The next system (an idea)

Introduction

The purpose of this writing is to discuss our current imaginary near global system of capitalism and how we can create a new imaginary near global system of Lifeism.  This will seem a bit farfetched since the majority of you place reality in your possessions and the currencies you utilize to carry out your day to day lives without understanding the ultimate consequences we are all placing on the entire planet by continuing to perpetuate the cycle of consumption; the basis of the system is that there is an unlimited fountain of resources available to everyone while securing all property for a handful of individuals.

Capitalism

            Profit motivates individuals to be innovative and gives them the possibility of securing their lively hood well above necessary or not at all.  The false motivation that is produced via capitalism is false since we have fostered many talented individuals in all isms thus far.  As more and more currency is pooled into the hands of a few, it is taken from the hands of the many; the magic of propaganda driven capitalism is that the pain is suffered somewhere else in the world while protecting the people from the truth.  Every subsystem created through capitalism is corrupted by the mechanics of the system and turns even good deeds to trash while caught in the gears.

Lifeism

            Wellbeing of all motivates the individuals to be innovative and provides for them the basic needs in life as we currently see them: Sustenance, Shelter, Health, Education, Communications, Transportation, Entertainment, and Influence over their lives.  In order to secure these needs this new system will generate a steady stream of funds necessary to achieve the base amount required to sustain human happiness for all.  Beyond the base needs individuals will have the opportunity to attain more wealth by contributing their talents holistically through needed labor, services, or specialized skill set.  This system does not prevent an individual from seeking unnecessary means of labor, services, or specialized skill, but it pays nothing to those who do.

            Lifeism is to be governed by local elements choosing their elected officials to lead them in advancements in their local societies but information is to be made available for all.  The imagined system would take tally of all specialists in an area and divide them into groups of five to elect their direct representative and moved up to the next group of five to determine their direct representative, and so on…   If this is done for every specialist by consensus we should have the most talented people working on our societal issues while being subject to constituent review by knowledgeable persons.

            Individuals who are unable to take care of themselves will be managed by those who wish to serve in that role; the caretaker is to ensure the wellbeing of the individual until such point as it is no longer required.  The caretaker will be the overseer of the credits of the individual to be utilized for the benefit of the individual solely; in the case of minors ½ of the credits will be reserved until maturity.

            The wealth of Lifeism is generated by life and each individual receives one credit a day; when that individual perishes, all generated wealth by their life is removed from the system.  This base cycle contains that life of man has no inherent benefit to the world but it does allow for generation of wealth.  If an individual does a job for a day that contributes to the health of the society or planet they will receive an extra credit for that day of work; if the individual holds a specialized skilled position then they receive two extra credits for that day of work.  Any beneficial advancement created and shared either by individual or conglomerate will pay a credit amount of 356 to be divided among the whole for their own individual purpose.

            Removing and using non-renewable material for personal or collective property costs one credit per determined unit size, likewise polluting our earth by any means will cost one credit per determined unit size.  For example: if it was determined that hewn stone cost is at unit size .5kg and you used 5 credits you would have “purchased” the right to use 2.5kg of hewn stone material as you see fit.  This could take days to “save” up for to purchase if the individual is not providing a beneficial service but still allows them to attain the material beyond what is necessary for healthy life.  Individuals can pool their credits to make purchases together to work on projects as a conglomerate, as dictated by them in peer review of everyone in the society.  With this system adhered to almost all non-green companies could no longer operate without restructuring, of course we would have to have a grace period in order to retool with technologies we have long since had capability of.

            Lifeism is a shared information system where technologies are spread once unlocked with benefits going to the developers; with this information management technologies will be able to be replicated by every micro society in the world changing them to fit their needs, thus creating new technologies to be shared benefiting the developers.  There is no age restriction on who can be a contributor to helping advance technologies.

From here to there

            In order to move quickly to the structure, I am recommending that the movement develop new technology that facilitates the type of communication and consensus that they require from the bottom up.  The initial system should be as open as possible with as little end user information as possible retained; leverage existing technology modules that are common, for example: a location system based on a map module for determining who communications will reach on a grass-roots level.

Communications

            Based on what I have seen at the GA around the occupy movement we would want anyone to be able to bring forth an idea or concept or -1 <> +1 another person’s concept.  The information of non-adopted ideas should fall out of the system like water through a sieve; adopted ideas, procedures, etc… should be increased to the regional level for Spokes to bring forth as a possible entire movement platform.  Regardless once an idea is submitted it should remain open for 72 hours or so to get as much input on it as possible.

