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...