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== A TIME FOR CHANGE ==
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?
Or how about this, picture a white backdrop and ten thousand pregnant women gently giving birth to newborns. Think, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Boss%20Baby Boss Baby]; factory in clouds magically producing babies and getting them ready for their new families and homes. Only this time, try to envision a world into which YOU would want these babies to enter.
What can you dream up? What sort of world would you want these babies to enter, if you wanted them to live the best lives they could possibly live? Consider these babies to be either your children, siblings, nieces, nephews or cousins; people you care for. Try to reimagine even the concept of ''family'' and ''home'' if you need to; a blank slate or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula%20rasa ''tabula rasa''].
We've become so used to things the way they are, that I don't think many of us could accomplish an act as simple as ''picturing'' a different world.
If you think you do, think of the sorts of people that would exist in this imaginary world - do you think you would have the same people? If you do, you'd be wrong. Ask any development or education expert on the effects of the environment - or nurture - on an individual, and you may be surprised to know just how dramatic an effect it would have on the person. So, reimagining the environment, by definition, requires the ability to reimagine ourselves, our neighbours - pretty much everything we've come accustomed to.
Test it out! Can '''you''' imagine a world such as the following:
⇒ No countries = No politicians = No lobbyists = No corruption = No deception/manipulation = No (modern day, useless) wars
This surely sounds absurd, even to a troglodyte. A wise and evolved, modern day human would consider this thought to be naive, ignorant or a utopian dream.
Ok. Let's take it even further.
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.
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!
So then, what is stopping us from envisioning something different from the status quo? Ourselves? Our preconceived notions and jaded feelings?
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.
'''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 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]!
Yes? No? Do you disagree?
Great! Let's competently validate - or refute - this seemingly ''dreamy sentiment'' with logic and facts in our [[#THE BLUEPRINT | ''Blueprint Discussion sections'']], together!
Shall we?


== THE BLUEPRINT ==
== THE BLUEPRINT ==
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== THE BACKEND WISHBONE ==
== THE BACKEND WISHBONE ==
* [[Purpose, Mission and Vision]] What is One House and why e-Pangea? (Some of) The (long-winded, but impactful) thinking behind the mission
* [[Purpose, Mission and Vision]] What is One House and why e-Pangea? (Some of) The (long-winded, but impactful) thinking behind the mission
* [[The Drive, The Push, The Pull]] The contents of this section used to be the opening content, but many prefer a video; working on that.
* [[The Drive, The Push, The Pull]] More on why we need this dialogue (many prefer a video; I'm working on it; ping me if you want to help)
* [[A Time for Change]] Was an opening call to action; we '''can''' share an ultimate, underlying and realistic vision of ''world peace'' which (contrary to popular belief) celebrates diversity and promotes creativity and kindness
* [[Technical and Financial]] OneHouse Project Setup, Configuration, Management Costs and Sustainability
* [[Technical and Financial]] OneHouse Project Setup, Configuration, Management Costs and Sustainability
* [[Author]] Just another human being like you, useless alone but naturally and synergistically awesome if/when we stand together
* [[Author]] Just another human being like you, useless alone but naturally and synergistically awesome if/when we stand together

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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.

    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 useless meaning andor existence.
    Therefore we can say that,
    Discovering, is Feeling;
    Feeling, is Learning;
    Learning, is Growing.
    Growing, is Living.

THE BACKEND WISHBONE

  • Purpose, Mission and Vision What is One House and why e-Pangea? (Some of) The (long-winded, but impactful) thinking behind the mission
  • The Drive, The Push, The Pull More on why we need this dialogue (many prefer a video; I'm working on it; ping me if you want to help)
  • A Time for Change Was an opening call to action; we can share an ultimate, underlying and realistic vision of world peace which (contrary to popular belief) celebrates diversity and promotes creativity and kindness
  • Technical and Financial OneHouse Project Setup, Configuration, Management Costs and Sustainability
  • Author Just another human being like you, useless alone but naturally and synergistically awesome if/when we stand together