One House

Vote for the Wo/Man in the Mirror

Is peace really so fleeting and utopian of an idea that we won't even try to resolve our differences?

Would I be proud to be the one introducing our species to a hypothetical alien life form, explaining to them what some (or many?) of us have done and continue to do to each other andor to our planet? I can say with certainty that I would be ashamed of many parts of our story.

What if we could change this story - our story? Have you ever considered what change you would make, or contribute? What example you could set, or what ideas you can bring forth to help make your community, city, country - or world - a better place to live in? If not for you today, perhaps for your children, nieces, nephews, students, friends and for all the generations to come?

It’s ok if you haven’t, although I do think it’s something nice to aspire to given how beautiful this earth really is. You don't need to agree, but when you're done with your superman pose in the mirror, your vote - your voice - will be welcomed here.

The Vision in 30 seconds or less

"An Open Invitation to Reinvent Our Reality"

One House is all we have. So let's Unanimously figure out How We can Live in it.

Through free access to quality learning, we now have the tools we need to empower all those around us to ensure they can earn their basic human needs. This ALSO means that we can finally have an adult conversation about what we All want our Earth to look like - For Everyone!

This platform aims to provide the space to do just that. At anytime, Anyone Anywhere can create an account and join what has the potential to become the largest and most inclusive human conversation that has ever taken place - a monolithic human dialogue on How to Reinvent Our Reality - Together!

     ⇒ Skip the explanatory verbal diarrhea and go directly to THE BLUEPRINT ⇐

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The Mission in Point Form

STEP1: We design a BLUEPRINT for an alternate reality based on everyone's vote on each particular matter; where the term vote is redefined as Your Voice, Your thoughts and Your opinions.
A vote no longer needs to be some random person's name who will speak on our behalf. No thank you. We all have the capacity andor resources to speak for ourselves now.

STEP2: We put together pilot, migration, transition and exit/revision plans for each part of this blueprint, to ensure that we can move everyone safely and seamlessly from the status quo to our universally-aware and ideal way of living.

STEP3: WE Execute. WE evaluate. WE tweak plans accordingly, if deemed necessary. WE proceed until everyone is satisfied.

STEP4: WE enjoy Life. Eventually, probably very quickly, WE will deal with new problems; only because we are human and are impressively vulnerable when it comes to creating problems for ourselves. At least, we will know that these new problems will never be the same archaic and nonsensical problems that a mass majority of us today are no longer willing to accept (e.g. wars; mass production farming; emigration due to poor healthcare, indoctrinating education and low overall standard of living).

As all projects begin with initializing and careful planning, so should this project. This means that all stakeholders need to be considered, those directly involved, and those indirectly affected. Since this project involves everyone who has the capacity to communicate their thoughts and share their needs and opinions, as well as those who cannot, then it involves you. Every last one of you; and me; and all speechless life forms around us.

Where Do We Begin

Whether we call these first principles, axioms, fundamentals, elementary root definitions of what we're trying to understand or just philosophical tooting of the horn, let's get them written down and agreed upon.

Within each section of THE BLUEPRINT, you will find a PAGE tab and a DISCUSSION tab; the Page tabs can hold our overall syntheses of our contributions and exchanges that take place under the Discussion tabs.

If interested in an artistic approach (lyrical, instrumental, visual, etc) to sharing this vision with the world, as with all else I'm writing here, the following are entirely open for elaboration, collaboration, and all other recommendations anyone may have to make this message a universal call to action:

     ⇒ The Lyrical Rendering of OneHouse
     ⇒ The Lyrical Rendering of ePangea, initially focused on reinventing Human Learning
     ⇒ I'm also working on a short story that could be adapted into a cartoon by anyone who is into video production

If interested in online conversations (perhaps offline someday?) as opposed to reading and writing, visit:

     ⇒ Townhall Meetings and Topics

If interested in what ChatGPT had to say about some of these topics, see:

     ⇒ The ChatGPT Solutions

If we can truly embody this vision and its intended mission (i.e. if we embrace Our Blueprint), we can become an unstoppable and contagious wildfire! Imagine a universally self-aware movement; the unrotten apples who influence and inspire those around us to actively - and considerately - pursue our inherent entitlement to owning and driving the circumstances of our (short and finite) lives!

