I’ve spent this year tuning my antenna inward and turning the volume down on the mainstream feed. Not because I’m enlightened. Because the math stopped mathing. Stocks at all-time highs. Headlines screaming resilience. Group chats quietly admitting stress. Rent still rude. Groceries still flirting with triple digits. The vibe mismatch felt… aggressive. I’ve always been a skeptic. Not the tinfoil-hat kind. The “something here smells off and I’d like to know why” kind. We’ve gotten way too comf...

I’ve spent this year tuning my antenna inward and turning the volume down on the mainstream feed. Not because I’m enlightened. Because the math stopped mathing. Stocks at all-time highs. Headlines screaming resilience. Group chats quietly admitting stress. Rent still rude. Groceries still flirting with triple digits. The vibe mismatch felt… aggressive. I’ve always been a skeptic. Not the tinfoil-hat kind. The “something here smells off and I’d like to know why” kind. We’ve gotten way too comf...