{"id":15468,"date":"2025-04-30T17:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T20:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=15468"},"modified":"2025-05-06T19:04:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T22:04:43","slug":"910-future-shock-the-science-and-politics-of-the-coming-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/15468","title":{"rendered":"910 &#8211; Future shock\u2014the science and politics of the coming era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/910-SpaceX-168x100-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15469\" \/><audio controls preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20250430-justRIGHT-910-FUTUREshock-theSCIENCEandPOLITICSofTheComingERA.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\">Your browser does not support the audio element<\/audio><br \/>\nIt appears that the &#8216;future&#8217; is not so much ahead of us, as behind us, given <strong>emerging accounts of advanced technologies<\/strong> far beyond our average daily experience.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the White House has officially acknowledged these technologies, <strong>it is becoming increasingly clear why Donald Trump&#8217;s creation of a Space Force during his first presidency was critical to his greater agenda<\/strong> &#8211; and to the lives of every individual on this planet. <\/p>\n<p>Increasingly, more and more accounts are surfacing regarding what might be regarded as quantum leaps in technology, so much so, that most who first hear about these technologies cannot bring themselves to believe it.  As physicist <strong>Ashton Forbes<\/strong> expressed it, they are collectively choosing to remain in a state of &#8220;wilful ignorance.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The disbelief is understandable.  The technologies being described include everything from <strong>&#8216;anti-gravity&#8217; propulsion<\/strong> to unlimited &#8216;<strong>free energy<\/strong>,&#8217; to a complete command of <strong>inter-planetary space travel<\/strong>.   The obvious question that arises is, why haven&#8217;t these technologies, purportedly around for many decades, not become part of our common experience?      <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a White House statement<\/strong> that appears to address that question, <strong>it was announced that this technology is &#8220;capable of manipulating time and space,&#8221; but that technological &#8220;stagnation was a choice.&#8221;<\/strong>   In other words, a political choice was made to keep the advanced technologies out of the hands of the general public.  But all that may soon change, due to changing political conditions in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, geopolitical forecaster <strong>George Friedman<\/strong> describes American presidents as &#8220;engineers&#8221; whose function it is to steer the nation in a given direction.  He <strong>refers to Donald Trump as this generation&#8217;s &#8220;engineer&#8221; ushering America into an entirely new era.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To distinguish one given &#8216;era&#8217; from another, Friedman describes the process as one in which &#8220;<strong>each new technological era displaces the former<\/strong>.&#8221;   Each age is built on new technology he observes, just as the automobile, air transport, and electronic communications revolutionized the current age.<\/p>\n<p>While all this comes with great risk, in contrast to the many pundits who suggest that we are in the &#8216;calm before the storm,&#8217; Friedman suggests that <strong>we are actually in the &#8220;storm before the calm&#8221;<\/strong> and that the future looks to be Just Right for the betterment of mankind.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/910-topics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/topics.gif\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/910-clips-credits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/clips_and_credits.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you found this presentation valuable please consider supporting us:<br \/>\n&#x1f9e1; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/justrightmedia\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PayPal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your browser does not support the audio element It appears that the &#8216;future&#8217; is not so much ahead of us, as behind us, given emerging accounts of advanced technologies far beyond our average daily experience. 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