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Hello, my name is Franky.[br]I work also with

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an organization called The Zeitgeist[br]Movement as you already know.

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I would like to[br]welcome everybody

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from far and wide; everybody did come.[br]Thank you very much.

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I would like to take this[br]opportunity to especially thank

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the teams of The[br]Zeitgeist Movement.

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Teams meaning the Linguistic Team,[br]the Web Team, the Technology Team,

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the Activism Team and also[br]the Project Team that

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coordinated this project.

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The whole German chapter[br]did a great job

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with establishing this[br]event within a month.

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I would like to thank[br]everybody personally.

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Good to see you here.

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I think Peter Joseph doesn't[br]need any introduction.

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I think everybody[br]here knows who he is.

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So, short and[br]precise: thank you.

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I hand the microphone[br]over to Peter.

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[Sustained Applause]

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You can turn this mic off since[br]I'm not going to use it.

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Ah, so it's the other mic.

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How's everybody doing? [Audience in unison][br]- Good!

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I really appreciate[br]you all being here.

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I want to thank Franky[br]and the Berlin team

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for moving so fast;[br]it's really phenomenal.

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Having put on many events myself over[br]the years, it's not an easy task.

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I'm always reminded when[br]I travel these days,

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that The Zeitgeist Movement is truly a[br]global phenomenon at this stage, right?

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No matter where any of[br]us end up on the planet,

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you don't have to go very far to find[br]friends who share similar values

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in this pursuit of[br]a better world.

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The title of this talk[br]is "Economic Calculation

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in a Natural Law/Resource-Based[br]Economy (NLRBE)."

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For the past five years or so

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The Zeitgeist Movement has put out[br]quite a bit of educational media

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with respect to its advocation,

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and the learning curve[br]has been rather intense.

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There's been a[br]tendency to generalize

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with respect to how things[br]actually work technically.

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This is the contents[br]of this presentation.

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In Part I and two[br]I'm going to refine

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the inherent flaws of the[br]current market model

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regarding why we need to change

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along with relaying[br]the vast prospects

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we now have to solve[br]vast problems,

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improve efficiency, and[br]generate a form of abundance

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that could meet all human needs.

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The active term which has gained[br]popularity in the last couple years

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is called "post-scarcity,"

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even though that word is a little[br]misleading semantically as I'll explain.

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In Part III, I'll work to[br]show how this new society

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generally works in its structure[br]and basic calculation.

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I think most people on the planet[br]know that there is something

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very wrong with the current[br]socioeconomic tradition.

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They just don't know how to[br]think about the solution,

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or more accurately, how to[br]arrive at such solutions.

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Until that is addressed, we're[br]not going to get very far.

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On that note, in a number of[br]months, a rather substantial text

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is going to be put into[br]circulation, available for free

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and also in print[br]form or download form

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at cost (it's a[br]non-profit expression).

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This will be finished hopefully[br]by the first of the year

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and will be the definitive[br]expression (in the condensed form)

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of the Movement, something[br]that's been long overdue.

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It's called "The Zeitgeist Movement[br]Defined" and it will serve as both

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an orientation and[br]a reference guide.

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It will have probably over a[br]thousand footnotes and sources.

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Once finished, an educational[br]video series will be put out

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in about 20 parts to produce the[br]material along with a workbook

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to help people who want to learn how[br]to talk about these ideas because

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we basically need more people[br]on an international level

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to be able to communicate,[br]as I try to do.

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It's a very important thing, and I[br]think the future of the Movement

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rests in part on our capacity[br]to create a well-oiled

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international educational machine[br]with consistent language

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coupled with real design projects[br]and their interworkings.

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Part I: Why are we even here?

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Is this type of[br]large-scale change-

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what the Movement[br]advocates- really needed?

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Can't we just work to fix[br]and improve the current

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economic model, keeping the[br]general framework of money,

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trade, profit, power,[br]property and the like?

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The short answer is[br]a definitive "No,"

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as I'm going to explain.

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If there's any real interest[br]to solve the growing

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public health and[br]environmental crises at hand

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this system needs to go.

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Market capitalism, no matter[br]how you wish to regulate it

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or not regulate it, depending[br]on who you speak with,

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contains severe structural flaws

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which will always, to[br]one degree or another,

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perpetuate environmental[br]abuse and destabilization,

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and human disregard and[br]caustic inequality.

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Put another way, environmental[br]and social imbalance

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and a basic lack of sustainability[br]both environmentally and culturally

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is inherent to the market economy,[br]and it always has been.

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The difference between capitalism[br]today and say, the 16th century

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is that our technological[br]ability to rapidly accelerate

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and amplify this market process

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has brought to the surface consequences[br]which simply couldn't be understood

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or even recognized during[br]those early primitive times.

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In other words, the basic[br]principles of market economics

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have always been[br]intrinsically flawed.

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It has taken just this long for[br]the severity of those flaws

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to come to fruition.[br]Let me explain a little bit.

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From an environmental[br]standpoint,

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market perception simply[br]cannot view the Earth

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as anything but an inventory[br]for exploitation.

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Why? Because the entire[br]existence of the market economy

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has to do with keeping[br]money in circulation

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at a rate which can keep as many[br]people employed as possible.

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In other words, the world economy[br]is powered by constant consumption.

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If consumption levels drop,[br]so does labor demand,

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and so does the available purchasing[br]power of the general population

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and hence, so does demand for goods[br]as money isn't there to buy them.

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This cyclical consumption[br]is the lifeblood

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of our economic existence.

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The very idea of being[br]conservative or truly efficient

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with the Earth's finite[br]resources in any way

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is structurally[br]counterproductive

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to this needed driving[br]force of consuming.

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If you don't believe[br]that, ask yourself why

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virtually every life support system[br]on this planet is in decline.

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We have an ongoing loss of topsoil,[br]ever-depleting fresh water,

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atmospheric and climate[br]destabilization,

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a loss of oxygen-producing[br]plankton in the ocean

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(which is critical to marine[br]and atmosphere ecology),

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the ongoing depletion[br]of fish populations,

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the reduction of rain[br]forests, and so forth.

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In other words, an overall general[br]loss of critical biodiversity

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is occurring and increasing.

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For those not familiar with the[br]critical relevance of biodiversity,

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billions of years of evolution

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has created a vastly interdependent[br]biosphere of planetary systems.

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Disturbing one system always[br]has an effect on many others.

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This, of course, is[br]no new observation.

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In 2002, 192 countries in[br]association with the United Nations

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got together around something called "The[br]Convention on Biological Diversity."

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They made a public commitment to[br]significantly reduce this loss by 2010.

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And what changed eight years later?[br]Nothing.

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In their official 2010[br]publication, they state:

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"None of the 21 sub-targets[br]accompanying the overall target

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of significantly reducing the[br]rate of biodiversity loss by 2010

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can be said definitively to[br]have been achieved globally."

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"Actions to promote biodiversity[br]receive a tiny fraction of funding

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compared to infrastructure and[br]industrial developments."

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(Hmm, I wonder why?)

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"Moreover, biodiversity[br]considerations are often ignored

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when such developments[br]are designed.

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Most future scenarios project[br]continuing high levels of extinctions

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and loss of habitats[br]throughout this century."

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In a 2011 study published[br]which was in part

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a response to an general call to[br]isolate and protect certain regions

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to insure some security[br]of this biodiversity,

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found that, even with millions of[br]square kilometers of land and ocean

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currently under legal protection,[br]it has done very little

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to slow the trend of decline.

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They also made the following[br]highly troubling conclusion

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combining this trend with the state[br]of our resource consumption:

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"The excess use of the Earth's[br]resources or overshoot is possible

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because resources can be harvested[br]faster than they can be replaced.

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The cumulative overshoot[br]from the mid-1980's to 2002

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resulted in an 'ecological debt'

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that would require 2.5[br]planet Earths to pay.

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In a business-as-usual scenario,[br]our demands on planet Earth

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could mount to the productivity[br]of 27 planets by 2050."

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And there's no shortage of other[br]corroborating studies that confirm,

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to one degree or another, we are[br]indeed greatly overshooting

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the annual production[br]capacity of the Earth,

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coupled with pollution and[br]collateral destruction

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caused by industrial[br]and consumer patterns.

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Again, this kind of research has[br]been published for many decades now.

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Why is it that with all[br]this mounting data

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we can't seem to curb[br]life support depletion

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and our overshooting[br]consumption trends?

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Is it because there are too[br]many people on the planet?

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Is it because we're just[br]utterly incompetent

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and have no conscious[br]control over our actions?

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No. The problem is that we have a global[br]economic tradition still in place

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rooted in 16th century pre-industrial[br]handicraft-oriented thought

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that places the[br]act of consuming,

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buying and selling as the core[br]driver of all social unfolding.

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The best analogy I can think of is[br]to consider the gas pedal on a car:

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the more consumption of[br]fuel, the faster it goes,

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and buying things in[br]our world is the fuel.

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If you slow down consumption,[br]economic growth slows,

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people lose jobs,[br]purchasing power declines

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and things become[br]destabilized and so forth.

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So I hope it is clear that the system[br]simply does not reward or even support

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environmental sustainability[br]in the form of conservation.

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In fact, it doesn't even reward[br]sustainability in the form

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of any kind of earthly[br]or physical efficiency

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as I will talk more at[br]length of in a moment.

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Instead, it rewards servicing,[br]turnover and waste:

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the more problems and[br]inefficiencies we have,

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not to mention the more[br]insecure, materialistic

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and needy the population becomes,[br]the better it is for industry,

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the better it is for GDP, the[br]better it is for employment,

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regardless of the fact[br]that we may literally

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be killing ourselves[br]in the process.

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My friend John McMurtry, a philosopher[br]in Canada, refers to this state

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as the "Cancer Stage[br]of Capitalism,"

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a system which is now destroying[br]its host, us and the Earth,

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almost unknowingly because very[br]few today really understand

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how unsustainable the core driving[br]principles of the market really are.

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The second structurally inherent[br]consequence I want to mention

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is the fact that market[br]capitalism is indeed

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empirically socially[br]destabilizing.

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It creates unnecessary[br]and inhumane inequality,

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along with resulting[br]unnecessary human conflict.

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In fact, I would say[br]capitalism's most natural state

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is conflict and imbalance.

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I would categorize two forms[br]of conflict in the world:

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national and class.

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I'm not going to spend much time[br]on the causes of national warfare

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as it should be fairly obvious[br]to most of us at his point.

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Sovereign nations which are in[br]part protectionist institutions

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for the most powerful forces[br]of business have often engaged

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in the most primal act of[br]competition- systematic mass murder-

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in order to preserve the economic[br]integrity of their national economies

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and select business interests[br]which invariably comprise

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the political constituency[br]of any given country.

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All wars in history, while often[br]conveniently masked by various excuses,

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have predominately been about[br]land, natural resources,

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or geoeconomic strategy[br]on one level or another.

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The state institution[br]has always been driven

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by commercial and property interests,[br]existing as both a regulator

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of the basic day-to-day[br]internal economic operations

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in the form of legislation and as[br]a tool for power consolidation

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and competitive advantage by[br]the most dominant industries

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of the national or even, in fact[br]more importantly, global economy.

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There are many people in the world that[br]still look at this causality in reverse.

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In some economic views, state government[br]is deemed the central problem,

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as opposed to the self-interest and[br]competitive, advantage-seeking ethos

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inherent to market capitalism.

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As the argument goes "If state power[br]was removed or reduced dramatically,

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the market and society would be free[br]of most of its negative effects."

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The problem with this[br]argument is that it forgets

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that capitalism is just a[br]variation of a scarcity-driven

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specialization and[br]property-based exchange system,

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a system which actually goes back[br]millennia in one form or another.

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Early settlements naturally needed[br]to protect themselves as resource

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and land acquisition[br]moved forward over time.

