The
Existing Problem: Because of the relentless increase in the quantity and
complexity of knowledge in the world, we are experiencing a clash between cultures that prevents all but the most
capable of surviving with any meaningful identity in tact.
This
excursion into confusion has caused many to abandon modernity and return to the roots from
which their identity first emerged. Unfortunately, this often
affects their ability to remain economically viable in our rapidly
changing world. This can be seen in the
growing number of displaced and unemployed people in the world.
Currently, this group exceeds 1/6 of the world's total population.
Driven
by economic hardship... religious,
political, and cultural difference has begun to seethe with a growing
frustration that is all too often turning to violence. In a technologically interdependent
world,
as advanced as our own, where highly destructive information
is no farther away than a computer terminal attached to the internet, this
unrest constitutes a liability that organized society can no longer afford.
Not
withstanding, protecting a society from
well organized groups with a propensity for violence is proving to be
impossible. Even where some measure of protection can be
instituted, the expense of doing so is quickly becoming prohibitive -- both in
actual cost and personal freedoms.
If
the "Twin Towers"
disaster of 9/11 taught us nothing else, we should now know that the
impact upon the World's monetary system from even one
weapon of mass destruction would be calamitous. In fact, it could easily collapse the whole
thing, since nation/state indebtedness (worldwide) is at its highest level ever.
With the World's monetary system in shambles, chaos would undoubtedly
onset. Beyond that even imagination can't go. Hence,
it is clear that we need to find a way to reconstitute hope within the
despondent before
it turns to violence with global consequences.
The
Underlying Cause: We employ a thought process that is NOT
limited by the same temporal constraints by which we define
ourselves. We are mortal (limited) while it promotes immortality (limitlessness). Beyond
our temporal constraints, this thought process encourages the formulation of
ideas that generate realities that exceed our capability to safely control
their use. This should make us cautious of this thought process, but for a number
of reasons we aren’t. Because we haven’t been, we are now facing a
reality whose scope and magnitude literally dwarfs us. And, since
this thought process has NO vested interest in ensuring our survival, we
find ourselves at the mercy of the result we’ve created by way of it.
The
thought process to which I refer is best termed "quantitative"
(spanning one to infinity) and, we are sorely in need of another that can
hold this one in check -- one that truly respects the sanctity of human life.
A
Possible Fix: The Eden project
provides a way to slow down the self-destructive aspect of this
'quantitative' process as it has now
found form on the global stage. This is absolutely essential to
allow mankind the time to develop the required "spirituality"
needed to responsibly manage its potential and thereby ensure our future
survival. This first step requires the establishment of an
"constructive /unbiased" dialogue between all
recognized elements of society -- inclusive of the disenfranchised. To
be successful the focus of this dialogue MUST be compelling. This
purpose is best served by a consideration of how to resolve those critical
issues that are currently threatening everyone similarly.
In
addition, this dialogue must be structured in a way
that is fundamentally consistent to the development of mankind's total
potential (spirituality included), as opposed to any specific temporal appetite it might tend to
manifest. Such a
dialogue is a necessary first step toward reconstituting the required
"hope" needed to
defuse the growing violence in the world.
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