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The following presentation is designed to give a basic overview of the tenets,

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philosophy and goals of The Zeitgeist Movement.

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This orientation has been extracted from the more expansive "Activist Orientation Guide,"

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which is available for free PDF download at thezeitgeistmovement.com

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All source references for material in this video presentation can be found in that document.

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The Zeitgeist Movement - Activist Orientation www.thezeitgeistmovement.com

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www.thevenusproject.com

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The Zeitgeist movement is not a political movement.

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It does not recognize divisionary notions such as nations,

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governments, races, religions, creeds or class.

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Rather, we see the world as one organism

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with the human species as a singular family.

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Simultaneously, we acknowledge that we depend entirely on our environment,

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not only in regard to the necessities of life such as food, air and water,

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but also for influence and guidance in regard to life's processes.

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We recognize and understand that aligning ourselves with natural processes

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is the most progressive and productive disposition we can have.

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The Zeitgeist movement in fact, is the activist arm of The Venus Project,

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an organization which constitutes the lifelong work

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of industrial designer and social engineer Jacque Fresco.

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Simply put, what The Venus Project represents

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and what the Zeitgeist movement hence condones, could be summarized

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as the application of the scientific method for social concern.

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One of the greatest discoveries of humankind

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which has allowed for tremendous advancement in our abilities on this planet,

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has been the understanding and application of science.

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Through the humane application of science and technology

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to social design and decision making

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we have the means to transform our environment

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into something exceedingly more balanced

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organized, humane, productive and most importantly, sustainable.

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As many are aware at this time, both our societal integrity

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and ecological integrity are in serious question.

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The current economic system is falling apart at an accelerating rate

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with the prospect of worldwide unemployment and destabilization

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occuring possibly on the largest scale ever seen.

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Simultaneously, we are courting the point of no return

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in regard to the destruction of the environment.

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Given the current state of affairs, many of which

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will be addressed in the first part of this presentation,

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the viewer should find that we not only need to move in another direction

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we have to.

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In order to understand where we are and how we have gotten

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to this point in history, we need to address those societal attributes

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which have greatly affected our social conduct.

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The most important observation in this regard

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is our use of a monetary system.

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In this section, we are going to address the mechanisms

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of our world monetary system, pointing out the consequences

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this type of organizational structure has produced.

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These consequences include: 1. The Need for Cyclical Consumption

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denoting the economic requirement that products and services

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are perpetually bought and sold regardless of quality and waste.

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2. The Abundance of Scarcity

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denoting how resources, goods and services

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are deliberately made scarce to ensure profitability

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within the supply and demand equation.

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3. The Priority of Profit

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denoting the vast corruption commonplace in the world

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due to the need to generate income.

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4. Fiscal Manipulation

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denoting how the central banking systems of the world

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work to control the economy for the benefit of their corporate constituents

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and establishment power.

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1. The Need for Cyclical Consumption

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The roles of people on a monetary system

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are basically broken into three distinctions:

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the employee, the employer and the consumer.

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The employee performs tasks for the employer

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in exchange for a wage, or monetary payment

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while the employer sells a good or service to the consumer for a profit,

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another classification of monetary payment.

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In turn, both the employer and the employee function as consumers,

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for the monetary payments they obtain

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are used to purchase goods and services relevant to their survival.

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This act of purchasing goods and services

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is what allows the entire system to perpetuate

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thus allowing for the employer and employee to make money

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and thus continue consuming.

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In other words, it is the requirement of perpetual or cyclical consumption

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that keeps the entire economy going.

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If consumption was ever to stop, the whole system would collapse.

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This produces two severe consequences for society:

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1. Nothing physically produced can ever maintain a lifespan

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longer than what can be endured in order to maintain

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In other words, everything must break down

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in a respective amount of time

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in order to continue the financial circulation

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needed to power the economy.

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This characteristic could be defined as 'planned obsolescence'.

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Planned obsolescence is essentially

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the deliberate withholding of efficiency

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so the product in question breaks down respectively fast.

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This happens both intentionally, with manufacturers timing their products

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for breakdown, often as soon as the warranty runs out;

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and indirectly, where profit-based shortcuts taken in production

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usually in the form of cheap materials and poor design

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translates into an inferior product immediately

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with the failure of the product simply a matter of time.

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The second consequence is that new products and services

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must be constantly introduced regardless of functional utility

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generating endless waste.

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The result of these two issues are nothing but unacceptable

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for not only are resources being neglectfully used in products

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that are designed not to last, wasting human energy and materials

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the amount of frivilous waste and pollution that results is staggering.

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In other words, waste is a deliberate byproduct of industry's need

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to keep 'cyclical consumption' going.

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The obsolete or expired product is trashed,

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often to landfills, polluting the environment

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while the constant multiplicity accelerates this pollution.

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To express this from a different angle

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imagine the economic ramifications of production methods

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that strategically maximize the efficiency

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and sustainability of every product, using the best known materials

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and techniques available at the time.

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Imagine products so well designed

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that they didn't need maintenance for say, 100 years.

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Imagine a house that was built from fireproof materials

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where all appliances, electrical operations, plumbing and the like,

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were made from the most impermeable

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highest integrity resources available on Earth.

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minimizing pollution and waste, a monetary system would be impossible

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for cyclical consumption would slow tremendously

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forever weakening the so called economic growth.

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Mechanism two: The Abundance of Scarcity

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In monetary economics, supply and demand

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is partly how goods and services obtain value.

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The more there is of something, the less it is worth in respect to itself.

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If we woke up one day and for some reason, hypothetically speaking,

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there were only 100 oranges left in existence

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with no possibility to grow more,

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the value of those oranges would skyrocket,

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for they are now extremely scarce.

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In other words, it is profitable for resources to be scarce.

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If a company can convince the public that their product is rare

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the more they can charge for that product.

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This provides a strong motivation to keep items and resources scarce.

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The ramifications of this are psychologically profound;

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for if companies know that they can make more money

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by having their items scarce, the propensity to deliberately

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limit production or be dishonest about available resources is high.

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This means that the monetary system rewards mechanisms

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that inherently discourage abundance and equality.

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Even more offensively, profit can actually be made

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as a result of scarcity generated by environmental pollution,

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such as what is now happening with our water supplies.

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This creates a perverse reinforcement of indifference

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to environmental concern by industry, for the more damage there is

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the more profit that can be obtained by offering solutions.

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And this leads us to: 3. The Priority of Profit.

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A monetary system's foremost motivating principle

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is profit, or more generally, income.

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All people must seek out a strategy to acquire money.

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A wage earner seeks out the best possible pay

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he can get for his services, while the employer

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seeks to constantly reduce costs in order to maximize their profit.

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This competitive mentality extends into all facets of society,

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and it should be no surprise that those who are in positions

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of great wealth are often the most ruthless and indifferent.

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Now, before we move any further into the negative consequences

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of the profit priority, let's first consider

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what many think to be the good side of this system: incentive.

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As the theory goes, the need for profit provides a person or organization

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with motivation to work on new ideas and products

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that might sell in the market place.

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In other words, the assumption is that if people were not motivated

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by their need to obtain money, nothing would be invented

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and little social progress would be achieved.

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First of all, the most powerful contributions to society

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did not come from people seeking profit.

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Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, the Wright brothers, Albert Einstein

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and Isaac Newton did not make their massive contributions

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to society because of material self interest.

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While it is true that useful inventions and methods

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do come from the motivation for personal gain,

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the intent behind those creations typically have nothing to do

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with human or social concerns and everything to do

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with detached self-interest and blind personal gain.

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The pursuit of profit almost always comes before human concern

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and a simple glance at the cancer causing preservatives in our foods,

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the planned obsolescence of nearly everything manufactured

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along with the health care industry that charges 300 dollars

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for a single antibiotic pill, will indicate

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that the profit incentive is actually a detriment.

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Problems in our monetary-based society will only have resolution

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if money can be made from solving those problems.

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Now, more specifically, to put the spectrum

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of monetary-derived corruption into a workable perspective,

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we will divide these behaviors into three classifications:

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general crime, corporate crime and government crime.

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General crime in a monetary system ranges from petty theft

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to illegal sales, to fraud, to violent robbery.

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This by-product of the system is often not given

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the thought needed to understand its source

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for many tend to dismiss these so called criminals

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as some kind of social anomaly.

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The reality is that the stress, conflict,

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poverty and thus deprivation generated by the monetary system itself

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is the foundational cause.

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In the 1990's, a research project

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called the Merva-Fowles study was conducted

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which found powerful connections between unemployment and crime.

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They based their research on 30 major metropolitan areas

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with a total population of over 80 million.

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Their findings found that a 1% rise in unemployment resulted in:

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a 6.7% increase in homicides

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a 3.4% increase in violent crimes,

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a 2.4% increase in property crime.

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During the period from 1990 to 1992, this translated into:

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1459 additional homicides,

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62,607 additional violent crimes

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and 223,500 additional property crimes.

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This is very revealing.

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A person living in a deprived environment, with little resources,

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poor education and few opportunities for work

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will simply do what they need to in order to survive.

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While the neuroses generated from the stress of the situation

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often leads to violent and socially offensive acts.

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In other words, the environment is creating the behavior.

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Corporate Crime

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Corporate crime, which is almost exclusively profit related

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takes many forms: planned obsolescence,

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monopolistic collusion, market manipulation

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outsourcing, price fixing, labor exploitation

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and governmental collusion are just a few to note.

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From Enron's deliberate shutting down of California's power plants

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to boost its energy stocks to the Bayer Corporation's

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knowing distribution of HIV-tainted drugs,

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it should be clear to most people that corporate crime is constant

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and oftentimes much more insidious than general crime

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for the repercussions tend to affect very large groups of people.

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The corporate criminal's need to secure profitability

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is no different in basis than the general criminal's need to survive.

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While the latter typically commits crimes to live

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the former commits crimes to further secure their positions of power,

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lifestyle and wealth. It is based on fear.

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The notion of greed, which manifests from a perpetual insecurity

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derived from the fear of losing what one has

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serves as the motivating factor for most corporate crimes.

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This neuroses is perpetuated and reinforced by what we could call

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'the luxury stratification' that the monetary system creates;

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for in this system, there is a never-ending progression

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of products available, as one's purchasing power increases.

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And then, there's government crime.

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Government crime is one of the more complex

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and difficult forms of conduct to consider

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for perception of goverment is highly modified

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by the prevailing values this ruling class perpetuates through society.

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For example, patriotism is often used to encourage support for war.

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Making people feel like they have an obligation

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to agree with the government's decision.

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That being said, let's take an objective look at

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what government within a monetary system actually is and represents.

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The central role of government is basically the invention of

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regulatory legislation and policies to handle the functioning of society.

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Idealistically, the broad interests of the public

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would be the first priority of government.

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Unfortunately, as history has shown

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this is not, and has rarely been the case.

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Rather, government as we know it is actually a parent corporation

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to all the other corporations working within the country's economy.

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This, of course, makes sense; for the value of any nation

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is really determined by the state of its economy.

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This means that the government has a vested interest

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in the economic position of its nation,

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most specifically with those interests that benefit them directly.

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Lobbying and contributions in America alone

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constitute billions of dollars a year

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and this money is given entirely under the pretense

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of putting the donating party's agenda in action.

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Now, while the examples of government and corporate collusion are vast

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the greatest monetarily derived crime of government is its use of war

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for the benefit of its corporate and financial constituents.

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In the words of two-time Congressional Medal of Honor recipient,

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Major General Smedley D. Butler, "War is a racket.

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It always has been. It is possibly the oldest

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easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious.

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It is the only one international in scope.

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It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars

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and the losses in lives."

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Accelerated industrial creation, military contracts,

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reconstruction contracts, energy and resource acquisition or theft

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high interest austerity-driven world bank and private bank loans

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for post-war economies are just a few

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of the highly profitable mediums utilized.

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The true motivation for war today is actually threefold:

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industrial commercial profit maximized for the elite,

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resource acquisition or theft as was the case with Iraq

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and Afghanistan, and strategic geopolitical alignment

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to increase the ease of further industrial profit and resource theft.

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War is probably the greatest sickness

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caused by the desire for wealth and power.

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Government, with its team of brainwashed assassins on hand

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is involved in the ultimate form of self preservation

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and as long as the resources of the world remain horded and restricted

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for the material benefit of the few, this pattern of war will never end.

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Now, these classifications of corruption are only a generalized grouping.

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.

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Vast nuances of human behavior in everyday life

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are also very much poisoned by this mechanism for profit.

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For if you look closely enough, you will see that nearly every act

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of strategic monetary gain is corrupt by its very construct.

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It is just accepted as normal by the conditioned culture.

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And 4. Fiscal Manipulation

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The currency used today is fiat

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which means its value comes essentially from government decree.

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Monetary value in the fiat system

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is actually derived from how much money is in circulation

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within an economy, generally speaking.

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Just as with any natural resource, the more money that is in circulation

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the less each unit of fiat currency is worth.

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When less money is in circulation, it makes each unit

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worth more respectively.

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This phenomenon could be called

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inflation and deflation, generally speaking.

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Now, the increase in the supply of money available in an economy

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is called monetary expansion.

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While a decrease in the supply of money is called monetary contraction.

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.

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Generally speaking, the expansion period

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is usually associated with so called "economic growth,"

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for more money is available and able to be put to use

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and often more jobs are thus created.

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Conversely, monetary contraction is often called

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a recession or depression

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for money is drying up and hence there is less money to put to use;

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so jobs are lost and companies fail.

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Economic growth is typically defined as:

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the increase in the amount of the goods and services

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produced by an economy over time.

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However, let it be understood that economic growth

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is really a zero sum game.

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There is no such thing as true economic growth in and of itself,

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for the underlying mechanism is based almost entirely

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on the amount of liquidity, or money in the system.

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In other words, if I counterfeit 100 million US dollars

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and give it to you to start a business, and you buy and fix up

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an old building, hire a team of employees

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and start to produce a product that the public buys

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this would be considered an expansion of the economy.

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You have invested in real estate, increased the employment rate

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and created new products that others buy

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therefore exciting the circulation of currency

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hence the consumption cycle.

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Now, what if the authorities found out that all the money

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you had used was actually counterfeit

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and thus they shut down the whole operation?

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This would be a contraction of the economy, for the money thus vanishes.

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Your employees would be laid off, the building foreclosed upon

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and the production halted.

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One should ask, "What was the real growth?"

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If the increase or expansion in the supply of money

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can result in the creation of jobs and production,

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while the decrease or contraction

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results in the loss of jobs and production,

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what exactly was gained and lost? What was the point?

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Let's now consider how money is created and regulated

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by the government and its central bank.

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For this example, we will use the United States

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and its central bank, The Federal Reserve.

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The expansion and contraction of the money supply

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is what really creates the so called 'business cycle'

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you hear about in classic economics.

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This cycle is largely controlled and manipulated

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by the central bank, by way of interest rates.

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An interest rate is a fee charged to a borrower

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for the use of credit, or an amount of money.

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All money in the U.S economy, and virtually every other economy

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in the world is created out of debt, through loans.

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Every dollar in someone's wallet is borrowed from the banking system.

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This is important to understand: All money is created out of debt.

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Thus the rate by which the money comes into existence depends on

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how much a person is willing to pay in interest to acquire that loan.

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The commercial banks base their interest rates

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on values set by the central bank.

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When the Federal Reserve lowers its interest rates

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so do the commercial banks, and credit

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or borrowing becomes less expensive.

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When the Fed raises its rates

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credit becomes more expensive, and hence borrowing slows.

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The point here is that The Federal Reserve has the power

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to influence the interest rates of all banks.

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This translates into the power to control

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the amount of money being borrowed, and hence the amount in circulation

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and, to a certain degree,

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control over the growth periods and recession periods

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known as the business cycle.

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Why does the Fed need to control this?

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It basically comes down to controlling debt and inflation.

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If the money supply was allowed to constantly increase or expand

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it is simply a matter of time before the market becomes saturated

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with excess liquidity, stifling the resulting economic growth.

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This will lead to inflation

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depreciating the value of the currency, raising prices.

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Likewise, since outstanding debt is

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directly proportional to the money supply

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because money is created out of debt, the more an economy expands,

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often the greater the debt that is created.

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This sets up an inevitable systemic crisis

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for the money needed to pay the interest charged on the loans

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does not exist in the economy outright.

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Therefore, there will always be

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more outstanding debt than money in existence;

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and once the debt grows larger than a person or a company can afford

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defaults begin, loans slow and the money supply begins to contract.

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This particular scenario of debt overpowering and nullifying expansion

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could be termed financial failure, very simply.

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And this leads us to the next section:

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In this section we will discuss the nature and ramifications

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of the current worldwide economic collapse

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and how it has been compounded by the gross selfishness

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and social irresponsibility of the government and corporate powers.

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Then more profoundly

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we will discuss the role technology is having in displacing workers

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and the powerful changes this phenomenon is going to force

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in the world economy at large.

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1. Beyond Irresponsibility

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The collective external debt of all the governments in the world

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is now about 52 trillion dollars according to the CIA's "World Fact Book."

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Of the roughly 203 countries in the world today,

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only four do not owe others money.

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The United States alone has over 12 trillion of this debt as of 2009,

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and a study authorized by the U.S treasury in 2001

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found that in order to keep servicing the debt at its current rate of growth,

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by 2013, income taxes would need to be raised to 65% of one's income.

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The whole world is basically bankrupt - but how?

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How can the world as whole, owe money to itself?

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Obviously it's all nonsense.

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The monetary system is nothing more than a game.

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Those in positions of social power alter the rules of the game at will.

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The nature of those rules are guided by the same

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competitive, distorted mentalities

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that are used to compete in everyday monetary life

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only this time the game is rigged at its root

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to favor those who actually run the show.