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Armies were created to protect resources[br]from invading forces and the like.

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At the same time people[br]were working to engage

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agriculture and handicraft,

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and it revealed labor and exchange[br]value in a very primitive form.

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Hence property value, in the[br]midst of this scarcity,

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demanded regulation and laws,

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not only to protect property,[br]but to protect commerce

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and also avoid scams and[br]fraud in transactions.

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This is the seed of the state!

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The market is a game[br]and people can cheat.

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You need regulation.

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This is the basic problem.

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The market also allows-[br]and here's the punchline-

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that regulation to be[br]purchased by money.

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Therefore, there is no[br]guaranteed integrity.

0:15:15.343,0:15:17.716
The state and the market[br]both battle each other

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and compliment each other.

0:15:19.926,0:15:23.648
You will always have regulatory[br]power centers in a market economy.

0:15:23.788,0:15:26.672
The state and the[br]market are inseparable;

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they go hand-in-hand.

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Now, as an aside, people[br]often challenge this reality

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with moral or ethical arguments,

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which, I'm sorry to say, are[br]entirely culturally subjective.

0:15:40.540,0:15:42.859
In a world where[br]everything is for sale,

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where the reward reinforcement,[br]the operant condition,

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is directly tied to seeking[br]personal advantage and gain,

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who is to say where the lines[br]should be drawn in that process?

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This is why moral principles[br]without structural reinforcement

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are useless.

0:16:03.942,0:16:07.581
In the end, the question isn't what[br]is morally right or morally wrong.

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The question is what[br]works and what doesn't.

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And sometimes it takes[br]a great deal of time

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for the truth of such[br]patterns to materialize.

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For example, most[br]people, rightly so, see

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abject human slavery historically[br]as a morally wrong condition,

0:16:22.210,0:16:26.230
but let's dig deeper into the[br]characteristics and think more deeply.

0:16:26.370,0:16:30.859
I think it is much more productive to[br]recognize that slavery didn't work

0:16:31.000,0:16:34.860
in the sense that it was[br]culturally unsustainable.

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Bigotry in all forms[br]is not just ugly,

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it is culturally unsustainable[br]because it generates conflict.

0:16:42.970,0:16:45.364
I'm not aware of any[br]slave-owning society

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that did not undergo[br]large slave rebellions.

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It's unstable and again,[br]therefore, unsustainable.

0:16:51.900,0:16:54.559
Market capitalism is[br]on the same path.

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There are more slaves[br]in the world today,

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operating within the bounds[br]of the market economy,

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than anytime in human history.

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And I have little doubt that if we get[br]through this rough period of time

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without destroying[br]ourselves by war,

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uprisings or[br]ecological collapse,

0:17:12.400,0:17:17.167
people in the future will look back at[br]our world today with the same disgust

0:17:17.308,0:17:21.179
regarding our human-rights-violating[br]economic system

0:17:21.554,0:17:26.548
as we today look back upon the[br]period of abject human slavery.

0:17:28.000,0:17:29.714
Class Warfare.

0:17:30.151,0:17:32.754
This leads as well into the[br]subject of class warfare

0:17:32.894,0:17:35.584
and socioeconomic inequality.

0:17:36.541,0:17:40.886
The long history of so-called "socialist"[br]outcry has largely been about

0:17:41.026,0:17:44.743
this constant and inhumane[br]imbalance on one level or another.

0:17:44.883,0:17:47.995
A great deal of time has been spent[br]by many critics of capitalism,

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describing how it is indeed[br]a system of exploitation,

0:17:52.045,0:17:56.880
which inherently separates a society[br]into stratified economic layers

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with a higher class given dominance[br]over the lower, structurally.

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It's structurally[br]built right in.

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If you're one of those people that[br]doesn't agree with this reality,

0:18:06.744,0:18:09.443
ask yourself why there has been[br]one labor strike after another

0:18:09.543,0:18:13.519
in the past 300 years, why worker[br]unions even exist, why CEOs

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often tend to make hundreds of times[br]more money than the common worker,

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or why 46% of the world's[br]wealth is now owned by 1%,

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which are almost exclusively[br]of what we could call

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the capitalist ownership class.

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Inequality and class separation[br]is a direct mathematical result

0:18:32.674,0:18:35.678
of the market's inherently[br]competitive orientation,

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which divides individuals[br]in small groups

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as they work to compete against each[br]other for survival and security.

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It is entirely[br]individualistically oriented,

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driven by a core incentive system based[br]around isolated self-preservation,

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assuming the need to constantly[br]reinforce one's security financially

0:18:55.621,0:18:59.246
since the market climate (the environment)[br]gives no certainty whatsoever

0:18:59.386,0:19:03.959
of well-being in and of[br]itself: fear and greed.

0:19:04.799,0:19:06.991
The rich get richer because[br]the model favors them,

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and the poor basically[br]stay the same

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because the system works[br]against them by comparison.

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It is structurally classed.

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Those with more money have more options[br]and influence than those with less.

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You are only as[br]free, as they say,

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as your purchasing power[br]will allow you to be.

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The credit system is[br]a perfect example.

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Money is treated as nothing[br]more than a product

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in the credit/banking system.

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Money is sold by banks[br]via loans for profit

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which comes in the[br]form of interest.

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If you miss payments or[br]violate your contract,

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often the interest rate, does what?[br]It goes up

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because you are now considered[br]a higher risk consumer.

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If you fail to meet that[br]interest or future payments,

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you might default on the loan.

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Your punishment is the ruining of[br]your credit rating or reputation

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in the financial circles.

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Once that happens, your financial[br]flexibility is even more stifled

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as your economic[br]access is limited.

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People see this as just[br]"the way things are"

0:20:07.935,0:20:09.935
but they don't realize[br]how insidious this is.

0:20:10.071,0:20:13.150
This pounds the lower[br]classes to stay low

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for reasons and forces of coercion[br]that are built into the structure

0:20:16.761,0:20:20.060
that are beyond their control![br]I could give many other examples.

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Everything in this system works[br]against you if you're not affluent

0:20:23.400,0:20:25.859
in this society. And guess what?

0:20:26.000,0:20:28.926
These financial policies[br]were created by ...

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self-interest-oriented[br]market logic,

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not some politician[br]or some government.

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I won't even go into the fact[br]that the interest charged

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for the sale of money today doesn't[br]even exist in the money supply itself,

0:20:45.600,0:20:49.297
which creates a kind of[br]system-based social coercion

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forcing in the inevitability[br]of credit default over time,

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along with acts of economic[br]desperation such as

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selling property you rather would[br]not, to meet your basic needs

0:21:01.000,0:21:04.085
or taking labor positions[br]that you do not appreciate.

0:21:04.225,0:21:08.033
The market generates desperation[br]as its method of coercion.

0:21:08.652,0:21:13.130
This leads into another very[br]common "free market" confusion

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I often see in the very popular[br]laissez-faire community.

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They talk about free trade as[br]trade that is entirely voluntary

0:21:21.827,0:21:25.613
as though such a thing could ever[br]exist in an empirical sense.

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All decisions to trade come[br]from influences and pressures.

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Only perhaps the super rich,[br]who literally have no need

0:21:34.454,0:21:37.568
to worry about basic[br]survival due to their wealth

0:21:37.708,0:21:42.300
could possibly be said to engage in[br]the act of voluntary free trade.

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For 99% of the world, we either[br]trade or we don't survive,

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and that pressure is[br]empirically coercive.

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And no, it doesn't[br]have to be that way,

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which is the whole point[br]of this new social model.

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So with all that aside, and[br]with this understanding

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that wealth inequality is[br]inherent to capitalism itself

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- you can't regulate it out -

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the main issue I want to address[br]here has to do with what

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class separation and social[br]inequality does to us

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in the context of public health.

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It isn't just a simple issue of[br]some having more than others,

0:22:18.665,0:22:22.149
and others suffering the[br]mere material inconvenience,

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or pressure to engage in labor or[br]trade they'd rather not have to.

0:22:26.000,0:22:27.860
It goes way beyond that.

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Socioeconomic[br]inequality is a poison,

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a form of destabilizing[br]pollution

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that affects people's psychological and[br]physiological health in profound ways,

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while also very often accumulating[br]anger towards other groups,

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and hence, that generation[br]of social instability.

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The best term I know of that embodies[br]this issue is "structural violence."

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If I put a gun to[br]someone's head,

0:22:56.236,0:23:00.084
say a 30-year-old healthy male,[br]pull the trigger and kill him,

0:23:00.224,0:23:03.159
assuming an average life[br]expectancy of say 84,

0:23:03.300,0:23:06.375
you can argue that[br]possibly 54 years of life

0:23:06.515,0:23:10.014
was stolen from that person[br]in a direct act of violence.

0:23:10.433,0:23:12.959
However, if a person[br]is born into poverty

0:23:13.099,0:23:15.416
in the midst of an[br]abundant society

0:23:15.556,0:23:18.721
where it is statistically proven[br]that it would hurt no one

0:23:18.861,0:23:21.784
to facilitate meeting the[br]basic needs of that person,

0:23:21.924,0:23:24.878
and yet they die at the age[br]of 30 due to heart disease

0:23:25.018,0:23:28.614
which has been found to statistically[br]relate to those who endure

0:23:28.754,0:23:32.517
the stress and effects of[br]low socioeconomic status –

0:23:33.574,0:23:39.317
is that death, the removal of those[br]54 years again, an act of violence?

0:23:40.075,0:23:42.311
The answer is "yes, it is."

0:23:42.451,0:23:44.765
Our legal system has[br]conditioned us to think

0:23:44.905,0:23:47.493
that violence is a[br]direct behavioral act.

0:23:47.633,0:23:49.907
The truth is that[br]violence is a process,

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not an act, and it[br]can take many forms.

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You cannot separate any outcome from[br]the system by which it is oriented.

0:23:59.110,0:24:02.540
This is virtually absent[br]from the way people think

0:24:02.680,0:24:06.164
about cause-and-effect in[br]a socioeconomic system.

0:24:07.115,0:24:09.868
The effects of market[br]capitalism cannot be reduced-

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or I should say cannot[br]be deduced- logically

0:24:13.149,0:24:16.536
from local or[br]reductionist examination.

0:24:16.676,0:24:19.060
[It's] like things are[br]working like a clock:

0:24:19.200,0:24:22.759
the market is a synergistic system,[br]the economy is a synergistic system,

0:24:22.900,0:24:27.059
and the behavior of the whole, meaning[br]large-scale social consequences

0:24:27.200,0:24:30.466
such as the perpetuation[br]of inequality or violence,

0:24:30.606,0:24:34.565
can only be assessed in[br]relationship to that whole.

0:24:34.705,0:24:38.044
This is why there has been[br]one big dichotomy between

0:24:38.184,0:24:41.158
what market theorists think is[br]supposed to happen in their world

0:24:41.298,0:24:43.698
and what is actually happening.

0:24:43.838,0:24:48.079
For example, there is no doubt[br]that poverty and social inequity

0:24:48.219,0:24:52.892
is and has been causing a vast[br]spectrum of public health problems,

0:24:53.117,0:24:56.051
both in the context of absolute[br]deprivation, which means not having

0:24:56.151,0:24:59.772
the money to simply meet up with[br]basic needs such as nutrition,

0:25:00.052,0:25:02.923
and in the context of[br]relative deprivation,

0:25:03.063,0:25:07.148
which is a psychological[br]phenomenon related to the stress-

0:25:07.288,0:25:10.157
the psychosocial stress-[br]of simply living

0:25:10.297,0:25:12.822
in a highly-stratified society.

0:25:14.258,0:25:17.787
One of the greatest predictors[br]of reduced public health

0:25:17.927,0:25:21.258
is now to be found[br]as social inequity,

0:25:21.814,0:25:23.376
social inequality.

