Continuum Project

We are at a pivotal moment in American history. Many of the truisms of our parents' generation are no longer relevant in the world we've inherited. Since 2001, Millennials (persons born between 1980 and 2000) have been faced with unprecedented deterioration in the three main pillars of American society:

● Domestic Insulation from Attack
● Full-Spectrum Military Dominance
● Global Economic Preeminence

 

First, 9/11 proved that US citizens would no longer be insulated from the consequences of international strife. Second, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have demonstrated once again that high-tech military power can be resisted by a low-tech, determined opponent. Third, the financial collapse of 2008 and the succeeding years of increased inequality have discredited decades of American economic theory, bringing the global financial order to the brink of collapse.

 

While some may see reasons for despair, we at the Continuum Project view these trying times as the birthing pangs of a new era. For the first time in perhaps three centuries, change is no longer discretionary, it is inevitable. The only question is what that change will look like and how far our generation is willing to push it.

 

We've had our great war and our great depression. Now it is time to build a future based on the lessons of those experiences. Unlike our parents and grandparents, we have the opportunity to significantly influence the shape of human relations for the next century, possibly even beyond. But in order to do so, we must act. For what we say will soon be forgotten. It is what we do that will define us.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             - J.R. Adair