Townhall Meetings and Topics

Should we talk about any of the topics, ideas andor strategies in person?

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.

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 Quickom

The questions currently compiled for such discussions are below. These are of course open to modification, as everything else is 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.

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?

Do we still need nations?
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?
Refs:
Collective Illusions, Todd Rose
Why Nations Fail (and The Narrow Corridor), Daron Acemoglu & James Robinson
The Great Degeneration, Niall Ferguson

What is my identity?
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?
Refs:
Moral Tribes, Joshua Greene

Do we still need governments?
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?
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

Should property be owned by individuals?
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

Is there still a need to fear andor distrust our neighbours?
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?
Refs:
Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell
Willful Blindness, Margaret Heffernan

Who pays taxes and why?
Can taxes be reinvented to cover global and local human needs, without creating pocketed entitlement and division?
What are shared services and public works? Can needs be divided and served based on geographical regions and climate-soil status?

Should everyone be entitled to offspring?
How does creating babies affect evolution, society and shared services? What would policy and control look like, if these were to be applied?

Is currency necessary?
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?

What is the legal system for?
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?

What should drug regulation look like?
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?

Sound of freedom underlines the demand for child sexual exploitation.
How do we mitigate such demand to ensure a supply market is never even contemplated by anyone anywhere?

How crucial is access to learning?
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?

Are copyrights a hindrance to human evolution?
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?

What are the labour market and employment good for?
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?

What are the current fashion, sports and entertainment industries about?
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?