0:25:23.516,0:25:27.564
If you compare developed nations[br]by the level of wealth inequality

0:25:27.984,0:25:32.096
you will find that those more equal[br]nations have much better health

0:25:32.236,0:25:34.682
than those with less equality.

0:25:34.822,0:25:37.244
This includes physical[br]health, mental health,

0:25:37.384,0:25:41.033
drug abuse, educational levels,[br]imprisonment, obesity,

0:25:41.173,0:25:46.213
social mobility, trust or social[br]capital, community life, violence,

0:25:46.575,0:25:49.279
teen pregnancies, and child[br]well-being on average.

0:25:49.419,0:25:51.788
These outcomes are[br]significantly worse

0:25:51.928,0:25:54.856
in more unequal rich countries.

0:25:56.048,0:25:59.934
Yet, if you tried to reduce[br]and analyze a single person

0:26:00.074,0:26:02.981
for any of these noted[br]public health factors,

0:26:03.121,0:26:06.708
you could never know for sure if[br]that person is actually a victim

0:26:06.848,0:26:12.369
of the psycho-stress or the absolute[br]or relative violence condition itself.

0:26:12.509,0:26:14.657
The causality can[br]only be understood

0:26:14.797,0:26:17.189
on the large scale,[br]probabilistically,

0:26:17.329,0:26:21.059
which is the importance[br]of statistical analysis.

0:26:21.247,0:26:24.371
So again, the market[br]can only be perceived

0:26:24.511,0:26:28.086
as a whole to gauge the[br]truth of its effects.

0:26:28.226,0:26:32.100
This is why our legal system[br]is so base and primitive.

0:26:34.167,0:26:38.569
That aside, I would like to detail a few[br]more examples of structural violence,

0:26:38.709,0:26:41.360
as it obviously takes[br]many more forms.

0:26:41.500,0:26:46.304
When we see 1.5 million children die[br]each year from diarrheal diseases-

0:26:46.444,0:26:49.306
an utterly preventable[br]problem that isn't resolved

0:26:49.446,0:26:52.345
due to a financial[br]limitation across the world,

0:26:52.485,0:26:55.759
we are seeing the murder of 1.5[br][million] children by a system

0:26:55.900,0:26:58.999
that is so inefficient in[br]its process it cannot make

0:26:59.139,0:27:02.453
the proper resources available[br]in certain regions,

0:27:02.593,0:27:04.768
even though that they are there.

0:27:04.908,0:27:07.334
Drug addiction, which[br]has become a plague

0:27:07.474,0:27:11.266
of modern society across the[br]world, not only causing death,

0:27:11.406,0:27:16.189
but also a spectrum of suffering, has[br]been found to have roots in stress.

0:27:16.329,0:27:18.920
It has to do with a lack[br]of support which creates

0:27:19.060,0:27:21.952
a psychological chain[br]reaction that leads to

0:27:22.340,0:27:25.786
fill your feelings of pain[br]with self-medication.

0:27:25.926,0:27:28.451
You will rarely find a study[br]on addiction patterns

0:27:28.591,0:27:30.653
that does not see a[br]direct correlation

0:27:30.793,0:27:33.866
to unstable life[br]conditions and stress.

0:27:34.949,0:27:39.076
What is perhaps poverty's most[br]dominant psychological feature?

0:27:39.500,0:27:42.646
Feelings of insecurity[br]and humility.

0:27:43.700,0:27:46.847
Even the vast majority of[br]behavioral violence as we know it

0:27:46.987,0:27:49.503
arises due to preconditions[br]which have been tied

0:27:49.643,0:27:52.738
to poverty-induced[br]deprivation and abuse.

0:27:52.878,0:27:57.124
Former head of the Study of Violence[br]at Harvard, Dr. James Gilligan,

0:27:57.264,0:27:59.659
was a prison psychiatrist[br]for many decades

0:27:59.800,0:28:03.103
analyzing the reasons for extreme[br]acts of murder and the like.

0:28:03.243,0:28:07.165
In virtually all cases, high levels[br]of deprivation, neglect, and abuse

0:28:07.265,0:28:11.492
occurred in the life history of the offenders.[br]And guess what?

0:28:11.772,0:28:15.080
Poverty is the single[br]best predictor

0:28:15.220,0:28:17.568
of child abuse and neglect.

0:28:17.708,0:28:19.976
In a US study, children[br]who lived in families

0:28:20.116,0:28:22.281
with an annual income[br]less than $15,000

0:28:22.421,0:28:25.908
are 22 times more likely[br]to be abused or neglected

0:28:26.048,0:28:30.858
than children living in families with[br]an annual income of $30,000 or more.

0:28:32.247,0:28:37.584
Aristotle said "Poverty is the[br]parent of revolution and crime."

0:28:38.323,0:28:41.508
Gandhi said "Poverty in the[br]worst form of violence."

0:28:42.152,0:28:44.359
The interesting thing[br]about all this is

0:28:44.500,0:28:47.812
is that we are all possible[br]victims of its effects,

0:28:47.952,0:28:50.440
for every time you hear[br]about an act of theft,

0:28:50.580,0:28:52.824
violence, murder, or the like,

0:28:52.964,0:28:56.046
chances are the origins of[br]that behavior were born

0:28:56.186,0:28:58.560
out of a preventable[br]form of deprivation.

0:28:58.700,0:29:00.790
I say preventable because today

0:29:00.930,0:29:03.953
there is absolutely no technical[br]reason for any human being

0:29:04.053,0:29:07.442
to live in poverty and[br]resource deprivation.

0:29:07.622,0:29:10.363
Solving social inequality is[br]not just a nice thing to do,

0:29:10.463,0:29:12.827
it is a true public[br]health imperative.

0:29:13.107,0:29:15.691
Just like making sure our[br]water isn't polluted,

0:29:15.831,0:29:17.560
so we don't get diseases.

0:29:17.700,0:29:21.536
And each of us have no idea when[br]we might be subjected to say,

0:29:21.676,0:29:24.856
the violence bred by[br]this deprivation.

0:29:24.996,0:29:27.460
It's a form of blowback.

0:29:27.600,0:29:30.663
Just like how some social[br]theorists think about the reasons

0:29:30.803,0:29:33.805
for modern terrorism[br]from abused countries.

0:29:33.945,0:29:36.359
A country like the United[br]States bombs some town;

0:29:36.500,0:29:39.763
the people in that town lose everything.[br]Certain people are deeply affected

0:29:39.903,0:29:42.069
and find no other[br]emotional recourse

0:29:42.209,0:29:45.146
but to act in the most violent[br]way that can in revenge.

0:29:45.286,0:29:49.417
The next thing you know, a bomb[br]explodes at a coffee shop in your city,

0:29:49.557,0:29:51.599
killing your sibling.

0:29:52.565,0:29:56.682
In short, if you want to produce a[br]violent criminal or gang mentality,

0:29:56.822,0:29:59.908
let them be raised in an environment[br]where they are reinforced

0:30:00.048,0:30:03.455
with the sense that society[br]doesn't care about them.

0:30:03.595,0:30:07.047
And hence they have no need[br]to care about society.

0:30:07.187,0:30:08.902
This is the trademark,

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this is the core characteristic,

0:30:11.446,0:30:14.024
of the capitalist social order.

0:30:15.191,0:30:18.575
As a final aside before I move on,[br]I find it incredibly interesting

0:30:18.715,0:30:22.188
that the vast majority of the[br]civil rights institutions today,

0:30:22.328,0:30:24.741
or human rights[br]institutions today,

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which still demand more race, gender,[br]creed and political equality,

0:30:30.461,0:30:34.939
tend to do very little to address[br]the roots of economic inequality.

0:30:35.608,0:30:38.383
It's a very interesting contradiction.[br]I'm firmly convinced

0:30:38.483,0:30:41.776
that as time moves forward,[br]economic equality will morph

0:30:41.876,0:30:46.466
into the same role as[br]gender and race equality,

0:30:46.686,0:30:50.215
where meeting human needs and[br]facilitating a high standard of living

0:30:50.355,0:30:56.417
will be an issue of human[br]rights, not market expedience,

0:30:56.874,0:30:59.400
and the social Darwinism[br]to which it is based.

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Part II: Post-Scarcity.

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I would like to spend[br]a moment clarifying

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what an "Abundance Focused[br]Society" actually means

0:31:09.000,0:31:12.359
and give some tangible,[br]statistical extrapolations

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to confirm this potential.

0:31:16.400,0:31:20.491
A Natural Law/Resource-Based[br]Economy is not a utopia.

0:31:20.631,0:31:25.527
The Zeitgeist Movement seeks a high,[br]relative, sustainable abundance

0:31:25.667,0:31:29.054
relieving the most relevant[br]forms of scarcity.

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Many who hear such distinctions[br]immediately dismiss

0:31:32.543,0:31:35.181
such qualifications[br]as mere opinion.

0:31:35.321,0:31:38.391
The fact is, it's not opinion[br]when it comes to life support

0:31:38.531,0:31:40.700
or empirical human needs.

0:31:41.678,0:31:43.809
Relative sustainable abundance

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means seeking more than enough to[br]meet all human needs and beyond

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while keeping[br]ecological balance.

0:31:52.003,0:31:55.663
The most relevant forms of[br]scarcity means we differentiate

0:31:55.803,0:31:58.360
between scarcity as it[br]relates to human needs

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and scarcity as it[br]relates to human wants,

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as they are not the same.

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Unfortunately, market logic[br]pretends that they are.

0:32:06.684,0:32:09.808
The market cannot separate[br]needs from wants.

0:32:09.948,0:32:14.397
And this gets to the root of the[br]life-blind, value-system disorder

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which continues to[br]distort our culture.

0:32:18.145,0:32:20.838
The logic goes like[br]this: If there exists

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any form of scarcity of[br]anything on any level,

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then we need money and the[br]competitive market to regulate it.

0:32:29.308,0:32:31.315
Let me explain this[br]a little bit more.

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One of our international lecture[br]team members, Matt Berkowitz,

0:32:34.158,0:32:38.478
did a radio interview with a very popular[br]Austrian economist a little while back,

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and when the subject of scarcity came[br]up this economist responded with

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"Not everyone can have a[br]fancy steak or a Ferrari!"

0:32:47.223,0:32:50.630
This was his definitive view[br]of what scarcity means.

0:32:51.200,0:32:54.250
Now that may be true.[br]Not every human being

0:32:54.390,0:32:58.499
can have a 500-room mansion with[br]three jets parked in the front lawn,

0:32:58.639,0:33:02.334
with half the continent of[br]Africa as his or her back yard.

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In theory, we could[br]conjure up anything

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and use such luxury-based[br]scarcity defenses

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to support the existence[br]of the competitive market.

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So what are human needs?[br]Are they subjective?

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Human needs have been created

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by the process of our physical[br]and psychological evolution.

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Not meeting these virtually empirical[br]needs results, as noted before,

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in a statistically predictable[br]destabilizing spectrum

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of physical, mental[br]and social disorders.

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Human wants, on the other hand,[br]are cultural manifestations

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which have undergone enormous subjective[br]change over the course of time,

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revealing in truth something[br]of an arbitrary nature.

0:33:49.085,0:33:53.703
This isn't to say neurotic[br]attachments can't be made to wants,

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so much so that they start[br]to take the role of needs.

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That's a phenomenon that occurs readily[br]in our materialistic society, in fact.

0:34:02.000,0:34:05.938
This is exactly why the previously[br]noted wealth-imbalance issues,

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namely the[br]psychosocial-stress response

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resulting from social[br]comparison, is what it is.

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It's a part of our evolutionary[br]psychology in many ways.

0:34:16.045,0:34:18.755
But this is partly why more[br]unequal societies also

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are the more unhealthy societies,[br]because we perpetuate it.

