Introduction The volume of Planned Active Violence has continued to trend upward over the past six years. We, meaning PGI, have increasingly discussed behavioral trends that we have always tracked in relation to Planned Active Violence (PAV). By Planned Active Violence, we refer to acts of violence that involve identifiable stages of grievance, behavioral [...]
This article is a follow-up to our recent piece, When Reaction Replaces Reflection, which examined how behavior in our communities is changing and how reactions are outpacing reflection. This article takes a closer look at what unfolded, beginning with behavior in the days leading up to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, when a serious incident [...]
In our last post, we talked about a growing mindset we’re seeing, especially among younger generations, in which meaning, trust, and hope are slowly disappearing. That mindset has a name, nihilism, but more importantly, it explains a lot of the behavior we keep reacting to. Now let’s talk about the harder part. How this shift [...]
Nihilism (NY-uh-liz-um) A light bulb went on for me this week. One of those moments where something you’ve been watching unfold for years suddenly connects the dots. If you dig into this a little, I think it will click for you, too. Because what we are seeing play out every day is not random. There [...]
