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=== The Vision ===
<small>''Pronounced One 'Ouse (without the 'H') when uttered by my percussionist friends in Sierra Leone, on the western coast of Africa. The Vietnamese, all the way out on the Eastern coast of Asia, say "Mot Nha," which means... you guessed it, One House! The Senegalese parallel is "On Est Ensemble", meaning "We are together". Expressions such as these are common for folks around the planet, all sharing in a sense or feeling of unity. We are drawn to this behaviour regardless of how little we may understand it ("survival in numbers" or tribalism is the neuropsychological explanation). Regardless of how ambitiously we may be striving for excellence on our own individual paths and journeys, it seems as though the collective and the individual are not mutually exclusive entities. They may as well be as intertwined and interdependent as a human brain and its vital organs.''</small>
If we want real change, we need to agree on what that's going to look like. So what are we waiting for, let's design our reality!
 
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As all projects begin with initializing and planning, so should this project. That means that all stakeholders need to be considered, those directly and indirectly involved.
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Since this project involves everyone who has the capacity to communicate their thoughts and share their needs and opinions, then it involves you. Every last one of you; and me.
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I need you - contrary to what others have told you. We all need to understand one another. All of us. Yes, all of us - your opinion matters as much as anyone else's. We have the tech. Let's finally put it to good use.
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''If you have any questions while I set up the skeleton for this dialogue, feel free to reach me at epangea.info@gmail.com or +13438822015
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'''Contribution Guideline is simple:''' Keep the contributions civil, constructive and collaborative. There's zero room and zero tolerance for indecency andor abuse. Zero.
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Free resources are available on Opencourseware.org, Coursera.org and Edx.org if you need to learn the art of communicating and collaborating constructively. Once you're ready, your thoughts will always be welcome on here, no matter who and where you are.
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=== The Background (links/pages to be added) ===
''' The Big Question:''' Do we know what ''world peace'' looks like? Can we envision an entirely different approach to life on earth? How would our planet function if we wanted everyone to have a good standard of living and quality of life? Has anyone ever thought to define ''world peace'' with '''precision'''? Can any single person or group of persons '''have''' such answer(s) ready for the entire world to accept and adopt?
* [[#The Invitation | The Invitation]]
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* [[#The Questions | The Questions]]
* [[#A Borderless World | A Borderless World]]
* [[#The Vocal Invitation | The Vocal Invitation]]


=== The BluePrint (links/pages to be added) ===
* [[Infrastructure]] including Public Works and Shared Services
* [[Resources]] including regional Energy and Food sources, Needs as well as their Dispersion
* [[Value Exchange Systems]] including Markets, Economies and Incentives
* [[Property Ownership]] including Equity, Equality and Meritocracy
* [[Culture]] including Arts, Traditions, Diversity and Identity
* [[Personal Development]] including Learning Experiences, Healthy Lifestyles and Personal Growth
* [[Human Development]] including Research and Humane Human Advancement as a whole
* [[Policy]]
* [[Taxation]]


=== The Boring (links/pages to be added) ===
''' History Repeating Itself:''' The following (appeal to emotion) video is of the ''once famous'' Charlie Chaplin, calling us out on our kindness (and blindness), almost a century ago now. Bring up the transcript and translate it if you need to, and consider replacing the reference to God with Life or Existence if the term bothers you.
* [[Technical]] OneHouse Project Management, Setup and Configuration
* [[Financial]] Project Costs and Approaches to Its Sustainability and Survival
* [[The Author]] Just another human being like you
* [[Purpose, Mission and Vision]]