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The Zeitgeist Movement is not promoting[br]an infinite universal abundance

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of all things, which is clearly[br]impossible on a finite planet.

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Rather, it promotes a "post-scarcity'"[br]or "abundance" worldview,

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with an active recognition of the[br]natural limits of consumption

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on the planet while[br]seeking equilibrium.

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And what separates the world[br]today from the world of the past

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is that our scientific and[br]technological capacity

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has reached an accelerating[br]point of efficiency

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where creating a high standard of[br]living for all the world's people

0:34:54.936,0:34:57.514
based on current cultural[br]preferences, in fact,

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is now possible within these[br]sustainable boundaries

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without the destructive need to[br]compete through the market mechanism.

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This is made by what has been[br]called "ephemeralization,"

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a term coined by engineer R.[br]Buckminster Fuller,

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and the recognition[br]is very simple.

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The amount of resources and energy[br]needed to achieve any given task

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has constantly[br]decreased over time,

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while the efficiency of that task[br]has increased, paradoxically.

0:35:27.700,0:35:30.159
An example is wireless[br]satellite communication

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which uses exponentially[br]less materials

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than traditional[br]large-gauge copper wire

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and is more versatile[br]and effective.

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In other words, we are doing[br]more with less continually,

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and this trend can be noticed in all[br]areas of industrial development

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from computer processing[br]or Moore's Law

0:35:48.416,0:35:53.329
to the rapid acceleration of human[br]knowledge or information technology.

0:35:56.022,0:35:57.859
And it isn't just[br]physical goods.

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It also applies to[br]processes or systems.

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For example, the labor system,[br]via automation today,

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shows the exact same pattern.

0:36:05.251,0:36:09.534
Industry has become more[br]productive with less people,

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ever-increasing[br]machine performance,

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with ever-decreasing energy and[br]material needs over time per operation.

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As a brief tangent,[br]some might have noticed

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I keep saying this phrase

0:36:24.041,0:36:26.524
"High Standard of Living.[br]" What does that mean?

0:36:26.664,0:36:29.567
Who is to say what a high[br]standard of living should be?

0:36:29.707,0:36:33.196
The answer to that question[br]is not "who," it is "what."

0:36:33.336,0:36:36.455
And "what" determines[br]our standard of living

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is the current state of[br]technology in many ways,

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and what is required to keep

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social and environmental[br]sustainability on a finite planet.

0:36:45.694,0:36:47.849
That's basically the equation.

0:36:48.938,0:36:52.347
If we as a society wish to keep the[br]value of constant materialism,

0:36:52.487,0:36:57.096
growth, and consumption, promoting[br]the virtue of having infinite wants

0:36:57.236,0:37:00.031
then we might as well just[br]kill ourselves right now,

0:37:00.171,0:37:02.964
as that is going to be the end[br]result if we continue to push past

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the limits of the physical world with[br]respect to our resource exploitation

0:37:06.781,0:37:09.119
and the loss of biodiversity.

0:37:09.259,0:37:12.063
So I want to make it very clear:[br]this new economic proposal

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isn't just about seeing how the[br]market is obsolete per se,

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given our new powerful awarenesses[br]of technical efficiency;

0:37:19.280,0:37:22.372
it is also about the[br]fact that we need

0:37:22.512,0:37:26.342
to get out of the market[br]paradigm as fast as we can

0:37:26.482,0:37:29.200
before it causes[br]even more damage.

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OK, Post-Scarcity.

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The four categories I want to[br]cover in detail regarding this

0:37:35.484,0:37:38.461
are food, water, energy,[br]and material goods.

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Please note that for[br]food, energy, and water

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this is actually a very[br]conservative assessment,

0:37:44.770,0:37:47.643
using statistics and[br]measures based only

0:37:47.783,0:37:51.240
on existing methods that have[br]been put into industrial use,

0:37:51.380,0:37:54.621
not theoretical things that[br]people talk about all the time.

0:37:54.761,0:37:57.028
And all I'm going to[br]do is scale this out,

0:37:57.168,0:37:59.849
applying a systems[br]theory context.

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Food.

0:38:01.594,0:38:04.207
According to the United Nations, one[br]out of every eight people on Earth-

0:38:04.307,0:38:08.247
nearly one billion people- suffer[br]from chronic undernourishment.

0:38:10.639,0:38:13.616
Yet it is admitted that there[br]is enough food produced today

0:38:13.756,0:38:15.838
by traditional market[br]methods alone,

0:38:15.978,0:38:20.759
to provide everyone in the world with[br]at least 2,720 kilocalories per day

0:38:20.900,0:38:24.343
which is more then enough to[br]maintain basic health for most.

0:38:24.483,0:38:26.914
Therefore, just in[br]principle right now,

0:38:27.054,0:38:30.730
the existence of such a large-scale[br]number of chronically hungry people

0:38:30.870,0:38:34.220
reveals at a minimum that there[br]is something fundamentally wrong

0:38:34.360,0:38:37.707
with the global industrial[br]and economic process.

0:38:39.190,0:38:42.761
According to the Institution[br]of Mechanical Engineers,

0:38:42.901,0:38:46.411
"It is estimated that[br]30-50% of all food produced

0:38:46.551,0:38:48.663
never reaches a human stomach

0:38:48.803,0:38:51.286
and this figure does not reflect[br]the fact that large amounts

0:38:51.386,0:38:54.618
of land, energy, fertilizers,[br]and water have also been lost

0:38:55.198,0:38:59.145
in the production of foodstuffs[br]which simply end up as waste."

0:39:00.700,0:39:03.302
While there is certainly an[br]imperative to consider the relevance

0:39:03.402,0:39:06.292
of these waste patterns, it[br]appears that the most effective

0:39:06.472,0:39:10.283
and practical means to overcome[br]this global deficiency entirely

0:39:10.423,0:39:13.865
is to update the system[br]of food production itself

0:39:14.005,0:39:16.956
with the most strategic[br]localization

0:39:17.096,0:39:20.924
in order to reduce the waste[br]caused by inefficiencies

0:39:21.064,0:39:23.619
in the current[br]global supply chain.

0:39:24.328,0:39:27.097
Perhaps the most promising of these[br]arrangements is something called

0:39:27.237,0:39:30.137
vertical farming which I[br]assume many are familiar with.

0:39:30.277,0:39:32.606
Vertical farming has been put[br]to test in a number of regions

0:39:32.746,0:39:36.439
with extremely promising results[br]regarding efficiency and conservation.

0:39:36.579,0:39:39.032
This method of abundant food[br]production will not only

0:39:39.172,0:39:43.040
use less resources per unit[br]output, causing less waste,

0:39:43.180,0:39:45.259
have a reduced[br]ecological footprint,

0:39:45.400,0:39:47.459
increase food quality[br]and the like,

0:39:47.600,0:39:50.593
it will also use less[br]surface of the planet,

0:39:50.733,0:39:53.663
uses less land area[br]than we're doing today.

0:39:53.803,0:39:57.559
It can even be done offshore-[br]it's that versatile-

0:39:57.700,0:40:00.402
enabling types of food as well,[br]that certain climates and regions

0:40:00.542,0:40:03.029
simply couldn't produce[br]because it's enclosed.

0:40:03.861,0:40:06.562
A vertical farm system in[br]Singapore, for example,

0:40:06.702,0:40:08.759
custom built, a[br]transparent enclosure,

0:40:08.900,0:40:11.359
uses a closed loop[br]automated hydraulic system

0:40:11.500,0:40:14.617
to rotate the crops in[br]circles between sunlight

0:40:14.757,0:40:16.620
and organic nutrient treatment,

0:40:16.760,0:40:22.200
costing only about $3 a month in[br]electricity for each enclosure.

0:40:22.724,0:40:26.041
This system also has[br]reported to have 10 times

0:40:26.181,0:40:29.960
more productivity per square[br]foot than conventional farming,

0:40:30.100,0:40:33.686
again, using much less water,[br]labor, and fertilizer.

0:40:34.300,0:40:37.171
Students at Columbia[br]University in the US

0:40:37.311,0:40:41.625
determined that in order to feed[br]50,000 people, a 30-story farm

0:40:41.765,0:40:44.944
built on the size of a basic[br]city block would be needed,

0:40:45.084,0:40:47.214
which is about 6.4 acres.

0:40:47.354,0:40:50.901
If we extrapolate this in the context[br]of the city of Los Angeles, California

0:40:51.041,0:40:54.620
(where I'm coming from) with a[br]population of about 4 million,

0:40:54.760,0:40:58.430
with a total acreage[br]of about 318,000

0:40:58.570,0:41:02.843
it would take roughly 78[br]structures to feed all residents.

0:41:03.469,0:41:08.540
This amounts to about 0.1% of the[br]total land area of Los Angeles,

0:41:08.953,0:41:11.180
to feed the entire population.

0:41:12.106,0:41:14.112
If we apply this[br]extrapolation to the Earth

0:41:14.252,0:41:17.994
and the human population of 7.2[br]billion, we end up needing about

0:41:18.134,0:41:21.911
144,000 vertical farms[br]to feed the whole world.

0:41:22.051,0:41:26.874
This amounts to about 921,000 acres[br]of land to place these farms

0:41:27.014,0:41:30.034
which, given about 38%[br]of the Earth's land

0:41:30.174,0:41:33.012
is currently being used for[br]traditional agriculture,

0:41:33.152,0:41:36.499
we find that we only[br]need about 0.006%

0:41:36.639,0:41:39.167
of the Earth's existing[br]agricultural land

0:41:39.307,0:41:41.560
to meet production requirements.

0:41:41.700,0:41:43.700
Let's be a little bit[br]more consistent.

0:41:43.870,0:41:46.938
Within that 38% land-use[br]statistic for agriculture,

0:41:47.078,0:41:49.972
much of that land is also used[br]for livestock cultivation,

0:41:50.112,0:41:52.444
not just crop cultivation.

0:41:52.584,0:41:54.914
So, if we were to[br]theoretically take

0:41:55.054,0:41:58.660
only the crop production[br]land currently being used,

0:41:58.800,0:42:03.021
which is about 4 billion acres,[br]replacing land-based cultivation

0:42:03.161,0:42:08.300
by dropping these 30-story vertical[br]farms side-by-side in theory,

0:42:08.865,0:42:12.798
the food output would be enough to[br]meet the nutritional needs to feed

0:42:12.938,0:42:15.810
34.4 trillion people.

0:42:18.417,0:42:22.619
Given that we only need to[br]feed about 9 billion by 2050,

0:42:22.759,0:42:28.681
we only need to harness about 0.02%[br]of this theoretical capacity, which

0:42:28.832,0:42:32.971
it could be argued, makes rather moot[br]any seemingly practical objections

0:42:33.111,0:42:36.160
common to the aforementioned[br]extrapolation.

0:42:36.300,0:42:40.487
In short, we have absolute[br]global food abundance potential.

0:42:42.007,0:42:43.365
Water.

0:42:43.505,0:42:46.514
According to the World Health[br]Organization about 2.6 billion people-

0:42:46.654,0:42:49.468
half of the developing world-[br]lack proper sanitation

0:42:49.608,0:42:52.396
and about 1.1 billion[br]people have no access

0:42:52.536,0:42:54.723
to any type of clean[br]drinking sources.

0:42:54.863,0:42:57.974
Due to ongoing[br]depletion, by 2025,

0:42:58.114,0:43:01.046
it is estimated that[br]almost 2 billion people

0:43:01.186,0:43:04.137
will live in areas plagued[br]by water scarcity

0:43:04.277,0:43:07.461
with 2/3 of the entire[br]world population living

0:43:07.601,0:43:10.041
in water-stressed areas.

0:43:11.180,0:43:14.160
The cause?[br]Obviously waste and pollution.

