Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, A world in which “we do these things because they’re easy” has one end-state: collapse. On September 12, 1962, President John F. Kennedy gave a famous speech announcing the national goal of going to the moon by the end of the decade. ( JFK’s speech on going … Continue reading We Do These Things Because They’re Easy: Our All-Consuming Dependence On Debt