Part I, Influential stories. A geopolitical blackhole ; One hundred hours post-Hurricane Maria ; Ten hours with Trump ; The summer of 2019 ; #Decolonizethisplace ; To reform or not to reform -- Part II, Evaluating the current environment. Words speak louder than actions ; Oversimplifying complexity ; Dehumanization ; Extremes are controlling -- Part III, Factors that impact reform. Context, initial conditions, and time ; Aggregated earned opposition ; Magnitude of reform ; Bandwidth and people -- Part IV, Strategies to reform. Blitzkrieg ; Priority setting and preparation ; Coalition building ; Narrative setting ; Sequencing -- Part V, Putting it together. Reform dynamics -- Part VI, Radical middle. Reimagining our notions of the middle ; The writing is on the wall ; Creating the radical middle ; Democracy 3.0 ; Parting note

The author, a scientist, entrepreneur and former governor of Puerto Rico, shares his insights, perspectives and personal experiences on the challenges to reforms in today's political and social climate, as well as how the "radical middle" can organize, develop a framework and in the end, effect meaningful reform