Context:This is part of the ongoing Crisis-Phase Tracker, a running log of democratic guardrails and authoritarian escalations during the current U.S. Crisis Phase (see Hidden Circuitry for background). Each entry shows the state of key… Crisis-Phase Breaking Point Checklist — Aug 25, 2025
Building for the Next Saeculum Forward What This Document Is First Foundation is not a blueprint for any one political system. It is a framework for institutional renewal—a collection of design patterns intended to help… First Foundation
Like many of you, I’ve felt the weight of these turbulent times—not just intellectually, but physically and emotionally. As I’ve explored how history moves in cycles, I’ve started to wonder: What does this mean for… Do Societal Cycles Shape Our Health? A Research Idea for Generational Science
The Neuroeconomic Cycle Driving Empathy, Fear, and the Shape of History Updated August 2025 — Now includes the full neurochemical model of Turning transitions, revealing the hidden triggers that drive history’s most dramatic shifts. What… The Hidden Circuitry of the Four Turnings
Imagine you’re reading this in 1974. You’ve just watched Nixon resign. Vietnam is winding down. The economy is rocky, but manageable. You’ve grown up in the shadow of WWII and lived through the civil rights… A Tale of Future History
George Will wrote that “Conservatism has always been defined by its insistence on limits to the claims the collectivity — the public sector — could make on the individual,” in a recent article I read… George Will and Today’s Conservatism
TL;DR – The outcome was pretty much what I expected. California Assembly District 71 is a really conservative area. In fact, in the 2022 election, there wasn’t even a Democratic candidate—it was just three Republicans… On the Results of My Race