A Personal Note Over the past nine months, many of you have probably sensed a quiet shift in these newsletters. We have explored the misuse of power, collective psychosis, Wetiko, grift, artificial intellect, and the growing incoherence of the modern world. Those conversations remain important. But increasingly I’ve found myself asking a different question:What am…
THE PULSE OF NOW A profound inversion is underway. For centuries, value was largely determined by scarcity. Information was scarce. Expertise was scarce. Knowledge was scarce. Access was scarce. Those who possessed these assets held tremendous economic advantage. AI is rapidly changing that equation. What once required years of study can now be generated in…
THE PULSE OF NOW A civilization becomes what it rewards. When honesty is penalized, manipulation admired, and fraud normalized, decline is no longer theoretical. It is operational. Across modern society, grift has quietly evolved from isolated misconduct into cultural operating system. The pattern appears everywhere. In politics where narratives matter more than results. In media…
THE PULSE OF NOW A sick society does not recognize its sickness. It normalizes it. Across the world, a growing sense of instability is no longer confined to isolated events. It is systemic. Political discourse has become erratic. Leadership increasingly appears reactive rather than measured. Institutions that once signaled continuity now amplify volatility. And the…
THE PULSE OF NOW A sick society does not recognize its sickness. It normalizes it. Across the world, a growing sense of instability is no longer confined to isolated events. It is systemic. Political discourse has become erratic. Leadership increasingly appears reactive rather than measured. Institutions that once signaled continuity now amplify volatility. And the…
THE PULSE OF NOW I recently returned from visiting Rome, where I spent time touring the Vatican, the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, and the many layers of history embedded throughout the city. What becomes immediately apparent is that Rome is not simply a testament to its own greatness. It is a mosaic of civilizations that…
THE PULSE OF NOW The allegory of Sodom and Gomorrah is not a tale of divine wrath. It is a study in civilizational degeneration born of collective anesthesia. The popular interpretation reduces the story to moral outrage and punishment. The deeper wisdom is far more sobering. Sodom did not fall because it was attacked from…
THE PULSE OF NOW This year’s Super Bowl halftime show sparked an unexpected uproar. The artist Bad Bunny performed largely in Spanish, and for some, this was interpreted as a slight against American culture. Commentators declared it disrespectful. Social media erupted with indignation. A fourteen-minute performance became, in certain corners of the internet, evidence of…
THE PULSE OF NOW Across the world, coherence is unraveling. Governments struggle to govern. Institutions once trusted now appear brittle or captured. Financial systems show growing signs of fragility beneath the surface of market optimism. Supply chains, currencies, and economies strain under pressures they were never designed to hold. Social trust continues to erode, and…
