The Great Acceleration covers the speed of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Bottom Line Up Front: American agriculture faces its most severe crisis since the 1980s. Farm bankruptcies accelerated 96% in Q1 2025, with 352 total filings projected for the year. The Argentina bailout scandal exemplifies how US policy actively undermines American farmers—taxpayers funded a $20 billion bailout that immediately enabled Argentina to undercut US soybean exports to … Read more
How Policy Choices Are Engineering a Social Catastrophe The New Dickensian America A data-driven analysis of how reproductive restrictions, foster system collapse, and AI displacement are converging to create 19th-century conditions in 21st-century America Bottom Line Up Front: Birth rates and pregnancies are on the rise. Adoptions are steadily declining. Children born under reproductive restrictions … Read more
When comedians get silenced, democracy is in danger Bottom Line Up Front: Comedy isn’t just the canary in the coal mine of democracy. It is democracy. The irreverent, uncompromising voice that refuses to bow before power, no matter how sacred, secular, or seemingly supreme that power claims to be. EXTENSIVE list of sources provided at … Read more
Timeline: From “Made in USA” Champions to Wealth Extractors The Original Promise (1960s-1985): “We’ll Keep Jobs in America” In 1985, Sam Walton launched Walmart’s “Buy American” campaign with celebrity endorsements and patriotic promises. The message was clear: shopping at Walmart meant supporting American manufacturing and American jobs. See: Key Points: The Shift Begins (1980s-1990s): The … Read more
Part One of a Three Part Series Entitled: The Great Acceleration Old-School Truth in the Digital Age August 11, 2025 • Technology & Society • Open Book Protocol. Transparent Research & Journalism ENCOURAGE YOUR OWN RESEARCH Don’t just take our word for it! We’ve provided both direct links and search terms to help you dive … Read more
