Why Would You Make Decisions that Could Kill You? A few years ago, the CEO of Reddit, Steve Huffman, got laser eye surgery. This doesn’t sound like headline worthy news, but he said he paid for the procedure in order to increase his odds of survival in the event of a disaster. On the surface, … Read more
More Than a Just a Spirit The whiskey market has surged in popularity over the past decade. Aged scotch, bourbon, and Japanese whiskeys are being sold for the price of houses… expensive houses. At the end of 2018, a rare bottle of Macallan sold for $1.5 million. Whiskey clearly isn’t just enjoyed as a drink. … Read more
Unprepared and Vulnerable What a time to be alive. Never before in history have our needs and desires been satisfied with such ease. We can hail taxis with a few clicks of our phones and purchase products without leaving our beds. These modern luxuries, though, have made many of their beneficiaries unprepared for disastrous events. … Read more
Life After the SHTF Event It happened. Sh*t finally did hit the fan. Now what? Most of the posts on Bunker Basics are related to preparation for a SHTF event. I’ve highlighted how we could anticipate threats to our security and what we need to do to insure against them. That said, I haven’t yet … Read more
From Addicted to Advantaged: SHTF Coffee Guide Coffee is one of the few constants in many of our lives. We need that jolt in the morning to take on the day and our afternoon cup helps us combat post-lunch drowsiness. Our routine caffeine fix may seem necessary now, but many will be forced to break … Read more
Spending Addiction Governments across the globe have grown far too comfortable with expansionary policy. Increased military spending, entitlement programs, tax cuts, and bank bailouts simply add to the amount of debt governments owe to their lenders. As one would expect, government spending is politically popular. Tax cuts put more money in consumers’ pockets, which drives … Read more
A Different Take on the Government Michael Lewis, author of Liar’s Poker, The Big Short, and Moneyball, delves into the workings of government bureaucracy in his new book, The Fifth Risk. Lewis manages to remove political ideology from his narrative, instead focusing on the work performed by civil servants within the Department of Commerce (DOC), Department of Energy (DOE), … Read more
What is WROL? WROL stands for Without Rule of Law. It occurs when our institutions break down as a result of a SHTF event. Military, police forces, and any other means by which the law is enforced can deteriorate under certain circumstances. Members of the military and police forces are human, after all. If a … Read more
The Problem with Moving Fast: Things Break Tech developments are advancing at an exponential pace. Many believe this to be a good thing, as catchy mottos like “move fast and break things” have gone mainstream. Pressure to create, innovate, and scale has led to incredible changes in the way we live, which, up to this … Read more
The Perversion of Prepping: Impractical Prepper Products It’s no surprise that more people are prepping for SHTF Events these days. High profile assassinations have been carried out by de facto authoritarian regimes, geopolitical relations continue to dissolve, and looming threats like the reckless development of technology could spell the end to humanity’s claim to being … Read more