Many were shocked by the results of the November 5, 2024, U.S. elections.

But should we be? If we step back and consider that everything around us is information, then perhaps not.

Our entire reality—our beliefs, perceptions, and even reactions—has been sculpted by information from the moment we were born. If we’ve been systematically programmed, and our neurons have fired in patterned, synchronized ways over time, was the outcome really a surprise? Or was it a design set in motion by those re...