Typical Reactions

If you're feeling a bit pessimistic about humanity, consider Abraham Maslow who is reputed for the Hierarchy of Needs, but is far less often credited for his other research findings. He as well as many well-respected psychologists like him confirmed that humans are born neutral or kind in nature, not evil. I'll be the first to argue that we all have within us this potential for so-called evil; I certainly do. The mere thought of someone inflicting extreme harm or injustice on a loved one and that vengeful anger begins to rise.

Existing societies cultivate undesired behaviour through divisions and dichotomies, fear mongering and other appeals to emotion, as well as a multitude of well-known and well-researched control tools that manipulate our innate cognitive biases. Our poor decisions and responses then spread the same way a rotten apple ruins the entire lot. We can do better than that. We just need to have a proper, comprehensive discussion on how, while ensuring that quality learning tools are accessible to everyone so they can develop any missing abilities that may keep them from freely joining this conversation.

There is this question about ten percent of our population having too low an IQ to be integrated into institutions as desperate to hire as the armed forces (who are generally ready to bring in and employ anyone who is willing). There is a correlation between low IQ and antisocial behaviour, and a more pressing concern that "remedying" someone of this neurodiversity is currently limited to us waiting for them to turn 27. What if this neurodivergence stems from the cognitive dissonance this world lays on us from birth? Regardless, I think the rest of us will in good conscience be glad to guide them through this reinvention.

There's also this common tendency for people to say that we can't all be the captain of the ship. Sure, it makes sense not to have 20 different individuals screaming orders in the middle of a storm. Regardless of that sound logic, let's examine what exactly is a captain - or, leader? A good leader isn't one that tells others what to do, but rather one that listens to, and understands what everyone needs in a given situation. A leader knows that only collaboration and clear communication will get us all where we need to go. Perhaps most importantly, a leader knows when to step out of the way and let others lead the way. All of us can learn to be leaders if given the tools and opportunities to develop the necessary traits. This isn't heresy, this is fact. Lookup Child Development and you'll see for yourself that I'm not making this up. Yes, you can also teach an old dog new tricks, even if it may take more time; it's called neuroplasticity. Think of it as the human equivalent buzzword for the cloud.

The True Value in Your Thinking

A Brazilian philosopher named Paulo Freire once underlined the importance of individual expression saying that the word, the ability to verbalize our thoughts, is our only path to personal freedom. He stated that Dialogue is the basis for all social contracts whether democratic or socialist in nature. Such sentiments echoed the likes of Wittgenstein who uttered "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world", and continue to be uttered today by the likes of Jordan Peterson* who convincingly argues that free speech permits thought.

* Quick Disclaimer: Whether you're a fan of Jordan Peterson or whether your temperature rises just from reading his name, I try to remain in the neutral "camp referee", where I prefer focusing on the tangible and debatable arguments that we can validate or refute using logic and reason, regardless of whose mouth these come out of (with reservations, likely to be personal biases, as I'm no better than you at this).

I personally relate to David Wallace's speech where he warns us of our Blind Certainty as he breaks down thought itself (you may relate it to your own versions of daily mundane repetitions of ins and outs). Equally important is our take on free speech, exemplified by Rowan Atkinson here, as he skillfully objects to authoritarian censorship. Even modern science tells us how we can't fully feel or discuss intricate emotions before we learn the vocabulary that helps us identify them with accuracy. Test this out for yourself. Google words about emotions; find a couple that you're unfamiliar with, and read their definitions. Reflect back to situations where you may have felt in such a way and weren't fully aware of the fact. If you can't relate yet, you'll eventually feel the difference the next time you experience this newly acquired vocabulary. Please don't just take my word (or any expert's word) for it; try it. Sort of eye opening isn't it?

Your thoughts are unique to you. It is our privilege to have you share them with us. Vice versa.

The Status-Quo is Evidently Unsustainable

Our votes are failing us. Easily put, are there any governmental structures anywhere in the world that are regarded as highly satisfactory to the majority of their citizens? Are there any public servants who are actually serving the majority of their public in a highly satisfactory manner? Do we typically see action that we ask for, or do we only read or hear elected representatives and experts utter what we want, only to later face disappointing or deceiving outcomes from their policies and administration? These elected individuals are supposed to be our employees; working to make all of our lives better. Is there a mass population anywhere that sees efficient or effective labour generated by their state authorities, people who we entrusted and paid to do such work for us?

