What Escalation Looks Like in Real Time: A Direct Alignment Between Behavior and Action

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 [...]

By |2026-04-28T19:18:04-04:00April 28th, 2026|PAAD, Personal Safety, Training, White House Correspondents’ Dinner incident|Comments Off on What Escalation Looks Like in Real Time: A Direct Alignment Between Behavior and Action

When the Loss of Meaning Turns Into Violence The Nihilism Conversation Continues Part II

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 [...]

By |2026-02-12T23:54:09-05:00February 12th, 2026|PAAD, Training, Violence|Comments Off on When the Loss of Meaning Turns Into Violence The Nihilism Conversation Continues Part II
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