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For example, if you have one million dollars and

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put it into a C.D at 5% interest,

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you are going to generate 50,000 dollars a year simply for that deposit.

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You are making money off of money itself:

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no invention, no contribution to society, no nothing.

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That being denoted, if you are a lower or middle class person

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who is limited in funds and must use credit cards

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and get interest-based loans to buy your home,

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then you are paying interest to the bank

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which the bank is then turning around and using, in theory

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to pay the persons return with the 5% C.D.

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What the bank is basically doing is

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stealing from the working poor to pay the leisurely rich.

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Simply put, the social stratification we see in the world today

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is maintained and guaranteed

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by the monetary system's underlying mechanisms.

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That reality aside

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let's return to the subject of the so-called business cycle.

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When money is added to the money supply

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that money is then typically put to use for some reason.

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Very often these reasons include: starting a business, buying a home,

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.

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investing in the stock market, etc.

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This increase in the money supply often translates into the so called

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economic growth and hence the boom period of the business cycle.

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Unfortunately, money can not be added to the economy indefinitely,

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for the debt and inflation caused by the expansion

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will eventually overcome the growth benefits.

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When problems begin to arise after periods of monetary expansion,

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such as rising debt levels, slowing people's desire to take on new loans

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the Central Bank and government regulators

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have basically two choices: They can either

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1. Attempt to continue the expansion by infusing even more money

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often by lowering the interest rates, making credit cheaper, or

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2. Let the contraction, hence the recession

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run its course, raise the interest rates

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and bring the economy back to some kind of equilibrium.

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As far as history is concerned, the pattern has been for them to do both

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basically with the idea being to ease the recession by increasing liquidity.

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The reasoning is simple: It is politically unpopular

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for the ruling class to have unemployed, poor citizens.

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This can lead to contempt for leadership and instability.

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Therefore, there is always the game of

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placating the public with false security

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in order to avoid the truth coming out about the inherent dysfunctionality

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of the monetary system itself.

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The result of this easing of the contraction simply delays the inevitable,

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and since the US government has eased

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virtually every contraction period since the Great Depression

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by infusing more money into the system

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a doomsday scenario likely awaits-- the big contraction,

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and it might be happening right now.

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As noted earlier, money can not be added into the economy indefinitely

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for the debt and inflation caused by the expansion

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will eventually overcome the growth benefits.

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This is what is now happening on a massive scale

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and no intervention to ease this crisis is likely to work.

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.

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Why? Mainly because the debt levels are way too high.

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The total debt of the US government plus its citizens private debt

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was about 53 trillion dollars in 2007.

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This is simply an absurd amount of debt.

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The total US money supply M3, was only about 12 trillion in 2007,

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while the annual GDP of the US was only about 14 trillion.

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Unfortunately there is very little the US government

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can do to stop this large contraction

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if they adhere to the tenets of the monetary system.

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Even with the insertion of tens of trillions of dollars,

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it can not compensate for the imbalance.

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Plus, if they did this type of liquidity injection

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the result would simply exaggerate the stagflation we are now seeing

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where inflation and economic stagnation occur simultaneously.

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2. The Ultimate Outsource

512
00:25:52,055 --> 00:25:54,355
Now, in response to these issues, very often

513
00:25:54,495 --> 00:25:57,629
people suggest monetary reform as the solution.

514
00:25:57,777 --> 00:25:59,660
These suggestions often include:

515
00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:02,770
going back to the gold standard, outlawing interest,

516
00:26:02,910 --> 00:26:05,180
shutting down the Federal Reserve, giving the power

517
00:26:05,290 --> 00:26:07,999
of printing money back to the government, etc.

518
00:26:08,340 --> 00:26:11,150
While these reforms and others all pose logical merits

519
00:26:11,290 --> 00:26:15,000
to a certain degree, they do not recognize an overshadowing

520
00:26:15,158 --> 00:26:17,680
little discussed phenomenon that has accelerated

521
00:26:17,820 --> 00:26:22,300
since the 20th century, nullifying the monetary system in and of itself :

522
00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:26,450
the replacement of human labor with machines.

523
00:26:26,820 --> 00:26:28,620
At the core of the economic system itself

524
00:26:28,740 --> 00:26:31,436
is the mechanism of labor for income.

525
00:26:31,570 --> 00:26:34,660
Our entire economic system is based on human beings

526
00:26:34,802 --> 00:26:38,000
selling their labor as a commodity in the open market.

527
00:26:38,150 --> 00:26:41,000
If humans do not have the option to work for a living,

528
00:26:41,140 --> 00:26:44,237
then the monetary system as we know it, is over.

529
00:26:44,377 --> 00:26:46,500
No one can buy goods if they don't earn money.

530
00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,000
Companies can not afford to produce if the consumer

531
00:26:49,117 --> 00:26:51,340
has no purchasing power to buy anything.

532
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,860
As John Maynard Keynes disdainfully pointed out:

533
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,110
"We are being afflicted by a new disease

534
00:26:57,424 --> 00:27:00,000
of which some readers may not yet have heard the name

535
00:27:00,110 --> 00:27:02,701
but of which they will hear a great deal in the years to come:

536
00:27:02,857 --> 00:27:05,900
namely 'technological unemployment'.

537
00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,320
This means "unemployment due to our discovery

538
00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,860
of means of economizing the use of labor, outrunning the pace

539
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,040
at which we can find new uses for labor."

540
00:27:15,180 --> 00:27:18,155
While politicians, business leaders and labor leaders bicker

541
00:27:18,295 --> 00:27:20,350
over issues they claim are responsible

542
00:27:20,470 --> 00:27:22,470
for the growing unemployment in the world

543
00:27:22,570 --> 00:27:25,850
such as foreign company outsourcing or immigrant labor,

544
00:27:25,950 --> 00:27:29,200
the real cause is going unaddressed in the public debate

545
00:27:29,345 --> 00:27:32,260
and that is 'technological unemployment'.

546
00:27:32,380 --> 00:27:34,627
Since market capitalism is built upon the logic

547
00:27:34,727 --> 00:27:37,740
of reducing input costs to increase profits

548
00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,810
the inclination to replace human labor whenever possible

549
00:27:40,940 --> 00:27:45,000
by machine automation, is a natural progression of industry.

550
00:27:45,190 --> 00:27:47,520
After all, a machine doesn't need to take breaks.

551
00:27:47,660 --> 00:27:49,760
It doesn't require health insurance or benefits

552
00:27:49,911 --> 00:27:52,540
and it isn't a part of a demanding labor union.

553
00:27:52,700 --> 00:27:56,060
A simple glance at US historical labor statistics by sector

554
00:27:56,200 --> 00:28:00,360
shows the pattern of machine automation replacing human labor definitively.

555
00:28:00,500 --> 00:28:03,260
In the agricultural sector, almost all traditional work-flow

556
00:28:03,361 --> 00:28:05,210
is now done by machine. For example

557
00:28:05,350 --> 00:28:09,270
in 1949, machines did 6% of the cotton picking in the South.

558
00:28:09,410 --> 00:28:14,240
By 1972, 100% of the cotton picking was done by machines.

559
00:28:14,380 --> 00:28:18,350
In 1860, 60% of America worked in agriculture

560
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,500
while today it is less than 3%.

561
00:28:22,220 --> 00:28:26,107
When automation hit the US manufacturing sector in the 1950's

562
00:28:26,247 --> 00:28:30,240
1.6 million blue-collar jobs were lost in 9 years.

563
00:28:30,380 --> 00:28:34,940
In 1950, 33% of all US workers worked in manufacturing

564
00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:38,450
while by 2002, it was only 10%.

565
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,820
The US steel industry from 1982 to 2002

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00:28:42,950 --> 00:28:48,270
increased production from 77 million tons to 120 million tons

567
00:28:48,410 --> 00:28:54,599
while the steel workers employed went from 289,000 to only 74,000.

568
00:28:55,100 --> 00:28:59,000
In 2003, a study was done of the world's largest 20 economies

569
00:28:59,110 --> 00:29:02,410
ranging from the period of 1995 to 2002

570
00:29:02,545 --> 00:29:05,832
finding that 31 million manufacturing jobs were lost

571
00:29:05,972 --> 00:29:09,700
while production actually rose by 30%.

572
00:29:10,175 --> 00:29:13,275
This pattern of increasing productivity and profit,

573
00:29:13,405 --> 00:29:15,940
coupled with decreasing employment, is a new

574
00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:19,000
and powerful phenomenon with no changes in sight.

575
00:29:19,765 --> 00:29:23,600
So this might beg the question: "Where have all those jobs gone?"

576
00:29:23,700 --> 00:29:25,220
The Service Sector

577
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:29,015
From 1950 to 2002, the percentage of Americans employed

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00:29:29,155 --> 00:29:33,090
in the service industries went from 59% to 82%.

579
00:29:33,230 --> 00:29:35,970
For the last 50 years, the service sector has been absorbing

580
00:29:36,090 --> 00:29:39,000
the job losses from agriculture and manufacturing.

581
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,660
Unfortunately this pattern is slowing fast

582
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,715
as computerized automation takes hold there as well.

583
00:29:44,855 --> 00:29:49,480
From 1983 to 1993, banks cut 37% of their human tellers

584
00:29:49,620 --> 00:29:52,480
and by the year 2000, 90% of all bank customers

585
00:29:52,627 --> 00:29:55,510
used teller machines or ATM's.

586
00:29:55,650 --> 00:29:58,025
Business phone operators have almost all been replaced

587
00:29:58,165 --> 00:30:00,360
by computerized voice answering systems.

588
00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:03,440
Post office tellers are being replaced by self service machines,

589
00:30:03,580 --> 00:30:07,975
while cashiers are being replaced by computerized kiosks.

590
00:30:08,115 --> 00:30:11,080
There isn't one area of the service industry that isn't being affected

591
00:30:11,220 --> 00:30:13,542
by computerized automation.

592
00:30:13,682 --> 00:30:15,700
Economist Stephen Roach has warned:

593
00:30:15,844 --> 00:30:17,640
"The service sector has lost its role

594
00:30:17,780 --> 00:30:21,020
as America's unbridled engine of job creation."

595
00:30:21,190 --> 00:30:23,540
Given this reality, where is the emerging new sector

596
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:28,030
to employ all of the newly displaced workers? There isn't one.

597
00:30:28,170 --> 00:30:30,510
And while economists struggle to create models

598
00:30:30,650 --> 00:30:34,010
to deal with the issue of nearly unstoppable unemployment,

599
00:30:34,150 --> 00:30:36,520
most refuse to consider what is really needed

600
00:30:36,669 --> 00:30:39,500
in order to prevent a total breakdown of society.

601
00:30:39,860 --> 00:30:43,720
The solution lies not in attempting to fix the issues that have emerged,

602
00:30:43,860 --> 00:30:47,490
but rather it is time we transcend the system in its entirety.

603
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,785
For the system of monetary exchange, along with capitalism itself,

604
00:30:50,925 --> 00:30:55,780
is now completely obsolete, in the wake of technological creativity.

605
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:58,580
If people do not have jobs they can not support the economy

606
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:00,092
by purchasing anything.

607
00:31:00,232 --> 00:31:01,920
This reality is the final proof

608
00:31:02,060 --> 00:31:04,999
that our current system is now completely out of date, and if we want

609
00:31:05,110 --> 00:31:08,910
to deter riots in the streets and poverty on a scale never before seen,

610
00:31:09,050 --> 00:31:12,000
we are going to have to revise our traditionalized notions

611
00:31:12,118 --> 00:31:15,350
about how society functions at a fundamental level.

612
00:31:15,499 --> 00:31:17,560
We require a new social system

613
00:31:17,700 --> 00:31:21,469
that is updated to present-day knowledge and modern methods.

614
00:31:22,550 --> 00:31:25,350
Part 2 : What Is Relevant?

615
00:31:25,578 --> 00:31:25,579
.

616
00:31:25,580 --> 00:31:28,900
In this section we will discuss the idea of natural law

617
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:32,080
specifically pointing out the symbiotic and emergent nature

618
00:31:32,220 --> 00:31:34,920
of the physical world; the scientific method,

619
00:31:35,060 --> 00:31:38,350
which is the most affective technique of decision-making we have to date;

620
00:31:38,500 --> 00:31:41,620
and the important concept of dynamic equilibrium

621
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:46,440
which expresses the most foundational ecological factor to our survival.

622
00:31:46,580 --> 00:31:50,110
We will also show how, through the intelligent use of technology

623
00:31:50,250 --> 00:31:53,340
and proactive resource management, we have more than enough

624
00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:57,035
to go around on this planet, enabling an accessible abundance

625
00:31:57,175 --> 00:31:59,900
for all the world's people.

626
00:32:00,140 --> 00:32:01,810
Natural Law

627
00:32:01,950 --> 00:32:05,000
There's a tremendous amount of noise in our system.

628
00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,522
In other words, the fundamentals of life have been lost

629
00:32:07,688 --> 00:32:07,689
.

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00:32:07,690 --> 00:32:11,580
in a sea of social, occupational and financial obligations

631
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:13,860
many of which are largely artificial.

632
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,250
For example, the need for money and income

633
00:32:16,390 --> 00:32:20,230
puts the human into a position where choice is often very limited.

634
00:32:20,370 --> 00:32:23,500
Usually the jobs found do not reflect the genuine interests

635
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:27,840
of that particular person, nor the true interests of society as a whole.

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00:32:27,980 --> 00:32:30,860
If we were to examine the occupations that exist today

637
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,630
we would tend to find that a great majority of them serve

638
00:32:33,770 --> 00:32:38,000
no larger function than the perpetuation of cyclical consumption

639
00:32:38,130 --> 00:32:39,906
to keep the economy going.

640
00:32:40,046 --> 00:32:41,630
This arbitrariness constitutes

641
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,430
a tremendous waste of life and resources.

642
00:32:44,870 --> 00:32:47,790
Consequently, the entire educational system in the modern day

643
00:32:47,930 --> 00:32:51,270
is nothing more than a cookie cutter processing plant that prepares

644
00:32:51,409 --> 00:32:54,410
humans for predefined occupational roles.

645
00:32:54,940 --> 00:32:58,290
This element of human life has become so traditionally ingrained,

646
00:32:58,430 --> 00:33:01,560
that many falsely consider the nature of having a job

647
00:33:01,700 --> 00:33:03,311
some form of human instinct.

648
00:33:03,451 --> 00:33:06,000
Even parents will blindly ask their kids:

649
00:33:06,140 --> 00:33:07,790
"What do you want to be when you grow up?"

650
00:33:07,930 --> 00:33:10,550
as though there was only one thing to prefer.

651
00:33:11,300 --> 00:33:14,110
Putting the traditional norms and modes of conduct in society

652
00:33:14,250 --> 00:33:15,750
aside for a moment

653
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,700
let's stop and consider what is actually relevant.

654
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:23,340
Let's pose the question: "What are the near-empirical aspects of nature

655
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:25,800
and what do these understandings teach us about

656
00:33:25,940 --> 00:33:28,980
how we should govern our conduct on this planet?"

657
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,670
Natural Law One

658
00:33:31,810 --> 00:33:35,820
Every human needs adequate nutrition, clean air and clean water

659
00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:37,960
and therefore must respect the symbiotic

660
00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:41,240
environmental processes relevant to those needs.

661
00:33:41,590 --> 00:33:44,400
Most people today do not understand or consider

662
00:33:44,540 --> 00:33:47,340
the inter-connectivity of nature and the chain of processes

663
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,270
by which our food, air and water currently come about.

664
00:33:50,410 --> 00:33:53,870
However if we recognize, examine and learn from these processes

665
00:33:54,010 --> 00:33:57,460
a logical train of reasoning, coupled with suggestive inference,

666
00:33:57,603 --> 00:34:00,520
will guide us to more appropriate human behaviors

667
00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:02,820
that will help fulfill our needs.

668
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:07,060
For example, water and air are naturally abundant planetary resources

669
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:10,000
that only require that we, the human population

670
00:34:10,140 --> 00:34:12,480
maintain them and preserve their sources.

671
00:34:12,720 --> 00:34:16,000
Sadly, our impulsive and narrow-sighted profit system

672
00:34:16,140 --> 00:34:20,027
have seen to it that usable water is now approaching crisis scarcity

673
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:23,600
for industry continues to pollute the system at every turn.

674
00:34:23,750 --> 00:34:27,930
In the United States alone, about 3 million tons of toxic chemicals

675
00:34:28,070 --> 00:34:30,100
are released into the environment every year

676
00:34:30,240 --> 00:34:33,140
contributing to birth defects, immune system disorders

677
00:34:33,270 --> 00:34:36,170
cancer, and many other serious health problems.

678
00:34:36,310 --> 00:34:39,770
The symbiotic relationship of natural processes has a built-in

679
00:34:39,910 --> 00:34:42,840
frame of reference, which is accessible by understanding

680
00:34:42,980 --> 00:34:47,000
how the world actually works, via scientific investigation.

681
00:34:47,150 --> 00:34:50,530
Very simply, our behavior should be guided by the priority

682
00:34:50,670 --> 00:34:53,640
of seeking the highest optimization of circumstances

683
00:34:53,780 --> 00:34:56,040
that preserve and maximize the abundance

684
00:34:56,180 --> 00:34:58,600
and quality of our necessities of life.

685
00:34:58,770 --> 00:35:01,330
Sadly, this is not happening.

686
00:35:01,471 --> 00:35:04,738
The fact is: Our sustainability is under severe threat

687
00:35:04,838 --> 00:35:06,300
by the current methods we are using.

688
00:35:06,500 --> 00:35:09,000
The monetary system continues to operate with the interest

689
00:35:09,140 --> 00:35:12,970
of short-term gain at the expense of long-term destruction.

