Matt Smith, an American entrepreneur and economic commentator, co-authored The Preparation: How to Become Competent, Confident, and Dangerous with Doug Casey and his son, Maxim Smith. A Gen X innovator with ventures in tech, marketing, publishing, and regenerative ranching in Uruguay, Smith critiques traditional education as debt-heavy and ineffective. The book outlines a four-year, 16-cycle alternative to college for young men, tested by Maxim, emphasizing real-world skills like EMT training, welding, piloting, and entrepreneurship to forge versatile, self-reliant "universal men."

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