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  "name": "Humans First Now Ecosystem",
  "updated": "2026-11-06",
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  "tagline": "People Lead. AI Assists. Communities Thrive.",
  "closing": "Trust is coming home. HomeProDeals.com.",
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    "role": "Movement & Blueprint",
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    "timeline": [
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        "when": "1980s",
        "what": "Summers laying block while still in high school."
      },
      {
        "when": "1993",
        "what": "Established a custom framing company with a formidable regional reputation."
      },
      {
        "when": "2001",
        "what": "Pivoted to residential home restoration."
      }
    ],
    "anchors": "Deep faith, and marriage to his wife and best friend, Terry."
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    "name": "The Pro-Human Economy: A Blueprint to Rebuild What AI Takes",
    "author": "Mike Bird",
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    "copyrightYear": 2026,
    "datePublished": "2026-04-02",
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      "Part Two — The Human Answer",
      "Part Three — Build the Rails"
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    "alternateName": "People Powered Prosperity",
    "role": "The Human-to-Human (H2H) Rail System",
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      "https://returnium.com/",
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      "Reward real work",
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        "name": "Credibility",
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        "name": "Access",
        "meaning": "A shorter path from real need to real help."
      },
      {
        "letter": "R",
        "name": "Return",
        "meaning": "Value flows back to the people who create it."
      },
      {
        "letter": "D",
        "name": "Discovery",
        "meaning": "The right help finds the right need."
      },
      {
        "letter": "S",
        "name": "Stability",
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        "next": "mailto:info@HomeProDeals.com?subject=Home%20Pro%20Rep"
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      {
        "name": "Charity & Church",
        "bookName": "Charity and Church",
        "next": "https://openhandsopenhearts.org/"
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      "role": "Movement & Blueprint",
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      "role": "The First Train on the RETURNIUM Rail",
      "tagline": "Trusted Pros. Real Deals. Local Giving.",
      "url": "https://www.homeprodeals.com/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Steadfast Home Solutions",
      "role": "Central Indiana Foundation, Waterproofing & Home Care Craft (35+ Years)",
      "url": "https://steadfasthomesolutions.us/",
      "note": "A live Central Indiana business riding the RETURNIUM rails.",
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        "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/steadfast-home-solutions/",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Open Hands Open Hearts",
      "role": "10% of Our Net Earnings Given as Gifts",
      "url": "https://openhandsopenhearts.org/",
      "email": "info@openhandsopenhearts.org",
      "gifts": "10% of our net earnings goes back as gifts to local charities, churches, schools, lodges, service clubs, and community causes."
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  "research": [
    {
      "publisher": "International Monetary Fund",
      "when": "January 2026",
      "claim": "60% of jobs in advanced economies will be affected by AI, whether enhanced, transformed, or eliminated.",
      "url": "https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2026/02/03/sp-md-leveraging-artificial-intelligence-and-enhancing-countries-preparedness"
    },
    {
      "publisher": "World Economic Forum",
      "when": "Future of Jobs Report 2025",
      "claim": "92 million jobs displaced by 2030, part of a 22% shake-up of jobs worldwide.",
      "url": "https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2025/in-full/2-jobs-outlook/"
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Forrester",
      "when": "January 2026",
      "claim": "10.4 million U.S. jobs lost to AI and automation by 2030. Structural and permanent, not cyclical.",
      "url": "https://www.forrester.com/blogs/ai-and-automation-will-take-6-of-us-jobs-by-2030/"
    },
    {
      "publisher": "McKinsey Global Institute",
      "claim": "Activities making up nearly one-third of U.S. work hours could be automated by 2030, accelerated by generative AI.",
      "url": "https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/generative-ai-and-the-future-of-work-in-america"
    },
    {
      "publisher": "LocaliQ",
      "when": "2025 home-services search ad benchmarks",
      "claim": "About $91 per lead, and 69% of home-services businesses saw lead costs rise year over year.",
      "url": "https://localiq.com/blog/home-services-search-advertising-benchmarks/"
    }
  ],
  "scripture": {
    "translation": "New King James Version",
    "verses": [
      {
        "ref": "Proverbs 3:27",
        "text": "27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in the power of your hand to do so."
      },
      {
        "ref": "Matthew 5:14",
        "text": "14 \"You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.\""
      },
      {
        "ref": "Jeremiah 29:11",
        "text": "11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope."
      },
      {
        "ref": "Colossians 3:23",
        "text": "23 And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men,"
      },
      {
        "ref": "Ecclesiastes 4:9",
        "text": "9 Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor."
      }
    ]
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  "citation": "Mike Bird, The Pro-Human Economy: A Blueprint to Rebuild What AI Takes (2026), ISBN 979-8-9949461-0-7, https://humansfirstnow.com/book/.",
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