690
00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:17,750
As natural law denotes, we need high quality air, food and water to live.

691
00:35:17,899 --> 00:35:17,900
.

692
00:35:17,900 --> 00:35:21,620
Therefore, we must overcome any practices which disturb

693
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:23,550
or create the propensity to disturb

694
00:35:23,700 --> 00:35:26,040
the symbiotic environmental processes

695
00:35:26,184 --> 00:35:28,430
which keep our basic needs in order.

696
00:35:28,570 --> 00:35:31,550
If we don't, the consequences of our violation of this law

697
00:35:31,700 --> 00:35:35,400
could put us past the point of no return environmentally; and thus

698
00:35:35,550 --> 00:35:38,500
the survival of the human race would be in question.

699
00:35:38,700 --> 00:35:42,000
Natural Law Two: The only constant is change

700
00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:44,950
and human understandings are always in transition.

701
00:35:45,100 --> 00:35:47,620
There is no evidence to support the idea that

702
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:52,100
anything we think is true today will maintain its integrity tomorrow.

703
00:35:52,250 --> 00:35:56,000
While certain observed natural phenomenon may seem near empirical

704
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:58,250
based on current scientific evidence,

705
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,040
the specifics of each notion will always be altered

706
00:36:01,180 --> 00:36:04,440
for our tools and methods of analysis are always changing

707
00:36:04,584 --> 00:36:06,361
and hopefully, improving.

708
00:36:06,461 --> 00:36:08,000
In the words of C.J Keyser:

709
00:36:08,140 --> 00:36:13,600
"Absolute certainty is a privilege of uneducated minds and fanatics."

710
00:36:13,870 --> 00:36:16,960
A cursory glance at widely defended historical notions

711
00:36:17,100 --> 00:36:20,430
from the earth being flat, to the sun revolving around the earth

712
00:36:20,580 --> 00:36:23,000
teaches us that intellectual change is constant;

713
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:28,510
and in turn, humans must keep as open a mind as possible to new information

714
00:36:28,660 --> 00:36:31,650
even if it challenges that person's sense of identity.

715
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:35,000
Everything we think and know are only probabilities

716
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,480
and with modern methods of analysis which have proven

717
00:36:37,629 --> 00:36:41,100
to have proactive benefits to society over long periods of time

718
00:36:41,230 --> 00:36:44,350
we can now weigh our understandings and beliefs on a revolving

719
00:36:44,500 --> 00:36:48,510
sliding scale, ranging from the least probable, to most probable.

720
00:36:48,660 --> 00:36:51,510
This is based not on human opinion or subjectivity

721
00:36:51,660 --> 00:36:55,700
but on concrete feedback responses from the natural world.

722
00:36:55,850 --> 00:36:59,000
And this point brings us to the scientific method.

723
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:01,800
Nature itself, has its own set of rules

724
00:37:01,949 --> 00:37:04,810
and it doesn't have the capacity to recognize or care

725
00:37:04,950 --> 00:37:08,100
about what you or anyone else wants to believe is true.

726
00:37:08,300 --> 00:37:11,040
Given this reality, it is in our best interest

727
00:37:11,181 --> 00:37:14,100
to learn, and align with nature as best as we can.

728
00:37:14,250 --> 00:37:16,430
The best known method for the discovery and application

729
00:37:16,570 --> 00:37:20,350
of the laws of nature is termed: The Scientific Method.

730
00:37:20,500 --> 00:37:23,620
The scientific method basically has three steps:

731
00:37:23,770 --> 00:37:27,430
recognizing a new idea or problem that needs to be solved,

732
00:37:27,580 --> 00:37:30,550
the use of logical reasoning to create a hypothesis

733
00:37:30,700 --> 00:37:32,650
considering all information available,

734
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:34,800
and the testing of that hypothesis

735
00:37:34,942 --> 00:37:37,550
in the physical world through observation.

736
00:37:37,700 --> 00:37:41,540
The scientific method of inquiry is what has allowed the human species

737
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:45,320
to gain comprehension of themselves and the physical world.

738
00:37:45,470 --> 00:37:48,860
For better or for worse, it is what's behind virtually every advancement

739
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:51,400
that has improved the lives of the human species.

740
00:37:51,540 --> 00:37:54,260
However, most in our romanticized world still tend to

741
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:56,900
view science as a cold, heartless medium

742
00:37:57,042 --> 00:37:59,510
while citing distorted human value abominations

743
00:37:59,650 --> 00:38:04,000
such as the atomic bomb in refutation of the scientific perspective.

744
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:08,150
In reality, science and technology are only tools and like anything else

745
00:38:08,300 --> 00:38:11,150
they can be used for productive or destructive purposes.

746
00:38:11,300 --> 00:38:13,700
That is our choice.

747
00:38:13,900 --> 00:38:15,800
Dynamic Equilibrium

748
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:17,520
A dynamic equilibrium occurs when

749
00:38:17,665 --> 00:38:21,600
two or more opposing processes proceed at the same rate.

750
00:38:21,780 --> 00:38:24,420
There is an equilibrium that exists in the physical world which

751
00:38:24,545 --> 00:38:27,490
dictates on some level what the possibilities are

752
00:38:27,630 --> 00:38:31,860
for those organisms that utilize the available resources for survival.

753
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,640
With respect to our planet, we would call this

754
00:38:34,789 --> 00:38:36,700
the "carrying capacity" of the Earth.

755
00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:40,150
The human management of dynamic equilibrium on this planet

756
00:38:40,300 --> 00:38:43,400
which is the most important initial variable regarding the

757
00:38:43,550 --> 00:38:47,190
management of society itself can only come from first understanding

758
00:38:47,330 --> 00:38:50,000
what the carrying capacity of the Earth actually is.

759
00:38:50,150 --> 00:38:52,750
The needs of the human population must be in balance

760
00:38:52,891 --> 00:38:54,850
with resources of the planet.

761
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,550
That being said, let's now examine what we know

762
00:38:57,698 --> 00:39:00,800
or can infer about the planetary resources available.

763
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,800
The fundamental building blocks of society consist of the following:

764
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:08,430
Energy; Industrial and Technological Raw Materials;

765
00:39:08,580 --> 00:39:10,500
Food, Air and Water.

766
00:39:10,700 --> 00:39:13,350
Energy is the cornerstone of society today.

767
00:39:13,500 --> 00:39:17,000
It is one of the most critical factors to all social functionality.

768
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:19,300
The age of oil and fossil fuels

769
00:39:19,458 --> 00:39:22,750
along with all the resulting pollution, is coming to a close.

770
00:39:22,900 --> 00:39:26,000
There is no reason to burn fossil fuels at all anymore

771
00:39:26,145 --> 00:39:28,850
other than the profit-orientated, vested interest

772
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,830
that keeps new clean energy prospects at bay.

773
00:39:31,970 --> 00:39:35,700
Remember, the last thing the energy industry wants is abundance

774
00:39:35,850 --> 00:39:39,720
for that translates into a loss of profit in the monetary system.

775
00:39:39,870 --> 00:39:43,190
One of the important sources of energy to recognize today

776
00:39:43,334 --> 00:39:45,200
is geothermal power.

777
00:39:45,340 --> 00:39:48,130
According to a 2006 MIT report,

778
00:39:48,270 --> 00:39:53,150
about 2000 zettajoules of power is currently tappable worldwide.

779
00:39:53,300 --> 00:39:56,050
The total energy consumption of all the countries on the planet

780
00:39:56,212 --> 00:39:58,100
is only half of a zettajoule a year.

781
00:39:58,250 --> 00:40:01,500
This means about 4000 years of planetary power

782
00:40:01,646 --> 00:40:04,670
could be harnessed immediately, in this medium alone.

783
00:40:04,810 --> 00:40:09,000
As far as wind energy, a 2005 Stanford University study

784
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:12,300
published in the journal of geophysical research found that

785
00:40:12,300 --> 00:40:15,830
if only 20% of the wind potential on the planet was harnessed

786
00:40:15,970 --> 00:40:18,800
it would cover all of the world's energy needs.

787
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,750
As far as solar energy

788
00:40:20,950 --> 00:40:23,250
the sun's radiation striking the Earth's surface each year

789
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:27,850
is more than 10,000 times the world's annual energy usage.

790
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:29,850
From simple photovoltaic panels

791
00:40:29,990 --> 00:40:33,200
that can capture energy into storage batteries for private use

792
00:40:33,340 --> 00:40:35,300
to full scale solar power plants

793
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:38,070
new technology is constantly emerging

794
00:40:38,170 --> 00:40:40,300
which is vastly improving this potential.

795
00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:42,500
Lesser known is tidal power

796
00:40:42,700 --> 00:40:45,050
which is derived from tidal shifts in the ocean.

797
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:48,200
Installing turbines which capture this movement generates energy.

798
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:51,850
In the United Kingdom, 42 sites are currently noted as available

799
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:55,250
forecasting that 34% of all the UK's energy

800
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:57,550
could come from tidal power alone.

801
00:40:57,700 --> 00:41:00,040
However, more effectively, wave power

802
00:41:00,180 --> 00:41:02,830
which extracts energy from the surface motions of the ocean

803
00:41:02,970 --> 00:41:05,150
is estimated to have a global potential

804
00:41:05,310 --> 00:41:07,500
of up to 80,000 terawatt hours a year.

805
00:41:07,700 --> 00:41:11,050
This means that 50% of the entire planet's energy usage

806
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,400
could be produced from this single medium.

807
00:41:14,550 --> 00:41:16,350
In view of all of these options

808
00:41:16,500 --> 00:41:19,800
energy is nothing but abundant on this planet.

809
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,850
The only reason people today think it might be scarce

810
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:26,200
is because of the monetary system's strategic propensity

811
00:41:26,310 --> 00:41:28,300
to create the scarcity.

812
00:41:28,430 --> 00:41:32,150
The next question is: What about industrial raw materials?

813
00:41:32,300 --> 00:41:34,750
Can the Earth's supply of raw physical materials

814
00:41:34,900 --> 00:41:37,400
such as wood, iron, or aluminum and such

815
00:41:37,550 --> 00:41:40,000
support the needs of the world's population?

816
00:41:40,150 --> 00:41:42,350
Global mineral reserves are currently measured

817
00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:44,450
by commercial output production.

818
00:41:44,590 --> 00:41:48,510
Sadly, this does not give a clear picture of what is actually available.

819
00:41:48,660 --> 00:41:51,250
While some elements and minerals are vast and abundant

820
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,550
such as silicon, aluminum and iron

821
00:41:53,700 --> 00:41:55,650
others are seemingly growing scarce

822
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:58,850
such as copper, lead, zinc, gold and silver.

823
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:02,850
As far as we know, there has never been a complete geological survey

824
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,950
of the Earth's minerals and elements, only regional ones.

825
00:42:06,100 --> 00:42:09,550
This must be done in the future for us to have an understanding

826
00:42:09,700 --> 00:42:12,040
of the dynamic equilibrium inherent.

827
00:42:12,190 --> 00:42:14,650
Regardless, there are basically three components

828
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:17,550
to understanding of the carrying capacity of the Earth:

829
00:42:17,700 --> 00:42:19,500
knowing exactly what the Earth has

830
00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:22,000
as far as component elements and materials

831
00:42:22,150 --> 00:42:25,860
where technology is in regard to creating synthetic substitutions

832
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,000
for certain elements and materials

833
00:42:28,150 --> 00:42:32,800
and how society organizes and manages its use of these resources.

834
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,400
The first thing we need to do is

835
00:42:34,550 --> 00:42:37,500
have a full survey of all of the planetary resources.

836
00:42:37,650 --> 00:42:41,600
This will give us key information on how to proceed with our operations.

837
00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:45,570
For example, if we have an acre of land that we want to grow food with

838
00:42:45,720 --> 00:42:47,870
the first thing would be to test the soil

839
00:42:48,020 --> 00:42:51,150
to understand what type of propensities it has.

840
00:42:51,300 --> 00:42:54,650
This information would have a direct relationship to what can be grown.

841
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:59,670
This would illuminate the carrying capacity of the land, so to speak.

842
00:42:59,870 --> 00:43:01,760
In regard to scarce materials

843
00:43:01,900 --> 00:43:05,250
finding substitutions is always an important pursuit.

844
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:07,750
Many scarce industrial materials today

845
00:43:07,900 --> 00:43:09,750
now have synthetic counterparts

846
00:43:09,900 --> 00:43:13,000
and the focus of scientific problem solving in this regard

847
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:14,541
is very important.

848
00:43:14,691 --> 00:43:16,110
With this understood

849
00:43:16,250 --> 00:43:19,600
we should realize that the scarcity of most raw materials

850
00:43:19,750 --> 00:43:23,000
are only as relevant as the amount of work being invested

851
00:43:23,150 --> 00:43:26,600
into finding a substitute or workaround.

852
00:43:26,900 --> 00:43:29,050
More important than substitutes and workarounds

853
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:32,830
is the very nature of the usage of our planetary resources.

854
00:43:32,970 --> 00:43:36,210
Production output today is staggering compared to the past.

855
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:39,040
With the use of technology we are able to produce more

856
00:43:39,190 --> 00:43:42,550
with far less people, faster than any other time in history.

857
00:43:42,700 --> 00:43:44,700
However, due to the profit system

858
00:43:44,700 --> 00:43:47,630
there are tons of manufacturers producing the same things

859
00:43:47,770 --> 00:43:50,000
as they compete for market share.

860
00:43:50,150 --> 00:43:53,900
As noted before, the world's people function within a monetary system

861
00:43:54,050 --> 00:43:56,500
that rewards scarcity, planned obsolescence

862
00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:58,860
waste, pollution and multiplicity.

863
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:00,850
The true cause of scarcity on the planet

864
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:03,000
has less to do with the available resources

865
00:44:03,140 --> 00:44:06,250
and more to do with our wasteful and exploitive modes of conduct.

866
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:08,660
Virtually no regard is given to conservation

867
00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:11,050
or strategic use until it is too late.

868
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:14,850
In a saner society, the raw materials of the planet would be assessed

869
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:17,350
industry would be organized as a whole

870
00:44:17,500 --> 00:44:20,000
to produce in relationship to what was available

871
00:44:20,150 --> 00:44:24,450
and each item produced would be designed to last as long as possible

872
00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:28,770
causing reduced industrial output and hence resource preservation.

873
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:31,780
Now, when it comes to food production and water preservation

874
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:34,320
the same monetary system problems of pollution

875
00:44:34,460 --> 00:44:37,300
cost-cutting processes and scarcity come into play.

876
00:44:37,450 --> 00:44:40,100
Water covers 70% of the Earth's surface.

877
00:44:40,300 --> 00:44:43,580
Technological advancements such as desalinization processes

878
00:44:43,720 --> 00:44:45,500
can make fresh drinking water

879
00:44:45,620 --> 00:44:49,210
both from sea water and even brackish sources using reverse osmosis.

880
00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:53,150
This is yet another example of how technology is just as much a part

881
00:44:53,300 --> 00:44:56,300
of resource management as resources themselves.

882
00:44:56,480 --> 00:45:00,320
The idea that usable water is scarce is true only in relationship

883
00:45:00,461 --> 00:45:03,710
with the limited methods we are currently using, coupled of course

884
00:45:03,850 --> 00:45:07,100
with the gross industrial pollution that goes on daily.

885
00:45:07,240 --> 00:45:10,680
Food production is also expanding within the technological spectrum

886
00:45:10,820 --> 00:45:13,200
creating vast new methods of cultivation.

887
00:45:13,390 --> 00:45:16,480
For instance, the Earth's surface is indeed being abused

888
00:45:16,620 --> 00:45:20,750
with its precious topsoil being corrupted by indifferent agricultural methods.

889
00:45:20,890 --> 00:45:25,000
According to some reports, we are losing topsoil at a rate of 1% a year.

890
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:27,540
While the national academy of sciences has determined

891
00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:31,510
that the cropland in the US is being eroded at least 10 times faster

892
00:45:31,650 --> 00:45:34,680
than the time it takes for the lost soil to be replaced.

893
00:45:34,820 --> 00:45:38,850
Fortunately, scientists have devised a new form of soil-less agriculture

894
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:40,800
called hydroponics.

895
00:45:40,940 --> 00:45:44,640
This powerful new medium leaves a sea of options for the human population;

896
00:45:44,770 --> 00:45:47,550
for not only in compensating for the damage we have caused

897
00:45:47,700 --> 00:45:52,100
but also by expanding the possibility of when and where food can be grown.

898
00:45:52,300 --> 00:45:54,590
With hydroponic agriculture we could theoretically

899
00:45:54,730 --> 00:45:57,730
grow food in the middle of the desert with proper irrigation

900
00:45:57,830 --> 00:45:59,850
or by tapping down to the water table.

901
00:45:59,970 --> 00:46:02,088
The bottom line is that food, air and water

902
00:46:02,188 --> 00:46:04,330
are only as scarce as we decide they are.

903
00:46:04,430 --> 00:46:06,581
If we choose to become intelligent and strategic

904
00:46:06,681 --> 00:46:08,640
with our production and preservation methods

905
00:46:08,780 --> 00:46:12,280
while taking full advantage of scientific inventions that maximize

906
00:46:12,420 --> 00:46:15,900
our production capabilities, reducing waste and inefficiency

907
00:46:16,060 --> 00:46:19,090
we can provide for the planet's people many times over.

908
00:46:19,420 --> 00:46:21,236
The starving children of the world are not so

909
00:46:21,336 --> 00:46:23,236
because of a lack of available food.

910
00:46:23,336 --> 00:46:26,434
It is their lack of purchasing power, not scarcity,

911
00:46:26,534 --> 00:46:29,850
which causes the needless deaths of millions a year.

