The Year of the Spine and the Softened Grip: A Reflection on 2025

We’ve gotten lazy, America. L-A-Z-Y. Not “I deserve a day off” lazy — I mean mentally, morally, and courageously lazy. We’ve traded curiosity for convenience. Depth for dopamine. Responsibility for reposts. Scroll. Click. React. Repeat. Somebody posts nonsense about beef, and when they’re called out, they shrug — “my bad.” Then come the excuses: “I didn’t know.” “I just shared what I saw.” “Don’t come at me, it’s just a post.” That’s the problem. We’ve lowered the bar so far that “just a...

I'm excited to introduce that I'll be the voice behind the Protein PACT Solutions Summit! Sarah J. Bohnenkamp, emcee 2025 Protein PACT...