Ontological Shock is the profound Psychological and Philosophical disruption that can happen when someone encounters information or experience that fundamentally challenges their assumptions about what is real, what is possible, or what reality itself is like . - ChatGPT For decades the entertainment and publishing industries have been inadvertently preparing us for the possibilities of the future. From Mary Shelly to Jules Verne to Isaac Asimov to Stephen Spielberg we have been climbing a ladder of ever increasing exposure to ideas of what might be out there or even right here. Every show runner, director, animator or even songwriter that dives into the UFO or paranormal direction is providing a link in the chain to enlighten us to these possibilities. The more links we have in that chain, the stronger our acceptance and understanding of the strange and unusual when it happens. Every book, movie, TV show or song opens our minds and hopefully our hearts towards the change we ofte...