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Fact or Fiction: The Age Beyond Reason — Are We Becoming Smarter or Less Wise
Fact or Fiction: The Age Beyond Reason — Are We Becoming Smarter or Less Wise? The modern world celebrates knowledge as the pathway to progress. Artificial intelligence now promises to place nearly un
The Collapse of Listening: What Happens When Nobody Feels Heard (Issue #270)
This edition of the KEI Network newsletter explores The Collapse of Listening: What Happens When Nobody Feels Heard, featuring Sharon MacLean’s, article and associated webinar. While we have never pos
Fact or Fiction: Resolving Uncertainty
Uncertainty and the Search for Orientation. The article argues that modern society is experiencing rising uncertainty caused by information overload, social fragmentation, rapid technological change,
From UFOs to AI: Finding Orientation in an Age of Uncertainty (issue #269)
Sometimes it is extraordinary, impactful, even fearful. There is the benign and welcome experience of being "in the zone" in sports but there is also being witness to a ghost or a UFO. Civilization is
The Last Commons (Chapter Ten) The Concluding Reflections (Issue #267)
More technology, more information, more institutional management, government and more connectivity were expected to strengthen society. Yet many citizens today sense the opposite occurring: rising dis
Fact or Fiction: Will AI Restore a Shared Reality—or Replace It?
Fact or Fiction: Will AI Restore a Shared Reality—or Replace It? In a time marked by fragmentation, polarization, and algorithmic amplification, a new proposition is gaining traction: that artificial
Fact or Fiction: Cell Phones For the Ages
Cell Phones: A Gift for the Ages Fact or Fiction? Five Questions Every Parent Should Ask The smartphone is arguably the most powerful consumer device ever placed in a child’s hand. It connects them to
Dehumanizing The Public by Selling Fear in The Attention Economy (Issue #255)
The article traces how fear has evolved from staged spectacle to ambient condition — delivered not occasionally, but continuously, through the device in our hands. The smartphone is not simply a commu
KEI Network – Issue #229 – AI and OUR Future – Media in the Machine Age
Soon after came my morning dose of global media: Russia ignoring pleas to stop, instead filling the skies with more death—images of apartment blocks and homes burning across Ukraine. Children carrying
KEI Network – Issue #221 – Empowered or Enslaved. The Impact of Media on Youth
In today’s digital world, however, we are witnessing a profound shift. The promise of social media as a vehicle for empowerment is being overtaken by a quieter, more troubling reality: it is increasin
KEI Network – Issue #204 – Covid-19 Management – “We just had to do something!”
Leaders when not making promises are often making excuses, manipulating the public, or both. Policies are frequently reactionary—driven by opposition, crises, or the need to appear decisive—without ca
KEI Network – Issue #196 – 2024 Highlights Review & 2025 Forecast Invitation
Tried hard and continues to command global attention The shocking statistic - US at war: 850,000 firearm-related deaths in the US since 2001: half by suicide (majority are men under 50, Canada too ).