Participation

            Like the Lifeism system, each participant in the OM infrastructure will be given a set credit amount, initially starting at 1 per day in order to either make posts of their own ideas or support other’s suggestions.  The different activities could always have assigned varying credit costs, for example: to bring forth a point of information or a block may cost a different amount as they affect the communications stream differently.  If the entire Lifeism system is adopted, the varied amounts for the actual work performed should be enabled, thus those contributing to society more will have more of a “vote”; however this would require additional retention and verification of information.

Conclusion

            I strongly feel, along with the majority of occupiers that a paradigm shift is starting; in order to get this started efficiently we need to integrate, and standardize communications and GA mechanics in order to reach a larger audience with any effect.  I give these suggestions of a possible system and offer my support to anyone looking to develop these ideas further, I realize they are only figments of imagination at the moment but we are already on the move and require support via technologies beyond the mix mash we get from FB, Twitter, Google, etc… 

A message to all technicians

I am a computer nerd, systems analyst and am currently studying IT project management.  I was born in the nineteen seventies and grew up in the dawn of two new ages as far as the world situation is concerned, the advent of global computerization and corporatization.  Over the course of my life to this point the one thing that is clear to me is that we are producing our own destruction.  Everything in our existence equates to the value of zero and one, we no longer thing more complexly than these two things even in our societal dispositions.  The reality is that we are in a regenerative system that is balanced by all the other parts of the whole; baring uncontrollable circumstances we have the ability to coexist with everything in our environment if we heed immutable laws.

About a year and a half ago I went a bit mad from the realization that the system I was living in was subjugating the world to destruction, I contemplated suicide but thankfully I was able to see a way beyond, quite literally.  I had a “vision” but I believe it to be more of a hallucination due to the fact that I was essentially fasting and not sleeping.  In the euphoric state I found myself at the edge of an aperture looking within and without the entirety of our galaxy wrapping in upon itself and in that moment everything expanded outward thrust into everything and then I was born.  That is the best I can put into words what I recall as I was quite mad rhyming for weeks before coming to terms with “reality” again.

I am writing this information as a call to arms and wish to point out the powers you actually possess over your oppressors, the ones who are killing your family members one by one.  I hope to be able to articulate what you especially bring to this movement and how to utilize your unique talents to bring about change for the betterment of all, not one.

Patents –

            Patents do not exist, the designs that you have come up with are yours and our creations.  If they were not, then they would not be able to be infringed upon by new talent.  Without your understanding no one could use any design lest they end up hurting themselves, thus without you, the information is useless.

Infrastructure –

            You are the backbone for everything that gets accomplished in our modern world and they are now attempting to get you to design your way out of necessity for the sole purpose of profit.  I know you have felt the pinch in the pocket, either by getting a decrease in pay or a slight increase after adjustments which is a decrease still in pay.  Some of you are performing the tasks of multiple positions as the company siphons off your support structure that use to assist your every need, again for profit.

Since you are the infrastructure you can cause more change by banding together with the rest of us, forget a city wide shutdown, just simply stop doing the weekly tasks that need to get done, miss your targets by a few days, get some of your cash back by reading a book or watching some Youtube protest information at work to inform others.  The quicker you all band together the sooner this will shift into discussions of how to resolve the core issues that are plaguing our world, no other group has more power than you do.

Servicing Technicians –

            I specifically want to call you out as you have even more power than the designers and engineers, for without you, even their job slows to a crawl.  I include any type of worker who supports manufacturing or maintenance of any device we utilize in our day to day world.  If you deny your services for ever cheaper prices as you go from one temp contract to the next then you will be able to finally negotiate your true value as a collective; why technicians haven’t united by now as a worldwide union is beyond me.  Well, the worldwide made up our minds for us, now we join with them or we are the next to go, unless you are capable of repairing Nano devices with your hands.

            I say we because I am a tech at heart, until recently I never wished for higher education as I understand readily information systems of nearly all types.  I can honestly say that I am sorry and I ask for forgiveness, for if I knew earlier what I know now I may have been preaching by now; not that I believe in any god.  If I had, I would have been locked away as my family and friends tried to have happen, thankfully I was able to keep my wits about me and fend off the threat.