0:43:14.300,0:43:16.684
But I'm not going[br]to talk about that-

0:43:16.824,0:43:19.359
the details, causes and prevention;[br]that's not the point of this.

0:43:19.500,0:43:23.219
Rather, let's take again, a[br]technological capacity approach only,

0:43:23.359,0:43:27.924
considering modern purification[br]and modern desalination systems

0:43:28.064,0:43:30.373
on the macro-industrial scale.

0:43:31.400,0:43:33.188
Purification.

0:43:33.328,0:43:38.600
The average person today globally[br]uses about 1,385m³ of water per year.

0:43:38.740,0:43:43.200
This factors in all industrial[br]activity as well, such as agriculture.

0:43:43.907,0:43:46.920
For the sake of argument, let's[br]consider what it would take to purify

0:43:47.060,0:43:52.917
all the fresh water currently being[br]used in the world on average annually.

0:43:53.411,0:43:57.590
Given the global[br]average of 1,385m³

0:43:57.730,0:44:00.080
and a population of 7.2 billion,

0:44:00.220,0:44:03.902
we arrive at a total annual[br]use of about 10 trillion m³.

0:44:05.004,0:44:10.560
Using a New York State USA[br]UV-disinfection plant as a base measure,

0:44:11.120,0:44:15.123
which has an output capacity of roughly[br]3 billion cubic meters a year,

0:44:15.500,0:44:18.945
taking up about 3.7[br]acres of land,

0:44:19.085,0:44:22.030
we would need 3,327 plants

0:44:22.170,0:44:27.109
to purify all the water used by[br]the entire global population,

0:44:27.249,0:44:30.182
taking up about[br]12,000 acres of land.

0:44:30.884,0:44:33.959
Needless to say, there are many[br]other factors that come into play,

0:44:34.099,0:44:36.731
such as power needs, location, and the like.[br]That's fair enough.

0:44:36.871,0:44:39.465
However, this is a[br]minor inconvenience.

0:44:39.605,0:44:41.874
12,000 acres is[br]nothing compared to

0:44:42.014,0:44:46.112
the 36 billion acres of[br]land on the planet Earth.

0:44:47.183,0:44:50.471
To give this a more practical[br]example, the US military

0:44:50.611,0:44:54.788
alone has about 845,000[br]military bases

0:44:55.800,0:44:58.109
and buildings, I[br]should say, as well.

0:44:58.249,0:45:02.939
This has been reported to take up about[br]30 million acres of land globally.

0:45:03.954,0:45:08.327
Only 0.04% of that[br]land would be needed

0:45:08.467,0:45:12.360
to disinfect the total fresh[br]water use of the entire world

0:45:12.500,0:45:15.839
if that were even needed,[br]which of course it is not.

0:45:16.975,0:45:18.545
Desalination.

0:45:18.946,0:45:22.378
Let's run the same theoretical[br]extrapolation on desalination.

0:45:22.518,0:45:26.044
The most common method of desalination[br]used today is called reverse osmosis,

0:45:26.184,0:45:29.459
and according the International[br]Desalination Association,

0:45:29.600,0:45:33.500
it accounts for 60% of the[br]installed capacity globally.

0:45:33.640,0:45:36.719
There are a lot of other methods[br]that are emerging quite rapidly

0:45:36.859,0:45:40.285
with high levels of efficiency [which][br]can move water much more quickly.

0:45:40.385,0:45:42.385
But I'm not going to talk about that.[br]I want to stay only

0:45:42.485,0:45:44.485
within the common[br]methods applied today.

0:45:44.585,0:45:46.585
But keep in mind that[br]everything I'm speaking of

0:45:46.685,0:45:49.235
has dramatic improvements[br]coming very soon.

0:45:49.358,0:45:51.358
There's an advanced[br]reversed osmosis

0:45:51.469,0:45:53.935
seawater desalinization[br]plant in Australia

0:45:54.075,0:45:57.710
that can produce about 150[br]million m³ of fresh water a year

0:45:57.850,0:46:00.318
while occupying about 50 acres.

0:46:00.458,0:46:03.809
Given the total annual water[br]use of the world today,

0:46:03.949,0:46:06.629
- it's about 10 trillion[br]cubic meters again -

0:46:06.769,0:46:09.147
it would take about[br]60,000 plants to produce

0:46:09.287,0:46:11.691
current global water[br]usage in total.

0:46:11.831,0:46:14.660
Using the dimensions of that[br]plant, which is quite large,

0:46:14.800,0:46:18.322
such a feat would take about[br]18,000 miles of coast land,

0:46:18.462,0:46:21.839
or about 8.5% of the[br]world's coast land.

0:46:22.408,0:46:25.501
Obviously, that's not really ideal,[br]that's a lot of coast land,

0:46:25.641,0:46:27.788
but this exercise is[br]about proportion.

0:46:27.928,0:46:31.140
Clearly, we do not need to[br]desalinate all water used,

0:46:31.280,0:46:34.440
nor would we bypass the use[br]of purification processes

0:46:34.580,0:46:39.476
or ignore the vast reforms needed to[br]preserve efficiency and fresh water

0:46:39.616,0:46:43.559
or, equally as important, the reuse[br]schemes that are coming to fruition

0:46:43.700,0:46:46.567
where buildings are able to[br]use water in multiple ways

0:46:46.707,0:46:49.914
by recycling water that comes[br]from a sink into toilets,

0:46:50.054,0:46:54.107
and other mechanisms that unfortunately[br]go unused for the vast majority.

0:46:55.159,0:46:58.208
Let's do a slightly more practical[br]real life extrapolation,

0:46:58.348,0:47:00.916
combining only purification[br]and desalination

0:47:01.056,0:47:03.980
with actual regional[br]scarcity statistics.

0:47:04.299,0:47:07.591
On the continent of Africa,[br]roughly 345 million people

0:47:07.731,0:47:09.743
lack access to freshwater.

0:47:09.883,0:47:12.613
If we apply the noted global[br]average consumption rate

0:47:12.753,0:47:15.860
again of 1,385m³ a year,

0:47:16.135,0:47:20.400
seeking to provide each of those[br]345 million people that amount,

0:47:20.800,0:47:24.800
we would need about 480 billion[br]cubic meters produced annually.

0:47:25.400,0:47:29.261
If we divided this number in half[br]and use purification systems

0:47:29.401,0:47:32.281
for one section and[br]desalination for the other,

0:47:32.421,0:47:35.582
the desalination process[br]would need about 1.9%

0:47:35.722,0:47:40.083
or 494 miles of coastline for[br]desalination facilities,

0:47:40.808,0:47:45.758
and only about 296 acres of land[br]for purification facilities,

0:47:45.898,0:47:49.185
which is a minuscule fraction[br]of Africa's total land mass

0:47:49.325,0:47:51.343
of about 7 billion acres.

0:47:51.483,0:47:54.489
So, this is highly doable[br]even in this crude example.

0:47:54.629,0:47:59.823
In all cases, we would strategically[br]maximize purification processes

0:47:59.963,0:48:02.134
since it is clearly[br]more efficient

0:48:02.274,0:48:06.069
while using desalination[br]for the remaining demand.

0:48:06.663,0:48:08.938
In short, it's absurd for[br]anyone on this planet

0:48:09.078,0:48:12.376
to be going without freshwater,[br]not to mention, as an aside,

0:48:12.516,0:48:16.458
70% of all freshwater used today

0:48:16.598,0:48:22.127
is used in agriculture in our grossly[br]wasteful agricultural methods. 70%!

0:48:22.921,0:48:25.810
If we, for example, apply[br]again vertical farm systems

0:48:25.950,0:48:30.438
which have been noted to reduce water[br]by upwards of 80% in comparison,

0:48:30.678,0:48:32.295
we would see an[br]enormous freeing up

0:48:32.435,0:48:36.147
of this unnecessarily[br]scarce resource as well.

0:48:36.487,0:48:38.280
Moving on to Energy.

0:48:38.420,0:48:42.800
We live in one massive perpetual[br]motion machine known as the Universe.

0:48:43.229,0:48:46.660
The fact that we still use polluting[br]fossil fuel stores in the Earth

0:48:46.800,0:48:49.590
or the incredibly unstable[br]nuclear phenomenon

0:48:49.730,0:48:52.760
which gives very little[br]room for human fallibility

0:48:52.900,0:48:54.976
is truly frightening.

0:48:55.640,0:48:58.861
There are four main[br]large capacity

0:48:59.001,0:49:02.345
"base-load," as they would[br]say, renewable energy means

0:49:02.485,0:49:04.708
which are currently most ideal

0:49:04.848,0:49:08.057
as per our current state of[br]technological application.

0:49:08.197,0:49:11.111
These are geothermal[br]plants, wind farms,

0:49:11.251,0:49:14.060
solar fields, and[br]water-based power.

0:49:14.200,0:49:16.766
Due to time I'm not going to[br]explain what these mediums are

0:49:16.906,0:49:19.242
as I assume most know.[br]I'm just going to run through

0:49:19.382,0:49:21.367
the abundance comparison.

0:49:21.507,0:49:22.685
Geothermal.

0:49:22.825,0:49:25.610
A 2006 MIT report on[br]geothermal found that

0:49:25.750,0:49:29.326
13,000 zettajoules of power are[br]currently available in the Earth

0:49:29.466,0:49:32.690
with the possibility of 2000[br]zettajoules being harvestable

0:49:32.830,0:49:35.180
with improved technology.

0:49:35.452,0:49:38.255
The total energy consumption of[br]all the countries on the planet

0:49:38.395,0:49:41.337
is only about half a[br]zettajoule a year.

0:49:41.477,0:49:44.230
This means literally thousands[br]of years of planetary power

0:49:44.370,0:49:47.033
could be harnessed in[br]this medium alone.

0:49:47.173,0:49:51.870
Geothermal energy also uses much[br]less land than other energy sources.

0:49:52.592,0:49:55.523
Over 30 years, a period of[br]time commonly used to compare

0:49:55.663,0:49:59.562
the life cycle impacts from[br]different power sources,

0:49:59.984,0:50:03.385
it was found that a[br]geothermal facility

0:50:03.525,0:50:08.860
uses 404 m² of land[br]per gigawatt hour

0:50:09.000,0:50:10.838
while a coal facility

0:50:10.978,0:50:15.968
uses 3,632 m² per gigawatt hour.

0:50:16.688,0:50:19.859
If we were to do a basic[br]comparison of geothermal to coal

0:50:20.000,0:50:22.897
given this ratio of m² to GWh

0:50:23.037,0:50:25.343
we find that we could fit[br]about 9 geothermal plants

0:50:25.483,0:50:27.674
in the space of one coal plant.

0:50:27.814,0:50:30.892
And that isn't accounting[br]for the vast amount of land

0:50:31.032,0:50:33.032
that is currently used[br]for coal extraction-

0:50:33.165,0:50:36.360
you know, those huge holes[br]that we see in the earth.

0:50:36.500,0:50:39.048
By the way, the beauty of[br]geothermal, and in fact,

0:50:39.188,0:50:43.240
all of the renewables I'm going[br]to speak of, is that extraction

0:50:43.380,0:50:47.303
or the harnessing location is[br]almost always the exact same place

0:50:47.443,0:50:50.933
as processing for the power[br]distribution as well.

0:50:51.073,0:50:54.960
All hydrocarbon sources on the[br]other hand require both extraction

0:50:55.100,0:50:58.675
and power production facilities[br]almost always in separate locations,

0:50:58.815,0:51:02.122
sometimes refineries as well,[br]in separate locations.

0:51:02.769,0:51:06.627
In 2013, it was announced that[br]a 1,000 megawatt power station

0:51:06.767,0:51:08.948
was to begin construction[br]in Ethiopia.

0:51:09.088,0:51:13.000
We're going to use this as a base,[br]theoretical for extrapolation.

