Scale of thought

For some strange reason the scale and scope of international thought has changed in the last few months. Any system can have major attractors and control points. It is not necessary to deal in perfect detail to identify the major attributes and progression of a system as a whole.

I have no idea why it might do this, it is as if some control is being exerted, however it would have to be so subtle and comprehensive that there is no known mechanism I can postulate that would match the effect.