The new world –

            I know you have been doubters of your own beloved icons, but there can’t be only one; the needs of the many always outweigh the needs of the few.  We invent the technology for these figments to come to us and we slave away to see the results of our efforts.  It has been a long time past since we reached technological capacity to sustain us all and gain us access to the stars as we solve every single issue we choose to put our mind and talent to; without killing most of us in the process.  I know you all already realize this or would if you were able to get your nose out of your extremely pressing work of getting the next gen 3mo target met.  You are being driven to madness, creating the same work over and over again instead of coming up with a sustainable future.  Stop it; you are helping us on our path to destruction!

            Once the power has shifted to a more distributed system with society and science in the forefront then you will all be needed more than ever to help build and support the infrastructure that we will need in order to bring our best hopes and dreams into reality.  Until then in order to get from here to there you must make yourself known to everyone as a supporter of the 99%, which includes you.  Don’t destroy or harm anyone in any protesting you are doing, camping is a bitch and I have yet to do it so I am trying this instead.

Transition –

            I would like each and every doubter to check out the Critical Thinking web page; it is where I got my start to inner enlightenment as a technician, who knows, it could do the same for you.  Also look up meditation and try it on this new understanding of information as we see it now.  We are the only true disseminators of information that we know of in our perceivable universe; until such time that we are put in our place by an all-powerful deity, we have complete control over our lives and what structures and tools we choose to use to support that life.  We would hope to choose the best of all for all instead of the most cost effective for some; we can make the difference now.

Technology is a tool created by me, I am information; information technology is we.

IT IS WE

http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/college-and-university-students/799

New Start

I am going to try to write the things that I think as I think them letting the flow go sort of speak but in type not speak.  I have no clue where the variety of things will go that until recently I have completely remained blissfully unaware by the bombardment of the current social bubble.  Removing me from that which confined required complete detachment and if not for my son keeping me grounded, I would most likely have let loose this mortal coil due to the sheer insurmountable tasks set before me and indeed the rest of humanity.

The core issue with technology is that it requires less humanity over time to retain the same production.  The simplest thought for me would be a group of beings without tools keeping a fire roaring opposed to one man with many tools.  The group would spend most of their time keeping the fire going in cases of life and death and the little remaining time would be to secure the other life needs while the man with tools would require little time to keep the fire tended and indeed could even let it dissipate without much worry of it effecting his mortality.  The assumptions in these scenarios are vast but at least some points in our history both maintain truth.

I was never good at algebra or any higher math until recently and I profess no mastery only a bit more awareness of how much influences these concepts and structures control our reality; one man’s reality is another’s fantasy.  I figured out the fantasy structure was present a few years ago but had no way of quantifying it in words.  Every facet of our daily lives in the majority of the world is an illusion that we have created and lived in for a long while; the majority has no say in what this illusion is.  I remember clearly walking away from the game Monopoly when my cousin stole from the bank, it is not so simple to walk away from the illusion of life however even if it is as ridiculously setup with handouts.

I was sold the free market BS early on while my parents pledged their allegiance to the dollar under Regan.  I remember going from my father having a prosperous company to none in less than a few years, meh must have had too many regulations in place…  As houses skyrocketed all around the area, I watched a family sell a home they had purchased for less than 50k for over 750k in less than 10 years.  With my basic math understanding mind this seemed ludicrous but my misunderstanding was quickly removed when I was told about population growth, development, etc… but in the back of my mind it still seemed pretty farfetched.

What it comes down to is being in the right place at the right time but the trick is foreseeing such events or in this day and age simply making them happen by creating false amounts of cash, stock, or trust.  I like the Lex Luthor approach more than today’s business masters because at least he had the balls to send a rocket to raise property prices, meh some people feel like a missile has hit them anyways, I am sure some just suicide when the realization hits them that everything is a sham and it has no possibility of changing at this point.

The current issues we are facing are at least as follows: Consuming, Destroying our soil and water, pollution, lack of empathy and care for everyone including ourselves, pointless production, nuclear disaster, poor energy usage, and resource mismanagement.  If we were to include the blind indoctrination of our population into sects via classical programming then we may as well throw in the towel.

I had given up hope, but now with the world starting to move it is renewed, slim as it may be.  Since the Occupy protests have started they have come up with essentially all of the same insights collectively that I maintained to myself after my breakdown occurred, this alone fills me with such joy that I can barely contain my near manic state as I have begun writing again.  If I had not already overcome my true self to climb back into my monkey cage that we all share… I would be out there as well.  Alas I am fearful of what that entails and I know it all too well as my family and friends nearly had me sent away; I don’t know why I bother mixing words, if it was not for my reasoning still being intact when the case worker and officer arrived, I know I would be locked away still today.

