I had no idea “submarine tragedy memes” are going around. I’ve been extremely busy with work and rehearsals for upcoming music shows, to be seeing any of that.

Yet I’ve been struck with an awareness that I’ll share:

There’s a consciousness theme presenting and re-presenting itself to the world, and I believe it’s being missed because so much of this planet is fascinated by people who have racked up quite a bit of wealth. (After all, you say “billionaire” and all of a sudden, people stop thinking of a person, and turn those humans into ideals. It’s really weird.)

I’m wired to watch for patterns. And the pattern I’ve seen is not about billionaires.

This one singular lesson has repeated itself three times in a row in news cycles, but again, here we are in the bottom-feeder barrel going on and on about billionaires instead of seeing the overarching lesson that’s standing there, all bare-butt naked, waiting for us to notice.

It’s not about billionaires. It’s about hubris, which shall be the crashing downfall in this timeframe of any and all who drink its intoxicating nectar, whether someone has a billion dollars, or $25.00 in their pocket.

The top of June, Former President Donald Trump was charged with 37 counts of mishandled classified documents. He was advised to give the classified documents back and he didn’t. He kept them anyway. His chances of being POTUS again died as his defense blew apart.

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to prison for fraud. She was advised to not pursue financing for her company because there were concerns on her technology giving way to mistakes. She did it anyway. People died as her company blew apart.

The OceanGate Titan submersible wasn’t fit to dive that deep. There were concerns over its carbon-fiber hull giving way. They did it anyway. People died as the hull blew apart.

The irony with the submarine accident is that the vehicle is now forever interred next to the Titanic, a ship whose designer had concerns over the quality of shattering steel which made up the hull. They built the ship with it anyway. People died as the hull blew apart.

The repeating lesson here is not about billionaires.

It’s hubris—believing that the physics of corner-cutting will somehow not apply in a given situation, because one’s pride is too lofty.

In fact, it’s the corner-cutting that is the very bedrock in the hubris lesson.

In an age where many people think billionaires happen overnight by becoming influencers on Instagram or TikTok—the grit, the steps in learning something new, the steps to a successful launch, and the right roll-out has been replaced by the hurry to get things done. A desire the be “the first” has taken-over proper R & D, and a whole lot of common sense.

Let us step back and look at this repeated lesson of “don’t cut corners”, and how it’s relevant right now in the world. Heck, even the USA.

Several people across both sides of the aisle are tossin-in to run for POTUS. Many of these folks are cutting corners to get to the office of President, pretending they have the experience when they don’t. This will all be exposed on the campaign trail.

If we keep pretending the climate changes aren’t happening, and we cut corners on emissions and carbon loads, like the state of Montana is doing right now, then all of those cut corners will come into play when the environment is soiled.

I’d tell anyone reading this to examine their own paths. Are you cutting corners right now, trying to push to a real-world outcome that’s far more fabulous—even though you’ve been told to slow down and give it rest while facts could be checked? While more work could be put in?

The Old World, the world of Trump and Titanic and Theranos and the submarine design—the fake-it-til-you-make-it vibe was how people attracted money, interviews, and fame. It was an old 1880’s poker game where men with monocles chomped on their cigars, tried to outwit one another, and win the table with a pair of twos pretending to be a royal flush; the masculine posturing, in high swing.

This New Realm has no time for the ego or the bluffing. The ocean levels are raising, viable soil for food is running out, clean drinkable water is being contaminated—pretending we have something we do not have in this timeframe, wastes the timeframe’s time during an era where time is running out.

And it will spit out the hubris that cut the corners, when thoughtful consideration, and a differing course of action, is required; the feminine stewardship in high swing.

So I say we look at the bedrock of this lesson: are there corners you’re cutting to get to something faster? Are there steps you should be taking, but you’re just not doing the work, and expecting the same outcome? That would bring on the big hubris lessons, like having your plans collapse. Hopefully no one is killed in the meantime.

These lessons are about how we shouldn’t cut corners when our hubris demands that we should, for whatever reason—money, laziness, ego, power or fame… all of it will lead to a dissolution of plans, which never had energetic follow through, anyway.

Let’s all observe the patterns and the lessons within the patterns, and just not get anyone killed in the wake of our own denial, pride, and insecurity.