Cliff Kurtzman
@domino-principle.bsky.social
Beachside, central CA. PhD, futurist, rocket scientist, writer, CEO and dad. I treasure beauty, elegance, passion, curiosity and kindness.
I look at how events happening today will chain react to impact our lives tomorrow. https://www.dominoprinciple.com
I look at how events happening today will chain react to impact our lives tomorrow. https://www.dominoprinciple.com
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When Life Gives You A Rotten Orange - The Domino Principle
I am not okay. And if you are not okay either, know that such a reaction is reasonable, and that you are not alone, given the current political circumstances. Sleeping was really difficult for me last...
www.dominoprinciple.com
My latest... When Life Gives You A Rotten Orange: How to proactively take command of your life to produce desired future outcomes during times of seismic upheaval.
www.dominoprinciple.com/2024/11/12/w...
www.dominoprinciple.com/2024/11/12/w...
As the clock ticks forward, the ghosts of our past often remind us when it’s time to start thinking seriously about our future.
www.dominoprinciple.com/2025/09/05/z...
www.dominoprinciple.com/2025/09/05/z...
Zuromin Hour - The Domino Principle
As the clock ticks forward, the ghosts of our past often remind us when it’s time to start thinking seriously about our future. Every person of Ashkenazi descent that I’ve met, and that shares my birt...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
As the clock ticks forward, the ghosts of our past often remind us when it’s time to start thinking seriously about our future.
www.dominoprinciple.com/2025/09/05/z...
www.dominoprinciple.com/2025/09/05/z...
“Think of what you were taught about America as a kid. We were the leader of the free world. We were the land of opportunity. We were a beacon of democracy and justice. We were a nation of laws not of men.” via @djrothkopf.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
We Are Not the Nation We Thought We Were
We must see through our myths about ourselves if we are ever to aspire again to greatness
open.substack.com
June 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
“Think of what you were taught about America as a kid. We were the leader of the free world. We were the land of opportunity. We were a beacon of democracy and justice. We were a nation of laws not of men.” via @djrothkopf.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
THREAD: Nine years, two months and eight days ago I arrived in Pismo Beach, on the California coast, half way between Los Angeles and San Francisco. It had been my dream to live in wine country and to be able to walk out my door and go for a run on the beach each day.
April 18, 2025 at 5:41 AM
THREAD: Nine years, two months and eight days ago I arrived in Pismo Beach, on the California coast, half way between Los Angeles and San Francisco. It had been my dream to live in wine country and to be able to walk out my door and go for a run on the beach each day.
THREAD 1/10: Trump tried to make a deal with Putin to split Ukraine's territory and resources. Trump's objective was to try to shame Zelenskyy into surrendering, not just to Putin but to the US as well.
March 2, 2025 at 4:15 AM
THREAD 1/10: Trump tried to make a deal with Putin to split Ukraine's territory and resources. Trump's objective was to try to shame Zelenskyy into surrendering, not just to Putin but to the US as well.
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No, Trump has destroyed America in the eyes of the world.
February 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
No, Trump has destroyed America in the eyes of the world.
"“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.""
January 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.""
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I don’t know what the future will record about these days but I damn sure know that with my voice, my circle of influence, my time, and my work—I won’t make it any easier for this wretched fraud and those who worship him to write the epitaph for America.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-second...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-second...
The Second Coming of MAGA's Messiah
How a rapist, felon, and traitor became millions of Americans' savior—and what the rest of us can do now
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I don’t know what the future will record about these days but I damn sure know that with my voice, my circle of influence, my time, and my work—I won’t make it any easier for this wretched fraud and those who worship him to write the epitaph for America.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-second...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-second...
Results matter.
Nobody wants to hear this, but it needs to be said. The Jack Smith report reminds us that the defining failure of the Biden Administration was the failure to "preserve, protect and defend" the Constitution of the United States. The greatest threat we faced when Biden took office...
January 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Results matter.
More heartbreak. This is the street I grew up on.
January 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
More heartbreak. This is the street I grew up on.
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I realized today that I am more powerful than Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.
I can say Fuck You Donald Trump.
