Why Disruption Now Works—and What That Says About Us The Present Moment The United States is not merely polarized; it is epistemically fractured. Shared assumptions about truth, legitimacy, and institutional restraint—once treated as background conditions of civic life—are now openly contested. What feels new is not disagreement, but the normalization of bad faith as a … More When Norms No Longer Bind
Introduction History shows that societies don’t march forward in a straight line—they cycle through growth, rigidity, collapse, and renewal. The question isn’t whether these shifts will happen, but whether we stumble through them blindly or face them with open eyes. That’s where two powerful frameworks come in. Panarchy helps us understand the deep, underlying processes … More The Chaos Around Us: Panarchy and the Cynefin Framework
The transition to younger families in Royal Pines is the natural evolution of a neighborhood. It is that turnover, the Panarchy, that keeps our neighborhood vital. But, as there are fewer and fewer original owners, the story of the neighborhood is told less frequently. Knowing the history of the Royal Pine Estates gives context to … More A Unique Neighborhood: The History of Royal Pine Estates
Confronting Mediocrity 