Foreword & Update to The Digital Disruption:

Technology & Economics for the 99%

I developed the Digital Disruption workshop in 2008 – when the subprime mortgage crisis was in full swing and the smartphone was 1 year old.

What became very clear in 2008 was that we Americans have been denied an understanding of how our capitalist economy operates, or even that it has laws of operation. This workshop attempts to answer questions that were being asked in 2008 – and are still being asked. Why is our society falling apart? Why can’t politicians and companies go back to a more reasonable past?

Real economics is not that complicated – everyone can understand the basics needed to see the forces at work, what’s possible and what’s not, who’s lying and who’s telling us the truths we need to know to solve our problems.

The economy is the DNA of the changes in society, and technology is the key link to the changes in the economy. Whether you see yourself as conservative or liberal, your reality has gone downhill, and mostly in the same ways. This workshop is meant to provide you with information we all need to move forward and not be manipulated or used for others’ interests.

What’s happened since this workshop was filmed in 2009? Just …. Occupy Wall Street, 20,000 police killings of civilians (African Americans far out of proportion, but 50% white victims), the Ferguson uprising, exploding homeless camps, election of Donald Trump, The Squad, George Floyd rebellion, 2020 elections, Jan. 6^th Capitol insurrection, COVID pandemic, the Opioid pharmaceutical murder crisis, and astronomical profits for predatory investment, fossil fuel, and pharmaceutical groups.

Every one of these reflects the changed economy – everything in the video is still true, but more highly developed.

We are in a new economy, not the “old” one, and it will not go back. People are in motion. This video is about the new economy. It’s about today.