Short-term thoughts for the American election: possibilities for unrest

Greetings from Sunday, November 3rd.  I’m writing this from the travel zone of airports, airplanes, Ubers, and hotels, as I head off to a presentation.  I’m writing in some haste. This week is the American election day, obviously.  I’ve been writing a post about long-term trends embodied in the event, but wanted first to share thoughts on the short term. There is a great deal of anxiety about civil unrest around the election.  We modeled something similar in our two election scenarios on the Future Trends Forum (Trump win; Harris victory). I’ve been writing about it here for a while,... [Read more...]