Surviving Tomorrow

"There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit...

Happy New Year, my friends.<br/><br/>I like to think we do a decent job of forecasting the future over here at Surviving Tomorrow headquarters.<br/><br/>Only time will tell.<br/><br/>This article is written in...

“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau<br/><br/>Queen Elizabeth II thinks she owns over 2,195,866,240 acres of land plus half of the UK’s foreshore and most of its...

“ATH! ATH! ATH! ATH!” — Every bitcoiner in the world right now<br/><br/>Bitcoin’s having a good week — if you consider a several trillion dollars in future losses for the middle class a good thing.<br/><br/>All-time...

“Conservative: A statesman who is enamored with existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with other evils.” — Ambrose Bierce in The Devil’s Dictionary<br/><br/>I rail against...

“I’ve spent more time with President Xi Jinping of China than any world leader. He firmly believes that China, before the year 2035, is going to own America because autocracies can make quick decisions.” — US President...

It’s been a tough two years for most people on this planet:<br/><br/>Stress.<br/><br/>Anxiety.<br/><br/>Real need.<br/><br/>Loneliness.<br/><br/>Depression.<br/><br/>Mental and emotional breakdown.<br/><br/>While the...

The Internet has radicalized people against their own long-term wellbeing.<br/><br/>It’s true for depressed girls who derive their self-image from Instagram.<br/><br/>It’s true for guys who seek out porn instead of real...

For nearly all of human economic history, commerce roughly functioned in the same way:<br/><br/>Workers created value in the form of goods and services.<br/><br/>Their products were sold to purchasers.<br/><br/>The...

This opening statement will immediately lose me about a quarter of the reading public, but someone has to say it:<br/><br/>Boomers are to blame for at least half the world’s current troubles.<br/><br/>They plunged us...

Have you been following the situation in Ethiopia?<br/><br/>Of course you haven’t.<br/><br/>No one has the time or mental fortitude to endure the unending amount of conflict that happens between human beings on planet...

Today I’m joined by Doomberg, one of the hottest newsletters on Substack. <br/><br/>In this episode, we discuss:<br/><br/>Why gas prices are soaring<br/><br/>The cryptocurrency pyramid bubble<br/><br/>Why you should...

Dear friends,<br/><br/>We have a very special treat today. I’m joined by bestselling author and acclaimed idler Tom Hodgkinson. <br/><br/>Things get pretty heavy here on Surviving Tomorrow, so Tom is an enjoyable...

I grew up terrified of water shortages.<br/><br/>Every summer, the newspapers and radio blared the dire warnings:<br/><br/>We’re in a crisis.<br/><br/>We’re running out of water.<br/><br/>Our aquifer is nearly...

Everybody loves billionaire Warren Buffett.<br/><br/>Heck, even I love Warren Buffett.<br/><br/>All that cute aww-shucks Midwest yokelism.<br/><br/>All those adorable grandfatherly folksy words of wisdom.<br/><br/>All...