Charles Hugh Smith discusses civilization\u2019s crumbling status quo and the hydrocarbon industrial age or current world system which some view as superabundant due to technology while others question whether we\u2019ve used up the easy energy and are facing resource constraints. Charles Hugh Smith comments on cycles, empire, financialization, consumption, true wealth, how the future will go to those who can get the most out of the resources they extract in the face of these resource constraints, and why a new mythology and revolution in social and cultural values is needed. We\u2019re faced with a Kafkaesque digital neofeudalism or digital gulag, one solution is reducing our dependency on their systems as much as possible as Charles Hugh Smith suggests. These resource constraints define the limits of our economy and future growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n