Self-Reliance in the 21st Century By: Charles Hugh Smith

00:13:33 What Are the Essentials of Human Life?

00:18:54 Global Disruptions Are Affecting Everything and Everyone.

00:25:14 Our Unsustainable Economy in a Nutshell - Energy and Resources.

00:34:27 The End of Cheap Food.

00:48:42 Cheap Energy, Specialization and Economies of Scale.

00:53:57 Complexity and Dependency Chains.

00:57:18 Scarcity, Fragility and Technological Constraints.

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Just as no one was left unaffected by the rise of globalization, no one will be unaffected by its demise. The only response that reduces our vulnerability is self-reliance.

When Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote his famous essay Self-Reliance in 1841, the economy was localized and households supplied many of their own essentials. In our hyper-globalized economy, we’re dependent on distant sources for our essentials.

Emerson defined self-reliance as being our best selves—thinking for ourselves rather than following the conventional path. Self-reliance in the 21st century means reducing our dependency on fragile supply chains and becoming producers as well as consumers.

Self-reliance is often confused with self-supporting (making enough money to support yourself) and self-sufficiency—the equivalent of Thoreau’s a cabin on Walden Pond. But self-reliance in the 21st century isn’t about piling up money or a cabin in the woods; it’s about humanity’s most successful innovation: cooperating with trustworthy others in productive networks.

This book explores the mindset of self-reliance and 18 principles that advance self-reliance in the 21st century.

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