The ‘Information Age’ has quietly become history’s footnote. Today, America inhabits ‘The Affirmation Age’ – an era where our digital existence isn’t measured by what we know, but by what validates us. Our screens no longer primarily connect us to knowledge, but to our tribes, and curated echoes of ourselves. Every scroll, like, and share has evolved beyond communication into something more primal: digital rituals of identity reinforcement. The currency of this new economy isn’t information—it’s validation.