The Author is a 45 year old who was born in Lebanon and raised in Canada since 1987. He also lived in West Africa and East Asia for over a decade and has only felt less than impressed by all government bodies that he'd been exposed to. So the logical question that follows (or begging the question, in the vernacular) is, what good does the concept of nations still serve us, the people? Is the notion of electing someone to speak on our behalf not only archaic but even somewhat, insulting?

What good is the Internet if we can't put it to our service; use it for what our forefathers and predecessors could not possibly dream of - mass communication, collaboration and coordination! A Global Direct Democracy inclusive of all people everywhere! We finally have the tools to speak for ourselves, so the only remaining question is, what are we waiting for??? We can't possibly do worse than our governments have seeing as how they still cause (instigate and pursue) wars and destruction. Our collective understanding reaches far beyond the intelligence and compassion necessary to avoid such illogical and universally unproductive self-harm.

We have an opportunity to reinvent ourselves. Redesign life exactly how we envision it to be - together, peacefully. There are no limits to our creativity; imagine the synergy we could build if we put as many of our heads together as we can and design the most relevant, modern, intelligent global reality we can possibly compose! It can start right here, right now; with you voicing your thoughts on the matter(s) that matter(s). Drop all the existing veils and matrices that we were shaped into absorbing, believing, accepting and currently living, and consider a united, humane and collective approach to radical change.

If You Want Something Done Right, Do It Yourself

We know that peaceful conflict resolution requires open lines of communication. Where is this open communication taking place right now, the media? Our theatrical politics? NATO? The WEF? Yeah, that is pretty comical. We're far too aware (I hope) of how we've been getting duped over and over again with that false-promise, do-good-wannabe nonsense.

We just don't seem to think that there's a better way to do things than to vote for new faces and cross our fingers. Apparently, the world is too complex for us to solve anything by ourselves. Is it though?

What if we incorporated one single lesson, of the many lessons we whole-heartedly teach all of our kids: united we stand and divided, we fall. The best leaders lead by example, do they not? So, why are we not leading our own children by example? Why are we not even trying to evaluate our dividing differences, and work out how we can stand united?

Consider how all constructs in use of today (e.g. currency, nations, governments) are based on imagined wo/man-made concepts. This inseparably means that we can change anything currently adopted as daily practice, because we simply imagined it into existence, agreed on by people just like you and me! In other words, if we all stopped believing in FIAT currency right this second, it would literally cease to exist - regardless of who is managing it and who owns what. We really are that powerful IFF (i.e. if and only if) we stand together!

Wanna shake up the status quo?

I do.

Beauty in Simplicity

Any troglodyte can complicate things. There is beauty in simplicity. Let's simplify our existence and make it enjoyable for everyone already.

If all of this continues to sound idealistic, utopian and unachievable to you, then please read through all of the contents until you have had all of your questions and concerns answered and satisfied. I've tested these thoughts for over a decade with a multitude of individuals from all walks of life. They all eventually end up pondering the unlikely possibility and wishing that we will achieve this, regardless of doubtful they may be of our humanity. Thing is, I don't simply "believe" or "have faith" in our ability to do this, I know your potential, I know I'm no smarter than you, and I know for a fact that I can be fully devoted and ready to contribute to something like this.

By no means am I calling myself an expert on anything, no one ever is; even the so-called experts who are honest with themselves know the endless limitations of their understanding. I've simply been privileged enough with time and access to certain scientific facts that have been long identified, but have not yet been efficiently, nor freely, dissipated to the masses. Consider only how primary and secondary sources such as scientific journals have come at a cost, as have so many tertiary sources such as books. Though such associated costs may seem minor to some, they render access to information unattainable to many.

Perhaps copyright restrictions need to be revisited and the compensation model revamped in favor of human progress over centralized profit? All while respecting authors and their contributions, but more than their publisher counterparts in all fairness. Open Source concepts are aligned with this line of thinking, which certainly help avoid friction such as the current debate over whether new technologies like ChatGPT should be allowed to leverage copyrighted content to generate well-informed responses. I for one would want to share knowledge that I acquire for I wouldn't know anything had my predecessors not done the same for me.

