2. Times Are a Changing – And So Is Everything Else

In the first edition, I described the following notable events: Egyptian citizens took a step in reinventing their government and way of life by mobilizing throngs of people using social media technology. Russia returned to cold war times when it occupied Crimea and threatened natural gas distribution throughout the EU. ISIS appeared as a new terrorist group in the Middle East, and maybe beyond. In the United States, massive storms (Katrina and Sandy) and freezing temperatures from a plunging polar vortex impacted people, communities, and the stock market. Sandy Hook and other terrible mass killings followed in waves. The first US Ebola patient wandered into an emergency room in Dallas. It doesn’t matter what window of time one chooses. Significant events will always happen. We need to expect the unexpected!