They may be richer but I am more powerful. And that is a trade I would make every single day.
I can say Fuck You Donald Trump.
They may be richer but I am more powerful. And that is a trade I would make every single day.
January 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I realized today that I am more powerful than Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.
I can say Fuck You Donald Trump.
They may be richer but I am more powerful. And that is a trade I would make every single day.
I can say Fuck You Donald Trump.
They may be richer but I am more powerful. And that is a trade I would make every single day.
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"The insurrectionists failed in the moment, but they set off a series of events that transformed US Constitutional democracy by upending the core principle that no man is above the law."
And virtually an entire political party helped them do it.
And virtually an entire political party helped them do it.
Trump and Co’s efforts will be hindered by infighting and incompetence. Hopelessness at this point is unnecessary defeatism.
But still, this anniversary marks a dark day in US history. Unlike the forces that attacked America at Fort Sumter, Pearl Harbor, or the Twin Towers, the Jan. 6 attackers won.
But still, this anniversary marks a dark day in US history. Unlike the forces that attacked America at Fort Sumter, Pearl Harbor, or the Twin Towers, the Jan. 6 attackers won.
The January 6 Attackers Won
The fourth anniversary of the Capitol attack marks a dark day in American history
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January 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"The insurrectionists failed in the moment, but they set off a series of events that transformed US Constitutional democracy by upending the core principle that no man is above the law."
And virtually an entire political party helped them do it.
And virtually an entire political party helped them do it.
Sunset tonight in Pismo Beach.
There will come a day that I will miss this.
Count your blessings.
Every day!
There will come a day that I will miss this.
Count your blessings.
Every day!
January 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Sunset tonight in Pismo Beach.
There will come a day that I will miss this.
Count your blessings.
Every day!
There will come a day that I will miss this.
Count your blessings.
Every day!
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Lately, I confess that I’ve been imagining myself in a way I never have before in over a half-century of living here in America: I’m imagining myself as an expat.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-united...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-united...
The United States of Embarrassment
Lately, I confess that I’ve been imagining myself in a way I never have before in over a half-century of living here in America: I’m imagining myself as an expat.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
January 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Lately, I confess that I’ve been imagining myself in a way I never have before in over a half-century of living here in America: I’m imagining myself as an expat.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-united...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-united...
1/2: Love this from @hcrichardson.bsky.social . In 1995, I started working with Y2K evangelist @pdjager.bsky.social in founding year2000.com, and we began a massive five year effort to save the world. It worked!
But...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-1-...
But...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-1-...
January 1, 2025
Twenty-five years ago today, Americans—along with the rest of the world—woke up to a new century date…and to the discovery that the years of work computer programmers had put in to stop what was known...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 2, 2025 at 4:31 AM
1/2: Love this from @hcrichardson.bsky.social . In 1995, I started working with Y2K evangelist @pdjager.bsky.social in founding year2000.com, and we began a massive five year effort to save the world. It worked!
But...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-1-...
But...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-1-...
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This remains, and I say this advisedly, one of the best exchanges I have ever seen on social media
December 27, 2024 at 8:27 PM
This remains, and I say this advisedly, one of the best exchanges I have ever seen on social media
I've been on the road, enjoying parts of the world where US politics are inappurtenant. This is my new friend Tequila, who I cantered with across Playa Conchal, Costa Rica.
Taking a break and getting away from all the insanity, whether for the short term or a longer one, is quite invigorating.
Taking a break and getting away from all the insanity, whether for the short term or a longer one, is quite invigorating.
December 20, 2024 at 12:03 AM
I've been on the road, enjoying parts of the world where US politics are inappurtenant. This is my new friend Tequila, who I cantered with across Playa Conchal, Costa Rica.
Taking a break and getting away from all the insanity, whether for the short term or a longer one, is quite invigorating.
Taking a break and getting away from all the insanity, whether for the short term or a longer one, is quite invigorating.
"But this time is different. I’m no longer under the impression that I can outrun the 77-million-person mob that voted in favor of racism, misogyny, violence and corruption. All I can do is join the rest of the world in bracing for what comes next."
www.huffpost.com/entry/left-u...
www.huffpost.com/entry/left-u...
