Omnithion Times

  By Alexander Ziwahatan Founder, Omnithion | Candidate for Governor of Oregon The Pain Paradox Pain is one of humanity’s oldest adversaries. For decades, modern medicine fought it with opioids — powerful enough to dull suffering, but with a cost we’re still paying. Since 1999, the opioid epidemic has claimed over 500,000 lives in the U.S., hollowed out communities, and burdened healthcare systems with billions in costs. Chronic pain remains a leading cause of disability, yet the tools we’ve relied on to treat it have fueled one of the worst public health crises in history. The problem is clear: our pain management system was built on reaction, not prevention. We wait until pain overwhelms, then prescribe solutions that create new dangers. It’s time for something different. Introducing OmniDots At Omnithion , we designed OmniDots to break the cycle — to give patients the relief they need without the addiction risk. OmniDots are microscopic, biodegradable delivery syste...

  By Alexander Ziwahatan,  Founder, Omnithion | Candidate for Governor of Oregon It’s July 17, 2035 . You wake up in a quiet neighborhood in somewhere in Oregon. The air is crisp, the sky clear — not a hint of wildfire smoke on the horizon. That’s not luck. It’s policy. Morning: A Breath of Clean Air A decade ago, Oregon summers came with weeks of toxic haze from megafires. Now, FireDrones patrol our forests 24/7, detecting and extinguishing ignitions in under two minutes. When the occasional smoke from out-of-state drifts in, AtmosClean aerial purifiers swarm to restore breathable skies in hours, not days. Your morning jog is no longer a gamble with your lungs — it’s just a jog. Midday: A Thriving Economy Without Taxes You head downtown for work in a building powered by solar energy from Solar City Oregon , part of the $40+ billion revenue stream that replaced income and property taxes years ago. You don’t pay state income tax. You don’t pay property tax. Your take-home ...

  By Alexander Ziwahatan Founder, Omnithion | Candidate for Governor of Oregon 1. Why This Moment Matters Oregon is already a clean-energy leader—but our progress masks a deeper urgency. In 2024 , renewable sources accounted for 62% of Oregon’s electricity, led by hydro (41%) and wind (15%). Solar generation exploded—from 104 GWh in 2014 to 2,401 GWh in 2023 , putting the state 17th nationally. Demand is soaring: data centers, EVs, green hydrogen and electrification projects could double electricity demand in the Northwest by 2046 . Meanwhile, threats loom: A persistent drought in 2024 reduced hydro output to a 23-year low, lowering clean dispatchable capacity and increasing reliance on gas . Federal tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act—with deadlines before mid‑2026/2027 —are driving a race to deploy wind and solar projects before they expire . 2. A Funding Challenge Without New Taxes Oregon’s unique tax landscape complicates growth: We have no sales...

By Alexander Ziwahatan,  Founder, Omnithion | Candidate for Governor of Oregon The Price We Keep Paying Every year, we spend billions reacting to disasters we could have prevented. Wildfires, public health crises, pollution events — they hit, we scramble, and then we rebuild. And year after year, the bill grows. In Oregon alone, wildfire suppression over the past five years has cost more than $1 billion . Add in the lost homes, businesses, and economic downtime, and the true total is several times higher. The same pattern repeats in healthcare: billions spent treating preventable conditions like opioid dependency and pollution-related illness. In environmental policy, we pour resources into cleanup long after toxins have entered our air, water, and soil. We treat prevention like a luxury, when in reality, it’s the most cost-effective and humane investment we can make. Why We Default to Reaction Mode Three forces keep us stuck in this cycle: Budgeting Mindset – Politi...

  By Alexander Ziwahatan Founder, Omnithion | Candidate for Governor of Oregon Looking Back: The AI Leap of the Last Half-Decade Five years ago, in 2020, artificial intelligence was impressive — but limited. Models like GPT-3 could generate text, but their reasoning was shallow, their accuracy inconsistent, and their “intelligence” still clearly artificial. AI adoption in business was cautious, experimental, and often confined to niche applications. Since then, the pace of change has been nothing short of exponential. Between 2020 and 2025, we’ve witnessed: Language Models That Think in Layers From GPT-3 to GPT-4, GPT-4o, and beyond, AI went from “autocomplete on steroids” to systems capable of multi-step reasoning, context retention, and dynamic problem-solving. Multimodal Intelligence AI can now process and generate not just text, but images, audio, video, and code in real time — seamlessly moving between modalities. Practical Integration Tools like ChatGPT, Claud...

  By Alexander Ziwahatan Founder, Omnithion | Candidate for Governor of Oregon The Silent Threat in Our Skies When wildfire season hits Oregon, the devastation isn’t limited to flames. Long after the last embers are out, another disaster lingers — in the air we breathe. Wildfire smoke can travel hundreds of miles, blanketing cities like Portland, Eugene, and Bend in thick, toxic haze. In 2020, air quality in parts of Oregon ranked worst in the world , with PM2.5 levels exceeding safe limits by more than 10× . Even in years with fewer megafires, seasonal smoke pushes asthma ER visits up by 20–40% and increases cardiovascular events in vulnerable populations. But wildfire smoke isn’t the only culprit. Vehicle emissions, industrial activity, and stagnant air during heat waves combine to create year-round pollution hazards — a hidden killer that the World Health Organization estimates causes 7 million premature deaths globally each year . We’ve accepted dirty air as an inevita...

By Alexander Ziwahatan Founder of Omnithion | Candidate for Governor of Oregon Introduction: Oregon at a Crossroads Oregon has entered a wildfire era unlike any in its history. Over the past five years, the state has grappled with escalating costs, destroyed communities, and strained government budgets. In 2024 alone, the Oregon Department of Forestry spent over $350 million on fire suppression , more than triple the amount spent the year prior . Earlier that year, the state set aside only $271 million for the next two years , yet that still fell short of needed funds for disaster response . That same 2024 fire season scorched nearly 1.9 million acres , forcing communities into evacuations and pulling emergency funds into crisis mode . The costs aren’t just budgets—they’re lives, homes, livelihoods. Oregon cannot afford to treat fire as an annual inevitability. We need a shift from reaction to prevention. The True Cost of Wildfires in Oregon Let’s look at the five-year wildfire ...

By Alexander Ziwahatan Founder, Omnithion | Candidate for Governor of Oregon A Nation in Pain Chronic pain is one of the most common and costly health challenges in the world. In the United States alone, more than 50 million people suffer from pain that lasts longer than three months. For many, it’s not just discomfort — it’s a daily battle that shapes every decision, limits every movement, and shadows every hope for a normal life. For decades, the standard medical answer has been opioid painkillers. They work — at first. But they also carry a devastating risk: addiction. Since 1999, the opioid epidemic has claimed over 500,000 lives in the U.S. alone. That’s not a statistic — it’s a generation of mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, friends, and colleagues gone too soon. Behind each number is a family changed forever. The Failure of “Manage, Not Solve” Here’s the uncomfortable truth: the majority of our current pain management system doesn’t actually solve pain — it suppresses...