0:51:13.769,0:51:18.300
If a 1000-megawatt geothermal power[br]station operated at full capacity

0:51:18.730,0:51:21.265
24 hours a day, 365 days a year,

0:51:21.405,0:51:25.700
it would produce 8.7[br]million MWh a year.

0:51:26.261,0:51:29.458
The world's current annual[br]energy usage is about

0:51:29.598,0:51:34.642
153 billion MWh a year, which would[br]mean it would take in abstraction

0:51:34.782,0:51:38.831
about 17,000 geothermal[br]plants to match global use.

0:51:40.160,0:51:44.997
There are over 2,300 coal power[br]plants in operation worldwide today.

0:51:45.137,0:51:48.701
Using the aforementioned[br]plant-sized capacity comparison

0:51:48.841,0:51:52.667
of about nine geothermal plants[br]fitting into one coal plant,

0:51:52.807,0:51:57.084
the space of 1,940 coal plants[br]would be needed in theory

0:51:57.224,0:52:00.625
to contain the 17,000[br]geothermal plants

0:52:00.765,0:52:04.403
or 84% of the total[br]in existence.

0:52:04.870,0:52:07.669
Also, given that coal[br]accounts for only 41%

0:52:07.809,0:52:09.860
of today's current[br]energy production,

0:52:10.000,0:52:12.684
this theoretical[br]extrapolation also shows

0:52:12.824,0:52:17.420
how in 84% of the current[br]space used by coal plants,

0:52:17.560,0:52:24.011
geothermal could supply 100%[br]of total global power supply.

0:52:25.646,0:52:27.508
Wind Farms.

0:52:27.648,0:52:30.762
It's been calculated that today[br]with existing turbine technology,

0:52:30.902,0:52:33.108
which is improving rapidly,[br]that Earth could produce

0:52:33.248,0:52:36.040
hundreds of trillions of watts[br]of power, many more times

0:52:36.180,0:52:38.871
than what the world[br]consumes, overall.

0:52:39.011,0:52:41.649
However, breaking this[br]down, using the 9,000 acre

0:52:41.789,0:52:45.034
Alta Wind Center in California[br]as a theoretical basis,

0:52:45.174,0:52:50.509
which has an active capacity[br]of 1,320 MW of power,

0:52:50.649,0:52:54.986
a theoretical annual output of[br]11 million MWh is possible.

0:52:55.536,0:52:58.780
This means 13,000

0:52:59.209,0:53:02.422
9,000-acre wind farms[br]would be needed to meet

0:53:02.562,0:53:06.800
total global demand[br]of 153 billion MWh.

0:53:07.487,0:53:11.029
This requires about 119[br]million acres of land

0:53:11.169,0:53:15.500
or 0.3% of the Earth's surface

0:53:15.790,0:53:18.618
to power the world[br]in abstraction.

0:53:18.758,0:53:21.796
However as some may[br]know, offshore wind

0:53:21.936,0:53:24.636
is typically much more[br]powerful than land-based.

0:53:24.776,0:53:27.190
According to the Assessment

0:53:27.916,0:53:31.980
of Offshore Wind Energy Resources[br]for the United States, a report:

0:53:32.120,0:53:36.715
4,150 gigawatts of potential[br]wind turbine technology-

0:53:36.855,0:53:39.615
turbine capacity- from[br]offshore wind resources

0:53:39.755,0:53:43.060
are available in the[br]United States alone.

0:53:43.200,0:53:46.778
Assuming this power capacity was[br]consistent for a whole year,

0:53:46.918,0:53:51.658
we end up with an energy conversion[br]of 36 billion MWh a year.

0:53:52.171,0:53:54.697
Given the United States in 2010

0:53:54.837,0:53:57.860
used 25.7 billion MWh,

0:53:58.216,0:54:01.073
we find that offshore[br]wind harvesting alone

0:54:01.213,0:54:03.535
could exceed the national use

0:54:03.675,0:54:08.000
by about 10.6[br]billion MWh or 41%.

0:54:08.706,0:54:11.653
And axiomatically,[br]extrapolating this national

0:54:11.793,0:54:15.181
level of capacity to the rest[br]of the world's coast lines,

0:54:16.035,0:54:20.302
also taking into account the[br]aforementioned land-based statistics,

0:54:20.890,0:54:24.818
it is clear that we can power[br]the world many, many times over

0:54:24.958,0:54:27.438
with wind, and[br]quite practically.

0:54:28.924,0:54:30.739
Solar Fields.

0:54:31.633,0:54:35.498
If humanity could capture 0.1% of the[br]solar energy striking the Earth,

0:54:35.638,0:54:37.991
we would have access to[br]six times as much energy

0:54:38.131,0:54:40.589
we consume in all forms today.

0:54:40.729,0:54:43.214
The ability to harness this[br]power depends on technology

0:54:43.354,0:54:46.999
and how high the percentage[br]of radiation conversion is.

0:54:47.662,0:54:51.142
The Ivanpah Solar Electric[br]System in California:

0:54:51.282,0:54:53.601
it's a 3,500-acre field

0:54:53.741,0:54:57.314
with an annual stated generation[br]of about one million MWh.

0:54:57.454,0:55:01.250
If we were to extrapolate using[br]this as a theoretical basis,

0:55:02.476,0:55:07.520
it would take about 142,000 fields[br]or about 500 million acres of land

0:55:07.660,0:55:10.654
to theoretically meet[br]current global energy use.

0:55:10.794,0:55:14.368
That's about 1.5% of[br]total land on Earth.

0:55:15.228,0:55:20.040
Deserts cover about 1/3 of the[br]world or about 12 billion acres,

0:55:20.180,0:55:23.146
and they tend to be fairly[br]conducive to solar fields,

0:55:23.286,0:55:26.746
while often less conducive[br]to life support for people.

0:55:26.886,0:55:30.640
Given the roughly[br]500 million acres

0:55:30.780,0:55:33.372
theoretically needed to[br]power the world as noted,

0:55:33.512,0:55:37.038
only 4.1% of the world's[br]deserts would be needed

0:55:37.178,0:55:39.360
to contain these fields,

0:55:39.500,0:55:42.446
land that pretty much just[br]otherwise sits there.

0:55:44.122,0:55:45.794
Water-Based Power.

0:55:45.934,0:55:49.774
There are five dominant types of[br]water-based power: wave, tidal,

0:55:49.914,0:55:51.950
ocean current, osmotic,

0:55:52.090,0:55:54.726
ocean thermal, and water course.

0:55:54.866,0:55:58.195
Overall, the technology for[br]harnessing ocean in general

0:55:58.335,0:56:01.284
is in its infancy, but[br]the potential is vast.

0:56:01.424,0:56:04.008
And based on[br]traditional estimates

0:56:04.148,0:56:07.303
here is what the accepted[br]global potentials

0:56:07.443,0:56:10.823
have been estimated at[br]using existing methods;

0:56:10.963,0:56:15.243
we're not applying advanced technology[br]that's not in application yet.

0:56:16.084,0:56:20.596
This all figures up to be[br]about 150,000 TWh/year

0:56:20.736,0:56:23.587
or 96% of current global use

0:56:24.094,0:56:26.360
of the half of a zettajoule,

0:56:26.500,0:56:30.911
pretty much enough to power the world[br]in one medium alone if applied.

0:56:31.451,0:56:34.025
However to give a sense of[br]growing technological potential

0:56:34.165,0:56:37.108
(because I think this is important[br]considering how technology

0:56:37.248,0:56:40.969
and water-oriented power[br]is deeply in its infancy)

0:56:41.109,0:56:44.453
recent developments in 'ocean[br]current' harnessing technology

0:56:44.593,0:56:46.668
(the currents that go[br]underneath the ocean)

0:56:46.808,0:56:49.760
which can embrace much lower[br]speeds now than they used to,

0:56:49.900,0:56:53.035
it has estimated that ocean[br]current alone could now

0:56:53.175,0:56:57.000
theoretically power the entire[br]world if applied correctly.

0:56:58.779,0:57:00.346
So, let's recap.

0:57:00.810,0:57:03.713
Wind, solar, water and[br]geothermal have shown,

0:57:03.853,0:57:06.800
as large scale, base-load[br]renewable energy mediums,

0:57:06.940,0:57:11.216
that they are capable, individually,[br]of meeting or vastly exceeding

0:57:11.356,0:57:14.678
current annual global energy[br]consumption at this time.

0:57:14.818,0:57:19.341
And obviously a systems approach,[br]harmonizing an optimized fraction

0:57:19.481,0:57:22.340
of each of those renewables[br]strategically is the key

0:57:22.480,0:57:26.173
to achieving a global,[br]total energy abundance.

0:57:26.929,0:57:29.277
For example, it's not[br]inconceivable to imagine

0:57:29.417,0:57:32.010
a series of man-made[br]floating islands

0:57:32.150,0:57:35.872
off select coastlines which are[br]designed to harness, at once,

0:57:36.012,0:57:40.860
wind, solar, thermal difference,[br]wave, tidal and currents,

0:57:41.000,0:57:43.630
all at the same time and[br]in the same general area.

0:57:43.770,0:57:47.586
Such energy islands would then[br]pipe their harvest back to land

0:57:47.726,0:57:49.836
for storage and distribution.

0:57:49.976,0:57:54.279
It is only up to our design ingenuity[br]to figure things like this out.

0:57:55.712,0:57:58.027
Localization and Reuse.

0:57:58.167,0:58:00.395
The final energy factor[br]I want to mention,

0:58:00.535,0:58:03.591
which builds upon this[br]systems-thinking explicitly,

0:58:03.731,0:58:07.500
has to do with localization[br]and re-use schemes.

0:58:08.416,0:58:11.323
Localized energy harnessing[br]isn't given a fraction

0:58:11.463,0:58:13.588
of the attention it needs today.

0:58:13.728,0:58:16.449
Smaller scale renewable methods[br]which are conducive to

0:58:16.590,0:58:18.894
single structures or small areas

0:58:19.034,0:58:22.430
find the same systems logic,[br]regarding combination.

0:58:22.943,0:58:26.411
These local systems could also, if[br]need be, connect back into the larger

0:58:26.551,0:58:30.812
base-load systems, creating a total,[br]mixed medium, integrated network

0:58:30.952,0:58:33.981
which happens sometimes[br]today with solar.

0:58:34.121,0:58:37.009
There are many localized systems[br]out there which can draw energy

0:58:37.150,0:58:40.379
from the immediate environment:[br]there's solar power arrays,

0:58:40.519,0:58:42.909
there's small wind[br]harvesting systems,

0:58:43.050,0:58:45.234
localized geothermal[br]heating and cooling

0:58:45.374,0:58:48.404
and even architectural design[br]that just simply makes

0:58:48.544,0:58:51.388
natural light and heat/cool[br]preservation more efficient.

0:58:51.528,0:58:53.579
Buckminster Fuller was great[br]with his dome structures

0:58:53.720,0:58:57.361
and how they actually contained[br]energy quite well. Same idea.

0:58:57.501,0:58:59.952
Extending outwards to[br]city infrastructure

0:59:00.092,0:59:04.033
we see the same wasted possible[br]efficiency almost everywhere.

0:59:04.173,0:59:06.883
A simple technology[br]called piezoelectric

0:59:07.023,0:59:11.315
is able to convert pressure and mechanical[br]energy directly into electricity.

0:59:11.455,0:59:15.357
It's an excellent example of an energy[br]reuse method with great potential.

0:59:15.497,0:59:17.892
Existing applications have[br]included power generation

0:59:18.032,0:59:21.757
by people simply walking on these[br]engineered floors and sidewalks,

0:59:21.897,0:59:25.079
streets which can generate power[br]as automobiles cross over them,

0:59:25.220,0:59:28.009
and train rail systems which[br]can also capture energy

0:59:28.150,0:59:31.006
from passing train[br]cars through pressure.