Let's simplify our lives already, only in a collaborative way that drives us all forward. Yes, it's much more difficult to work together than to work alone, but the long term payout can mean something as illusive as world peace!

Leverage Technology; Fear Those Who Make False Promises Instead

If the following two expressions mingled closely, this platform would be their baby: (1) measure twice, cut once; (2) if you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.

This MediaWiki server is a convenient platform that we can use for however long it serves our mission. I will manage it for us pro bono until any one of us comes up with a better idea. Everything in here is transparent and open for debate - full disclosure, and outlined on the Technical and Financial page.

When ChatGPT was released, the author was relieved to know that he may no longer have to build such an engine by himself. We still need to:

• Ensure that it is relevant and free of biases if we're to leverage it to provide free, quality, universally inclusive human-centric learning
• Build an intuitive interface (which is apparently being worked on already) to help users find the right questions and prompts (it's far more difficult to pose the right question than it is to provide the right answer);
• Provide an avatar to indicate personal learning progress
• Provide an actions and skills interface to determine what learning experiences are still required before we can perform certain tasks that we're interested in accomplishing
• So on and so forth (custom build details can be elaborated on under The Blueprint section: Personal Growth

When you feel ready to contribute to this dialogue - as opposed to complaining and ranting on endlessly about the supposedly unchangeable (like most of us often do, and that's ok, it makes us feel better - temporarily), create an account (always free) and participate by adding to or modifying whichever parts of your reality that you care to change!

If we hesitate, we miss out. Do any of us have anything to lose in voicing and sharing our views, needs and/or concerns?

Imagine, A Borderless World

What exactly is a nation? Is it 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 localized pockets not find themselves disassociated from each other, often viewing one another as different, unique, better or even worse than their neighbours?

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 their 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 in the Administrative Regions section and see what we uncover. Maybe we will finally Imagine what John was dreaming.

Who are You, Really? Do you Even Know?

I need you. We need you. Even if others may have told you that your voice doesn't matter; it does.

Your identity isn't unique because of your beliefs or your flags, it's because of your VOICE. Your intentions. Your actions. The way you think and act is your only, ever-learning, ever-growing, and ever-morphing identity. No one can ever place any sort of label on THAT. Not even you!

Jim Carrey provides a great perspective on what it's like to be us, free to just be, in this commencement speech. Not a single one of us is a static thing - a consistent emotion or unchangeable personality, or persistent belief, or <insert wo/man-made concept here>. Isn't that exactly what makes each and every one of us entirely different and uniquely beautiful? What gives us worth and belonging?

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.

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.

We now have the tech to build and implement the first Global and Universal Direct Democracy ever!

⇒ ⇒ ⇒ No countries = No politicians = No lobbyists = No corruption = No deception/manipulation = No (modern day, useless) wars

If we inspect this causal chain through more detailed discussion, we find that it empowers individuals everywhere and nurtures diverse communal and municipal cultures. Its humane and universal concept of free access to quality human learning eventually mitigates hunger, poverty and fear, and most importantly, eradicates modern day warfare.

Do you disagree? Great, then let's competently validate - or refute - this seemingly dreamy sentiment with logic and facts in our Blueprint Discussion sections, together!

Shall we?

THE BLUEPRINT

We all need your vote - yes, your thoughts and opinions - on each and every element that matters to you.

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.

Revisions are unavoidable, so amendments will certainly play a part too. This is by definition and necessity, a living document. 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!

Not one of us can figure this out alone - it must be a collaborative effort!

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.

THE GUIDELINE, NICE AND SIMPLE

Keep your contributions civil, constructive and collaborative.

There's zero room and zero tolerance for indecency andor abuse.

Free resources are available on sites like Opencourseware.org, Coursera.org and 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.

THE BACKEND WISHBONE

• Technical and Financial OneHouse Project Setup, Configuration, Management Costs and Sustainability
• Purpose, Mission and Vision (Some of) The (long-winded and less essentially detailed) thinking behind the mission
• Author Just another nobody human being like you, but synergistically and naturally awesome when we all learn to stand together