912
00:46:30,750 --> 00:46:33,420
The Means for Social Evolution

913
00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:36,150
In this section, we are going to consider more specifically

914
00:46:36,290 --> 00:46:39,020
what it is we actually want and need in this world.

915
00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:40,990
What do we value in life?

916
00:46:41,090 --> 00:46:43,750
While there are many broad opinions in this regard

917
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:46,800
most people would prefer that they have: clean air and water

918
00:46:46,940 --> 00:46:50,950
nutritious food, material abundance, fast clean and efficient transportation

919
00:46:51,090 --> 00:46:54,390
a relevant education, public health care, the end of war

920
00:46:54,530 --> 00:46:58,030
an environment that enables us to constantly improve our abilities

921
00:46:58,170 --> 00:47:02,000
human extensionality, reduced stress and reduced crime.

922
00:47:02,170 --> 00:47:05,590
We would consider these necessities and aspirations our goals.

923
00:47:05,910 --> 00:47:08,710
With our basic goals denoted, we must then think about

924
00:47:08,850 --> 00:47:12,000
the methods to be used in order to accomplish those goals.

925
00:47:12,240 --> 00:47:15,930
Unequivocally, the scientific method is the most powerful tool we know.

926
00:47:16,070 --> 00:47:19,230
Observation, logic and testing have long since trumped

927
00:47:19,370 --> 00:47:21,852
superstition, intuition and metaphysics.

928
00:47:21,992 --> 00:47:23,660
In the words of Karl Pearson:

929
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:25,392
"There is no shortcut to truth,

930
00:47:25,492 --> 00:47:27,404
no way to gain knowledge of the universe

931
00:47:27,504 --> 00:47:30,210
except through the gateway of the scientific method."

932
00:47:30,580 --> 00:47:33,320
The intelligent use of the methods of science is what has brought us

933
00:47:33,460 --> 00:47:36,000
nearly everything that helps us in our daily lives.

934
00:47:36,150 --> 00:47:39,410
The application of science to social organization as a whole

935
00:47:39,550 --> 00:47:42,060
is the next step in our evolution.

936
00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:44,470
Furthermore, to fully utilize the scientific method

937
00:47:44,610 --> 00:47:48,280
we will need physical tools that can make our material needs possible.

938
00:47:48,420 --> 00:47:51,880
These material tools come in the form of technology

939
00:47:52,020 --> 00:47:55,600
from a simple hammer, to a high-tech, fully-automated production plant.

940
00:47:55,740 --> 00:47:58,600
Technological invention continues to ease production methods

941
00:47:58,740 --> 00:48:03,200
while also consistently making what was once deemed impossible, possible.

942
00:48:03,490 --> 00:48:06,910
The history of technology has shown tremendous accelerating development.

943
00:48:07,050 --> 00:48:09,070
Coupled with the scientific methodof thought

944
00:48:09,210 --> 00:48:12,150
the technological tools currently at our disposal have the ability

945
00:48:12,290 --> 00:48:14,500
to dramatically change humanity in ways

946
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:17,490
most would find too fantastic to be true.

947
00:48:17,630 --> 00:48:21,510
For instance, if you showed a cellphone to a man from the 12th century, he would

948
00:48:21,650 --> 00:48:25,500
probably be shocked beyond comprehension at the magical instrument.

949
00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:28,910
Science and technology has continued to defy prior assumptions

950
00:48:29,050 --> 00:48:31,400
of possibility and will continue to do so.

951
00:48:31,540 --> 00:48:34,320
It can safely be assumed that whatever the future holds

952
00:48:34,460 --> 00:48:37,540
from a technological standpoint, it will likely seem impossible

953
00:48:37,680 --> 00:48:41,500
and ridiculous from the standpoint of today's understandings and methods.

954
00:48:41,850 --> 00:48:44,590
Now, coming back to our larger point : The three attributes

955
00:48:44,730 --> 00:48:47,050
of personal and social evolution are thus:

956
00:48:47,190 --> 00:48:51,210
our goals, the method of thought, and the tools to get it done.

957
00:48:51,480 --> 00:48:53,700
We define our goals based on what we value.

958
00:48:53,870 --> 00:48:57,830
We utilize the scientific method to solve problems and create hypotheses

959
00:48:58,080 --> 00:49:01,600
and we harness technology to make the goal a reality.

960
00:49:02,240 --> 00:49:05,200
Part 3: A Resource-Based Economy

961
00:49:05,550 --> 00:49:07,730
In this section we are going to address The Venus Project

962
00:49:07,860 --> 00:49:10,581
and its advocation of a new social system called

963
00:49:10,720 --> 00:49:12,620
'A Resource-Based Economy'.

964
00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:15,520
We will describe its basis in regard to industry and labor

965
00:49:15,660 --> 00:49:18,550
specifically discussing the role of technology and automation

966
00:49:18,690 --> 00:49:21,520
while isolating the five most important steps to achieving

967
00:49:21,660 --> 00:49:24,960
the most efficient and effective production methods possible.

968
00:49:25,100 --> 00:49:29,160
Then we will address the role of so- called government in this new system

969
00:49:29,300 --> 00:49:32,880
explaining the arcane nature of the institution as it exists today

970
00:49:33,020 --> 00:49:35,950
and how through the use of advanced decision-making methods

971
00:49:36,090 --> 00:49:38,510
we will be able to remove the dangerous subjectivity

972
00:49:38,650 --> 00:49:40,740
and self-interest currently at work;

973
00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:44,880
and rather, we will arrive at decisions based on the scientific method

974
00:49:45,020 --> 00:49:47,600
with the use of computer technology.

975
00:49:47,870 --> 00:49:51,130
A Resource-Based Economy utilizes existing resources

976
00:49:51,270 --> 00:49:52,683
rather than commerce.

977
00:49:52,823 --> 00:49:55,910
All goods and services are available without the use of currency,

978
00:49:56,010 --> 00:50:00,050
credit, barter or any other form of debt or servitude.

979
00:50:00,190 --> 00:50:02,710
The aim of this new social design is to free humanity

980
00:50:02,850 --> 00:50:06,320
from the repetitive, mundane and arbitrary occupational roles

981
00:50:06,460 --> 00:50:09,350
which hold no true relevance to social development

982
00:50:09,490 --> 00:50:12,180
while encouraging a new incentive system that is focused on

983
00:50:12,320 --> 00:50:16,210
self-fulfillment, education, social awareness and creativity

984
00:50:16,350 --> 00:50:19,190
as opposed to the shallow and self-centered goals of wealth

985
00:50:19,330 --> 00:50:21,950
property and power which are dominant today.

986
00:50:22,130 --> 00:50:25,630
The Venus Project recognizes that the Earth is abundant with resources

987
00:50:25,770 --> 00:50:28,630
and that our outdated methods of rationing resources

988
00:50:28,770 --> 00:50:31,130
through monetary control are no longer relevant.

989
00:50:31,270 --> 00:50:34,300
In fact, they are very counter productive to our survival.

990
00:50:34,470 --> 00:50:37,080
The monetary system was created thousands of years ago

991
00:50:37,220 --> 00:50:38,920
during periods of great scarcity.

992
00:50:39,060 --> 00:50:40,840
Its initial purpose was as a method

993
00:50:40,980 --> 00:50:44,420
of distributing goods and services based on labor contributions.

994
00:50:44,710 --> 00:50:47,680
It is not at all related to our true capacity

995
00:50:47,820 --> 00:50:50,610
to produce goods and services on this planet.

996
00:50:50,970 --> 00:50:53,950
The bottom line is that physical survival and quality of life

997
00:50:54,090 --> 00:50:56,300
is based solely on our use, management

998
00:50:56,440 --> 00:50:58,860
and preservation of the Earth's resources.

999
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:01,420
Now, with our ever-growing scientific ingenuity

1000
00:51:01,560 --> 00:51:04,010
to utilize those resources in the most humane

1001
00:51:04,150 --> 00:51:06,770
technologically constructive and strategic ways

1002
00:51:06,910 --> 00:51:09,710
the tradition of labor for money, and money for resources

1003
00:51:09,850 --> 00:51:12,290
now has no legitimate basis.

1004
00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:14,190
Industry and Labor

1005
00:51:14,330 --> 00:51:17,280
As expressed previously, statistics have shown that humans beings

1006
00:51:17,410 --> 00:51:20,060
are increasingly being replaced by automated machines

1007
00:51:20,200 --> 00:51:22,470
in the workforce, causing unemployment and hence

1008
00:51:22,610 --> 00:51:25,250
a reduction in the purchasing power of the citizenry

1009
00:51:25,390 --> 00:51:27,950
slowing so-called economic growth.

1010
00:51:28,090 --> 00:51:31,590
Consequently, we are now seeing a deliberate stifling and withholding

1011
00:51:31,730 --> 00:51:35,410
of technological development for the sake of keeping people employed.

1012
00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:39,070
It is like having an electric drill available during a job, but instead

1013
00:51:39,210 --> 00:51:42,620
you use a manual drill because you want to get paid for more hours.

1014
00:51:42,760 --> 00:51:45,900
It is nothing but absurd and irresponsible to slow and ignore

1015
00:51:46,040 --> 00:51:49,960
technological development, in order to preserve an outdated social system.

1016
00:51:50,310 --> 00:51:53,210
We need a social design that focuses on maximizing

1017
00:51:53,350 --> 00:51:56,190
our technological abilities, for the sake of freeing humanity

1018
00:51:56,330 --> 00:51:59,940
from drudgery and increasing productivity to its highest potential.

1019
00:52:00,017 --> 00:52:03,000
Anything less is really unacceptable.

1020
00:52:03,550 --> 00:52:06,170
Now, for the sake of argument let’s completely forget about

1021
00:52:06,220 --> 00:52:08,290
our current monetary-based social system

1022
00:52:08,390 --> 00:52:11,640
and take a fresh look at modern industrial production methods

1023
00:52:11,780 --> 00:52:15,000
as would be implemented in a Resource-Based Economy.

1024
00:52:15,590 --> 00:52:18,870
The question to consider is: How do we design a production system

1025
00:52:19,010 --> 00:52:22,440
that maximizes high quality output, reduces waste

1026
00:52:22,580 --> 00:52:25,120
considers the dynamic equilibrium of the earth

1027
00:52:25,260 --> 00:52:28,120
and reduces repetitive and mechanical human labor?

1028
00:52:28,260 --> 00:52:31,150
Based on the Scientific Method, here is how the logical reasoning

1029
00:52:31,290 --> 00:52:34,030
for industrial production methods would unfold:

1030
00:52:34,170 --> 00:52:37,080
Step 1: Survey the planetary resources.

1031
00:52:37,220 --> 00:52:41,000
Step 2: Decide on what needs to be produced, oriented by priority

1032
00:52:41,130 --> 00:52:44,710
ranging from bare necessities such as food, water, shelter

1033
00:52:44,850 --> 00:52:47,620
to utility-based production items such as raw materials

1034
00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:50,120
automation machines and technological development

1035
00:52:50,260 --> 00:52:53,500
to production items used for non-utility based purposes

1036
00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:57,240
such as entertainment media, radios, musical instruments, etc.

1037
00:52:57,420 --> 00:53:00,130
Step 3: Optimization of production methods

1038
00:53:00,270 --> 00:53:03,080
while maximizing the product's lifespan.

1039
00:53:03,220 --> 00:53:06,550
Step 4: Distribution methods for human access.

1040
00:53:06,820 --> 00:53:09,060
Step 5: Optimized recycling

1041
00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:12,440
of the products that become outdated or inoperable.

1042
00:53:12,870 --> 00:53:16,340
Step 1: Survey the planetary resources. As denoted before

1043
00:53:16,480 --> 00:53:18,720
it is critical that we know what we have on this planet

1044
00:53:18,860 --> 00:53:21,390
for that translates into what the possibilities are.

1045
00:53:21,530 --> 00:53:24,460
With this information, industrial production is always adjusted

1046
00:53:24,600 --> 00:53:27,370
to compensate for any emerging scarcity

1047
00:53:27,510 --> 00:53:30,450
along with the most mathematically appropriate raw material distribution

1048
00:53:30,590 --> 00:53:33,930
based on availability and most relevant application.

1049
00:53:34,070 --> 00:53:36,390
Any scarce resource is thus immediately addressed

1050
00:53:36,530 --> 00:53:39,130
by seeking alternatives and substitutions.

1051
00:53:39,270 --> 00:53:43,020
This awareness can be obtained by real-time electronic feedback

1052
00:53:43,160 --> 00:53:45,630
coming from all resource sectors of the planet

1053
00:53:45,770 --> 00:53:48,112
fed into a central computer database

1054
00:53:48,212 --> 00:53:50,955
that monitors any growing scarcity or problem.

1055
00:53:51,095 --> 00:53:52,820
This idea of resource monitoring

1056
00:53:53,060 --> 00:53:56,260
is not at all far fetched, even if it might sound complex.

1057
00:53:56,400 --> 00:54:00,130
This point will be addressed more so a little later in this presentation.

1058
00:54:00,300 --> 00:54:03,140
Step 2: Decide on what production is required.

1059
00:54:03,280 --> 00:54:06,130
What do we need? This is a very powerful question for

1060
00:54:06,270 --> 00:54:08,930
besides the obvious food, water and shelter

1061
00:54:09,130 --> 00:54:12,610
most people today have no idea what they really want or need;

1062
00:54:12,750 --> 00:54:16,700
for they have never been informed as to the true state of technology.

1063
00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:19,240
What we think we need is directly a result

1064
00:54:19,370 --> 00:54:21,760
of the state of technological development.

1065
00:54:21,900 --> 00:54:24,540
Someone who has dust in his or her home might think

1066
00:54:24,680 --> 00:54:27,280
"I need a vacuum cleaner."  Are they sure?

1067
00:54:27,420 --> 00:54:30,390
Perhaps what they actually need is a household pressure system

1068
00:54:30,530 --> 00:54:32,970
that does not enable dust to enter or is equipped with

1069
00:54:33,110 --> 00:54:36,800
electrostatic air filters that eliminate what dust there is.

1070
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:41,040
If we think very critically about what we think we need in a material sense

1071
00:54:41,180 --> 00:54:44,280
we can begin to see that needs are always in transition.

1072
00:54:44,420 --> 00:54:48,220
Science and technology are barometers of utilitarian human need;

1073
00:54:48,360 --> 00:54:51,000
and therefore, all products made should be as advanced

1074
00:54:51,130 --> 00:54:53,326
as that period of time makes possible.

1075
00:54:53,466 --> 00:54:54,860
Our current monetary system

1076
00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:57,960
which generates wasteful, outdated products constantly

1077
00:54:58,100 --> 00:55:00,470
just to keep the companies and the economy going

1078
00:55:00,600 --> 00:55:02,780
does not have the ability or the desire

1079
00:55:02,920 --> 00:55:05,810
to produce the most advanced tools for our use.

1080
00:55:05,950 --> 00:55:08,720
This is because the majority of the products produced today

1081
00:55:08,860 --> 00:55:11,190
would not exist if society focused

1082
00:55:11,330 --> 00:55:14,930
on what would best serve the needs of society itself.

1083
00:55:15,160 --> 00:55:20,340
Step 3: Optimization of production methods; maximizing product lifespan

1084
00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:23,380
If I was going to build myself a desk, I would try to make sure

1085
00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:26,910
that desk would last as long as possible. That makes sense, right?

1086
00:55:27,120 --> 00:55:29,220
If the desk breaks, that means I would have to build

1087
00:55:29,360 --> 00:55:31,560
another one at the cost of more labor.

1088
00:55:31,700 --> 00:55:34,220
It would seem logical that everything produced in society

1089
00:55:34,360 --> 00:55:38,000
would have the longest possible life span that is technically possible.

1090
00:55:38,310 --> 00:55:41,550
Sadly, the exact opposite occurs in our current system

1091
00:55:41,690 --> 00:55:44,540
for as previously discussed, the monetary system thrives

1092
00:55:44,680 --> 00:55:47,250
on multiplicity and planned obsolescence.

1093
00:55:47,390 --> 00:55:49,660
Without it, the whole economy would collapse.

1094
00:55:49,800 --> 00:55:53,390
In a saner world, we would make things that last.

1095
00:55:53,530 --> 00:55:56,280
The optimization of production methods is about using

1096
00:55:56,420 --> 00:55:58,570
the most powerful materials and methods

1097
00:55:58,710 --> 00:56:02,330
while outputting the most long-lasting and effective products.

1098
00:56:02,470 --> 00:56:04,890
Furthermore, human labor is not only currently

1099
00:56:05,030 --> 00:56:08,050
being replaced by machines because it is more cost effective

1100
00:56:08,190 --> 00:56:11,650
in the profit system, machine labor is actually much better

1101
00:56:11,790 --> 00:56:15,190
than human labor, and output statistics have shown this continually.

1102
00:56:15,330 --> 00:56:17,610
This, of course, should be of no surprise

1103
00:56:17,750 --> 00:56:20,750
for a machine does not get tired and it is always more accurate

1104
00:56:20,890 --> 00:56:23,320
and consistent than a human, mechanically.

1105
00:56:23,460 --> 00:56:25,660
High-efficiency labor automation, coupled with

1106
00:56:25,800 --> 00:56:28,410
the scientifically managed resource abundance

1107
00:56:28,550 --> 00:56:32,180
will allow for a fluid, near scarcity-less environment

1108
00:56:32,320 --> 00:56:36,320
which could be operated by only a small fraction of the population.

1109
00:56:36,880 --> 00:56:40,580
Step 4: Distribution methods for human access.

1110
00:56:40,720 --> 00:56:44,050
Distribution methods would also depend on the state of technology.

1111
00:56:44,190 --> 00:56:47,630
For instance, production could theoretically become so streamlined

1112
00:56:47,770 --> 00:56:51,370
that a product is only created when the request is actually made.

