TXH Series Hub: THX Pulse - Systems, Emotions & the Urgency of Now
A current events series that brings clarity, compassion, and critique to the systems shaping our world—in real time.
THX Pulse applies the full Transform the Human Experience framework to unfolding stories in culture, politics, economics, technology, and health. These are posts designed to respond quickly but think deeply—grounded in emotional systems, design principles, and human flourishing.
Every Pulse post uses the THX lens to explain why something feels so destabilizing, what’s emotionally or structurally broken, and what transformation might look like.
✅ Published / In Progress
🔹 What RFK Gets Dangerously Wrong About Autism—And Why It Matters
A real-time case study of political harm, emotional distortion, and how stigma is amplified through misused identity and false empathy.
🔹 The Cruel Calculus of Deportation — When Fear Becomes the System
Reveals how immigration enforcement weaponizes fear, stripping away emotional safety, closure, and perceived value—all while eroding public trust and dignity at scale.
🔹 Silencing the Search for Truth — When Fear Targets Research
Unpacks the emotional and systemic consequences of canceling research, especially in disability and women’s health—showing how loss aversion and value distortion reshape what’s possible for the most vulnerable.
🔹 The Trust Recession: Listening Is the First Loss
Reveals how loss of trust doesn’t start with betrayal—it starts when leaders stop listening. A Pulse on the emotional collapse of civic life.
🔹 The Expectation Gap: What the Right Hoped Trump 2025 Would Deliver—And What’s Really Happened So Far
Applies Prospect Theory and the 12 Utilities to map the emotional dissonance between MAGA expectations and lived reality.
🔹 The Rapid Erosion of Trust
Breaks down how small system failures add up to emotional instability, using Micro-Moments and PERMAH to explain why we disengage.
🔹 Why the 298% Tariff Myth Persists—And Why It Works for Trump
Explores the role of fear, clarity gaps, and emotional utility in how false narratives gain traction and drive loyalty.
🔹 FEMA and the Broken Promise: A Personal Reflection
After Hurricane Helene, a betrayal of trust and emotional closure reveals the real costs of broken systems. (Planned)
🚀 Coming Soon
The Canceling of Research: Who Gets Left Behind
A deep dive into the emotional, health, and trust impacts of defunding research for disability, women’s health, and rare conditions.How Politicians Talk About Autism (and Why It Matters)
A rhetorical analysis of language, framing, and emotional micro-moments used to generate fear or signal moral superiority.Trust Recession: Why We’re Emotionally Withdrawing
Examines economic behavior through emotional distrust, policy inconsistency, and the fading PERMAH of public life.What the Media Gets Wrong About Harm
Deconstructs coverage that dehumanizes, flattens, or sensationalizes real suffering, using the 12 Utilities and Admiration Equation.
🔍 See Also
Government That Works (Series Hub)
For deeper dives into case studies, design, and public systems.Disability, Autism & THX (Series Hub)
When Pulse posts connect to broader emotional systems and lived experiences.
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