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Though there is most likely no one word, phrase or paragraph which will ever be universally accepted and agreed upon as the direction for all humanity, we can develop language that comes as close as possible.
Toward this end, I've posted Hardin Tibbs'
global vision statement as the starting point for the global
vision.
In fifty years we hope to have a stable, peaceful, prosperous, diverse global civilization, which honours freedom of personal belief, and in which democratic political processes dominate, with a high level of universal education and health care, and a genuinely impartial and accessible system of justice, and in which both advanced and basic technology is applied in ways that are in balance with the natural environment, and produce an equitable distribution of social benefits. - Hardin Tibbs
To this basic vision, I hope to add stories
and ideas which help people develop a feeling and experience
for the world they'd like to live into.
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:::Beyond a Global Vision:::
Beyond a global vision what is important
is conveying the sense of connectedness and hope necessary
to yoke together the members of our species around the
world. This is more than a vision, it's a myth…of
what we are becoming. It is this myth that we need to
begin to explore in our art, our teaching, our science,
our news and our media. It is this myth that we need to
reference our personal and corporate acts against each
day.
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::The Need & The Solution::
We're becoming a global civilization, more
interconnected, more interdependent, more unified. The problems
and achievements of one nation affect every nation. The symbols
of our unified humanity are everywhere; multinational corporations,
shared economic systems, the homogenizing of languages, global
warming, and a high speed global nervous system to name just
a few.
The concerns of today are different than they
were in the past. Today we need to address dissolving borders,
the challenges of a global economy, the integration of rapid
technological advance, the deterioration of education, overpopulation
and shortage of resources, among others. In order to handle
these issues the strategies of the past aren't enough. We
need new strategies and new models to ensure the comprehensive
success of our species.
As we move forward into our future we need
to organize the intentions of our global community in as easy
and accessible a way as possible so we know where we're going
and how we're getting there.
To do this we need a strong yet flexible global vision, endlessly refined and broadcast through our global nervous system. We need a vision that empowers everyone with the ability to input and participate in guiding our global development.
Through a unified global vision humanity gains
the ability to harness the resources of its global brain guiding
emerging trends and avoiding disastrous setbacks. A global
vision helps keep us aligned with our global intent, bringing
our awareness to the increasingly unified state of things
and helping us know if we're off or on track with the vision
we've designed for our own best success.
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