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| == Nations are Creations that Eventually Lead to Devastation ==
| | '''The Big Question(s)'''<br>Do we know what world peace '''looks''' like?<br><br>Can we '''envision''' an entirely different approach to life on earth than the one we currently '''accept''' as the status-quo?<br><br>How would our planet function if we wanted everyone to have a '''good standard of living''' and '''quality of life'''?<br><br>Who gets to define '''a good life''' for '''everyone''' with '''precision'''?<br><br>Can any '''single person''' or group of persons '''have''' such answers ready for the '''entire''' world to '''accept and adopt'''? |
| The century old Israel-Palestine conflict is all of a sudden the new hype. Goodbye Ukraine! Asta la vista [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97qRUqYLNu0&t post-covid excess deaths]. And just like everyone else, that is, all of us who consider ourselves informed citizens and are quick to get sucked into ''being in the know'', I tried to inform myself on this new hype. I eventually landed on this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Q2t5r5o_k&t documentary recounting the views of Israeli and Palestinian individuals who were there in 1948].
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| '''If we objectively avoid sympathizing with one side or the other, reason alone would tell us that this endeavour is endless if not pointless. How can ''good'' young men anywhere exercise any form of brutality against complete strangers? | | '''The Call to Action'''<br>Though a seemingly ambitious objective, you and I can make it our mission to define such a world. An unprecedented, globally defined and accepted [[THE BLUEPRINT|'''blueprint''']] of what life on earth could '''and should''' be like. |
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| An old professor of mine from Carleton University, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal%20Marlin Randal Marlin], published ''Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion'' (2002) discussing the various techniques that have been in use for millennia. In 1988, Noam Chomsky had his publication [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing%20Consent Manufacturing Consent], which was quickly pulled off the shelf by the umbrella media conglomerate that owned the publishing company. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daron%20Acemoglu Acemoglu authored Why Nations Fail (2012) and The Narrow Corridor (2019)] indicating the frailty involved in maintaining a well-balanced state (or "Shackled Leviathan) which can truly champion freedom and justice for all its citizens. Endless authors have written on such topics while their arguments remain absent in typical ''educated'' conversations, as if completely unbeknownst to the average citizen.
| | '''The How'''<br>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 [[THE BLUEPRINT|'''this shared vision (The Blueprint)''']]. The more voices participate, the less bias, and more universal and inclusive our objectives will be. It truly is '''that''' simple. |
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| Perhaps [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%20Against%20Fire Black Mirror's ''Men Against Fire''] presents the most modern and crystal clear approach to how collective illusions can be weaponized and targeted to generate individual perceptions that are completely rooted in inculcated myths, aiming only to cultivate intolerance, hate and division.
| | '''The Alternative'''<br>We could also leave things as they are, with war and destruction randomly spurring up around the world, hoping it stays distant and far away from us and our families. We can continue to wait for our governments to figure things out. We can let people like George Soros and Balaji Srinivasan design [https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/george-soros the Open Society] or [https://thenetworkstate.com the Network State] for us respectively, and then accept our fate as to how we should live however it is ''others'' continue to design and decide for us. |
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| I had to wonder, how are nations formed in the first place? I mean, did it look any different when settlers took over indigenous lands? Have we been playing a losing game all along? Is there a better way to do things? Has there been a better way but, we just never stopped to think.. how? | | '''I'm In!!! What Do I Do Now?'''<br>Let your '''voice''' be your '''vote''' on '''all things''' that matter to '''all of us''' in [[THE BLUEPRINT]].<br><br><small>''([mailto:one.ouse.info@gmail.com?subject=AccountCreationRequest Ping me] if and when you decide that you want to start contributing to this conversation. I had to temporarily disable automated login creation due to endless bot attacks on the server - I will figure out what extensions I need to configure so I can re-enable this feature and automate the process. Help is welcome if you're familiar with mediawiki on linux/nginx.)''</small> |
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| I've heard of the [https://thenetworkstate.com/ Network State]. I'm a fan and contributor to the [https://LinkPower.eco LinkPower] movement. I love what Wikipedia and Open Source are about. What do you love? What are you a fan of? Is there a way that we can bring all of our good ideas together to make something absolutely, unprecedently, monumentally amazing - something that works for '''all''' of us?