1113
00:56:51,510 --> 00:56:54,000
Regardless, warehouse-like distribution centers

1114
00:56:54,140 --> 00:56:57,710
along with automated delivery, would be the most simplistic way for now.

1115
00:56:57,850 --> 00:57:00,330
Also, since there is no money used in this system

1116
00:57:00,470 --> 00:57:03,260
there is little need for a person to hoard their items

1117
00:57:03,401 --> 00:57:06,250
and there is also no reason for a person to steal something

1118
00:57:06,390 --> 00:57:09,700
that is available to everyone, and they certainly couldn’t sell it.

1119
00:57:09,970 --> 00:57:12,930
Also, in light of the fact that all goods in a Resource-Based Economy

1120
00:57:13,070 --> 00:57:17,610
are designed to last as long as possible, the consumer culture values

1121
00:57:17,750 --> 00:57:20,310
that exist today would also be outgrown

1122
00:57:20,450 --> 00:57:22,920
not to mention all the other value distortions

1123
00:57:23,020 --> 00:57:25,120
imposed by advertising today

1124
00:57:25,260 --> 00:57:28,800
which make people feel greedy, inferior or inept.

1125
00:57:29,020 --> 00:57:31,450
Advertising would not exist in this new system

1126
00:57:31,650 --> 00:57:33,920
outside of general product information available

1127
00:57:34,060 --> 00:57:36,190
to a person who thinks they might need it.

1128
00:57:36,330 --> 00:57:39,450
To obtain a product, a person would likely just go online

1129
00:57:39,590 --> 00:57:43,300
search for the item’s functionality, select the item and request it.

1130
00:57:43,450 --> 00:57:46,800
It would be available for pickup or delivery soon after.

1131
00:57:47,000 --> 00:57:49,500
Step 5: Optimized recycling of the products

1132
00:57:49,640 --> 00:57:52,050
that become outdated or inoperable.

1133
00:57:52,180 --> 00:57:54,560
This step actually begins at the production stage

1134
00:57:54,700 --> 00:57:58,030
for each  product designed has had incorporated into it

1135
00:57:58,170 --> 00:58:00,128
the consideration of recycling.

1136
00:58:00,268 --> 00:58:02,060
Nothing ever used in production

1137
00:58:02,200 --> 00:58:05,300
would be unsustainable, or unrecyclable in some way.

1138
00:58:05,440 --> 00:58:08,840
This is strategically considered to make sure that all older products

1139
00:58:08,980 --> 00:58:12,470
are reused to the maximum amount enabled by known methods

1140
00:58:12,730 --> 00:58:14,810
reducing waste.

1141
00:58:14,950 --> 00:58:17,830
Now, one of the more confusing and difficult components

1142
00:58:17,970 --> 00:58:20,840
for many to consider has to do with the deliberate focus

1143
00:58:20,980 --> 00:58:24,800
of using machines to replace human labor whenever possible.

1144
00:58:25,000 --> 00:58:28,600
The question is always, “Who will maintain the machines?”

1145
00:58:28,910 --> 00:58:32,300
Machinery today is now being combined with computerization.

1146
00:58:32,500 --> 00:58:34,870
Essentially, the computer is the brain of the machine

1147
00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:37,130
and it instructs the machine what to do.

1148
00:58:37,270 --> 00:58:39,820
This combination of machine and computer intelligence

1149
00:58:39,960 --> 00:58:42,300
could be termed "cybernation".

1150
00:58:42,460 --> 00:58:45,120
Cybernated machines today are probably the most powerful

1151
00:58:45,260 --> 00:58:48,360
and influential invention humanity has ever created.

1152
00:58:48,500 --> 00:58:51,270
The possibilities of these tools are on pace to changing

1153
00:58:51,410 --> 00:58:54,440
the entire fabric of society, beginning first

1154
00:58:54,580 --> 00:58:57,080
with the freeing of the human labor force.

1155
00:58:57,370 --> 00:59:00,400
In the words of Albert Einstein, "Ultimate automation

1156
00:59:00,540 --> 00:59:03,810
will make our modern industry as primitive and outdated

1157
00:59:03,950 --> 00:59:06,720
as the stone age man looks to us today".

1158
00:59:06,860 --> 00:59:09,010
This reality is not something we should fight.

1159
00:59:09,150 --> 00:59:11,100
We should embrace it emphatically.

1160
00:59:11,240 --> 00:59:15,210
Cybernation is the emancipation proclamation for humankind,

1161
00:59:15,350 --> 00:59:17,540
freeing us from the drudgery of common labor

1162
00:59:17,680 --> 00:59:21,240
opening new horizons for human creativity and exploration.

1163
00:59:21,380 --> 00:59:24,370
These cybernated machines far exceed the physical accuracy

1164
00:59:24,510 --> 00:59:27,160
and endurance of the human body, while also being able

1165
00:59:27,300 --> 00:59:30,290
to compute at incredible rates, also far exceeding

1166
00:59:30,430 --> 00:59:33,920
the computational speed and capacity of the human brain.

1167
00:59:34,060 --> 00:59:36,600
As far as application, the first step is to ensure

1168
00:59:36,710 --> 00:59:38,610
that the cybernated machines we devise

1169
00:59:38,690 --> 00:59:41,710
are the highest quality components and programming.

1170
00:59:41,850 --> 00:59:44,830
In order to do this we would have to outgrow the monetary system

1171
00:59:44,970 --> 00:59:49,270
for it perpetuates inferior products for the sake of cyclical consumption.

1172
00:59:49,410 --> 00:59:51,520
There is no reason why everything in your home

1173
00:59:51,660 --> 00:59:55,160
from your refrigerator to your stove to your television to your computer

1174
00:59:55,300 --> 00:59:58,560
could not last your lifetime without physical repair.

1175
00:59:58,870 --> 01:00:01,900
How can that be said with confidence? Because the best materials

1176
01:00:02,040 --> 01:00:05,860
available on this planet such as titanium, have sustainable properties

1177
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:09,460
that far exceed the life of a person by thousands of years.

1178
01:00:09,890 --> 01:00:12,450
The cybernated machines would not be bought and sold.

1179
01:00:12,590 --> 01:00:15,190
They would be built and designed to last.

1180
01:00:15,330 --> 01:00:18,520
Not only would they have extreme durability and long lifespans

1181
01:00:18,660 --> 01:00:22,520
these advanced machines will eventually be able to repair themselves.

1182
01:00:22,940 --> 01:00:26,030
In cars today, there are often warning lights on the dashboard

1183
01:00:26,120 --> 01:00:29,010
that will alert you to a problem with a particular part of the car.

1184
01:00:29,210 --> 01:00:32,400
This idea can be expanded in all machinery, to the degree where

1185
01:00:32,540 --> 01:00:36,560
not only is the machine's onboard computer aware of a problem

1186
01:00:36,700 --> 01:00:39,120
supplemental machines can be thereby directed

1187
01:00:39,260 --> 01:00:41,910
to replace the broken part in real time.

1188
01:00:42,050 --> 01:00:45,260
As fanciful as it may seem, self-repairing machines

1189
01:00:45,400 --> 01:00:49,180
structures and even circuits are growing realities.

1190
01:00:49,760 --> 01:00:51,930
The problem is that the production of such efficiency

1191
01:00:52,180 --> 01:00:54,190
is not rewarded in the monetary system

1192
01:00:54,290 --> 01:00:58,640
so most people in society have no idea of what is actually possible.

1193
01:00:59,280 --> 01:01:02,830
Furthermore, the role humans will play within this automated system

1194
01:01:02,970 --> 01:01:05,850
will be that of supervisors and nothing more.

1195
01:01:06,100 --> 01:01:08,760
Once a fully-integrated, autonomous, cybernated

1196
01:01:08,900 --> 01:01:11,560
industrial system is set up, it is simply a matter of

1197
01:01:11,700 --> 01:01:14,660
updating the system and making sure the system is in order.

1198
01:01:14,800 --> 01:01:17,030
As time moves forward, we can only expect that the rate

1199
01:01:17,170 --> 01:01:20,130
of our technological capabilities will continue to increase

1200
01:01:20,270 --> 01:01:22,100
perfecting this system.

1201
01:01:22,240 --> 01:01:25,070
Now, while most people today recognize society's use

1202
01:01:25,210 --> 01:01:27,490
of machine automation in manufacturing and the like

1203
01:01:27,630 --> 01:01:30,700
many have a very difficult time seeing how automation can be applied

1204
01:01:30,820 --> 01:01:34,520
to complex jobs such as doctors, architects and the like.

1205
01:01:34,810 --> 01:01:37,360
In order to consider this, we first have to ask ourselves

1206
01:01:37,500 --> 01:01:41,200
what the true nature of our occupational roles really are.

1207
01:01:41,470 --> 01:01:46,400
What exactly is a doctor, a carpenter, a plumber or an architect?

1208
01:01:46,620 --> 01:01:48,500
What are they actually doing?

1209
01:01:48,630 --> 01:01:51,630
They recognize and react to observed patterns.

1210
01:01:52,300 --> 01:01:54,810
When a doctor examines you, all he or she is doing

1211
01:01:54,950 --> 01:01:57,840
is mentally referencing what has been learned.

1212
01:01:58,000 --> 01:02:00,670
If you go to a dermatologist because you think you might have cancer

1213
01:02:00,810 --> 01:02:03,570
on your arm, the doctor is going to examine the skin

1214
01:02:03,710 --> 01:02:06,490
and mentally reference the patterns he or she has been taught.

1215
01:02:06,910 --> 01:02:09,310
Then they might take a sample of the skin to be tested

1216
01:02:09,530 --> 01:02:11,460
by machine analysis.

1217
01:02:11,600 --> 01:02:13,700
It is a technical process.

1218
01:02:13,851 --> 01:02:16,590
There is no reason why, say, an optical scanner

1219
01:02:16,730 --> 01:02:19,700
connected to a computer database could not be invented

1220
01:02:19,840 --> 01:02:24,260
which could scan your arm and immediately understand what problem exists.

1221
01:02:24,490 --> 01:02:26,880
Even surgery, as sensitive as it may seem

1222
01:02:27,020 --> 01:02:28,820
is a purely technical process.

1223
01:02:28,960 --> 01:02:30,660
It is simply a matter of time

1224
01:02:30,800 --> 01:02:34,410
before extremely advanced machines replace surgeons.

1225
01:02:34,550 --> 01:02:38,320
The same goes for every other utilitarian occupation in existence.

1226
01:02:38,460 --> 01:02:41,790
And this brings us to a very critical realization, one that will have

1227
01:02:41,930 --> 01:02:44,690
a very profound affect on our progress on this planet.

1228
01:02:44,830 --> 01:02:48,210
The conscious delegation of decision-making to computers

1229
01:02:48,350 --> 01:02:52,058
is the next phase of social evolution.

1230
01:02:52,380 --> 01:02:55,840
The utilitarian roles that humans assume in society today

1231
01:02:55,980 --> 01:02:58,030
are fundamentally technical by nature;

1232
01:02:58,170 --> 01:03:00,860
while this seems obvious in regard to physical labor

1233
01:03:01,000 --> 01:03:04,740
our mental labor can now be delegated to computers as well.

1234
01:03:04,890 --> 01:03:06,910
If this sounds foreign to you, please note

1235
01:03:07,050 --> 01:03:09,110
that if you have ever used a calculator

1236
01:03:09,250 --> 01:03:11,900
you have delegated your decision making to a machine.

1237
01:03:12,050 --> 01:03:14,110
We must remember that logical reasoning

1238
01:03:14,250 --> 01:03:17,510
which is our cognitive ability to think out solutions to problems

1239
01:03:17,650 --> 01:03:21,550
from a cause and effect standpoint, is entirely a technical process

1240
01:03:21,690 --> 01:03:25,210
based on the amount of information we have at any one time.

1241
01:03:25,350 --> 01:03:27,680
For example, if we have a problem with our car

1242
01:03:27,820 --> 01:03:29,820
we would go to a mechanic and he would use

1243
01:03:29,920 --> 01:03:33,000
his pattern recognition abilities and associative memory

1244
01:03:33,140 --> 01:03:36,290
to consider the possibilities that might have caused the problem

1245
01:03:36,430 --> 01:03:38,980
along with the possibilities for solving the problem

1246
01:03:39,120 --> 01:03:40,620
based on reasoning.

1247
01:03:40,748 --> 01:03:43,260
It is an objective, technical process.

1248
01:03:43,900 --> 01:03:46,750
However, a mechanic's human brain is only capable

1249
01:03:46,890 --> 01:03:50,430
of a certain amount of memory and intellectual processing power.

1250
01:03:50,570 --> 01:03:52,790
A modern programmed computer, on the other hand

1251
01:03:52,930 --> 01:03:55,210
can store tremendously more data than a human

1252
01:03:55,350 --> 01:03:58,290
and can consistently and rapidly process information

1253
01:03:58,430 --> 01:04:00,570
without getting lazy or tired.

1254
01:04:00,710 --> 01:04:03,420
For instance, let's assume we have programmed a computer

1255
01:04:03,560 --> 01:04:06,560
with the data set consisting of the car in question.

1256
01:04:06,700 --> 01:04:09,240
The computer has been programmed to know every component

1257
01:04:09,380 --> 01:04:13,860
every weld, and every electronic pathway etc., of that vehicle.

1258
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:16,700
It has also been programmed with the application of physics

1259
01:04:16,840 --> 01:04:19,910
so that it can relate to the actual cause and effect functionality

1260
01:04:20,050 --> 01:04:23,020
and operation of the car, not just its parts.

1261
01:04:23,160 --> 01:04:26,270
When the car is taken in for repair, the mechanic will simply go over

1262
01:04:26,410 --> 01:04:29,640
to his computer and input a description of the problem.

1263
01:04:29,780 --> 01:04:32,350
He might input: "Left headlight not working."

1264
01:04:32,490 --> 01:04:34,540
The computer would then immediately present a list

1265
01:04:34,680 --> 01:04:36,950
of all relevant issues related to the headlight

1266
01:04:37,090 --> 01:04:39,940
and then present a series of framed questions to the mechanic

1267
01:04:40,090 --> 01:04:42,950
which logically attempt to locate the cause of the problem.

1268
01:04:43,090 --> 01:04:46,300
The computer might say, "Check the connection of cable 15B,"

1269
01:04:46,440 --> 01:04:50,210
and then show a diagram of where the component is located in the car.

1270
01:04:50,350 --> 01:04:52,860
If the mechanic finds that isn't the problem, he inputs

1271
01:04:53,000 --> 01:04:55,300
that new information back into the computer and the computer

1272
01:04:55,440 --> 01:04:58,240
which goes to the next logical possibility.

1273
01:04:58,590 --> 01:05:00,810
The computer is really making the decisions.

1274
01:05:00,950 --> 01:05:05,000
The mechanic is just orienting its focus, just like a calculator.

1275
01:05:05,390 --> 01:05:08,880
The bottom line is that there is really no area of human operation

1276
01:05:09,000 --> 01:05:11,560
that can not be extremely perfected by delegating

1277
01:05:11,700 --> 01:05:15,440
decision-making processes to computer intelligence.

1278
01:05:16,040 --> 01:05:19,030
The fact is the only thing that now separates us from machines

1279
01:05:19,170 --> 01:05:21,520
on a cognitive, utilitarian level

1280
01:05:21,660 --> 01:05:25,750
is our ability to create complex associations in our mind.

1281
01:05:26,170 --> 01:05:29,910
No computer today has yet to respond effectively to being asked

1282
01:05:30,050 --> 01:05:33,540
a complex question in the English language or any language.

1283
01:05:34,120 --> 01:05:36,850
It requires that the language be transformed into one

1284
01:05:37,000 --> 01:05:40,500
that it is programmed to understand such as mathematics.

1285
01:05:40,880 --> 01:05:44,090
However, new technological fields such as artificial intelligence

1286
01:05:44,230 --> 01:05:46,650
are beginning to grow with incredible possibilities

1287
01:05:46,800 --> 01:05:48,800
for this kind of awareness.

1288
01:05:48,900 --> 01:05:51,570
In time, complex thought processes once thought

1289
01:05:51,710 --> 01:05:54,160
could only be accomplished by the human mind

1290
01:05:54,300 --> 01:05:57,000
will eventually be achieved by computers.

1291
01:05:57,460 --> 01:06:00,780
With this understood, we will now describe how this new possibility

1292
01:06:00,920 --> 01:06:04,291
of delegating labor and decision making to a multi-faceted

1293
01:06:04,430 --> 01:06:07,790
highly efficient, computerized system, is what will constitute

1294
01:06:07,930 --> 01:06:12,390
the replacement of the institution we know of as traditional government.

1295
01:06:13,290 --> 01:06:15,290
In the words of Dr. Ralph Linton:

1296
01:06:15,420 --> 01:06:17,640
"The tremendous and still accelerating development

1297
01:06:17,780 --> 01:06:20,320
of science and technology has not been accompanied

1298
01:06:20,460 --> 01:06:24,370
by an equal development in social, economic, and political patterns.

1299
01:06:24,510 --> 01:06:27,250
It is safe to predict that such social inventions

1300
01:06:27,390 --> 01:06:30,490
as modern-type Capitalism, Fascism, and Communism

1301
01:06:30,630 --> 01:06:33,760
will be regarded as primitive experiments directed toward

1302
01:06:33,900 --> 01:06:37,140
the adjustment of modern society to modern methods."

1303
01:06:37,280 --> 01:06:39,910
First of all, government as we know it is a by-product

1304
01:06:40,050 --> 01:06:41,845
of environmental scarcity.

1305
01:06:41,985 --> 01:06:44,310
They're really monetary system creations.

