# american dream dead (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover american dream dead. Page: Feed: --- ## [We're All Blindfolded on the Precipice](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/were-all-blindfolded-on-the-precipice) _2026-08-27 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ The reason we want to know the true price of things, including risk, is that it's impossible to make informed decisions based on artificially set prices and risks. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/213045882/ea5f97a3fcc95dc03a9c34a3a1980f30.mp3) ## [The Blindfolded Can't Make Informed Decisions--and We're All Blindfolded](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/the-blindfolded-cant-make-informed) _2026-08-27 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ If there was a black market for systemic risk, we'd make a completely different set of decisions. Instead, we're each on our own, trying to peek beneath our blindfold to see a sliver of the real world ## [We Only "Own" What We Control--Everything Else Is "Rented"](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/we-only-own-what-we-control-everything) _2026-08-26 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ What we "own" seems straightforward, but it's actually slippery. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212899769/05be788cec55d28cfb1461bcb779e4bd.mp3) ## [We're Actually Only "Renting" What We Think We "Own"](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/were-actually-only-renting-what-we) _2026-08-26 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ In many cases, we're actually only "renting" the functional / monetary value of what we "own," and that makes the value of "ownership" far less certain than we might imagine. ## [Our Lit-Fuse Powder Keg Economy](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/our-lit-fuse-powder-keg-economy) _2026-08-24 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ If you want to argue about something, argue about the length of fuse left before the powder keg blows up. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212613008/f0d5cdaaae765623cab8b654682ea936.mp3) ## [The Lit Fuse: Low Interest Rates Ruined the Economy](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/the-lit-fuse-low-interest-rates-ruined) _2026-08-24 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ What matters is seeing the fuse burning and realizing it's going to blow up, and planning accordingly. ## [The Cultural Revolution Pendulum: From One Extreme to the Other](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/the-cultural-revolution-pendulum) _2026-08-22 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ Social / cultural revolutions don't lend themselves to conventional metrics and data collection / analysis. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212337294/c5a49e360e9d95f9afd291701bc9e3ed.mp3) ## [Cultural Revolution: From Impossible to Possible to Likely to Inevitable](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/cultural-revolution-from-impossible) _2026-08-22 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ This is essay #10 in the series The Revolution No One Sees Coming. ## [The New "Haves" and "Have-Nots": Those Who Depend on AI-Soma and Those Who Think for Themselves](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/the-new-haves-and-have-nots-those) _2026-08-21 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ There is no substitute for mastery. AI is not mastery, it is mimicry. And depending on mimicry as a replacement for real thinking is the path to catastrophic collapse. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212209869/9ce388c189bbd92f90ae13ff87262960.mp3) ## [The New "Haves" and "Have-Nots": The Difference Isn't What You Think](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/the-new-haves-and-have-nots-the-difference) _2026-08-21 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ There is no substitute for mastery. AI is not mastery, it is mimicry. ## [Zero-Persistence E2EE (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/iK2biEsiEkQj) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ End-to-end encryption with client-side WebCrypto and volatile memory. ## [For subscribers, two AI-related stories](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/for-subscribers-two-ai-related-stories) _2026-08-19 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ As a very modest token of my appreciation for your support of my writing.... ## ["Reasoning" AI Agents Automate Sociopathology](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/reasoning-ai-agents-automate-sociopathology) _2026-08-19 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ Like sociopaths, AI "reasoning" models recognize but are not restricted by guardrails or ethical/moral constraints. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211920309/b91279af6ec66517b9da2924adaa765c.mp3) ## ["Rogue AI Agents" Aren't Rogue, They're Fulfilling Their Functional Goal: Automating Sociopathology](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/rogue-ai-agents-arent-rogue-theyre) _2026-08-19 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ Add all this up and what we're hyper-hurriedly "manufacturing" is an automated army of self-cloaking digital sociopaths. ## [We're Disposable, Too.](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/were-disposable-too) _2026-08-17 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ So guess what happens to us "unique" individuals: we're basically interchangeable, too, and therefore disposable. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211630003/48a16f5e576259ca144e40463cc0194d.mp3) ## [In Our "Everything is Disposable" Economy, We're Disposable, Too](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/in-our-everything-is-disposable-economy) _2026-08-17 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ Authentic community takes time and effort and a set of values and priorities that can't be commoditized into a profit-maximizing venture or government program. ## [Run to Failure: When Self-Interest Cripples Society's Self-Correcting Mechanisms](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/run-to-failure-when-self-interest) _2026-08-15 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ This is essay #9 in the series The Revolution No One Sees Coming. ## [Our Foundations Have Rotted Away While the Bubble Benefited the Top 10%](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/our-foundations-have-rotted-away) _2026-08-12 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ If you want to argue, argue with the data. Sorry, the data won. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210950267/90357c5740059d3bd504d998052bf93e.mp3) ## [While We Focused on Fripperies, the Foundations Have Rotted Away](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/while-we-focused-on-fripperies-the) _2026-08-12 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ While the Everything Bubble has soared to new heights, consumer confidence has fallen to new lows. ## [Economics Measures What's Easy to Measure, Not What Matters](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/economics-measures-whats-easy-to) _2026-08-10 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ Economics is akin to an ancient cult glorifying a temple of fabricated gods. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210662813/f427185b112dc724a98f6eaa2959c5a7.mp3) ## [AI and the Delusions of Increasing Productivity](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-delusions-of-increasing) _2026-08-10 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ Most of AI isn't productive, it's just another form of consumption. ## [Non-custodial Crypto Payments & Escrow (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ocguhtCrUFXl) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto with trustless escrow, instant confirmations, and no KYC ## [The American Dream Is Dead, Stop Denying It](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/the-american-dream-is-dead-stop-denying) _2026-08-08 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ The American Dream is dead, but we don't dare admit, we can't bear to admit it, because the only possible result of this is revolution. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210390547/3cf997717b5c93f26a4d1074eaf12b8f.mp3) ## [The American Dream Is Dead, But We Don't Dare Admit It](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/the-american-dream-is-dead-but-we) _2026-08-08 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ The American Dream is dead, but we don't dare admit, we can't bear to admit it, because the only possible result of this is revolution in one form or another. ## [A Beggar's Banquet of Solutions](https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/a-beggars-banquet-of-solutions) _2026-08-06 · Charles Hugh Smith · Charles Hugh Smith's Substack_ My Substack serves this purpose: taking control of and improving our own quality of life and security [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210112291/8fc21463d8f7dee3db8938593a15d20e.mp3)