Welcome to this newly updated version of The Crash Course.
What you are about to view has helped millions of individuals like you
understand the nature of the extremely serious challenges that exist to our economy and our future prosperity.
And it will guide you to take concrete actions to reduce your vulnerability to these forces.
Hello. My name is Chris Martenson and I developed this Crash Course series to help create a world worth inheriting.
That's our mission here at Peak Prosperity.
The Crash Course represents over 10 years of intensive inquiry and fact checking, and weaves together the economy, energy, and the environment
because it is where these fields overlap and intersect that the greatest story of any generation will get told.
When I released the original version back in 2008, it gained immediate popularity because many of the developments it warned of happened soon after.
The global economy lurched to a halt, threatening another Great Depression, only this time on a global scale.
Oil prices nearly hit $150 a barrel. Soaring cost of living led to revolutions across North Africa and the Middle East.
Long the way, the Fukushima and the Deepwater Horizon crises exposed the fragility of our energy systems.
And here in 2014, we're still grappling with the repercussions of these issues. And their root causes remain sadly under-addressed.
But intelligent, independent-minded people like you are waking up around the world to big picture told by this story.
By the conclusion of this presentation you will understand and be thinking about the world in a whole new way.
You will see both new risks and new opportunities.
I must warn you; this material will not be easy for some of you.
I know this from watching the reactions of tens of thousands of audience members I have presented it to over the years.
We'll be talking about some very large changes which are, admittedly, hard to get one's mind around.
Emotional reactions ranging from denial to anger to anxiety are all par for the course.
So if you find yourself experiencing any of these emotions while you watch this series -- it's OK. Everybody does.
But let me be clear.
The purpose of the Crash Course is not to scare you.
Our position is simply this; we want to enable everyone to become more secure, and live a richer, more prosperous life.
To do this, I am going to try and expand your viewpoint.
I might even challenge some of your most closely held beliefs and I am going to try to convince you that there's little time remaining for you to educate yourself, start planning and take action.
Again, the purpose of the Crash Course is to inspire you to make the informed decisions and the positive choices that could make a huge difference to your current happiness and future security.
I say this having taken all of these steps in my own life, as well as helping many others do the same.
The days of waiting are over.
You are here watching this because you already know that something has shifted, and that something is not right.
And there's a new future in front of us. It is time to get busy.
So let's begin.
Please join me for Chapter 1, entitled "Three Beliefs"
