The postscript for this series is in the form of a letter to authors who maybe searching the internet in hopes of finding material for a book.  The research material in this blog would not only lead to blockbuster book but it is a story that America needs to hear.

Spring 2022

​Dear Potential Author,
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The information in the blog provides basic research not only for a bestselling non-fiction book, but factual information every American needs to hear and understand.  It can be structured in many different ways.  Here is one such way to hopefully whet your appetite:

Title: The Potential Demise of America as We Know It. -- Four Different Ways.
Chapter I: Demise via Fossil Fuel Emissions – Climate Change
The Climate Change Series in the blog is a factual debate via excerpts from six books written by climate change advocates, and seven books from global warming skeptics.  After I completed the debate on paper, I concluded the skeptics were right.  My reasoning is in the series Postscript.

Chapter II: Demise via Internal Dissent – CRT, Social Justice Movement, Socialism and Wokeness.
Information for this chapter is contained in the Socialism and Nihilism series with excerpts from 54 books in total (22 and 32, respectfully).  My conclusion is contained in the Nihilism postscript, specifically that Marxism underpins most of the dissent, and the dissent is polarizing and pushing us towards a tribal society that will ultimately be filled with significant conflict.

Chapter III:  Demise via Chinese Takeover
China has two long term goals which were revealed by China’s President Xi Jinping in 2018.  They are:

• Become the world’s technology leader by 2025.
• Replace the United States as the military and political leader and the world’s only superpower by 2049.

Some of the means they intend to use to accomplish these goals can be found in the China series. They are summarized in the Introduction.  Further, if you are interested in how China got to this point, read Segment 15, 16, 17, and 18 of the Socialism series.

Chapter IV: Demise via Artificial Intelligence (AI)
For the 21st century, Artificial Intelligence will be the equivalent or greater of what the Industrial Revolution was to society over a century ago, except it will happen much faster. This was reported in four of the books utilized in the Big Tech & AI series.  The potential consequences are profound as this technology matures and will be most disruptive to our society.  The research on AI can be found in Segment 7 – 12 of the series.  To get a feel for the consequences read Segments 9 and 10.

Chapter V:  The Most Likely Outcome for the Four Ways of America’s Potential Demise

• Global Warming via fossil fuel emissions is not going to happen, based on the research.  Even if the skeptic’s conclusions are wrong, all the effort the U.S. is putting into the so-called calamity is virtually irrelevant because of the CO2 huge emissions out of Asia and Africa.  Such emissions are only going to rise with China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
• Internal Dissent is building and definitely weakening the country.  But it is unlikely to result in the demise of our society in itself as our democratic checks and balances will eventually kick in.
• Chinese Takeover without the Aid of Artificial Intelligence.  This outcome is probable.   The takeover will not occur in the historical manner of armed conflict.  It is far more likely to occur in a “bloodless war” via societal and economic chaos.  The Covid-19 pandemic is one such means of a “bloodless war.”  I am not suggesting that the pandemic was intentional, but China certainly has the capability to intentionally create a second or third pandemic and certainly has the will and power to create havoc via cybersecurity attacks as is pointed out in the China series. The control after takeover would also not be similar to those of history where a ruling class and military maintain control, with guns and ammunition.  The control after such a takeover would be done digitally via surveillance smart application control as described in the Big Tech and AI series. (See Segment 13 – Catastrophic Scenario)
• Chinese Takeover with the Aid of Artificial Intelligence. This outcome is highly probable.

Highly probable in their intent and highly probable in their success unless the United States figures out how to stop them and prepares to do so now.  To understand and evaluate this potential outcome, I refer you to segment 13 of the Big Tech & AI series and to read the second scenario – Catastrophic – and refer to the time periods of 2049 and 2069 in the excerpts.  This is a scenario projected with no reference to the information in the “China: A New Cold War?” Series.  Put the two series together and you can understand my highly probable conclusion.

Chapter VI: America’s Current Political Priorities

1. Fossil Fuel Emissions – Climate Change.  For the current administration this is of the highest priority.  Proposals of spending trillions of dollars; consuming untold hours of government time, energy, and campaigning; and untold required expenditures and time by private enterprise.
2. Internal Dissent – CRT, Social Justice Movement, Socialism and Wokeness.  The federal government activity here could be categorized as active support and encouragement, with countless hours spent on Critical Race Theory training throughout government and military, as well as in our educational system.
3. China.  Little priority. An investigation into the genesis of the COVID – 19 virus and I presume national intelligence gathering evidence of potential cyberattacks. 
4. Artificial Intelligence.  Very little priority or urgency. A 12-person task force named on June 10, 2021, charged with writing a road map for expanding critical resources and educational tools to spur AI innovations and economic prosperity nationwide.  The Task Force’s output: two reports – an interim report in May 2022 and a final report in November 2022.  The task group consists of 4 people from government (2 being co-leaders, 5 from academia, 1 from an AI training group, 1 from a 2015 startup AI research firm, and 1 from Google).  Segment 14 – the Optimistic Scenario – provides a snapshot of what one very knowledgeable futurist author thinks government should be doing in the AI realm. 

Interestingly, from this analysis, the current priorities of the federal government are exactly the opposite of the threat to the potential demise of America as we know it.  Unless that changes, it would suggest the highly probable outcome will prevail and America as we know it will die.

Therefore, books need to be written as a means to educate the populace so as to pressure our politicians to get their priorities on the right track.  Multiple books from multiple authors who have credibility with the public.  I would love to hand off the content in this blog to someone with the desire, knowledge, and credibility to develop and publish these ideas in a book. 
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A Very Concerned Patriot,
Harley Wood

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