously not get us 1506through the Transformation, either as individuals or as communities. We need a thoroughly 1507integrated understanding before we can fashion a response that will make the 1508Transformation a positive one. Our goal is a sustainable, productive economy and a 1509full appreciation of the fundamental rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. 1510<P> 1511The first task is replacing the crumbling intellectual framework of the status quo system with one grounded in reality. 1512There are five distinct issues to sort out: 1513<br> 15141. The elements of human nature which lend themselves to cycles and manipulation 1515<br>2. The nature of the energy, financial and environmental trends/crises which are heralding the Great Transformation 1516<br>3. The nature of the negative and positive feedback loops which determine the system's stability and direction 1517<br>4. The responses which have a high probability of making the Transformation positive 1518<br>5. The nature of future work and the principles best suited to prospering during the Great Transformation 1519<br> 1520<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/survivalplus.html" TARGET="resource">Survival+ 1521home page</A>; 1522<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/Survival/OverviewSP.pdf" target="resource">Introduction</A>; 1523 1524<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/Survival/Overreach-InequalitySP.pdf" target="resource"> 1525Overreach and Inequality</A>. 1526 1527 1528</font></font></font> 1529 1530</td> 1531 1532<td width="25"> </td> 1533 1534<td width="375" align="center" valign="middle"> 1535 1536<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1449563449?ie=UTF8&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1449563449" 1537target="resource"> 1538<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/Survival/knifebook_web.png" width="300" border="1"></A> 1539 1540<P> 1541<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1449563449?ie=UTF8&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1449563449" 1542target="resource">Survival+: Structuring Prosperity for Yourself and the Nation</a> (print, $20) 1543<br> 1544<A HREF="https://www.amazon.com/Survival-Structuring-Prosperity-Yourself-Nation/dp/B002UNN7F0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1257177272&sr=1-3" 1545target="resource">(Kindle edition</A> $ 9.95), <a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4692Xaa">(audiobook</A>) 1546 1547</I> 1548 1549</td> 1550</tr> 1551 1552 1553<tr> 1554<td width="20" height="50"> </td> 1555<td> </td> 1556<td> </td> 1557<td> </td> 1558</td> 1559</tr> 1560 1561<tr> 1562<td width="25"> </td> 1563 1564<td width="400"> 1565 1566 1567<font face="Verdana"><font color="#404040"><font size="3"> 1568<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1450529305?ie=UTF8&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1450529305" 1569target="resource"><B>Survival+ The Primer</a></B> 1570</font> 1571<font size="2"> 1572 1573134 pages, $12 print, $3.95 Kindle edition</B> (2010) 1574<P> 1575Reader feedback persuaded me that a 400-page book is a daunting prospect for 1576many, and so I decided to create <B>Survival+ The Primer</B> that is 1577only a third the length (48,000 words, 134 pages) of the full version. 1578While it is impossible to distill all the ideas into a short primer, 1579 we can at least address these key understandings: 1580<br> 1581-- The status quo of a rapidly expanding Savior State in thrall to global cartels is 1582heading for inevitable insolvency 1583<br> 1584-- Though the devolution and insolvency of the debt-based status quo is driven by 1585large-scale forces, the opportunities will be small-scale and open to individuals, 1586families and communities. 1587<br> 1588-- Though the forces at work are global, we are not powerless. As individuals, we have 1589the power to create our own transformation. 1590<P> 1591This can be expressed very simply: we are what we do every day. 1592<P> 1593In a very real way, we "vote" for our health by what we choose to put in our mouths 1594three times a day, just as we "vote" on which kinds of food and companies we support 1595when we buy the food. 1596<P> 1597Every purchase we make is a "vote" for or against a high-cost, debt-serf lifestyle 1598that serves the interests of Power Elites and cartels. 1599<P> 1600Every hour we spend "consuming entertainment" is a "vote" in favor of 1601passivity, powerlessness and propaganda. Every time we turn off the mass media we are 1602 "voting" for our own productivity and well-being. 1603<A HREF="https://www.oftwominds.com/survivalplus.html" TARGET="resource">Survival+ 1604home page</A> 1605 1606 1607</font></font></font> 1608 1609</td> 1610 1611<td width="25"> </td> 1612 1613<td width="375" align="center" valign="middle"> 1614 1615<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1450529305?ie=UTF8&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1450529305" 1616target="resource"> 1617<img src="https://www.oftwominds.com/Survival/theprimer_web.jpg" width="300" border="1"></A> 1618 1619<P> 1620<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1450529305?ie=UTF8&tag=charleshughsm-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1450529305" 1621target="resource">Survival+ The Primer</a> (print, $12) 1622<br> 1623<A HREF="https://www.amazon.com/Survival-The-Primer-ebook/dp/B00359FHTM/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2" 1624target="resource">(Kindle edition, $3.95)</A> 1625 1626 1627</I> 1628 1629</td> 1630</tr> 1631<tr>
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