Calvin Mulligan August 16, 2025 (c) All rights reserved
Traversing the Valley of Creative Destruction
About 12 years ago, I integrated a particular image into my annual reports to my employer regarding the state of our world and future trends. I borrowed it from Kevin Kelly’s little 1998 book, “Ten Rules for the Network Economy”. I incorporated it because it graphically portrayed the challenge of massive discontinuity — the kind that could abruptly leave organizations and industries stranded.
It was a simple line drawing of two “mountain” slopes separated by a deep valley. It illustrated the challenge of a company facing the decline of their existing market, and need to abandon present success, invent and begin the ascent to a new summit. For the unprepared, I assume it was Death Valley. In Joseph Schumpeter’s terms, it was the Valley of Creative Destruction where organizations shed the past while creating their future. But success is addictive and organizations aren’t comfortable letting it go.
I’ve been visualizing the “Valley Challenge” for our nation and for the West and the world in similar terms. Most people have difficulty imagining that almost all they know and are attached to is being swept away. It’s an important exercise, because as they say, reality doesn’t care about our feelings. And the reality is the existing order is dying under the weight of its corruption, and internal contradictions. It does’t matter where one looks — medicine/health care, education, justice, politics, government, science, research, journalism, or organized religion. They are largely failing the most basic test: “Is our sector serving to uplift people and advance the future of humanity?”
The sick state of the so-called “health care”, industry is illustrative. Its latest achievement: Administering a toxic Covid-Vaxx campaign estimated to have killed from 17-20 million and sickened and injured billions globally. The satirical meme reads: “Ask your doctor if a drug treatment with 15 pages of adverse effects is right for you.”
The satanic parasite has been killing the host — literally — accelerating our plunge into Death Valley. And while the programmed cheer, others are awakening to the schemes of our tormentors. They’re fighting the good fight, calling out the demonic forces, and unearthing truth. For the past 5 years in particular, I’be been peering through the fog of the information war. I’ve told you a story about a long-planned military take-down of entrenched dark powers and the potential triumph of new regime dedicated to peace and prosperity.
Today, I’m again hearing that the nations of the world are being re-organized into Seven Kingdoms, each with a designated “Kingdom leader” as follows:
Russia + Eastern Europe (Russia)
Spain + Western Europe (Spain)
South America + Caribbean (Brazil)
Asia (China)
Bharat (India)
UCAP – USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand + Pacific (USA)
Middle East + Africa (Saudi Arabia)
The tectonic plates are shifting. It’s time to let go of old, self-defeating, soul-killing attachments, lies and conflicts and prepare for the ascent up a new slope.