=== The Invitation ===
Do you think this message is wishful and dreamy? If so, have you ever stopped to ponder whether you were taught to think '''exactly''' that?
''An Open Invitation to Reinvent Our Reality. It's time we drop all the existing veils and matrices we were shaped into absorbing, believing, accepting and, currently living without considering radical change.''
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Our votes have failed us. Is any governmental structure good enough anymore, regardless of where we live in the world? Are there any public servants or any of their/our leaders doing us, the public, any satisfactory service anywhere? Do we see action that we ask for, or do we only ''hear'' them utter what we want only to later face disappointing or deceiving outcomes from their administration? I, a 45 year old Lebanese-born Canadian who has lived in West Africa and East Asia for the past decade, have certainly felt less than impressed by all government bodies that I have been exposed to so far.
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{{#ev:youtube|J7GY1Xg6X20|640x360|center|Charlie Chaplin in the Great Dictator Speech If needed, you can download the Text/Transcript directly from Youtube}}


Isn't it high time we give up on the archaic notion of electing someone to speak on our behalf? What good is the Internet if we can't put it to our service and use it for what our forefathers and predecessors could not possibly dream of - mass communication! We finally have the tools to speak for ourselves - so the only question is, what are we waiting for???
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We can't POSSIBLY do worse than our governments seeing as how they STILL cause wars and destruction when our collective understanding reaches far beyond the intelligence and compassion necessary to avoid such illogical and universally unproductive self-harm. Let's take this opportunity to reinvent our reality. Redesign it exactly how we envision it to be - together, peacefully. There are no limits to our creativity - let's just get all our heads together and design the most relevant, modern, intelligent global reality we can possibly design for ourselves. It starts right here. With you voicing your thoughts on the matters that matter to us all the most.
''' The Call to Action:''' Though a seemingly ambitious objective, you and I can make it our mission to define such ''World Peace'', an unprecedented globally defined and accepted blueprint of what life on earth could '''and should''' be like. We can start right here, right now, until we're all good and ready to do whatever it is we all decide we need to do to get there, including all plans and strategies on how we will transition to this shared vision. The more voices participate, the less bias, and more universal and inclusive our objectives will be. It truly is '''that''' simple.


