"Beyond sustainability. Beyond collapse. Toward conscious transformation."

Author:  Sudhir Shetty Publication Date:  October 20, 2025 Reading Time:  6 minutes Word Count:  1,124 words Primary Theme:  Geopolitics Secondary Themes:  Economy, Energy Saudi Arabia's Petrodollar Shift: What 50 Years of Oil-for-Security Actually Reveals June 2024 marked the official expiration of the 1974 petrodollar agreement between the United States and Saudi Arabia—the arrangement where Saudi Arabia priced oil in dollars and recycled revenues into US Treasuries in exch

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Type:  Video Analysis Video URL:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGZMSmcuiXM Speaker/Presenter :  Sebastian Junger (journalist, filmmaker, author) Duration:  18:42 Views:  2.1 million (as of October 2025) Date Published:  May 2016 (TED Talk) Primary Theme:  Social & Culture Secondary Themes:  Collapse Preview (145 words): Journalist Sebastian Junger's 2016 TED talk examines why combat veterans often report missing war despite its horrors—a phenomenon that confuses both civi

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Type:  Discourse-Level Essay Word Count:  2,850 words Reading Time:  14 minutes Date Published:  October 20, 2025 Primary Theme:  Social & Culture Secondary Themes:  Economy, Collapse Preview (140 words): Between 1985 and 2020, Americans lost 40% of their "third places"—the cafés, parks, community centers, and gathering spots where neighbors become acquaintances and acquaintances become cooperative networks. Sociologist Ray Oldenburg documented this erosion decades ago, but m

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Type:  Current Affairs Analysis Word Count:  1,150 words Reading Time:  6 minutes Date Published:  October 20, 2025 Event Date/Context:  August 8, 2023 - Lahaina wildfires killed 115 people, destroyed 2,200 structures Primary Theme:  Social & Culture Secondary Themes:  Collapse, Risk Management Preview (145 words): When wildfires swept through Lahaina, Maui on August 8, 2023, killing 115 people and destroying 2,200 structures, mainstream analysis blamed climate change, power

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