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Here is more conversation from KMO's recent day spent with James Howard Kunstler. They talk about (and to) artificial intelligence. Jim makes his case for the possibility of a fast collapse, and KMO takes up JMG's model of catabolic collapse that plays out over lifetimes.
Later, KMO talks about the perverse outcomes of mixing the sense of identity, community and purpose that comes with being a dog rescuer with loads of cash raised online, breed-specific adoption pipelines that need filling, and dog auctions.
The profession of writing books has changed in recent decades, and now 
Charles Hugh Smith is a critic of the idea of UBI (universal basic income), but in order to understand his critique it is necessary to take a deep dive into the nature of work. Any simple formulation of what constitutes work will either over-generalize and capture too much, or it will leave out certain activities which are necessary for the functioning of a healthy society and which create benefits for people other than the one engaged in the activity but which do not generate a profit and so are often unpaid. KMO and Charles Hugh Smith talk about work, leisure, commodification and the effects of information technology and machine intelligence on how we all participate in the web of exchanges and interactions we call "the economy."
KMO welcomes Douglas Lain back to the program for an Easter Sunday chat about how normie Democrats are chasing Russian Shadows and NOT coming to terms with the concerns and priorities they project to the deplorable middle of the country. Then it's more, juicy Jordan Peterson conversation. KMO hasn't taken in enough of Peterson's material to have a clear conception of the man's message, but it seems to contain a whopping portion of responsibility and self-cultivation, and that rings KMO's bell.