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Why America and Britain Are Self-Destructing (And What the World Can Learn From it) It’s a striking fact of today’s world that the two rich societies in shocking, swift, sharp decline are America and Britain. Nowhere else in the world, for example, are real income, life expectancy, happiness, and trust all plummeting, apart from maybe … Read more

How Apple and Amazon Test Two Very Different Kinds of Capitalism There I was, furiously hammering out yet another daily essay, when my “O” key popped out of its cozy little square in defiant rage, flew through the air while I watched in horrified amazement, and — wham!!! — hit me squarely in the nose. … Read more

How the Worst Idea America Ever Had Came to Rule the World There’s a force that’s ripping the world apart. Slashing through democracy, the future, and society. Reducing the planet to a smoking, melted wreck. Around the globe, people are revolting against it. In Paris, anger against this force has united the left and right … Read more

What Happens When a Nation’s Taught to Think What’s Right is the Enemy of What’s Good I spent a gentle and quiet Thanksgiving with family, watching Christmas movies and overeating — away from the internet. Yawning and checking the headlines this morning, I was startled, horrified, to see the picture above — toddlers being…

Why The Hidden Logic of the You and Me Is Generosity and Selflessness Imagine that there was a tree that grew a billion times taller than all the other trees. Imagine that there was a gazelle who drank all the water in the world, just went on drinking and drinking. Imagine that there was an … Read more

Why Capitalism Fails the More it Succeeds, and What it Means Whenever I write about capitalism, a strange and funny thing happens. “That’s not even capitalism, dude! Grow up!!” It’s not? Capitalism appears to mean whatever anyone wants it to mean, apparently, and hence, capitalism is whatever anyone wants it to be. Like any god, … Read more

The Fight For and Against the Future I think there’s an unseen battle raging in the world today. It’s not a battle, really, over politics, society, or even the world. It’s about you. Who you really are, why you are here, and what your life means. It’s a battle for control of your soul.

What Happens When a Society is More Concerned With Saving Face Than Facing Truth Oct 16, 2018 Member-only Save The New York Times finally, for the first time, warned of fascism — three weeks before an election in which America will be fighting for the soul of its democracy. LOL. If that makes you laugh, … Read more

How Capitalism Torched the Planet by Imploding Into Fascism Sometimes, when I write scary essays, I encourage you not to read them. This one’s different. It’s going to be brutal, scary, jarring, and alarming. But if you want my thoughts on the future, then read away. It strikes me that the planet’s fate is now … Read more

New America is Dying So That Old America Can Be Reborn As I perused the headlines today, I was amusedandsaddened — a strange feeling — to see endless articles lamenting the death of democracy in America. They are perfectly right, of course — American democracy is taking its last few breaths, fighting for life. Now, … Read more