=== The Questions ===
<small>''We could also wait for people like [https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/george-soros George Soros to design Open Society concepts for us], and then accept our fate as to how we should live however it is ''others'' continue to design and decide for us. Think, what is really stopping us from designing an alternate reality, except us? Every existing story we cease to believe in, strips away all power attributed to the authority in that story. From money, to nations, to sects and institutions, all those entrusted to lead are only in charge because we gave them that right, simply by believing that we need them. We can do much better. You know it. I know it. We all know it. We were all led to believe the ultimate story, that "that's just the way it is; things will always be the same" - and we continue(d?) to believe it. I don't. I hope you will see what I see.''</small>
What is a nation? What is a man-made concept? How can we manage collective interests more efficiently and effectively?
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Why do we vote? How do we vote? How could we vote more efficiently and effectively?
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What is learning? How is that different from education? How can we learn more efficiently and effectively?
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What is a value exchange system? Is bartering more meaningful than current currencies? How can we deal and transact more efficiently and effectively?
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What is energy? How does energy affect life and evolution on earth?
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What is an economy? Can politics and the economy work in separation from one another? How can the economy nurture growth, evolution and prosperity?
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What is a healthy lifestyle? How can the economy nurture growth, evolution and prosperity?
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What is the role of technology? How can humanity leverage technology?
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What’s the alternative to this seemingly mad, and arguably ignorant, “Let’s all hold hands and sing kumbaya” proposal?
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What have we done with our earth? How can we live on it more efficiently and more effectively?
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(These are slightly elaborated on further below, under The Vocal Invitation)
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=== A Borderless World ===
What exactly is a nation? A unity formed amongst a people that share a particular set of languages, arts and traditions? When we dig a little deeper, do we not find that such cultural traits differ from one region, or even one community, to the next? Do these pockets not find themselves disassociating themselves from each other as different, unique or “better” than their neighbour? It seems as though community pockets have more than enough reasons to divide themselves from each other already, that one must wonder once again – what is a nation and what does it represent? Perhaps the flag is simply a representation of the central tax bank treasury which provides the shared services for collective needs, such as managing infrastructure or defending the nation? So then, is a nation or state indifferent from its governing bodies that represent and work for the people, to provide such needs? I propose we dig deeper and see what we uncover.
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=== The Vocal Invitation ===
''#YouAndMe    #ToiEtMoi    #TuYYo    #NiHeWo    #IntaWAna    #BanVaToi    #LetsDefineWorldPeaceTogether''
If there is any interest, we can schedule a weekly online virtual meeting to discuss these ideas that can bring us even closer together, collaborate better, grow faster and help move everyone forward. The voices of individuals from around the world can bring us new perspectives in every exchange, especially if some of you prefer speaking over writing. All timetable and platform suggestions are welcome.
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At the moment, I suggest Wednesday 1300UTC (currently translates to 9am Eastern Daylight Savings Time; 9pm Indochina Time).
We can use Google Meet, Ms Zoom, or a cool Vietnamese startup whose owner I met recently and who leverages distributed networking for his app [https://quickom.com Quickom]
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The recommended questions currently compiled for these discussions are below (these are of course open to modification, as everything else on this platform!). The idea here is to leverage "in-person" vocal meetings to help us further the written conversations and notes, so we may continue to track our advances and improve our blueprint designs for the alternate reality that we envision and build together.
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''Can we envision a different approach to value exchange and property ownership (and shared/common resources/services, nationless community delimitations, legislation, work, transportation/commutes), perhaps comparable to indigineous lifestyle, but can incorporate people's modern lifestyles? What else would we need to change in the way we do things (and/or the way we think) so we can achieve this (these) new approach(es)/solution(s) that we envision?''
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''Do we still need nations?''
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What is a nation? What purpose does it serve humanity? If necessary, is there any other way earth can be delimited or attributed? Can we envision a world of diverse communities where people get to live next to neighbours with whom they share much more in common than they do now? What challenges do such changes pose? How can we transition from what we have today to a borderless world that we may envision?
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Refs:
Collective Illusions, Todd Rose
Why Nations Fail (and The Narrow Corridor), Daron Acemoglu & James Robinson
The Great Degeneration, Niall Ferguson
Onehouse.epangea.top
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''What is my identity? ''
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Does my flag have anything to do with me as an individual? How do group affiliations and identities affect us as a society? Does labeling anyone or any group align with universal beliefs in human rights? Do i need a religion or a god to fear in order to live a moral, or ethical or compassionate and considerate life? What values can i nurture to live such a life? Take the IB learner profile for instance, are these universal and sufficient values?''
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Refs:
Moral Tribes, Joshua Greene
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''Do we still need governments?''
== THE BLUEPRINT ==
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This will be a living document and shapeable however we see fit; none of it is meant to be forever static; every part of this Blueprint is open to (and welcoming of) debate, critique, and most importantly, change.
What if your vote was your own voice and not someone's name to speak on your behalf? What do diplomats do primarily? What is the purpose of having trade agreements? Why do we still need the military? How would we repurpose military weapons and personnel without leaving room for an existing power to take advantage and make a play against others?
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Refs:
The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith
Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell
You Will Own Nothing, Carol Roth
The Great Reset (and its sequel, The Great Narrative), Klaus Schwab & Thierry Malleret
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''Should property be owned by individuals?''
'''The Discussion and Debate Kickoff'''<br>
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''Imagine being a newborn baby with no knowledge of what life is like; only that you will (likely) live your entire life on this planet we call Earth. How would you want life to be? What would you create, build, engineer, design, explore, or how would you spend your time? How would you want your mother or father or daughter or son or friend or neighbour or stranger to be spending their time? How would you help them live, if you cared to?''<br>
Should there be a limit on individual ownership? What would be a good cap and based on what rationale? How can such ownership be regulated without any room for foul play, interference or injustices?
Refs:
Fifth Sun, Camilla Townsend
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''Is there still a need to fear andor distrust our neighbours?''
''We need to start somewhere. So, why not start with how we currently divide it? Why is it divided the way it is, what's the use of such divisions or more importantly, how do these divisions improve our lives? Can we do better? If not, why not, and if so, what do we envision? What can we envision, especially if we can allow our mind to roam free of its preconceived notions?''<br>
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What is that fear andor distrust rooted in? Can more understanding help resolve our differences? Where does language come in? Is language a true representation of a culture or a divisive hang up and distraction? Should we have a lingua franca? How can we cultivate relationships with anyone? Can communication, respect and trust help nurture better relationships?
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Refs:
Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell
Willful Blindness, Margaret Heffernan
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''Who pays taxes and why?''
# [[Administrative Regions]] to identify global regional needs based on topology, weather and other environmental factors
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# [[Energy Sources]] including Regional Needs and their Dispersion
Can taxes be reinvented to cover global and local human needs, without creating pocketed entitlement and division? <br>
# [[Food Sources]] including Regional Needs and their Dispersion
What are shared services and public works? Can needs be divided and served based on geographical regions and climate-soil status?
# [[Water Sources]] including Regional Needs and their Dispersion
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# [[Other Natural Sources]] including Regional Needs and their Dispersion
# [[Property Ownership]] including Equity, Equality and Meritocracy, with a globally accepted and humane min and max
# [[Value Exchange Systems]] including Markets, Economies and Incentives, with a globally accepted and humane min and max
# [[Taxation]] flat and consistent as a globally accepted and humane value, based on the newly envisioned value exchange system
# [[Infrastructure]] such as Public Works and Shared Services that include Transportation, Communication, Healthcare and Welfare
# [[Policy]] and our overarching approach to global consensus, replacing all existing trade agreements
# [[Legislation]] basic universal human law similar to the golden rule with community-based amendments
# [[Enforcement]] to police, defend, serve and enforce the application of the universal human laws and their community-based amendments
# [[Human and Environmental Prosperity]] including Research and Development, and our Collective Human and Humane Advancement as a whole
# [[Personal Growth]] including Learning Experiences, Healthy Lifestyles and Personal Development
# [[Culture]] as an umbrella for all forms of Arts, Humanely Evolving Traditions, and Celebration of Diversity


