Commentary One of the great lessons of the past two years has been that the events poised to change our lives often percolate far from public consciousness. Gain-of-function research on coronaviruses interested almost no part of the general public until it was far too late. Critical race theory took over our classrooms long before parents began to notice, complain, and find themselves playing a late defense. Street riots had been part of the American terrain since 2014, but most people other than those directly involved more-or-less shrugged them off until a massive wave engulfed urban America. Few other than activists or election scholars thought much about the role of propaganda, or about balancing ballot access and election integrity, until the credibility of America’s elections came under attack. Which is why it might be worthwhile to set these now-front-burner issues aside for a moment and consider another critical threat arising in …