Maxim Benjamin Smith
Maxim Benjamin Smith, Matt Smith @ Crisis InvestingDocumentation of my journey through "The Preparation" program developed by Doug Casey and my father.
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Keeping Things Moving
Sunday, August 3rd, 2026
Writing to you from Uruguay
Not every week in The Preparation is exciting. I’m 157 weeks into it — just passed the 3-year threshold 2 days ago — and most of it has been steady “uneventful” progress.
Som...
The Best Thing I Can Do (for now)
Sunday, July 26th, 2026
Writing to you from Uruguay
An idea hasn’t left my mind for two months now — an idea tied to this question:
If all of the necessities of life are taken care of — shelter, food, water, bills, and the pres...
How can The Preparation work for you?
This past Saturday, I hosted a live presentation on The Preparation to go over exactly what it is, how much it costs, what’s come of it, and exactly how it can work for you.
If you’re new to The Preparation, doing it yourself, or are think...
A First Time for Everything
Sunday, July 19th, 2026
Writing to you from Uruguay
My objective over these next couple months is to use what I’ve learned in the past 3 years to help as many people as possible. It’s tricky to define exactly what that means bec...
They're Discounting the Degree 57% — and Still Can't Sell It
“What's the going price of a college degree these days?”
Trick question. Nobody pays sticker anymore.
According to Inside Higher Ed, private colleges are now discounting tuition for first-time freshmen at an average of 57.1%—an al...
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The beta tester of The Preparation, a four-year alternative to college. Became an EMT, worked on wildfires, sailed through the Strait of Magellan, packed mules in the Rockies, flown planes, and worked on geophysics crews...
Publisher of Crisis Investing, Co-host of Doug Casey's Take Podcast, Co-author of The Preparation: How to become competent, confident, and dangerous. Serial entrepreneur. I live on a regenerative cattle ranch in Uruguay.
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