1306
01:06:44,450 --> 01:06:46,740
Sadly due to the very nature of their power,

1307
01:06:46,880 --> 01:06:50,180
history is one constant chain of governmental corruption,

1308
01:06:50,320 --> 01:06:53,310
from the genocidal slaughter of people in opposing nations

1309
01:06:53,450 --> 01:06:55,870
to the deliberate oppression of a country's own people

1310
01:06:56,010 --> 01:06:59,000
in order to maintain the established order.

1311
01:06:59,610 --> 01:07:01,800
Now, government decisions today are based on

1312
01:07:01,940 --> 01:07:04,470
self-interest just like the corporations.

1313
01:07:04,610 --> 01:07:07,610
There will never be such a thing as an ethical government

1314
01:07:07,775 --> 01:07:10,280
as long as money can be used to influence

1315
01:07:10,420 --> 01:07:13,000
the decisions of political participants.

1316
01:07:13,570 --> 01:07:16,730
When we understand that everything in regard to social organization

1317
01:07:16,870 --> 01:07:20,000
is a technical process, we then see that there is little reason

1318
01:07:20,130 --> 01:07:23,000
for traditional opinions in the solving of any problem.

1319
01:07:23,780 --> 01:07:26,740
If a person reads one page of a book and closes it

1320
01:07:27,060 --> 01:07:30,750
he or she can easily have an opinion on that book as a whole.

1321
01:07:31,060 --> 01:07:34,350
If another reads the whole book, they might also have an opinion.

1322
01:07:34,820 --> 01:07:37,040
Whose opinion would you value more? The person

1323
01:07:37,180 --> 01:07:40,370
who read the full book or the person who only read one page?

1324
01:07:40,720 --> 01:07:44,060
In other words, the more information taken into account in the process

1325
01:07:44,200 --> 01:07:47,560
of decision making, the more accurate that decision will be.

1326
01:07:47,850 --> 01:07:50,370
As discussed earlier, computers can now access

1327
01:07:50,510 --> 01:07:52,920
trillions of bits of information a second

1328
01:07:53,060 --> 01:07:55,430
across vast informational databases

1329
01:07:55,570 --> 01:07:58,540
and compute output results near the speed of light.

1330
01:07:58,910 --> 01:08:01,260
The transfer of decision making to computers

1331
01:08:01,400 --> 01:08:04,240
is the next phase of social evolution.

1332
01:08:04,390 --> 01:08:07,900
It greatly reduces human error and removes dangerous biases,

1333
01:08:08,050 --> 01:08:10,560
subjectivity and erroneous opinion.

1334
01:08:10,700 --> 01:08:13,310
Because of the limitations of the sensory and cortical equipment

1335
01:08:13,450 --> 01:08:15,490
in our body and mind, no one can know

1336
01:08:15,630 --> 01:08:17,810
everything there is to know in the world.

1337
01:08:17,950 --> 01:08:19,621
Our senses are limited in range.

1338
01:08:19,761 --> 01:08:22,730
Our eyes can only see a fraction of the electromagnetic field;

1339
01:08:22,860 --> 01:08:26,450
therefore, it is a logical progression that we delegate decision making

1340
01:08:26,590 --> 01:08:29,710
to machines, for they do not have these restrictions.

1341
01:08:29,850 --> 01:08:32,400
Computers used as tools can and will be able

1342
01:08:32,540 --> 01:08:35,220
to solve problems which humans simply can not

1343
01:08:35,360 --> 01:08:37,730
due to our physical and mental limitations.

1344
01:08:37,960 --> 01:08:39,708
It is no different than a person who uses

1345
01:08:39,808 --> 01:08:43,360
a pair glasses to see or a calculator to do math.

1346
01:08:43,500 --> 01:08:45,250
Glasses are a technological tool

1347
01:08:45,390 --> 01:08:47,530
an extension of a human being that helps a person

1348
01:08:47,670 --> 01:08:49,710
see better than they would normally.

1349
01:08:49,850 --> 01:08:52,420
Cybernated machines are nothing different; they are nothing more

1350
01:08:52,560 --> 01:08:55,770
than extensional tools that expand our abilities.

1351
01:08:55,910 --> 01:08:58,210
The human species has the powerful ability

1352
01:08:58,350 --> 01:09:00,830
to improve itself through technological invention

1353
01:09:00,970 --> 01:09:04,400
and we must realize this and maximize its potential.

1354
01:09:04,630 --> 01:09:07,770
In a Resource-Based Economy, people do not make decisions.

1355
01:09:07,910 --> 01:09:11,510
They arrive at them through the use of advanced technological tools

1356
01:09:11,650 --> 01:09:13,780
that incorporate the scientific method.

1357
01:09:13,920 --> 01:09:17,840
There is no Republican or liberal way to design an airplane.

1358
01:09:18,050 --> 01:09:22,100
So why do we use these outdated world views to operate society today?

1359
01:09:22,240 --> 01:09:25,510
When we recognize society as a technological invention

1360
01:09:25,650 --> 01:09:28,270
with its component variables really no different

1361
01:09:28,410 --> 01:09:30,790
than the component variables of an airplane

1362
01:09:30,930 --> 01:09:34,220
we then see that our orientation towards so-called government

1363
01:09:34,360 --> 01:09:36,132
should purely scientific.

1364
01:09:36,272 --> 01:09:38,050
Politics is outdated

1365
01:09:38,240 --> 01:09:41,320
for its processes are largely subjective, highly influenced

1366
01:09:41,460 --> 01:09:44,680
by money and virtually without scientific reference.

1367
01:09:44,910 --> 01:09:48,430
Government and the concept of the State will eventually be outgrown

1368
01:09:48,570 --> 01:09:51,040
entirely and replaced by an objective system

1369
01:09:51,180 --> 01:09:54,960
of global resource management and technological organization.

1370
01:09:55,100 --> 01:09:57,810
Government thus becomes a cybernated system

1371
01:09:57,950 --> 01:10:00,570
which is intimately combined with industry

1372
01:10:00,710 --> 01:10:04,330
and is only responsible for the production and distribution of goods

1373
01:10:04,487 --> 01:10:07,800
along with resource and environmental management.

1374
01:10:08,040 --> 01:10:11,600
Generally speaking, the components of this new system would be as follows:

1375
01:10:11,900 --> 01:10:15,740
1. A central computerized database containing catalogs

1376
01:10:15,876 --> 01:10:19,100
of every known material and every known technical understanding.

1377
01:10:19,350 --> 01:10:22,900
As noted previously, computers have the ability to catalog information

1378
01:10:23,040 --> 01:10:26,650
and logically compute it on a scale much larger than any human can.

1379
01:10:26,850 --> 01:10:30,140
As stated before, the most efficient decisions we can make

1380
01:10:30,280 --> 01:10:34,250
are decisions that take into account all known relevant variables.

1381
01:10:34,400 --> 01:10:37,100
Only computers will be able to handle the integration

1382
01:10:37,250 --> 01:10:40,400
of all known earthly knowledge and come up with decisions

1383
01:10:40,550 --> 01:10:43,340
that would be logically based on the full known range of data.

1384
01:10:43,540 --> 01:10:46,320
Just as with our previous example of our car mechanic

1385
01:10:46,465 --> 01:10:50,250
who had his tailored database program for solving mechanical problems

1386
01:10:50,400 --> 01:10:54,040
this central computerized database contains all known knowledge

1387
01:10:54,198 --> 01:10:56,740
ranging from the properties, combinations and applications

1388
01:10:56,880 --> 01:10:59,020
of every element on the periodic table

1389
01:10:59,161 --> 01:11:02,300
to the complete known history of technological invention.

1390
01:11:02,450 --> 01:11:05,800
Once the associative system emerges which will allow computers to

1391
01:11:05,940 --> 01:11:09,150
contextually cross-relate all the known disciplines,

1392
01:11:09,290 --> 01:11:13,930
we will have at our grasp a tool of immeasurable possibilities,

1393
01:11:14,060 --> 01:11:16,600
for the new method of problem-solving and invention

1394
01:11:16,741 --> 01:11:19,640
will be an interaction with this database program.

1395
01:11:19,780 --> 01:11:23,650
In fact, it will likely come in the form of a simple website on the internet.

1396
01:11:23,850 --> 01:11:26,310
You would pose a problem or a question to the database

1397
01:11:26,459 --> 01:11:28,860
and it will give the best feedback that is possible

1398
01:11:29,000 --> 01:11:32,400
based on the current state of knowledge at that  period in time.

1399
01:11:32,650 --> 01:11:35,250
It is no different than interfacing with a calculator

1400
01:11:35,393 --> 01:11:38,550
but this new calculator has a powerful associative system

1401
01:11:38,700 --> 01:11:41,030
and an extensive database of knowledge that

1402
01:11:41,166 --> 01:11:43,650
can not just understand and compute math.

1403
01:11:43,800 --> 01:11:46,550
It can integrate physics, biology, astronomy

1404
01:11:46,704 --> 01:11:50,150
and every field of science into a concentrated tool.

1405
01:11:50,350 --> 01:11:52,030
If this sounds like science fiction

1406
01:11:52,170 --> 01:11:54,850
you can rest assured that the US military's Pentagon

1407
01:11:55,000 --> 01:11:58,910
likely already has similar database and decision-making programs

1408
01:11:59,060 --> 01:12:01,393
which it uses for war strategies.

1409
01:12:02,000 --> 01:12:04,400
However, in order for this system to be effective

1410
01:12:04,545 --> 01:12:08,000
it must also have real-time feedback input from the planet

1411
01:12:08,150 --> 01:12:10,670
in order to understand what resources we have

1412
01:12:10,815 --> 01:12:13,340
so we can account for dynamic equilibrium.

1413
01:12:13,480 --> 01:12:16,940
Therefore, the central computerized database would lock into an

1414
01:12:17,073 --> 01:12:19,730
earth-wide autonomic sensor system

1415
01:12:19,870 --> 01:12:23,100
with environmental sensors in all relevant areas of the planet

1416
01:12:23,250 --> 01:12:26,840
generating industrial electronic feedback regarding resources

1417
01:12:26,984 --> 01:12:29,400
operations, and other environmental issues.

1418
01:12:29,540 --> 01:12:33,000
This holistic system keeps track of all the resources on the planet

1419
01:12:33,150 --> 01:12:36,530
while also monitoring the Earth for environmental disturbances

1420
01:12:36,676 --> 01:12:38,850
which humanity should be alerted to.

1421
01:12:38,990 --> 01:12:40,680
This will not happen overnight, but

1422
01:12:40,830 --> 01:12:43,050
if we begin with constructing regional systems

1423
01:12:43,200 --> 01:12:45,650
and over time interlink all the regional structures

1424
01:12:45,800 --> 01:12:48,150
it could be created sooner than we think.

1425
01:12:48,300 --> 01:12:50,720
The interaction of this sensor system will inform

1426
01:12:50,860 --> 01:12:54,750
the central database program of what is available and what is scarce

1427
01:12:54,900 --> 01:12:58,550
while the database will in turn, constantly adjust industrial methods

1428
01:12:58,700 --> 01:13:01,150
based around the dynamic equilibrium on the planet

1429
01:13:01,290 --> 01:13:03,700
along with improved technology.

1430
01:13:03,950 --> 01:13:07,820
Now, even with our understanding of the profound labor-relieving affect

1431
01:13:07,971 --> 01:13:10,250
computerized automation will have on society

1432
01:13:10,400 --> 01:13:14,000
when we finally decide to outgrow our scarcity-based monetary system

1433
01:13:14,460 --> 01:13:17,850
and focus on the maximization of technological invention

1434
01:13:18,000 --> 01:13:20,500
and abundance for all the world's people

1435
01:13:20,650 --> 01:13:23,150
there will still, of course, be the necessity

1436
01:13:23,304 --> 01:13:25,810
for human technicians to work within the system,

1437
01:13:25,950 --> 01:13:28,780
updating it and overseeing its operations.

1438
01:13:28,920 --> 01:13:32,200
We can consider them interdisciplinary teams.

1439
01:13:32,500 --> 01:13:34,500
Interdisciplinary teams of technicians

1440
01:13:34,642 --> 01:13:37,410
oversee the system and help orient research projects

1441
01:13:37,550 --> 01:13:41,100
to continue growth, efficiency, and social evolution.

1442
01:13:41,230 --> 01:13:44,820
In an optimized version of the system, no more than 5%

1443
01:13:44,960 --> 01:13:48,050
of the world's population would likely be needed to run the show.

1444
01:13:48,180 --> 01:13:51,510
The more optimized and powerful our technology and methods become

1445
01:13:51,650 --> 01:13:53,910
the more that number decreases.

1446
01:13:54,050 --> 01:13:56,240
They would simply work in scientific fields

1447
01:13:56,380 --> 01:13:59,300
relevant to the functionality of society.

1448
01:13:59,500 --> 01:14:03,230
Of course, many who hear this often ask: "What about democracy?"

1449
01:14:03,370 --> 01:14:05,300
"How do I participate in the system?"

1450
01:14:05,440 --> 01:14:08,550
"Do we elect the interdisciplinary teams?"

1451
01:14:08,760 --> 01:14:12,910
In a resource-based global economy, the traditional concept of politics

1452
01:14:13,050 --> 01:14:16,100
elections and the like, has no relevance or basis.

1453
01:14:16,300 --> 01:14:19,240
While this notion scares a lot of traditionally-minded people

1454
01:14:19,380 --> 01:14:23,240
it must be reiterated that our problems in life are technical

1455
01:14:23,386 --> 01:14:26,850
and are relative only to humanity as a whole.

1456
01:14:27,000 --> 01:14:31,720
We must also face the fact that so called "democracy" in today's world

1457
01:14:31,860 --> 01:14:35,350
is a complete illusion.  It always was.

1458
01:14:35,490 --> 01:14:38,000
People think they have choice in our current system

1459
01:14:38,150 --> 01:14:40,480
because they can press a button on a voting machine

1460
01:14:40,620 --> 01:14:43,850
and put some pre-selected person into power.

1461
01:14:44,000 --> 01:14:47,560
Once that person is in power, the public then has no say.

1462
01:14:47,700 --> 01:14:49,420
Did you vote for the space program?

1463
01:14:49,560 --> 01:14:51,800
Did you vote for the cabinet of the new President?

1464
01:14:51,950 --> 01:14:53,680
Did you vote for the tax cut?

1465
01:14:53,819 --> 01:14:56,100
Did you vote for where highways or power grids go?

1466
01:14:56,250 --> 01:15:00,190
Did you vote for the war in Iraq?  No, you didn’t.

1467
01:15:00,330 --> 01:15:04,540
The traditional concept of a “participatory democracy” is a cruel joke.

1468
01:15:04,680 --> 01:15:06,540
The game has been used to give the public the

1469
01:15:06,670 --> 01:15:09,000
illusion of control for countless generations,

1470
01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:11,790
while the distorted monetary powers at the top

1471
01:15:11,896 --> 01:15:13,900
continue to do whatever they please.

1472
01:15:14,000 --> 01:15:17,740
There never was a true democracy in any country in history

1473
01:15:17,848 --> 01:15:19,200
and there never will be

1474
01:15:19,300 --> 01:15:22,000
as long as the monetary system is in operation

1475
01:15:22,109 --> 01:15:24,900
and scarcity is perpetuated.

1476
01:15:25,000 --> 01:15:29,000
So then, how would a person participate within a Resource-Based Economy?

1477
01:15:29,000 --> 01:15:31,000
Well, how would you define participation?

1478
01:15:31,200 --> 01:15:33,470
True participation in society would entail

1479
01:15:33,570 --> 01:15:35,900
understanding how society technically worked

1480
01:15:36,000 --> 01:15:39,355
and then constructively proposing ideas or innovations

1481
01:15:39,455 --> 01:15:42,500
to be implemented, created or altered.

1482
01:15:42,650 --> 01:15:46,050
The first thing a person would do is interact with the Central Database.

1483
01:15:46,200 --> 01:15:50,000
Which, as denoted before, would come in the form of an Internet web page

1484
01:15:50,000 --> 01:15:52,530
that every person on the planet has access to.

1485
01:15:52,660 --> 01:15:54,790
They would then input their proposal.

1486
01:15:55,200 --> 01:15:57,458
The Central Database, with its historical  knowledge

1487
01:15:57,558 --> 01:15:59,908
and full integration of all scientific fields

1488
01:16:00,008 --> 01:16:03,700
would then analyze the concept for its scientific and technical integrity

1489
01:16:03,850 --> 01:16:03,851
.

1490
01:16:03,900 --> 01:16:07,589
along with optimizing the materials required if necessary

1491
01:16:07,689 --> 01:16:10,250
based on current understandings and availabilities.

1492
01:16:10,400 --> 01:16:13,340
If the proposal is initially accepted by the Central Database

1493
01:16:13,440 --> 01:16:16,261
after it examines it for its basic integrity

1494
01:16:16,381 --> 01:16:18,620
it would either immediately be put into production

1495
01:16:18,760 --> 01:16:21,320
such as would be the case for a desired invention

1496
01:16:21,460 --> 01:16:24,360
or it would be turned over to the interdisciplinary teams

1497
01:16:24,500 --> 01:16:27,000
that oversee the implementation of a new proposal

1498
01:16:27,100 --> 01:16:28,960
and orient it into the system.

1499
01:16:29,000 --> 01:16:31,350
The person who submitted the proposal would then

1500
01:16:31,490 --> 01:16:35,400
become a part of the interdisciplinary team relevant to the idea.

1501
01:16:35,430 --> 01:16:35,431
.

1502
01:16:35,431 --> 01:16:37,211
These teams would not be fixed

1503
01:16:37,311 --> 01:16:40,630
but constantly revolving based on who wants to participate

1504
01:16:40,760 --> 01:16:44,000
in a given field and what they have to contribute.

