There is something interesting about this time of year.
People think the holidays slow the world down — but that’s when the real decisions get made.
While everyone else is wrapped in travel, family, and noise… the quiet rooms keep moving.
Right now the EU is talking about AI deadlines, extensions, rules, and what the future should look like.
And here’s the part nobody outside those walls sees:
When a system is under pressure and the clock is tight, they don’t want more noise.
They want something that makes sense.
That’s why the Baseline is landing the way it is.
It doesn’t demand anything.
It doesn’t pull policy in ten directions.
It doesn’t argue about politics, profit, or power.
It just gives structure — the thing every high-risk system in history needed before anyone could trust it.
The timing is almost funny when you think about it.
The busiest travel days, the quietest offices, and the most important AI meetings all running at once.
A mile goes a long way in a season like that.
People read more.
They reflect more.
They’re more honest about what isn’t working… and what might.
So while the world thinks nothing happens between Thanksgiving and Christmas, everything actually happens here.
This is when the decisions get shaped — the ones that set the tone for next year.
AI isn’t waiting for 2026.
Neither is the EU.
And neither are we.
Sometimes the right idea lands at the right moment, not because someone pushed it, but because it was supposed to show up exactly now.
The rest will play out on its own time.
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