''Should everyone be entitled to offspring?''
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How does creating babies affect evolution, society and shared services? What would policy and control look like, if these were to be applied?
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''Is currency necessary? ''
Each of these will evidently require '''Pilot → Migration → Transition → Exit/Revision plans''' ([[Preliminary Migration and Transition Plan]]) to bring us from the existing state to our more desirable objectives.
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What would a single global currency look like? Are commodities like gold the best ways to back currency? What if human time was used to give value? What would a free market look like then? Should government ever regulate a market?
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''What is the legal system for?''
<small>This collaborative MediaWiki approach to dialogue can help us ensure relevance and inclusion, especially as translation and accessibility software keep improving. Engagement and participation can inherently make us fully accountable for, and accepting of, the world we eventually rebuild together. Not one of us can figure this out alone - it '''must be''' a collaborative effort. </small>
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If lawyers study one aspect of law their entire lives, how is it logical that all laws, of which we the masses, are primarily unaware, apply to us all as citizens? Is there a simpler approach to legislation? What should consequences look like?
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''What should drug regulation look like?''
== THE BACKEND WISHBONE ==
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The backend functionality, sustainability, theories and perspectives; the vision and mission, should we choose to accept it.
How is it that places like Portugal drastically dropped their crime rates by legalizing everything? Why do other nations not follow suit? How is it that sugar, nicotine and alcohol remain legal while other substances are not? Why was opium only rendered illegal in the 90s? What would happen if everything became legal overnight, would black markets still exist?
* [[Purpose, Mission and Vision]] What is One House and why? (Some of) The (long-winded, but impactful) thinking behind the mission
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* [[The Drive, The Push, The Pull]] More on why we need this platform (Working on video; ping me if you want to help)
* [[Perennial Illusions]] More of the opening lines, moved into subsections for easier processing.
* [[A Time for Change]] Initial call to action.
* [[Guideline: Keep it Simple]] Free tools exist that can develop our dialogue and debate.
* [[Technical and Financial]] One'Ouse Project Setup, Configuration, Management Costs and Sustainability
* [[Author]] Just another human like you, great alone, but synergistically awesome if/when we stand together