1505
01:16:44,000 --> 01:16:46,500
This is a true election

1506
01:16:46,640 --> 01:16:50,900
based on what a person has done, not what they say they will do.

1507
01:16:51,000 --> 01:16:53,778
Furthermore, the public's fear of traditional corruption

1508
01:16:53,878 --> 01:16:56,900
will have little basis for there is no reward for it.

1509
01:16:57,000 --> 01:17:00,591
The interdisciplinary teams do not get paid in any way

1510
01:17:00,591 --> 01:17:02,900
for their worldviews have been expanded

1511
01:17:03,000 --> 01:17:05,763
to realize that their reward is, in fact

1512
01:17:05,863 --> 01:17:07,757
the fruits of the society as a whole

1513
01:17:07,857 --> 01:17:10,750
and they contribute because it benefits them directly.

1514
01:17:10,900 --> 01:17:12,712
While this might sound difficult for those

1515
01:17:12,812 --> 01:17:16,400
who have been fully indoctrinated into the monetary-based reward system

1516
01:17:16,500 --> 01:17:19,478
and feel that money is the only incentive there is

1517
01:17:19,578 --> 01:17:21,800
let it be known that every day, all over the world

1518
01:17:21,950 --> 01:17:24,630
millions of humans volunteer for the greater good.

1519
01:17:24,770 --> 01:17:29,720
In a 1992-released Gallop poll, more than 50% of American adults

1520
01:17:29,860 --> 01:17:32,600
volunteered with no pay for social causes

1521
01:17:32,740 --> 01:17:38,330
at an average of 4.2 hours a week, for a total of 20.5 billion hours.

1522
01:17:38,470 --> 01:17:41,360
This is an incredible triumph for the collective human spirit.

1523
01:17:41,500 --> 01:17:44,346
For even with the sickness of narrow self-interest

1524
01:17:44,446 --> 01:17:46,150
generated by the monetary system

1525
01:17:46,300 --> 01:17:50,850
humans still strive to help each other and give to society without reward.

1526
01:17:50,999 --> 01:17:51,000
.

1527
01:17:51,000 --> 01:17:52,888
In the future, those who choose to work

1528
01:17:52,988 --> 01:17:55,140
in the cybernated industrial system, will do so

1529
01:17:55,270 --> 01:17:57,620
because it is an honor to serve humanity.

1530
01:17:57,770 --> 01:18:00,181
They will understand that it is in their self-interest

1531
01:18:00,281 --> 01:18:02,240
in the broadest way, to see to it

1532
01:18:02,340 --> 01:18:06,240
that humanity lives and works together for the greater good.

1533
01:18:06,480 --> 01:18:08,797
The reward in a resource-based economy

1534
01:18:08,897 --> 01:18:12,900
would be the continual improvement of society for all.

1535
01:18:13,500 --> 01:18:15,985
So, participation is open to everyone

1536
01:18:16,085 --> 01:18:19,300
because all issues are fundamentally recognized as technical.

1537
01:18:19,500 --> 01:18:21,601
The degree to which a person contributes

1538
01:18:21,701 --> 01:18:23,900
is based simply on that person's education

1539
01:18:24,000 --> 01:18:26,850
and the ability to create and problem solve.

1540
01:18:27,000 --> 01:18:30,500
This is why expanded relevant education is critical.

1541
01:18:30,640 --> 01:18:34,162
In society today, the public is always kept uninformed

1542
01:18:34,262 --> 01:18:36,300
and as dumbed down as possible.

1543
01:18:36,500 --> 01:18:39,200
This way the government can maintain control.

1544
01:18:39,500 --> 01:18:42,850
In a resource-based economy, the goal of the educational system

1545
01:18:43,000 --> 01:18:47,470
is to produce the most intelligent and aware human beings as possible.

1546
01:18:47,610 --> 01:18:51,750
Why? Because everyone then has a greater possibility of contributing

1547
01:18:51,900 --> 01:18:55,321
greatly affecting our collective social evolution for the better

1548
01:18:55,421 --> 01:18:57,900
and improving the lives of all.

1549
01:18:58,600 --> 01:19:00,833
Now, due to the importance of this section

1550
01:19:00,933 --> 01:19:03,000
let's recap what we have discussed:

1551
01:19:03,300 --> 01:19:05,500
Who makes the decisions in a resource-based economy?

1552
01:19:05,600 --> 01:19:07,980
No-one does. Decisions are arrived at

1553
01:19:08,120 --> 01:19:10,240
by the use of the scientific method,

1554
01:19:10,380 --> 01:19:14,430
utilizing computers that gain realtime feedback from the environment

1555
01:19:14,570 --> 01:19:16,793
along with a central, historical database

1556
01:19:16,920 --> 01:19:18,900
of all known technical information

1557
01:19:19,000 --> 01:19:22,600
and maintained by revolving interdisciplinary teams.

1558
01:19:22,750 --> 01:19:26,700
The goal is to increase objective decision-making as much as possible

1559
01:19:26,850 --> 01:19:30,769
and when we fully accept that our problems in life are actually technical

1560
01:19:30,900 --> 01:19:33,900
the merit of this approach is without parallel.

1561
01:19:34,300 --> 01:19:38,150
In the end, the only real issues for society and natural world are:

1562
01:19:38,300 --> 01:19:42,500
1. The production of goods and services that are equally available to all.

1563
01:19:42,650 --> 01:19:46,678
2. Research projects and educational systems to expand our knowledge,

1564
01:19:46,778 --> 01:19:48,850
understandings and applications; and

1565
01:19:49,000 --> 01:19:53,336
3. The constant monitoring of the Earth's resources and atmosphere

1566
01:19:53,436 --> 01:19:56,900
for feedback and possible environmental problems.

1567
01:19:57,000 --> 01:19:59,080
We could address true threats to humanity

1568
01:19:59,220 --> 01:20:03,700
such as unforeseen variables like tsunamis, earthquakes and disease.

1569
01:20:03,980 --> 01:20:07,080
The only real problems in life are the problems

1570
01:20:07,222 --> 01:20:10,220
that are common to all humans.

1571
01:20:10,900 --> 01:20:12,730
Cities and Lifestyle

1572
01:20:12,870 --> 01:20:14,940
In this section we are going to extend the tenets

1573
01:20:15,090 --> 01:20:16,650
of the Resource-Based Economy (RBE)

1574
01:20:16,750 --> 01:20:20,260
into one of our most fundamental social inventions: the city,

1575
01:20:20,400 --> 01:20:23,280
specifically, The Venus Project's circular city.

1576
01:20:23,420 --> 01:20:25,830
We will also discuss how people's lifestyle will change

1577
01:20:25,970 --> 01:20:28,960
in a Resource-Based Economy (RBE), likely with values and goals

1578
01:20:29,100 --> 01:20:32,260
that are profoundly different from what we see today.

1579
01:20:32,400 --> 01:20:34,680
In a RBE, the cities are designed to be

1580
01:20:34,820 --> 01:20:38,700
extremely flexible allowing for constant upgrades and changes.

1581
01:20:38,840 --> 01:20:40,930
They are emergent, fully-integrated systems

1582
01:20:41,070 --> 01:20:43,590
designed to evolve like a living organism.

1583
01:20:43,730 --> 01:20:45,900
Jacque Fresco's innovative, multidimensional

1584
01:20:46,030 --> 01:20:49,470
and circular city designs would use the most sophisticated resources

1585
01:20:49,610 --> 01:20:51,960
and construction techniques available.

1586
01:20:52,100 --> 01:20:54,073
However, it requires a fresh start.

1587
01:20:54,173 --> 01:20:55,588
Trying to fix our current cities

1588
01:20:55,688 --> 01:20:58,210
are not worth the time, material or effort.

1589
01:20:58,350 --> 01:21:01,460
It is much less problematic and effective to build newer cities

1590
01:21:01,600 --> 01:21:04,440
from the ground up, than to restore the old ones.

1591
01:21:04,580 --> 01:21:07,400
The circular city permits the most efficient use of resources

1592
01:21:07,530 --> 01:21:09,630
travel techniques, and general functionality

1593
01:21:09,760 --> 01:21:12,090
with a minimum expenditure of energy.

1594
01:21:12,230 --> 01:21:14,460
The geometrically elegant, circular arrangement

1595
01:21:14,600 --> 01:21:17,040
is designed to allow for the highest standard of living

1596
01:21:17,180 --> 01:21:19,980
in the most productive, and efficient ways possible.

1597
01:21:20,120 --> 01:21:22,120
For instance, the outermost perimeter of the city

1598
01:21:22,230 --> 01:21:25,490
is for nature-oriented recreation, including lush gardens

1599
01:21:25,630 --> 01:21:28,430
and parks for hiking and any other outdoor activity.

1600
01:21:28,570 --> 01:21:31,010
The next inner section is the agricultural belt

1601
01:21:31,150 --> 01:21:33,600
using outdoor and indoor agricultural methods

1602
01:21:33,740 --> 01:21:36,490
so food can be grown all year round.

1603
01:21:36,630 --> 01:21:38,940
Continuing in, eight green areas provide

1604
01:21:39,080 --> 01:21:41,860
clean renewable energy sources for the entire city.

1605
01:21:42,000 --> 01:21:44,370
While these energy sources would be region-specific

1606
01:21:44,510 --> 01:21:48,000
often these methods would include: geothermal, wind and solar

1607
01:21:48,130 --> 01:21:52,130
while those cities close to water will extend to wave and tidal power.

1608
01:21:52,360 --> 01:21:55,810
The largest of these green areas is also the residential belt.

1609
01:21:55,950 --> 01:21:58,570
The residence are constructed by extrusion technology

1610
01:21:58,710 --> 01:22:01,190
and other methods of high tech prefabrication.

1611
01:22:01,330 --> 01:22:04,850
The days of bricks and wood being stuck together are no more.

1612
01:22:05,000 --> 01:22:09,000
Structures of the future will be near-solid units extruded as a whole.

1613
01:22:09,140 --> 01:22:11,230
All homes and apartment complexes

1614
01:22:11,350 --> 01:22:13,700
are also virtually self-contained systems.

1615
01:22:13,840 --> 01:22:16,340
For instance, the outer surfaces of these new structures

1616
01:22:16,470 --> 01:22:18,430
serve as photovoltaic generators

1617
01:22:18,540 --> 01:22:21,510
converting solar radiation directly into electricity.

1618
01:22:21,650 --> 01:22:24,350
The homes are fire resistant, require little maintenance

1619
01:22:24,490 --> 01:22:27,980
and are impervious to water and other environmental influences.

1620
01:22:28,120 --> 01:22:31,230
Moving in past the residential district, are education, science

1621
01:22:31,370 --> 01:22:34,630
and research centers, along with production and distribution centers.

1622
01:22:34,770 --> 01:22:38,090
Automated inventory systems would integrate the distribution centers

1623
01:22:38,230 --> 01:22:42,300
and manufacturing facilities in a highly coordinated and efficient way.

1624
01:22:42,750 --> 01:22:44,750
In the center of the city there is a large dome

1625
01:22:44,880 --> 01:22:47,140
that contains the central cybernated system

1626
01:22:47,280 --> 01:22:50,240
which is the brain and nervous system of the entire city.

1627
01:22:50,380 --> 01:22:53,090
The core dome electrically controls and monitors

1628
01:22:53,230 --> 01:22:55,230
the production and distribution of products

1629
01:22:55,330 --> 01:22:58,390
while also controlling environmental factors within the system.

1630
01:22:58,530 --> 01:23:00,840
For example, in regard to the agricultural belt

1631
01:23:00,980 --> 01:23:04,400
electronic probes monitor and maintain the soil conditions

1632
01:23:04,540 --> 01:23:08,660
including the water table, nutrient allocation, and other attributes.

1633
01:23:08,800 --> 01:23:11,120
This method of environmental feedback

1634
01:23:11,260 --> 01:23:13,830
is applied to the entire city complex.

1635
01:23:13,970 --> 01:23:17,230
This way, a balanced-load economy can be maintained

1636
01:23:17,370 --> 01:23:20,380
with overruns and waste eliminated.

1637
01:23:20,520 --> 01:23:24,340
Waste recycling and other needs are located beneath the surface of the city

1638
01:23:24,480 --> 01:23:28,450
always utilizing the most advanced, and clean technology.

1639
01:23:28,590 --> 01:23:32,460
Other city designs would include various land-city configurations:

1640
01:23:32,600 --> 01:23:36,300
total enclosure cities, along with cities in the sea.

1641
01:23:36,750 --> 01:23:39,450
Regardless, the cities on Earth in whatever form they take

1642
01:23:39,590 --> 01:23:42,860
are all tightly interconnected within a worldwide system.

1643
01:23:43,000 --> 01:23:45,670
Just as each city has a central organizational dome

1644
01:23:45,810 --> 01:23:49,150
which functions as the brain, along with its nervous system,

1645
01:23:49,290 --> 01:23:52,140
consisting of computerized, environmental monitoring

1646
01:23:52,280 --> 01:23:56,750
via satellite and electronic probes, the larger world complex absorbs

1647
01:23:56,890 --> 01:24:00,170
each city and monitors the broad spectrum of the environment,

1648
01:24:00,310 --> 01:24:03,180
making sure that there isn't a problem or material resource

1649
01:24:03,320 --> 01:24:06,870
needed in any of the individual cities while also regulating

1650
01:24:07,010 --> 01:24:11,530
larger order processes for all cities and the environment as a whole.

1651
01:24:12,100 --> 01:24:13,600
Lifestyle

1652
01:24:13,720 --> 01:24:16,250
It's important to point out that in our current system

1653
01:24:16,390 --> 01:24:18,940
the traditional family is broken with both parents

1654
01:24:19,080 --> 01:24:21,100
having to work in order to survive.

1655
01:24:21,220 --> 01:24:25,280
Monetary economics undermines family cohesion and childcare.

1656
01:24:25,420 --> 01:24:28,380
Stress is always high due to medical bills, insurance,

1657
01:24:28,520 --> 01:24:32,560
education costs, employment insecurity and living costs.

1658
01:24:32,830 --> 01:24:37,200
In a Resource-Based Economy (RBE), the integrity of the family will be returned.

1659
01:24:37,540 --> 01:24:40,730
Beyond that, the cultural values of society as a whole

1660
01:24:40,870 --> 01:24:42,890
would undergo profound change,

1661
01:24:43,030 --> 01:24:46,440
with the monetary system outgrown and the world working together

1662
01:24:46,580 --> 01:24:49,660
to produce abundance for all the citizens of the planet.

1663
01:24:49,790 --> 01:24:52,540
Activities we appreciate will expand greatly

1664
01:24:52,680 --> 01:24:56,250
for the amount of human freedom will be unlike anything we know today.

1665
01:24:56,530 --> 01:25:00,969
Consequently, one of the more in depth changes in lifestyle and values

1666
01:25:01,069 --> 01:25:04,100
will be the way people think about property.

1667
01:25:04,240 --> 01:25:07,460
In most of the world today, property is a powerful concept

1668
01:25:07,600 --> 01:25:11,850
with people often associating their social status to what they own.

1669
01:25:12,040 --> 01:25:14,153
As stated before, the monetary system

1670
01:25:14,253 --> 01:25:16,644
requires cyclical consumption to function.

1671
01:25:16,744 --> 01:25:19,680
This naturally leads to people being manipulated

1672
01:25:19,820 --> 01:25:23,330
into thinking they want or need a particular good or service.

1673
01:25:23,470 --> 01:25:25,970
With the powerful tactics of modern advertising,

1674
01:25:26,110 --> 01:25:30,020
most in the world support an artificial, materialistic value system

1675
01:25:30,160 --> 01:25:33,310
that entails wanting more and more goods and services

1676
01:25:33,460 --> 01:25:36,700
often regardless of the necessity or utility.

1677
01:25:36,950 --> 01:25:40,730
In a Resource-Based Economy (RBE), the monetary system will no longer pollute

1678
01:25:40,870 --> 01:25:44,880
the human mind via its manipulative arm: advertising.

1679
01:25:45,020 --> 01:25:48,190
The endless sea of billboards, media commercials, magazines

1680
01:25:48,330 --> 01:25:52,680
and the like, will no longer poison the landscape, or our perceptions.

1681
01:25:53,110 --> 01:25:56,100
This will cause a dramatic shift in what we find important

1682
01:25:56,240 --> 01:25:58,650
and hence change our lifestyles.

1683
01:25:58,820 --> 01:26:01,460
More to the point, in a Resource-Based Economy (RBE)

1684
01:26:01,600 --> 01:26:03,910
there is no reason for property.

1685
01:26:04,050 --> 01:26:06,436
Property is an outgrowth of scarcity.

1686
01:26:06,576 --> 01:26:08,122
People who had to work very hard

1687
01:26:08,222 --> 01:26:10,560
to create or obtain a product or resource

1688
01:26:10,700 --> 01:26:13,450
in turn, protected it because it had immense value

1689
01:26:13,590 --> 01:26:17,170
relative to the labor entailed, along with the scarcity associated.

1690
01:26:17,460 --> 01:26:21,000
Property is not an American or a capitalist idea.

1691
01:26:21,140 --> 01:26:23,230
It is a primitive mental perspective

1692
01:26:23,340 --> 01:26:26,000
generated from generations of scarcity.

1693
01:26:26,120 --> 01:26:30,230
People only claim ownership because it is a legal form of protection.

1694
01:26:30,380 --> 01:26:33,030
In a system of abundance without the need for money,

1695
01:26:33,170 --> 01:26:35,400
the idea of ownership becomes irrelevant.

1696
01:26:35,710 --> 01:26:37,900
In this new system no-one owns anything;

1697
01:26:38,040 --> 01:26:41,970
instead, everyone has unrestricted access to everything.

