The Deindustrialist: An Origin Story
How a U.S. Army veteran came to defy industrial giants and modern norms, advocating for a harmonious blend of nature and family health over corporate interests and cultural narratives.
In a world increasingly subsumed by the industrial machine, I have felt a profound calling to resist the tide, a calling shaped by my multi-faceted experiences. From the battlefields of the U.S. Army to the gleaming halls of biotech companies and healthcare institutions, my professional journey was always underpinned by a simple yet profound conviction: to help people. Yet, as I navigated the labyrinthine complexity of venture capital, healthcare, and Big Industry, I came to the unsettling realization that the very structures designed to improve human health were instead caught in a web of financial and political imperatives. As much as the physician in me wanted to provide a direct impact, I saw firsthand how even doctors were straitjacketed by medical associations and compromised by the towering demands of insurance giants.
That conflict was compounded as I transitioned into the role of a husband and a father. Over the past three years, as the world grappled with a pandemic, as misinformation proliferated, and as industrial interests seemed to hold greater sway, fathering three children sharpened my purpose into a laser-focused intent: to reclaim the health sovereignty of our families and communities. Witnessing the vulnerabilities of our children, the fragility of our communal bonds, and the increasingly blurred lines between corporate interests and public welfare, my mission crystallized into "The Deindustrialist."
You see, the journey to founding "The Deindustrialist" was never about a personal vendetta against big institutions; it was about exposing the mechanizations that compromise our fundamental health freedoms. And this is a message rooted in a multiplicity of principles: nutrition, an outdoor physical lifestyle, the avoidance of industrial chemicals, and the establishment of strong family-centric homes and communities.
As someone who has both enjoyed and struggled with the role of being an athlete, I have always revered the virtues of physicality and nutrition. But never has it been more essential than now—where processed foods and sedentary lifestyles, often engineered by large corporations for mass consumption and mass entertainment, imperil our collective well-being. My years in the biotech, venture capital, and healthcare sectors, and in graduate school and research labs furthering my understanding of the medical arts, have equipped me with the knowledge to demystify the science behind these threats, offering you, the reader, an honest perspective devoid of industrial bias.
This endeavor is not just a publication; it is a call-to-action. It aims to disrupt the status quo by challenging the 'kid-centric' paradigm that often places children in a vacuum, disengaged from the family unit. This approach only isolates them further, making them more susceptible to the influences we seek to guard them against. Instead, our focus should be family-centric, where parents lead by example, cementing the family as the cornerstone for nourishing the seeds of health, wisdom, and resilience in our children.
As someone deeply rooted in the land—our Rhode Island homestead, Cello Acres, stands as a testament to our values—I am emphatically driven by the belief that the answers to many of our complex problems lie in the simple embrace of nature. I have always held that the Earth provides not just sustenance but wisdom, a primal blueprint for holistic well-being. In aligning ourselves more closely with nature, we rekindle the ancient connections that make us inherently human, resisting the dehumanizing tendencies of industrial complexes.
Through "The Deindustrialist," I aim to forge a new narrative for health and sovereignty, uncompromised by the vested interests of corporations or governments. This is a narrative for the people, by the people. Our collective mission is to reclaim our health and wellness, to empower our families, and to rediscover the enriching bonds of community and nature. It's a journey of breaking free, of taking control, and most importantly, of returning to the elemental truths that make us profoundly human. Because at the end of the day, all I'm focused on is people—for the people, by the people. Let's reclaim our health and wellness sovereignty once and for all.
And as always:
Stay Aware. Stay Empowered. Stay Free.
-Greg