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The IDH's origin story & bipartisan receiptS ARE BANANAS

NON-PARTISAN  + NON-PROFIT
  

The IDH is phase 3 of a 20 year "Manhattan Project" -- top experts and 100s of students, teachers, lawyers, artists, & citizens -- to "align"  tech and humanity.

It started when Dr. M "crossed the filter bubble" and became a "diversity hire"  at a Bible college to stop civil war.  

It worked.

Support the IDH

thank you to our partners and allies on "both sides"

for putting differences aside to fix the tech diving us


New to the IDH? Start with our 3 min "trailer video."

We are survivors of post-digital civic collapse in Minneapolis.  (And almost lost this unicorn solution for America, fixing AI, repairing our colleges, and stopping civil war.)

The "straight" version of our story made CNN and cops cry (and was fairly traumatic to keep saying).

Now we tell it funny.  But this situation is deadly serious.

Want to see the book pitch + whole story?

PRESS and MEDIA

Thank you to these reporters for recognizing our "unicorn" ability to empower students to bring citizens, religious groups, and politicians together.

NBC, CBS, FORBES,
NEXT GEN POLITICS
HUMAN LAWYER
OMAHA WORLD HERALD
OPEN SOURCE (CANADA)
NEBRASKA LAWYER
PIONEER PRESS

See all press

Our bench is deceptively deep. And like the Avengers, we assemble when there's a job to do.

On the left and right, our students (which is rad) and team work for + advise the very top echelons of the RNC/DNC, appear in the NYT, and are recognized (by Forbes, SXSW EDU, Bar Associatoins, etc) as international experts.

PERPLEXITY AI CONFIRMS WHAT HUMANS HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS

THE IDH IS THE LAST MANHATTAN PROJECT STANDING

"Based on available evidence, no other known project has demonstrated the same breadth of  bipartisan, Constitutional, and practical impact across 


AI alignment, disinformation, privacy, and free speech—with a single, teachable methodology and real-world, peer-reviewed results."

VERIFICATION DOSSIER




what's under the hood

Heads up, this is not our first rodeo, but this is a brand new (temp) website (#safety #minneapolis).  Not seeing something? Email us at mckain.3@gmail.com

Verify Dr. McKain




it's not rocket science: It's Con law + rhetorical theory.

IDH PRINCIPLE #2. DEAD NEUTRAL, CONSTITUTIONAL, and BIPARTISAN

"IMPOSSIBLE" BI-PARTISAN + MULTI-FAITH COALITIONS and CIVIL CIVIC ENGAGEMENT 


The upside of using a 2,000-year-old method -- already in the DNA of the Constitution and our civic republic --

 that the academics agreed was a neutral, interdisciplinary Esperanto 20 years ago.


AND WHY WE CAN GET "BOTH SIDES"  (MAGA-->SJW)
+ Christian/Muslim/Jewish leaders and orgs to work together on the tech dividing us.

Learn about our princiiples + verify the Manhattan Project) here.

    

MULTI-INDUSTRY "SHOWRUNNING" SYSTEMS = CIVIC DISINFORMATION DEFENSE

ONE SOURCE OF "META-TRUTH THAT DOESN'T PICK SIDES BUT RE-GROUNDS SHARED REALITY.

    

TESTED IN WARTIME CONDITIONS

ONE SOURCE OF "META-TRUTH THAT DOESN'T PICK SIDES BUT RE-GROUNDS SHARED REALITY.

  

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    ADMIN / BOARD

    DR. AARON MCKAIN, M.S.L.
    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / CO-FOUNDER

    SHEA SULLIVAN
    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR / CO-FOUNDER

    A. MONGE, M.ED
    BOARD / CO-FOUNDER / DIR OF EDUCATION


    M. MCKAIN, CPA

    BOARD / TREASURER / RETIRED  TECH CFO


    PROF. A. RAYMOND, JD, PHD

    BOARD  / CHAIR: INDIANA U


    EMERITUS


    T.  FREEMAN, JD, MBA

    CO-FOUNDER. / FMR BOARD / FMR DIR OF RESEARCH / FMR ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL (NE)


    DR. S. HAGAN (PASTOR)

    FMR BOARD / FMR PRESIDENT: N. CENTRAL U


    S. TRAUTMANN, JD

    FMR BOARD / CITY COUNCILMAN: RICHFILD, MN


    PROF. D. LIBENGOD, PHD

    FMR BOARD / DEAN: N. CENTRAL U

       

       

    RESEARCH DIVISION

    DIRECTORS: CURRENT + EMERITUS

    T. FREEMAN, J.D., MBA


    S. HAGLUND


    A. MCKAIN, PHD, M.S.L.


    A. SALLEE 

    (U OF TEXAS LAW)


    H. GRUBBS

    (FMR ASSOCIATE DIR)


    M.  HEADLEY


    S. HALL

    (HEAD WRITER)



    RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

    RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

    CURRENT and EMERITUS      


    A. AHERNS


    M. OLEJNICAK

    (AUTHOR: THE SOCIAL MEDIA)


    E. ATAMOV


    M. BARTZ


    C. HART


    M. BRITTO


    K. HUERTH


    RESEARCH FELLOWS

    RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

    M. EXTED, MSW


    PROF D. SCHNEIDER, PHD
    (EX CAMBRIDGE; EX HAIFA U)

    PROF.  M. BERKSON, PHD
    (CHAIR: HAMLINE U; NAMESAKE: FIRE'S "COURAGEOUS COLLEAGUE AWARD)


    S. PEDERSEN

    (IAA RESEARCH  FELLOW)

    THANK YOU TO

    THANK YOU TO

    S. ADAMS
    (FORBES: TOP 50 WOMEN IN AI)

          

          

          

          

    CIVIC ENGAGEMENT DIVISION

    DIRECTORS: CURRENT + EMERITUS

    J . HERNANDEZ

    M. JENSEN

    R. WINKEL

    D. STRATTON


    S. SULLIVAN


    W. CREGUT

    CO-FOUNDER / FMR ASSOC DIR

    ASSOCIATES

    B. BYINGTON


    J. ASHEIM


    I. KREBBS


    P. CARROL




















    EDUCATION DIVISION

    A. MONGE, M.ED
    DIRECTOR / CO-FOUNDER
      

    E. OTTO-PATEL, M.ED
    FMR DIRECTOR / FMR  ADL
    (CURRENT HEAD OF GLOBAL LEARNING AT FANCY ORG)
       
    DR. D. ALLEN, M.ED
    FACULTY FELLOW / FMR ST. PAUL SCHOOLS

       

    DR. P. MCCORMICK

    FACULTY FELLOW / OHIO STATE U.

          

          

    PRODUCTION DIVISION

    EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

    CURRENT + EMERITUS


    M. MORALES 

    CO-FOUNDER


    R. SWANTEK


    R. YANG


    S THOR


    C. GALLEY


    E. MILLER

    (FACULTY ASSOCIATE)

    idh tv: curating expert and community voices

    ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS

    ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS

    ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS

    R. BUSSE


    N. NEWBAUHER

    K. MARSHALL

    ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS

    ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS

    CROWD-SOURCED COMMUNITY JUDGMENTS:

    PREDICTIVE POLICING

    ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS

    CROWD-SOURCED COMMUNITY JUDGMENTS:

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