When intuitives say “the energy has shifted,” what does that mean rationally? I thought about this on my walk today. If your car breaks down once, you fix it. If it keeps breaking down, at some point you just know you’re done – not because repair costs changed, but because your tolerance shifted from “I can live with this” to “I need something different.” That’s energy.
My neighbor put it well when I mentioned economic concerns: “Yeah, that’s unfortunate, but I think we need to burn it all down so we can start over.” That’s not reasoning – that’s a breaking point. When enough people cross from satisfied to dissatisfied simultaneously, systems change. The specific form varies, but the shift itself becomes inevitable.