| | <small>'''''#RedefineRealityTogether'''<br>#YouAndMe #ToiEtMoi #TuYYo #NiHeWo #你和我 #AntWaAna #أنتوأنا #BanVaToi #DuUndIch #VocêEMim #TeÉsÉn #TyAJa #TuEIo #TúAgusMé #TúYEu #SenVeBen #AnteEtEgo #ТыИЯ #ТыІЯ #ТыИАз #ТыИЈа #TyAIa #ТыДаЯ #NǐHéWǒ #AnataToWatashi #あなたと私 #NeoWaNawa #너와나와 #TumAurMain #तुमऔरमैं #TumiEbongAmi #তুমিএবংআমি #NīnuNānu #ನೀನುಮತ್ತುನಾನು #NīvēNēnū #నీకునేను #NīyumÑānŭ #നീയുംഞാനും #KoweLanAku #IweNeni #WenaLeMina #WēiHōu #TuETi #TiIEu #MimiNaWewe #KhunLaPhom #คุณและผม #WenaLeMina #WēiHōu #TúAgusMé''</small> |
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| == A TIME FOR CHANGE ==
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| Say we could ask a genie in a bottle for a few wishes, could we even imagine what our ideal utopian world would look like?
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| We've become so used to things the way they are, I don't think many of us could accomplish an act as simple as ''picturing'' a different world.
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| Test it out! Can '''you''' imagine a world such as the following?
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| ⇒ No countries = No politicians = No lobbyists = No corruption = No deception/manipulation = No (modern day, useless) wars
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| This surely sounds absurd even to a troglodyte! What would a (hopefully) much wiser and evolved, modern day human think? Naive, ignorant or dreamy?
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| Let's take it even further.
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| If we inspect this imaginary causal chain and assess it (eventually through more detailed discussions, is the ultimate aim here), we find that it has the potential to empower individuals everywhere and nurture diverse communal and municipal cultures. If, we can imagine a complementary humane and universal approach to free quality human learning experiences for everyone (which is a project that I have turned into my life's mission, going on 8yrs now), we could eventually mitigate hunger, poverty and fear, and perhaps most pressingly, eradicate modern day warfare.
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| In other words, these few modifiable factors have the potential of changing everything we already (think we) know about how the world '''already''' works (e.g. evolution vs destruction), or how people '''already''' tend to behave (e.g. selfless/selfish). This inherently means that we literally know nothing of how anything would work or what anyone would be like if the world functioned in an entirely different way!
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| So then, what is stopping us from envisioning something different from the status quo? Ourselves? Our preconceived notions and jaded feelings?
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| I believe we can do better. At least, that's if we want to continue classifying our species as civilized and intelligent. Otherwise, we may as well pass off such glorified titles to the elephants, or any other species that better reflect or represent such traits; because, we don't.
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| '''My life is not worth more than yours. Nor yours, worth more than mine. The leaf on the tree making oxygen for us is perhaps worth more than both our lives put together. This is an opportunity to make our choices worth more than that leaf.'''
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| If we want real change, we all need to agree on what that's going to look like. We all need to understand one another. All of us.
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| We now have the tech to build '''and''' implement what could be the first ever Global and Universal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy Direct Democracy], and truly [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20government Open Government]!
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| Yes? No? Do you disagree?
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| Great! Let's competently validate - or refute - this seemingly ''dreamy sentiment'' with logic and facts in our [[#THE BLUEPRINT | ''Blueprint Discussion sections'']], together!
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| == THE BLUEPRINT ==
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| We all need '''your''' ''vote'' - yes, '''your thoughts and opinions''' - on each and every element that matters to you.
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| Such a collaborative approach ensures relevance and inclusion for everyone. This inherently promotes further engagement and participation, and makes us all fully accountable for, and accepting of the choices we all eventually agree on.
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| Revisions are unavoidable, so amendments will certainly play a part too. This is by definition and necessity, a living document.
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| Remember that none of this initial proposal was meant to be static. Every part of this Blueprint is open to debate, critique, and most importantly, change!
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| Not one of us can figure this out alone - it '''must be''' a collaborative effort!
