Designing the Future of the Earth
Collectively:
A Grand Unification of All Science Effected by Making All Available
Knowledge Useful for Solving Earth's Problems.
(A draft).
A Proposal.
Most
differences that there might be among people could be resolved in a
model, rather than, as it is a common practice, in real life with
results that are not always satisfactory.
A desirable future for any geo-social entity could be portrayed in
virtuality by using input from anyone who would care to do so,
however, it would not be personalities inputted into the model, but
rather ideas that would shape this virtual world. A world that
would not be much different from our own Earth, except that in this
model better ideas1 would "win"/prevail on the basis of
defendability from any point of view. Eventually a model of Earth
would emerge that would be as close to being ideal as possible, a
model that could serve as a basis for real life decisions affecting
a satisfactory future.
Any ideas inputted into this virtual Earth would be tested against
each other and against all data bases available that hold data
pertaining to life on Earth--availability of resources, atmospheric
conditions, socio-political conditions, possible demographic
trends, etc., etc.
Any and all sciences would find a meaningful application in this
model.
This model would unify all the disparate attempts at making the
Earth a better place to live by coherently dissolving differences
in the ultimate goals of those attempts, projecting all those goals
into a virtual reality, where the viability of the which every
notion could be tested.
A model that would be thus being created could be the ultimate
authority for a broad range of purposes--from government to
education--an ultimate authority, because should anyone ever
disagree with the portrayal of the virtually optimal conditions for
life on Earth as presented in the model, they would have the option
to improve on it at any time.
This idea of modeling the future collectively is also presented at
http://www.modelearth.org
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Footnote:
1. Better on the grounds of being more conducive to establishing as
optimal conditions for all life on Earth as possible, and on the
grounds of compatibility with all the data bases available
containing as much about life on Earth as possible.
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I would like to extend the license for this proposal to anyone
being able to try to present the idea--resolving any differences of
any people in a model peacefully, rather than in real life with
possibly grave and irreversible consequences--in a clearer way.
Also--if any of the above is unclear, I would very much like (if
only for my own edification) discuss any of the above with
anyone.
Thank you sincerely -
Mr. Jan Hearthstone (BA Anthro UH at Hilo, May
2002).
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