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My Bio

My Elevator Speech (What do I write about?)

Essays:

"Why Are You So Negative?" Good Question. 4 Answers from Real Life

Our Mutually Reinforcing Crises

No, The Economy Is Not Wonderful

The Wealthy Are Not Like You and Me: Our Terminally Stratified Society

I'm Not Really Enjoying the Show

The Child Within Is More Than "The Child Within"

Our Three Taboos (2023)

Weaponizing Global Depression (2023)

Our Economy In a Nutshell (2022)

Livelihoods in a Degrowth Economy (2022)

Doom Porn and Empty Optimism (2022)

A Note on my One-Star Reviews (2022)

The Community Economy Needs Its Own Money (2022)

The Only Non-Totalitarian Solution to Resource Scarcity: Decentralized Degrowth

CLIME: Community Owned Corporations

The Architecture of a Labor-Backed Cryptocurrency (2016)

A Teachable Moment: Being Fired from Yelp

Aspiring Writers: the Worst Advice You'll Ever Read (2005)

China: An Interim Report (2005)


Original Music
((All songs / compositions are copyrighted, and all rights reserved globally)

NEW SONG: The La-La Song (July 2024)

My Mr. McCartney Dream Song (Nov. 2023)

The Story of my Mr. Paul Dream Song

Love, Love, Love (April 2022)

You Owe Me (December 2021)

I Can't Hear What You Say (November 2020)

Peaceful Deviance (October 2018)

Dakini (April 2018)

The Next Revolution (February 2018)

Kitchen Sink Concerto #1 copyright 2017 (11/22/17) by Charles Hugh Smith

Obsession (2014)

Alex and Daz Theme (2013)

Hamakua Dreams (2013)

My Big Island Girl (2011)










My Audiobooks

Self-Reliance in the 21st Century

When You Can't Go On: Burnout, Reckoning and Renewal

Global Crisis, National Renewal: A (Revolutionary) Grand Strategy for the U.S.

A Hacker's Teleology: Sharing the Wealth of Our Shrinking Planet ($17.46)

Will You Be Richer or Poorer? Profit, Power, and AI in a Traumatized World

Pathfinding our Destiny: Preventing the Final Fall of Our Democratic Republic

Money and Work Unchained

Inequality and the Collapse of Privilege

Why Our Status Quo Failed and Is Beyond Reform

A Radically Beneficial World: Automation, Technology and Creating Jobs for All

Get a Job, Build a Real Career and Defy a Bewildering Economy

My Non-Fiction Books

Self-Reliance in the 21st Century

When You Can't Go On: Burnout, Reckoning and Renewal

Global Crisis, National Renewal: A (Revolutionary) Grand Strategy for the U.S.

A Hacker's Teleology: Sharing the Wealth of Our Shrinking Planet

Will You Be Richer or Poorer? Profit, Power, and AI in a Traumatized World

Pathfinding our Destiny: Preventing the Final Fall of Our Democratic Republic

Money and Work Unchained

Inequality and the Collapse of Privilege

Why Our Status Quo Failed and Is Beyond Reform

A Radically Beneficial World: Automation, Technology and Creating Jobs for All

Get a Job, Build a Real Career and Defy a Bewildering Economy

The Nearly Free University and the Emerging Economy: The Revolution in Higher Education

Resistance, Revolution, Liberation: A Model for Positive Change

Why Things Are Falling Apart and What We Can Do About It

An Unconventional Guide to Investing in Troubled Times

Survival+: Structuring Prosperity for Yourself and the Nation

Survival+ The Primer

Weblogs & New Media: Marketing in Crisis

My Novels

The Asian Heroine Who Seduced Me

The Adventures of the Consulting Philosopher: The Disappearance of Drake

Four Bidding For Love

Claire's Great Adventure

Kama Sutra Cadillac

Of Two Minds

Verona in Spring

For My Daughter

I-State Lines



My "definition" of success:

1. Did I make myself useful today?
2. Did I take care of myself today and avoid burdening anyone with my cares and troubles?
3. Were I to meet the living Jesus or Buddha at day's end, would I feel ashamed of my conduct during the day, or could I meet his gaze with the inner knowledge that I emulated his teachings to the very best of my ability?


live free - live well - live with integrity - live with kindness - be average but with self-discipline


8 things to aspire to:

integrity
austerity
restraint
humility
responsibility
patience
sacrifice
thrift