USA + ROW, February 2020 - a line in the sand.
Since then we’re living in a new era, and the “Power Circle” is being redrawn right before our eyes.
COVID was the ultimate global stress test. It exposed who clings to centralized authority—governments, legacy corporations, mainstream media—and who thrives on individual liberty: entrepreneurs, decentralized tech, and alternative communities.
Meanwhile …. The old guard defaulted to control.
The new elite? They are adapting, pivoting, and building
The transition is messy and will take a saeculum.
Most people are understandably still stuck in the BC (Before COVID) paradigm, relying on top-down systems for security and direction - it’s only been five years.
But it’s been 5 years.
And the the cost of lagging behind is a continued loss of autonomy, more surveillance, and getting whiplash from the stock market; which itself is questioning efficient hypotheses.
So what’s the playbook? Fuck if I know, 🤷🏽♂️.
However, I’m pay attention to who is controlling:
physical commodities digital commodities networked communities vocational information
The real power circle of the next century will be defined by those who can sit comfortably at old tables; as they translate how they are architecting the new order.
You may disagree (fair) but I don’t think this is just philosophy — The Leaders of the New School in the AD era will know when to leverage centralization for scale and security, and when to decentralize for speed and innovation.
I’m at the round table, where your seat at? Where your plate, where your lobster, where your sea bass?
Are you BC or AD? Are you building, or waiting for permission?
You’re not just reading a post—you’re getting a map to the new world order. Where do you want to sit?
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