Pronounced One 'Ouse (without the 'H') when uttered by my percussionist friends in Sierra Leone. The Senegalese equivalent is "On Est Ensemble", which means "We are together". Such statements are common for folks from all around the planet, all sharing in a sense or feeling of unity, all drawn to it regardless of how little we may understand it, and regardless of how ambitiously we may be striving for excellence on our own individual paths and journeys. The collective and the individual are not mutually exclusive entities; they are 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?
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.
- 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.
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 GUIDELINE, NICE AND SIMPLE
Please keep your contributions civil, constructive and collaborative. There will be zero tolerance for indecency andor abuse. Everyone's time is precious; yours too. Please don't waste it away.
Collaboration amongst many is exponentially more difficult and may seem exhausting, inefficient andor ineffective - and yet, Wikipedia made it work! Equally inherently, the more voices join this dialogue, the less biased the Blueprint will be.
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
The backend functionality and sustainability, the theories and perspectives, the wishful vision and mission should we choose to accept it.
- Purpose, Mission and Vision What is One House and why? (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)
- Perennial Illusions More of the opening lines, moved into subsections for easier processing.
- A Time for Change Initial call to action.
- Technical and Financial One'Ouse 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
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.