But enough of that, a new day is dawning, whether that is a good thing or not depends on all of us, but I am going to take this one step further with my own thoughts on how we should get from here to Zeitgeist and the Venus Project.  For the uninformed you can Google it or think Star Trek on earth.  To get to this great world where no one needs a broker and the system handles the task of essentially everything is an enormous task but easily handled with the support of 100% of the individuals on the planet. 

The main problem is getting the buy in from the top management without any more blood being spilt (millions are dying of starvation every year everywhere, none are exempt), of course as in any company, management like their positions and don’t like new structures.  We don’t see our world as a company with resources available which are finite and affect the bottom line which is destruction; if we did we would make every item to last as long as we possibly could to be reused, upgraded, and recycled throughout the life cycle of the item’s parts.  So, how do we convince management a new system is in their best interest and what happens after the acceptance of the need?  You repeat the plan over and over and assure them that they will be ok, just like a child; why a child, because it is too hard to explain the intricacies of complex infrastructures to old newbs (j/k dad).

Resource management is a fantastic idea proposed which would require taking stock on a local level of every resource, including human so as to get proper talent for “jobs”; yes we will be working for quite some time.  The electorate system should be setup at a local city level with representatives from each field of mastery voted up by 4 of their peers in the field of study; the individuals elected will be the representatives for the EA of the city to send up to the current themed “state” level.  The EA chosen at all levels will be the mandate for the area, thus we will have different specialties in different locations all managed by the same system and standards.  This system of professional electorate management of resources will be able to be replicated not only in one “state” but in all, including foreign. 

What we should end up with is a bunch of professionals, elected by peers; managing the structure of how our systems will be united.  Hopefully they would turn out to be the best in their fields of the areas but this is still an elected position, so there is still social and ideological possibilities involved in selection.  Thus perhaps the engineer, who wishes to remain utilizing fossil fuels; while a brilliant man, may not get the selection to be sent as representative for infrastructure creation.

Why not send anyone to be a representative with no background in say civil engineering or construction, what about the arts?  I am sure in a hundred years when our race is kickin’ it federation style we will have plenty of time to enact feeler’s ideas, once everyone’s needs are met.  If there are more than 5 of a type of professional for voting occurrences then randomized voting blocs should be setup in groups of 5 with an upwards cycle of voting until each has 1 representative selected for the area; this will be that sections hierarchy until the next 5 year voting cycle.  Everyone who is certified (degreed) in an area required for representation will be available to be elected upon the next voting council cycle.

What this will do for us is enable us to  come up with the best designs for a living future city enacted by sound decisions in a structure of support with the best minds in any given field.  Do we say wish to build wind farms in a wind abundant area?  Done… no fossil fuels for the desert due to sun abundance?  Done…  This would nearly happen overnight with the full support of our current unused potential.  The system for tracking the needs of material would of course have to be in place… something that we know absolutely nothing about possibly creating now, right?  Give me a break, we have so many splintered databases and knowhow, we can easily setup an account of everything available, distributable, and the state of all items created as well as their operational condition and anything else we could possibly wish to do… all from the infrastructure we already have, all we need is the motivation to do it, we have the talent to make it happen.

I make no assumption that fossil fuels will still be a crutch we use, but if we decided to, every factory would have no emission, electric vehicles produced solely.  The only ones who say it can’t be done have a vested interest in the way things are now, no matter the reasons they give.  Also, who is anyone to tell anyone that it can’t be done?  We can do anything we set our minds and currently “pockets” to, but what happens when we are left to only our minds?  We will then remember that we are the driving force behind all technological development, the people; not a few individuals.

Since we are on the age of renewed thought process, I will leave you with these final thoughts.  We are all information and in fact we are the only beings we know of that can actually disseminate the code of the universe.  Being as that knowledge is the only source of power, that means we are the only source of power; without us nothing but the earth, moon, stars, cosmos, etc… remains.  We have created everything from the Wheel to the Internet, we fly around the planet at supersonic speeds and send men to space; none of these accomplishments exist in a vacuum.  We must all realize these simple truths in order to break ourselves free from bad technology in the way of currencies, this technology that we have clung to serves no purpose any longer as we proceed to our futures; we must all attest to the horrors we have inflicted by remaining in the cage we put ourselves in so long ago.  It is time to wake up and join in thought word and deed.

Technology is a tool created by me, I am information; information technology is we.

IT IS WE