I Moved To Europe To Escape U.S. Politics. Four Years Later, I've Come To A Terrifying Realization.
“With every year that passes, visits to my original home feel more like a trip to a foreign country.”
www.huffpost.com
December 20, 2024 at 12:00 AM
"But this time is different. I’m no longer under the impression that I can outrun the 77-million-person mob that voted in favor of racism, misogyny, violence and corruption. All I can do is join the rest of the world in bracing for what comes next."
www.huffpost.com/entry/left-u...
www.huffpost.com/entry/left-u...
THREAD 1/5: The next four years, at a minimum, are going to be really really difficult.
This is what Americans knowlingly voted for. This is what they will get:
This is what Americans knowlingly voted for. This is what they will get:
December 19, 2024 at 11:53 PM
THREAD 1/5: The next four years, at a minimum, are going to be really really difficult.
This is what Americans knowlingly voted for. This is what they will get:
This is what Americans knowlingly voted for. This is what they will get:
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I have 1% of the followers here that I had on X. Admittedly that's only after a couple of days. But I just want to say I don't mind rebuilding, being here feels right and so much better and after about a thousand showers I am pretty sure I will have cleaned off all remnants of life in that cesspool
November 14, 2024 at 6:53 PM
I have 1% of the followers here that I had on X. Admittedly that's only after a couple of days. But I just want to say I don't mind rebuilding, being here feels right and so much better and after about a thousand showers I am pretty sure I will have cleaned off all remnants of life in that cesspool
Back in 1998 and 1999, when we came to understand the potential disaster posed by the year 2000 computer bug, I worked with Peter de Jager to create a massive global public awareness campaign to fix it. It worked! This time, there is no fix.
Look I understand the temptation to call dedicated researchers and serious analysts and shrewd historians “doomers” right now but America is in actual fact speeding toward its doom
The two options before you are to bury your head in the sand or to face it and protect yourself and all those you love
The two options before you are to bury your head in the sand or to face it and protect yourself and all those you love
November 14, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Back in 1998 and 1999, when we came to understand the potential disaster posed by the year 2000 computer bug, I worked with Peter de Jager to create a massive global public awareness campaign to fix it. It worked! This time, there is no fix.
Reposted by Cliff Kurtzman
Look I understand the temptation to call dedicated researchers and serious analysts and shrewd historians “doomers” right now but America is in actual fact speeding toward its doom
The two options before you are to bury your head in the sand or to face it and protect yourself and all those you love
The two options before you are to bury your head in the sand or to face it and protect yourself and all those you love
November 14, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Look I understand the temptation to call dedicated researchers and serious analysts and shrewd historians “doomers” right now but America is in actual fact speeding toward its doom
The two options before you are to bury your head in the sand or to face it and protect yourself and all those you love
The two options before you are to bury your head in the sand or to face it and protect yourself and all those you love
My latest... When Life Gives You A Rotten Orange: How to proactively take command of your life to produce desired future outcomes during times of seismic upheaval.
www.dominoprinciple.com/2024/11/12/w...
www.dominoprinciple.com/2024/11/12/w...
When Life Gives You A Rotten Orange - The Domino Principle
I am not okay. And if you are not okay either, know that such a reaction is reasonable, and that you are not alone, given the current political circumstances. Sleeping was really difficult for me last...
www.dominoprinciple.com
November 12, 2024 at 8:59 PM
My latest... When Life Gives You A Rotten Orange: How to proactively take command of your life to produce desired future outcomes during times of seismic upheaval.
www.dominoprinciple.com/2024/11/12/w...
www.dominoprinciple.com/2024/11/12/w...
Horrified to say it, but my column from July 2024 is already unfortunately aging quite well. www.dominoprinciple.com/2024/07/04/h...
How I Spent America's Last Independence Day - The Domino Principle
It was back in 2024, before the US withdrew from NATO, the fall of Ukraine, and all the dominoes began to tip over in Putin's campaign of European conquest. It was before the economic crash, before al...
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November 12, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Horrified to say it, but my column from July 2024 is already unfortunately aging quite well. www.dominoprinciple.com/2024/07/04/h...