0:59:31.146,0:59:34.650
It has been suggested by[br]people who have studied this

0:59:34.790,0:59:38.240
that a stretch of road[br]less than one mile long,

0:59:38.380,0:59:40.543
four lanes wide, a highway,

0:59:40.683,0:59:43.422
and trafficked by about[br]1,000 vehicles per hour

0:59:43.562,0:59:46.249
can create about 0.4[br]Megawatt of power,

0:59:46.390,0:59:49.182
which is enough to[br]power 600 homes.

0:59:49.322,0:59:52.491
Now extrapolate that out to the bulk[br]of all the highways in the world;

0:59:52.631,0:59:56.071
you have a very, very powerful[br]regenerative energy source.

0:59:57.751,1:00:01.098
Overall, if we think about the[br]enormous mechanical energy wasted

1:00:01.238,1:00:04.758
by vehicle transport modes and[br]high-traffic walking centers alone,

1:00:04.898,1:00:07.980
the potential of that possible[br]regenerated energy is quite substantial.

1:00:08.120,1:00:10.686
It's this systems-thinking[br]once again that is needed

1:00:10.826,1:00:13.169
in order to maintain[br]sustainability,

1:00:13.310,1:00:17.819
while also pursuing this[br]global energy abundance.

1:00:18.651,1:00:21.637
The final more complex[br]subject, energy aside,

1:00:21.777,1:00:24.703
will be the subject[br]of material abundance

1:00:24.843,1:00:26.890
and creating[br]life-supporting goods.

1:00:28.363,1:00:32.621
Unlike the prior, more simple[br]post-scarcity categories of food,

1:00:32.761,1:00:37.270
water and energy, the creation[br]of a broad material abundance

1:00:37.410,1:00:41.460
of all basic goods, which comprise[br]the current average, you could say,

1:00:41.600,1:00:45.029
of what is culturally considered a[br]'high standard of living' today

1:00:45.169,1:00:47.481
is substantially more[br]radical in its need

1:00:47.621,1:00:50.481
for industrial[br]revision and change.

1:00:51.075,1:00:54.889
As expressed before, the current[br]highly inefficient methods

1:00:55.029,1:00:59.342
we use in industrial design, production,[br]distribution and regeneration

1:00:59.482,1:01:01.949
is one of the main reasons[br]we are in a constant state

1:01:02.090,1:01:04.336
of global resource overshoot

1:01:04.476,1:01:07.680
and destabilizing[br]biodiversity loss.

1:01:08.515,1:01:11.749
Also as noted prior, there[br]is no market incentive

1:01:11.889,1:01:13.889
for advanced states[br]of efficiency,

1:01:14.026,1:01:16.889
as efficiency always reduces[br]the amount of labor,

1:01:17.029,1:01:20.374
resources and service[br]needed for a given purpose;

1:01:20.514,1:01:23.231
and hence, reduces[br]monetary circulation.

1:01:23.371,1:01:25.503
I can't reinforce that enough.

1:01:25.643,1:01:29.420
Therefore, a new synergistic[br]systems-view of industry

1:01:29.560,1:01:33.415
focused explicitly on material[br]and labor efficiency,

1:01:33.555,1:01:37.647
along with an optimized strategy[br]for sustainability, is in order.

1:01:38.179,1:01:43.012
For the sake of time and as a lead-in[br]to the final section on calculation,

1:01:43.152,1:01:45.644
I'm going to focus on a few[br]principles or protocols

1:01:45.784,1:01:48.883
and how each protocol[br]assists efficiency

1:01:49.023,1:01:51.761
towards this[br]post-scarcity abundance.

1:01:51.901,1:01:54.503
Otherwise it would take an[br]enormous amount of time;

1:01:54.633,1:01:56.633
it's not as simple as the[br]prior extrapolations.

1:01:56.737,1:01:59.026
However, in this book that I mentioned[br]there will be a whole chapter

1:01:59.166,1:02:02.451
dedicated to this issue[br]in great detail.

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(1) Access, not property.

1:02:09.633,1:02:13.218
A property-based society[br]incentivizes the preference to own

1:02:13.900,1:02:16.420
a given product,[br]rather than rent,

1:02:17.266,1:02:19.489
or gain access to as needed.

1:02:19.629,1:02:22.939
I'm a filmmaker and while I do[br]rent some things occasionally,

1:02:23.080,1:02:26.382
it's much more cost-effective[br]and smart to buy things

1:02:26.522,1:02:28.907
because they have resale value.

1:02:29.047,1:02:32.045
This incentive of universal[br]ownership is incredibly wasteful

1:02:32.185,1:02:35.883
when we examine actual use[br]time of a given good.

1:02:36.740,1:02:40.698
Facilitating a means of access where[br]things can be literally shared

1:02:40.838,1:02:44.573
will allow many more to gain use[br]of goods they otherwise could not,

1:02:44.713,1:02:48.496
along with there being less production[br]of those goods in proportion.

1:02:48.609,1:02:50.609
In a Natural Law/Resource[br]Based Economy

1:02:50.720,1:02:55.264
we seek to create an access[br]abundance, not a property abundance

1:02:55.404,1:02:57.729
which is inherently wasteful.

1:02:57.869,1:03:01.616
As an aside, it's also important[br]to note that property

1:03:01.756,1:03:03.979
is not an empirical concept.

1:03:04.119,1:03:06.899
Only access is[br]empirically valid.

1:03:07.102,1:03:09.843
Property is a protectionist[br]contrivance.

1:03:10.021,1:03:13.153
Access is the reality of the[br]social and human condition.

1:03:13.293,1:03:16.005
In order for you to truly[br]say "own" a computer,

1:03:16.145,1:03:18.193
you have to have had alone

1:03:18.333,1:03:22.096
come up with the entire technological[br]process that made that thing

1:03:22.236,1:03:24.449
along with the ideas[br]that comprise the tools

1:03:24.589,1:03:26.618
you might have used to[br]make that computer.

1:03:26.758,1:03:29.116
This is literally impossible

1:03:29.256,1:03:32.928
and is what destroys the[br]early labor theory of value

1:03:33.068,1:03:36.421
(property is stuff that's put[br]forward by classical economists).

1:03:36.561,1:03:39.790
There's no such thing as property.[br]There is only access and sharing,

1:03:39.930,1:03:42.926
no matter what social[br]system you employ.

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(2) Designed-in Recycling

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Contrary to our intuition, there[br]is no such thing as waste

1:03:49.672,1:03:51.277
in the natural world.

1:03:51.417,1:03:54.050
Not only from the standpoint[br]of the biosphere which reuses

1:03:54.190,1:03:55.893
everything in its process,

1:03:56.033,1:04:00.968
the 92 main naturally occurring[br]elements in the periodic table

1:04:01.108,1:04:04.724
that comprise all matter[br]cannot be exhausted.

1:04:05.251,1:04:08.174
Humanity has given very little[br]consideration to the role

1:04:08.314,1:04:11.842
of material regeneration, and[br]how all of our design practices

1:04:11.982,1:04:14.836
must account for this recycling.

1:04:15.479,1:04:18.342
In fact, as some may know, the[br]highest state of this recycling

1:04:18.482,1:04:21.016
will eventually come in the[br]form of nanotechnology.

1:04:21.156,1:04:23.894
Nanotechnology will eventually[br]be able to create goods

1:04:24.034,1:04:28.195
from the atomic level up and[br]disassemble them right back down

1:04:28.335,1:04:30.855
to the almost virtual[br]starting point.

1:04:30.995,1:04:34.777
It is the ultimate form of recycling.[br]By the way, I'm not suggesting this.

1:04:34.917,1:04:38.409
I'm not suggesting that nanotechnology[br]is even needed at this time,

1:04:38.550,1:04:40.608
as though that that's what[br]we're doing right now.

1:04:40.748,1:04:43.620
It's just [that] this is a[br]great principle to reference

1:04:43.760,1:04:46.795
as far as regenerative[br]importance.

1:04:48.465,1:04:51.714
Today, industry has little sense[br]of synergy in this context.

1:04:51.854,1:04:54.680
Recycling is an afterthought.[br]Companies continue to do things

1:04:54.820,1:04:58.169
such as blindly coat materials with[br]chemical paints, and the like,

1:04:58.310,1:05:00.660
that distort the properties[br]of those materials,

1:05:00.800,1:05:02.929
making the materials[br]less salvageable,

1:05:03.070,1:05:06.349
or maybe completely unsalvageable,[br]to current recycling methods.

1:05:06.490,1:05:09.129
It happens all the time.[br]So long story short,

1:05:09.269,1:05:11.809
strategic recycling[br]just might be

1:05:11.949,1:05:15.144
the most core seed of a[br]continued abundance.

1:05:15.601,1:05:19.151
Every landfill on earth is[br]just a waste of potential.

1:05:20.262,1:05:23.788
Number 3: Strategic[br]conformation of good design

1:05:23.928,1:05:26.000
to the most conducive

1:05:26.140,1:05:29.016
and abundant materials known.

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You will notice this efficiency[br]qualification in what I just said:

1:05:33.634,1:05:36.224
conducive and abundant.

1:05:36.364,1:05:40.997
Conducive means most appropriate[br]based on the material properties.

1:05:41.300,1:05:44.539
Abundant means you weigh[br]the value of conduciveness

1:05:44.680,1:05:48.958
against the value of how accessible[br]and low-impact the material is,

1:05:49.098,1:05:53.681
compared to other materials which[br]may be more or less conducive.

1:05:54.345,1:05:57.381
This is a synergistic[br]efficiency comparison.

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(I'm sorry if the language sounds[br]a little bit complicated.)

1:06:00.384,1:06:04.735
Probably the best example of this[br]is home or domicile construction.

1:06:04.875,1:06:08.061
The common use of wood, bricks,[br]screws and the vast array of parts

1:06:08.201,1:06:12.954
that is typical of a common house is[br]comparatively, vastly inefficient

1:06:13.094,1:06:18.105
to more modern, simplified[br]pre-fabrication or moldable materials.

1:06:18.648,1:06:21.450
A traditional 2000 square-foot[br]home requires about

1:06:21.590,1:06:24.109
40 to 50 trees, about an acre.

1:06:24.249,1:06:27.779
Compare that with houses that can be[br]created in prefabrication processes

1:06:27.919,1:06:30.664
with simple,[br]earth-friendly polymers,

1:06:30.804,1:06:34.705
concrete, or other[br]easily formable methods.

1:06:34.845,1:06:37.888
3D printing, for[br]example, is on pace.

1:06:38.761,1:06:43.640
These new approaches have a very[br]small footprint as compared to

1:06:43.780,1:06:47.058
our destruction of global forests[br]which continue, for wood.

1:06:47.198,1:06:50.138
Home construction today is one[br]of the most resource intensive

1:06:50.278,1:06:53.484
and wasteful industrial[br]mediums in the world,

1:06:53.624,1:06:57.044
with about 40% of all materials[br]collected for construction

1:06:57.184,1:06:59.438
ended up as waste in the end.

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Number 4: Design conduciveness[br]for labor automation.

1:07:04.920,1:07:07.587
Now this is very[br]foreign to many.

1:07:07.727,1:07:10.418
The more we conform[br]to the current state

1:07:10.558,1:07:13.703
of rapid, efficient[br]production processes,

1:07:13.843,1:07:16.464
obviously, the more[br]abundance we can create.

1:07:16.604,1:07:19.832
If you read texts on[br]manufacturing processes,

1:07:19.972,1:07:22.732
they typically divide labor[br]into three categories.

1:07:22.872,1:07:26.749
There's human assembly, there's[br]mechanization and there's automation.