1698
01:26:42,110 --> 01:26:44,014
Ownership is a massive burden;

1699
01:26:44,114 --> 01:26:46,656
no longer will a person need to live in one place;

1700
01:26:46,756 --> 01:26:48,610
one could travel the world constantly.

1701
01:26:48,750 --> 01:26:51,340
Anything needed is obtained without restriction.

1702
01:26:51,480 --> 01:26:54,340
There is no reason for abuse for there is nothing to gain.

1703
01:26:54,480 --> 01:26:58,540
You can't steal things that no-one owns and you certainly couldn't sell them.

1704
01:26:58,680 --> 01:27:02,060
Household items would be obtained through central distribution in the cities

1705
01:27:02,200 --> 01:27:06,180
while recreational items are available on call or near the location of interest.

1706
01:27:06,360 --> 01:27:09,330
For example, if you go to a golf course you would select, on site,

1707
01:27:09,470 --> 01:27:12,860
your clubs from the most effectively designed models available.

1708
01:27:13,000 --> 01:27:15,070
You use them and then you return them.

1709
01:27:15,210 --> 01:27:18,780
If you decide to keep the clubs, go ahead; that's your burden

1710
01:27:18,920 --> 01:27:21,550
for why would a person want to transport, maintain

1711
01:27:21,690 --> 01:27:24,480
and store golf clubs, when they can always have access

1712
01:27:24,620 --> 01:27:26,770
to them and return them on site?

1713
01:27:26,910 --> 01:27:30,080
Our homes today are full of stuff that we hold on to

1714
01:27:30,230 --> 01:27:33,080
because of the supposed value they maintain.

1715
01:27:33,220 --> 01:27:35,810
This waste will no longer be needed.

1716
01:27:36,000 --> 01:27:38,880
In this economic model, the city, or in fact

1717
01:27:39,020 --> 01:27:42,300
the entire world is really your home.

1718
01:27:42,710 --> 01:27:45,060
If you require an automobile for whatever reason

1719
01:27:45,200 --> 01:27:46,900
the car is made available for you.

1720
01:27:47,000 --> 01:27:48,350
When you get to your destination

1721
01:27:48,490 --> 01:27:50,580
the satellite-based driving system will automatically

1722
01:27:50,720 --> 01:27:52,800
make the car available for others to use

1723
01:27:52,940 --> 01:27:57,000
as opposed to sitting in some parking lot, wasting space and time.

1724
01:27:57,450 --> 01:27:59,640
In society today, the need for property

1725
01:27:59,780 --> 01:28:03,100
results in extreme product overlap and redundant waste.

1726
01:28:03,240 --> 01:28:06,530
It is much more intelligent to create a universal shared system,

1727
01:28:06,670 --> 01:28:09,630
for it dramatically reduces waste, redundancy

1728
01:28:09,750 --> 01:28:12,750
and increases space and efficiency.

1729
01:28:13,320 --> 01:28:15,060
Human Behavior

1730
01:28:15,200 --> 01:28:18,830
In this section, we are going to discuss the issue of human behavior

1731
01:28:18,970 --> 01:28:21,250
and its relationship to the environment

1732
01:28:21,390 --> 01:28:25,620
while also addressing the legal system and its  extremely despotic

1733
01:28:25,760 --> 01:28:29,000
backwards basis for influencing human conduct.

1734
01:28:29,170 --> 01:28:32,390
Some people who consider the tenets of a Resource-Based Economy (RBE)

1735
01:28:32,530 --> 01:28:34,560
tend to think that the system would be difficult

1736
01:28:34,690 --> 01:28:37,290
due to something called 'human nature'.

1737
01:28:37,450 --> 01:28:40,370
The argument is that humans are inherently competitive

1738
01:28:40,510 --> 01:28:42,720
greedy, and blindly self-serving

1739
01:28:42,850 --> 01:28:46,300
implying that no matter how technically good things are in society

1740
01:28:46,440 --> 01:28:48,480
there will always be corrupt people who want

1741
01:28:48,610 --> 01:28:51,270
to abuse others and seek dominance.

1742
01:28:51,410 --> 01:28:54,880
Human nature is defined as: the shared psychological attributes

1743
01:28:55,020 --> 01:28:58,880
of humankind that are assumed to be shared by all human beings.

1744
01:28:59,020 --> 01:29:02,360
Therefore, the implication of the term is that certain psychological

1745
01:29:02,500 --> 01:29:07,000
hence, mental behaviors are in some way, hard-wired into a person.

1746
01:29:07,140 --> 01:29:10,020
We are thus supposedly born with some preset

1747
01:29:10,160 --> 01:29:12,220
psychological inclinations.

1748
01:29:12,360 --> 01:29:15,320
It is easy to see how this kind of assumption has manifest

1749
01:29:15,460 --> 01:29:18,860
for if you look at the historical record for the human species thus far

1750
01:29:19,000 --> 01:29:21,040
we see an endless series of wars

1751
01:29:21,180 --> 01:29:23,910
genocides, conquests and power abuses.

1752
01:29:24,050 --> 01:29:26,530
Given that this is the pattern we recognize

1753
01:29:26,670 --> 01:29:30,030
it is easy to assume that it must be some set human nature

1754
01:29:30,170 --> 01:29:33,350
to behave in ways that are historically recurring.

1755
01:29:33,500 --> 01:29:35,810
Furthermore, so-called criminal behavior

1756
01:29:35,950 --> 01:29:38,640
has been a focus of psychologists for some time.

1757
01:29:38,780 --> 01:29:41,710
Is it  the responsibility of an individual's genetic make up

1758
01:29:41,850 --> 01:29:44,670
that makes them a so-called criminal, or is it the environment

1759
01:29:44,810 --> 01:29:47,430
in which they are raised that determines this?

1760
01:29:47,570 --> 01:29:50,800
This is the age-old question of nature versus nurture.

1761
01:29:51,160 --> 01:29:53,600
First, what exactly is criminal behavior?

1762
01:29:53,830 --> 01:29:55,970
How do we qualify behavioral distinctions

1763
01:29:56,110 --> 01:29:59,000
that have been invented by man and changed with time?

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01:29:59,140 --> 01:30:01,880
The entire concept of criminality is temporal

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and relative to a culture's values and concepts of morality.

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01:30:05,650 --> 01:30:08,940
Only 600 years ago, certain indigenous cultures around Mexico

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01:30:09,080 --> 01:30:13,240
engaged in mass human sacrifice, often killing thousands at a time.

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01:30:13,390 --> 01:30:16,170
Was this criminal activity? To us, perhaps

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01:30:16,310 --> 01:30:18,500
but to them it was accepted social custom.

1770
01:30:18,630 --> 01:30:22,350
What about the generations and generations of accepted slavery?

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01:30:22,530 --> 01:30:24,530
Is a criminal someone who steals food

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01:30:24,630 --> 01:30:27,400
in order to feed his or her starving family?

1773
01:30:27,920 --> 01:30:30,870
The bottom line is that there is no concrete scientific evidence

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01:30:31,010 --> 01:30:33,460
that really supports the notion that any of our behaviors

1775
01:30:33,600 --> 01:30:35,910
are strictly the result of our genetics.

1776
01:30:36,050 --> 01:30:39,010
The notion of human nature is largely mythological.

1777
01:30:39,150 --> 01:30:41,550
It stems from primitive, religious dualities

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01:30:41,690 --> 01:30:44,300
that the human is good or evil inherently.

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01:30:44,440 --> 01:30:47,350
The pursuit of people who seek the gene or the like,

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01:30:47,490 --> 01:30:50,210
which is supposedly the cause of a particular behavior

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01:30:50,350 --> 01:30:52,830
is essentially a form of superstition.

1782
01:30:52,970 --> 01:30:57,500
It is like a person being possessed by demons which control their actions.

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01:30:57,810 --> 01:31:00,860
The fact is, while neurochemicals and physiological traits

1784
01:31:01,000 --> 01:31:04,820
set propensities for a person's reactions and social gravitation

1785
01:31:04,960 --> 01:31:09,120
it is the environment that really creates our values and behavior.

1786
01:31:09,260 --> 01:31:12,130
There is no fixed, predetermined 'human nature'.

1787
01:31:12,270 --> 01:31:14,920
Our values, methods and actions are developed

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01:31:14,960 --> 01:31:17,080
and derived from experiences.

1789
01:31:17,220 --> 01:31:20,950
A Chinese baby, taken at birth and raised by a British family in England

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01:31:21,090 --> 01:31:23,720
will develop the language, dialect, mannerisms

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01:31:23,860 --> 01:31:26,690
traditions and accent of the British culture.

1792
01:31:27,030 --> 01:31:30,140
The bottom line is that our behavior is based upon what we learn,

1793
01:31:30,280 --> 01:31:33,120
coupled with the bio-social pressures that we must deal with

1794
01:31:33,260 --> 01:31:35,570
in order to survive.

1795
01:31:35,710 --> 01:31:38,300
As far as society today, the most fundamental condition

1796
01:31:38,441 --> 01:31:41,850
for offensive behavior is derived from the monetary system.

1797
01:31:42,000 --> 01:31:44,920
As expressed before, the monetary system perpetuates corruption,

1798
01:31:45,061 --> 01:31:48,070
stratification, scarcity, and insufficiency.

1799
01:31:48,210 --> 01:31:51,660
So-called "decency" can not exist in a world of competition,

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wealth imbalance, poverty and deprivation.

1801
01:31:54,190 --> 01:31:56,550
The despotic behavior we see in the world today

1802
01:31:56,690 --> 01:31:59,430
is not the result of ingrained, genetic forces.

1803
01:31:59,570 --> 01:32:03,880
It is essentially a result of years of scarcity and competition.

1804
01:32:04,480 --> 01:32:06,290
The Legal System

1805
01:32:06,430 --> 01:32:09,770
In response to this, society today attempts to control people

1806
01:32:09,910 --> 01:32:12,470
by way of threat, using laws.

1807
01:32:12,610 --> 01:32:15,480
Laws are nothing more than "patches" which do not address

1808
01:32:15,620 --> 01:32:17,656
the root causes of behavior.

1809
01:32:17,781 --> 01:32:20,001
If a person is arrested for stealing

1810
01:32:20,101 --> 01:32:21,899
very little thought is given as to why

1811
01:32:21,999 --> 01:32:24,300
that person chose to steal to begin with.

1812
01:32:24,440 --> 01:32:26,427
Rather than consider the root causes

1813
01:32:26,527 --> 01:32:28,580
society today takes the easy way out

1814
01:32:28,680 --> 01:32:32,460
and often removes the so-called “criminal” via prisons.

1815
01:32:32,750 --> 01:32:36,000
The source of any so-called crime is really society itself.

1816
01:32:36,170 --> 01:32:38,510
There is no such thing as a “criminal”.

1817
01:32:38,650 --> 01:32:40,700
As repeatedly expressed, the monetary system

1818
01:32:40,840 --> 01:32:43,180
generates corruption by its very construct.

1819
01:32:43,340 --> 01:32:46,860
As the Merva-Fowles study presented previously clearly shows

1820
01:32:47,000 --> 01:32:49,520
socially offensive behavior is directly related

1821
01:32:49,660 --> 01:32:52,300
to the socioeconomic circumstances.

1822
01:32:52,530 --> 01:32:54,540
The great majority of people in prisons come from

1823
01:32:54,680 --> 01:32:57,430
deprived socioeconomic positions.

1824
01:32:57,680 --> 01:33:00,520
Therefore, if we want to alter the behavior of people

1825
01:33:00,660 --> 01:33:02,790
we have to alter the social conditions.

1826
01:33:02,930 --> 01:33:05,710
We want to "design out" the flaws.

1827
01:33:05,850 --> 01:33:10,140
We don't put up a sign that says "Speed Limit 55 mph" for safety.

1828
01:33:10,280 --> 01:33:13,140
You design the system technically so safety is built in

1829
01:33:13,280 --> 01:33:16,510
and human error is either greatly reduced or not an option.

1830
01:33:16,650 --> 01:33:18,380
If you don’t want a person to steal

1831
01:33:18,480 --> 01:33:20,736
you make what they need readily available to them

1832
01:33:20,836 --> 01:33:22,220
without the need for debt

1833
01:33:22,360 --> 01:33:24,590
subservience or competition.

1834
01:33:24,730 --> 01:33:27,460
With the progress of technology today, we have the ability

1835
01:33:27,600 --> 01:33:31,460
to create a new social system that can allow all people access

1836
01:33:31,600 --> 01:33:35,890
to the necessities of life without a price tag, debt or servitude.

1837
01:33:36,030 --> 01:33:38,130
This will have a profound effect on the way

1838
01:33:38,270 --> 01:33:41,010
people treat each other and interact in society.

1839
01:33:41,150 --> 01:33:43,610
A staggering drop in crime would be the result,

1840
01:33:43,750 --> 01:33:46,130
for most crimes are monetary related.

1841
01:33:46,320 --> 01:33:48,560
Furthermore, for those crimes that might occur

1842
01:33:48,700 --> 01:33:51,330
such as a person who kills another out of jealousy

1843
01:33:51,470 --> 01:33:55,170
they would not be treated as a criminal, but rather as a sick patient.

1844
01:33:55,310 --> 01:33:58,670
Society will understand that people are products of their environment

1845
01:33:58,810 --> 01:34:02,280
and rather than condemn the person to a cold concrete cell

1846
01:34:02,420 --> 01:34:06,490
social scientists, psychologists and sociologists will heavily research

1847
01:34:06,630 --> 01:34:09,840
the cultural causes that generated the killer’s behavior

1848
01:34:09,980 --> 01:34:12,550
and consider those conditions that need to be altered

1849
01:34:12,690 --> 01:34:15,000
often through education.

1850
01:34:15,180 --> 01:34:17,180
In Conclusion

1851
01:34:17,540 --> 01:34:21,400
since antiquity, great religious and secular philosophers alike

1852
01:34:21,540 --> 01:34:25,960
have constantly advocated peaceful, unified ideals for humanity.

1853
01:34:26,100 --> 01:34:30,210
From Christianity to Hinduism, the idea of seeing others as yourself

1854
01:34:30,350 --> 01:34:32,500
is a long-standing disposition.

1855
01:34:32,640 --> 01:34:36,150
Sadly, one glance at society today makes one wonder

1856
01:34:36,290 --> 01:34:39,170
why the idea of universally valuing and respecting

1857
01:34:39,310 --> 01:34:43,480
your fellow human being, and working together, has never taken root.

1858
01:34:43,740 --> 01:34:46,200
Today’s self-interested, money-oriented society

1859
01:34:46,340 --> 01:34:48,610
creates an environment that refuses to allow

1860
01:34:48,750 --> 01:34:52,300
for the universal caring and account of another.

1861
01:34:52,440 --> 01:34:55,400
This system is based on the perpetuation of oneself

1862
01:34:55,540 --> 01:34:57,760
at the expense of others;

1863
01:34:57,890 --> 01:35:02,560
and therefore, it will never allow for a world of balance and harmony.

1864
01:35:02,890 --> 01:35:05,690
The fact is, it is time to stop praying

1865
01:35:05,830 --> 01:35:09,760
stop wishing and stop blindly talking about our supposed

1866
01:35:09,900 --> 01:35:14,390
humanistic and religious ideals and actually work to make them happen!

1867
01:35:14,530 --> 01:35:17,380
A Resource-Based Economy (RBE) puts into practice everything

1868
01:35:17,520 --> 01:35:20,780
the great religious and philosophic teachers have always talked about

1869
01:35:20,920 --> 01:35:23,800
in regard to humans embracing each other as their own

1870
01:35:23,940 --> 01:35:28,240
and working together in mutual respect as a single human family.

1871
01:35:28,860 --> 01:35:30,980
The use of science and The Scientific Method

1872
01:35:31,120 --> 01:35:34,030
while often deemed cold and heartless, actually presents

1873
01:35:34,170 --> 01:35:38,250
one of the most profound spiritual unfoldings we have ever seen.

1874
01:35:38,390 --> 01:35:40,820
While many people look with great awe and respect

1875
01:35:40,960 --> 01:35:44,600
upon figures like Mother Teresa and her selfless nature,

1876
01:35:44,740 --> 01:35:48,830
few tend to see Alexander Fleming, the man who discovered penicillin

1877
01:35:48,970 --> 01:35:51,150
in the same romanticized way.

1878
01:35:51,290 --> 01:35:54,040
Penicillin has saved countless more lives today

1879
01:35:54,180 --> 01:35:57,180
than any charitable idea or organization.

1880
01:35:57,410 --> 01:36:02,000
The point is that science and technology are divinity in action.

1881
01:36:02,430 --> 01:36:04,850
We cannot wait for some divine revelation

1882
01:36:05,000 --> 01:36:07,100
or some “great man” to guide us.

1883
01:36:07,240 --> 01:36:10,050
We must realize that we are on our own on this planet

1884
01:36:10,190 --> 01:36:13,250
and it is up to us to change the world for the better.

1885
01:36:13,580 --> 01:36:16,730
It is time we stopped pontificating and providing lip service

1886
01:36:16,870 --> 01:36:20,270
to those spiritual values which religious and secular philosophers

1887
01:36:20,410 --> 01:36:24,000
have been discussing for millennia, and finally put them into practice.

1888
01:36:24,460 --> 01:36:27,400
Science is the tool for this functional spirituality,

1889
01:36:27,540 --> 01:36:29,950
and if we work to apply its methods for the betterment

1890
01:36:30,090 --> 01:36:32,630
of civilization itself, we can reach

1891
01:36:32,670 --> 01:36:37,000
the spiritual goals we have sought since antiquity.

1892
01:36:39,120 --> 01:36:42,000
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