''Sound of freedom underlines the demand for child sexual exploitation.
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How do we mitigate such demand to ensure a supply market is never even contemplated by anyone anywhere?''
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''How crucial is access to learning?''
    Curiosity leads to discovery.
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    Discovery sparks new feelings.
How does it affect society as a whole? Common sense? Identity? Basic needs to self actualization? How can we envision a different approach to learning? To assessment and validation of learned skillsets and acquired knowledge?
    Feelings inform our learning.
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    Learning feeds our growth.


''Are copyrights a hindrance to human evolution?''
    So Living without Growth is likely to Feel like a mundane, plateau of existence devoid of any meaning.
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When the FBI ceased z-lib.org, did that help prosperity? Should capitalism or personal gain trump access to information? Is there a different way we can approach compensating authors than the ways we currently approach the matter, allowing for universal access while providing fair reward to those who invested their time and efforts into their work?
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''What are the labour market and employment good for?''
    In other words,
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    Discovering, is Feeling;
Can we envision a different approach to filling our days other than going to work every day? What if we were all able to create every day? How would individuals be incentivized to do anything if they didn't have to work for a living?
    Feeling, is Learning;
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    Learning, is Growing.
    Growing, is Living.


''What are the current fashion, sports and entertainment industries about?''
    Life is not a fight. It's a dance. We can all enjoy surfing these frequencies, together.
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Do they bring value to humanity? Does form come before function? Is competition as important as some consider it to be? How does collaboration compare? If collaborating is more difficult, shouldn't we focus on improving our ability to do that as opposed to compete? Does the art world fall in this monetized and capitalized version of fashion, sports and entertainment? Should everything be monetized?
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Latest revision as of 09:39, 10 November 2024

Pronounced One 'Ouse (without the 'H') when uttered by my percussionist friends in Sierra Leone, on the western coast of Africa. The Vietnamese, all the way out on the Eastern coast of Asia, say "Mot Nha," which means... you guessed it, One House! The Senegalese parallel is "On Est Ensemble", meaning "We are together". Expressions such as these are common for folks around the planet, all sharing in a sense or feeling of unity. We are drawn to this behaviour regardless of how little we may understand it ("survival in numbers" or tribalism is the neuropsychological explanation). Regardless of how ambitiously we may be striving for excellence on our own individual paths and journeys, it seems as though the collective and the individual are not mutually exclusive entities. They may as well be as intertwined and interdependent as a human brain and its vital organs.


The Big Question: Do we know what world peace looks like? Can we envision an entirely different approach to life on earth? How would our planet function if we wanted everyone to have a good standard of living and quality of life? Has anyone ever thought to define world peace with precision? Can any single person or group of persons have such answer(s) ready for the entire world to accept and adopt?


History Repeating Itself: The following (appeal to emotion) video is of the once famous Charlie Chaplin, calling us out on our kindness (and blindness), almost a century ago now. Bring up the transcript and translate it if you need to, and consider replacing the reference to God with Life or Existence if the term bothers you.

Do you think this message is wishful and dreamy? If so, have you ever stopped to ponder whether you were taught to think exactly that?

Load video
YouTube
Charlie Chaplin in the Great Dictator Speech If needed, you can download the Text/Transcript directly from Youtube


The Call to Action: Though a seemingly ambitious objective, you and I can make it our mission to define such World Peace, an unprecedented globally defined and accepted blueprint of what life on earth could and should be like. We can start right here, right now, until we're all good and ready to do whatever it is we all decide we need to do to get there, including all plans and strategies on how we will transition to this shared vision. The more voices participate, the less bias, and more universal and inclusive our objectives will be. It truly is that simple.