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| # [[Administrative Regions]] to identify global regional needs based on topology, weather and other environmental factors | |
| # [[Energy Sources]] including Regional Needs and their Dispersion | |
| # [[Food Sources]] including Regional Needs and their Dispersion | |
| # [[Water Sources]] including Regional Needs and their Dispersion | |
| # [[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 | |
| 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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| == THE GUIDELINE, NICE AND SIMPLE ==
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| <big>Keep your contributions civil, constructive and collaborative.
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| There's zero room and zero tolerance for indecency andor abuse.
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| Free resources are available on sites like [https://Opencourseware.org Opencourseware.org], [https://Coursera.org Coursera.org] and [https://Edx.org Edx.org] if you need to learn the art of constructive communication and collaboration. Once you're ready, your thoughts will always be welcome on here, no matter who you are or where you currently stand.
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| Curiosity leads to discovery.
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| Discovery sparks new feelings.
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| Feelings inform our learning.
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| Learning feeds our growth.
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| So Living without Growth is likely to Feel like a mundane, plateau of useless meaning andor existence.
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| Therefore we can say that,
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| Discovering, is Feeling;
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| Feeling, is Learning;
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| Learning, is Growing.
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| Growing, is Living.
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| == THE BACKEND WISHBONE ==
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| * [[Purpose, Mission and Vision]] What is One House and why e-Pangea? (Some of) The (long-winded) thinking behind the vision and mission
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| * [[The Drive, The Push, The Pull]] This was the opening content on the site, but just too much to read for many of us
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| * [[Technical and Financial]] OneHouse Project Setup, Configuration, Management Costs and Sustainability
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| * [[Author]] Just another nobody human being like you, but synergistically and naturally awesome when we all learn to stand together
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The Big Question(s)
Do we know what world peace looks like?
Can we envision an entirely different approach to life on earth than the one we currently accept as the status-quo?
How would our planet function if we wanted everyone to have a good standard of living and quality of life?
Who gets to define a good life for everyone with precision?
Can any single person or group of persons have such answers ready for the entire world to accept and adopt?
The Call to Action
Though a seemingly ambitious objective, you and I can make it our mission to define such a world. An unprecedented, globally defined and accepted blueprint of what life on earth could and should be like.
The How
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 Blueprint). The more voices participate, the less bias, and more universal and inclusive our objectives will be. It truly is that simple.
The Alternative
We could also leave things as they are, with war and destruction randomly spurring up around the world, hoping it stays distant and far away from us and our families. We can continue to wait for our governments to figure things out. We can let people like George Soros and Balaji Srinivasan design the Open Society or the Network State for us respectively, and then accept our fate as to how we should live however it is others continue to design and decide for us.
I'm In!!! What Do I Do Now?
Let your voice be your vote on all things that matter to all of us in THE BLUEPRINT.
(Ping me if and when you decide that you want to start contributing to this conversation. I had to temporarily disable automated login creation due to endless bot attacks on the server - I will figure out what extensions I need to configure so I can re-enable this feature and automate the process. Help is welcome if you're familiar with mediawiki on linux/nginx.)
#RedefineRealityTogether
#YouAndMe #ToiEtMoi #TuYYo #NiHeWo #你和我 #AntWaAna #أنتوأنا #BanVaToi #DuUndIch #VocêEMim #TeÉsÉn #TyAJa #TuEIo #TúAgusMé #TúYEu #SenVeBen #AnteEtEgo #ТыИЯ #ТыІЯ #ТыИАз #ТыИЈа #TyAIa #ТыДаЯ #NǐHéWǒ #AnataToWatashi #あなたと私 #NeoWaNawa #너와나와 #TumAurMain #तुमऔरमैं #TumiEbongAmi #তুমিএবংআমি #NīnuNānu #ನೀನುಮತ್ತುನಾನು #NīvēNēnū #నీకునేను #NīyumÑānŭ #നീയുംഞാനും #KoweLanAku #IweNeni #WenaLeMina #WēiHōu #TuETi #TiIEu #MimiNaWewe #KhunLaPhom #คุณและผม #WenaLeMina #WēiHōu #TúAgusMé