read in browser In her prophetic wisdom, Octavia Butler wrote the famous line: “God is Change.” Right now, the pace of change is accelerating in ways that feel relentless. And in times of rapid, destabilizing change, there’s a pattern I’m attending to as it plays out — interpersonally, organizationally, institutionally. When systems are threatened, they clench down. Gaslighting and disorientation happen at scale. Those in charge consolidate power through tactics designed to make us question...