We could also wait for people like George Soros to design Open Society concepts for us, and then accept our fate as to how we should live however it is others continue to design and decide for us. Think, what is really stopping us from designing an alternate reality, except us? Every existing story we cease to believe in, strips away all power attributed to the authority in that story. From money, to nations, to sects and institutions, all those entrusted to lead are only in charge because we gave them that right, simply by believing that we need them. We can do much better. You know it. I know it. We all know it. We were all led to believe the ultimate story, that "that's just the way it is; things will always be the same" - and we continue(d?) to believe it. I don't. I hope you will see what I see.


#YouAndMe #ToiEtMoi #TuYYo #NiHeWo #IntaWAna #BanVaToi #LetsDefineWorldPeaceTogether


THE BLUEPRINT

This will be a living document and shapeable however we see fit; none of it is meant to be forever static; every part of this Blueprint is open to (and welcoming of) debate, critique, and most importantly, change.

The Discussion and Debate Kickoff
Imagine being a newborn baby with no knowledge of what life is like; only that you will (likely) live your entire life on this planet we call Earth. How would you want life to be? What would you create, build, engineer, design, explore, or how would you spend your time? How would you want your mother or father or daughter or son or friend or neighbour or stranger to be spending their time? How would you help them live, if you cared to?

We need to start somewhere. So, why not start with how we currently divide it? Why is it divided the way it is, what's the use of such divisions or more importantly, how do these divisions improve our lives? Can we do better? If not, why not, and if so, what do we envision? What can we envision, especially if we can allow our mind to roam free of its preconceived notions?

  1. Administrative Regions to identify global regional needs based on topology, weather and other environmental factors
  2. Energy Sources including Regional Needs and their Dispersion
  3. Food Sources including Regional Needs and their Dispersion
  4. Water Sources including Regional Needs and their Dispersion
  5. Other Natural Sources including Regional Needs and their Dispersion
  6. Property Ownership including Equity, Equality and Meritocracy, with a globally accepted and humane min and max
  7. Value Exchange Systems including Markets, Economies and Incentives, with a globally accepted and humane min and max
  8. Taxation flat and consistent as a globally accepted and humane value, based on the newly envisioned value exchange system
  9. Infrastructure such as Public Works and Shared Services that include Transportation, Communication, Healthcare and Welfare
  10. Policy and our overarching approach to global consensus, replacing all existing trade agreements
  11. Legislation basic universal human law similar to the golden rule with community-based amendments
  12. Enforcement to police, defend, serve and enforce the application of the universal human laws and their community-based amendments
  13. Human and Environmental Prosperity including Research and Development, and our Collective Human and Humane Advancement as a whole
  14. Personal Growth including Learning Experiences, Healthy Lifestyles and Personal Development
  15. Culture as an umbrella for all forms of Arts, Humanely Evolving Traditions, and Celebration of Diversity


Each of these will evidently require Pilot → Migration → Transition → Exit/Revision plans (Preliminary Migration and Transition Plan) to bring us from the existing state to our more desirable objectives.

This collaborative MediaWiki approach to dialogue can help us ensure relevance and inclusion, especially as translation and accessibility software keep improving. Engagement and participation can inherently make us fully accountable for, and accepting of, the world we eventually rebuild together. Not one of us can figure this out alone - it must be a collaborative effort.

THE BACKEND WISHBONE

The backend functionality, sustainability, theories and perspectives; the vision and mission, should we choose to accept it. 


    Curiosity leads to discovery.
    Discovery sparks new feelings.
    Feelings inform our learning.
    Learning feeds our growth.

    So Living without Growth is likely to Feel like a mundane, plateau of existence devoid of any meaning.

    In other words,
    Discovering, is Feeling;
    Feeling, is Learning;
    Learning, is Growing.
    Growing, is Living.

    Life is not a fight. It's a dance. We can all enjoy surfing these frequencies, together.
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