1:07:26.889,1:07:28.955
Human assembly means handmade,

1:07:29.095,1:07:32.189
mechanization means machines[br]assist the laborer,

1:07:32.329,1:07:34.948
and automation means[br]no human action.

1:07:36.681,1:07:40.064
Imagine if you needed a chair[br]and there were three designs.

1:07:40.204,1:07:44.100
The first is elaborate and complex,[br]and could only be done by hand.

1:07:44.240,1:07:46.983
The second is more streamlined[br]where its parts could be made

1:07:47.123,1:07:50.068
mostly by machines, but would[br]need to be assembled by hand.

1:07:50.208,1:07:56.691
The third chair is produced by[br]one process, fully automated.

1:07:58.088,1:08:01.367
The latter chair design[br]would be the design goal

1:08:01.507,1:08:04.290
in theory of this new approach.

1:08:05.110,1:08:08.356
What this would do is reduce the[br]complexity of the automation process

1:08:08.496,1:08:10.300
with little to no human labor.

1:08:10.440,1:08:13.986
Imagine a production plant[br]that not only produces cars,

1:08:14.126,1:08:16.974
it can produce virtually any[br]kind of industrial product

1:08:17.113,1:08:20.078
comprised of the same[br]basic shared materials.

1:08:20.219,1:08:22.004
This is very feasible.

1:08:22.144,1:08:24.725
This would increase[br]output substantially.

1:08:24.866,1:08:28.569
In other words, we are optimizing[br]the means of production.

1:08:29.198,1:08:32.129
And as an aside, many[br]who see stuff like this

1:08:32.270,1:08:35.232
think that this means there's not going[br]to be any variety in the future,

1:08:35.372,1:08:39.279
that it's just going to be cold and[br]uniform and everyone gets the same thing.

1:08:39.420,1:08:42.654
No. I'm just using this as an example[br]to make an efficiency point.

1:08:42.795,1:08:45.997
Being conducive to automation does[br]not mean universal uniformity

1:08:46.136,1:08:49.417
of design because the incredible[br]amount of variance possible

1:08:49.559,1:08:53.223
in our current automation technology[br]is amazing and accelerating.

1:08:53.363,1:08:57.514
Modular robotics, there's many[br]different self-changing machines

1:08:57.654,1:08:59.911
that can create a great[br]amount of variance.

1:09:00.051,1:09:03.038
All this means is the existing[br]processes in their current state

1:09:03.180,1:09:05.551
should be respected[br]to ease production.

1:09:05.692,1:09:08.959
Don't confuse this with the idea that[br]everyone just gets the same everything.

1:09:09.100,1:09:11.707
What they get is the same basic[br]sustainability principles,

1:09:11.848,1:09:15.055
which come in many different forms,[br]if you can understand that.

1:09:15.196,1:09:19.145
These four parameters set in motion,[br]along with the basic intent

1:09:19.285,1:09:23.037
to assist the trend of[br]ephemeralization on all levels,

1:09:23.176,1:09:25.845
there is little doubt[br]that every human being

1:09:25.986,1:09:28.272
could have a very high[br]standard of living.

1:09:28.412,1:09:32.327
It is simply about converting[br]all of the inefficiency we have

1:09:32.466,1:09:36.099
straight into productivity,[br]strategically.

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I will conclude this section by noting that R.[br]Buckminster Fuller

1:09:41.644,1:09:44.649
is probably the only human[br]being that has ever attempted

1:09:44.790,1:09:48.341
to account and quantify the state[br]of resources and their potential

1:09:48.482,1:09:51.410
within the past hundred[br]years and, while primitive,

1:09:51.550,1:09:55.569
he was able to arrive at the[br]following conclusion in 1969:

1:09:56.906,1:10:00.762
"Man developed such intense[br]mechanization in World War I

1:10:00.902,1:10:05.561
that the percentage of total world[br]population that were industrial 'haves'

1:10:05.701,1:10:08.593
rose by 1919 to[br]the figure of 6%.

1:10:08.713,1:10:10.713
This was an abrupt[br]change in history.

1:10:10.833,1:10:13.986
By the time of World War[br]II, 20% of all humanity

1:10:14.126,1:10:16.429
had become industrial 'haves.'

1:10:16.570,1:10:20.665
At the present moment the proportion[br]of 'haves' is at 40% of humanity.

1:10:20.805,1:10:24.300
If we up the performances of[br]resources from the present level

1:10:24.440,1:10:28.781
to a highly feasible overall[br]efficiency of 12% more

1:10:28.921,1:10:31.963
(increasing by 12%, our use,[br]holistically, on average)

1:10:32.103,1:10:34.941
all humanity can[br]be provided for."

1:10:35.380,1:10:39.907
The exponential increase in[br]information technology since 1969,

1:10:40.047,1:10:42.122
along with the applied[br]technology and advanced

1:10:42.362,1:10:45.838
synergetic understandings[br]we have today,

1:10:45.978,1:10:48.162
I suspect, now far exceeds-...

1:10:48.302,1:10:52.769
we are way beyond the 12% efficiency[br]increase that he saw as needed.

1:10:52.910,1:10:58.152
The problem now is conforming to[br]industrial conduciveness appropriately

1:10:58.590,1:11:00.964
which is currently not done.

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This leads us to Part III: Economic[br]Organization and Calculation.

1:11:07.876,1:11:09.981
If you're wondering why[br]I spent so much time

1:11:10.121,1:11:12.263
on the prior points[br]of post-scarcity

1:11:12.403,1:11:15.010
and those two core problems[br]inherent to market capitalism-

1:11:15.150,1:11:18.098
social imbalance and[br]environmental imbalance-

1:11:18.238,1:11:21.327
it's because you cannot understand[br]the logic of the economic factors

1:11:21.467,1:11:25.108
involved in this model without[br]those prior awarenesses.

1:11:26.703,1:11:30.174
A Natural Law/Resource Based Economy[br]is not just a progressive outgrowth

1:11:30.314,1:11:33.635
of our increased capacity to[br]be productive as a species,

1:11:33.775,1:11:36.531
as though we would just gradually[br]evolve out of the market system

1:11:36.671,1:11:39.159
step-by-step into this approach.

1:11:39.299,1:11:42.534
No. The dire need for[br]this system's removal

1:11:42.674,1:11:44.936
needs to be realized once again.

1:11:45.076,1:11:47.172
It has to become[br]a part, in fact,

1:11:47.312,1:11:49.981
of the incentive structure[br]of the new model:

1:11:50.121,1:11:53.506
the historical understanding that[br]if we do not adjust in this way

1:11:53.646,1:11:56.621
we will revert right back into[br]this highly unstable period

1:11:56.761,1:11:58.795
we are in right now.

1:12:00.061,1:12:03.265
An economic model is a[br]theoretical construct

1:12:03.405,1:12:07.787
representing component processes by[br]a set of variables or functions,

1:12:07.927,1:12:10.916
describing the logical[br]relationships between them.

1:12:11.056,1:12:12.556
Basic definition.

1:12:12.658,1:12:15.989
If anyone has studied traditional[br]or market-based economic modeling,

1:12:16.130,1:12:19.459
a great deal of time is often spent[br]on things such as price trends,

1:12:19.600,1:12:22.559
behavioral patterns,[br]utilitarianistic functions,

1:12:22.699,1:12:25.952
inflation, currency[br]fluctuations and so forth.

1:12:26.453,1:12:30.916
Rarely, if ever, is anything said[br]about public or ecological health.

1:12:31.385,1:12:34.979
Why? Because the market[br]is, again, life-blind

1:12:35.120,1:12:38.937
and decoupled from the science of[br]life support and sustainability.

1:12:39.077,1:12:41.727
It is simply a proxy system.

1:12:43.643,1:12:47.902
The best way to think about this economy[br]is not in the traditional terms,

1:12:48.042,1:12:50.491
but rather as an[br]advanced production,

1:12:50.631,1:12:55.338
distribution and management system[br]which is democratically engaged

1:12:55.478,1:12:59.174
by the public through a kind[br]of participatory economics

1:13:00.169,1:13:03.953
that facilitates input processes,[br]such as design proposals

1:13:04.093,1:13:07.845
and demand assessment, while[br]filtering all actions

1:13:07.985,1:13:13.014
through what we will call sustainability[br]and efficiency protocols.

1:13:13.449,1:13:17.167
These are the basic rules[br]of industrial action

1:13:17.307,1:13:20.808
set by natural law,[br]not human opinion.

1:13:20.948,1:13:25.000
As noted prior, neither of these[br]interests are structurally inherent

1:13:25.140,1:13:28.771
in the capitalist model, and it is[br]clear that humanity needs a model

1:13:28.911,1:13:33.164
that has this type of stuff built[br]right into it for consideration.

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Structural System Goals.

1:13:37.490,1:13:39.985
All economic systems[br]have structural goals

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which may not be[br]readily apparent.

1:13:42.682,1:13:46.013
Market capitalism's structural[br]goal, as described, is growth

1:13:46.153,1:13:50.058
and maintaining rates of consumption[br]high enough to keep people employed

1:13:50.198,1:13:55.079
at any given time, and employment[br]requires also a culture of real

1:13:55.219,1:14:00.180
or perceived inefficiency, and that[br]essentially means the preservation

1:14:00.320,1:14:05.411
of scarcity in one form or another.[br]That is its structural goal.

1:14:05.543,1:14:09.884
And good luck getting a market[br]economist to admit to that.

1:14:11.237,1:14:15.408
This model [NLRBE] goal is to[br]optimize technical efficiency

1:14:15.548,1:14:18.940
and create the highest level[br]of abundance we possibly can

1:14:19.080,1:14:22.272
within the bounds of[br]earthly sustainability,

1:14:22.412,1:14:25.415
seeking to meet human[br]needs directly.

1:14:27.879,1:14:29.917
System Overview.

1:14:30.057,1:14:33.890
One of the great myths of this model[br]is that it's centrally planned;

1:14:34.030,1:14:36.273
I'm sure many of us[br]have heard this.

1:14:36.413,1:14:39.818
What this means based on historical[br]precedent is that it is assumed

1:14:39.958,1:14:43.736
that an elite group of people basically[br]will make the economic decisions

1:14:43.876,1:14:46.118
for a society.

1:14:46.258,1:14:52.258
No. This model is a collaborative[br]design system: CDS.

1:14:52.474,1:14:54.053
Not centrally planned.

1:14:54.193,1:14:57.000
It is based entirely[br]upon public interaction

1:14:57.440,1:15:00.641
facilitated by programmed,[br]open-source systems

1:15:00.781,1:15:03.769
that enable a constant[br]dynamic feedback flow

1:15:03.909,1:15:06.958
that can literally allow the[br]input of the public on any

1:15:07.098,1:15:10.814
given industrial matter[br]whether personal or social.

1:15:11.733,1:15:14.169
Now a common question, when[br]you bring that up they say

1:15:14.309,1:15:16.425
"Well, who programs[br]this system?"

1:15:16.565,1:15:18.837
The answer is:[br]Everyone and no one.

1:15:18.977,1:15:21.640
The tangible rules of the[br]laws of nature as they apply

1:15:21.780,1:15:25.708
to environmental sustainability[br]and engineering efficiency

1:15:25.848,1:15:29.164
is a completely objective[br]frame of reference.

1:15:29.304,1:15:32.110
The nuances may change to[br]some degree over time,

1:15:32.250,1:15:34.621
but the general[br]principles remain.

1:15:35.804,1:15:39.139
Over time, the logic of such an[br]approach will also become more rigid

1:15:39.279,1:15:42.035
because we learn more as we[br]perfect our understandings,

1:15:42.175,1:15:44.266
and hence, less room[br]for subjectivity

1:15:44.406,1:15:46.852
in certain areas that[br]might have had it prior.

1:15:46.992,1:15:49.970
Again I'll be describing[br]this more so in a moment.

1:15:50.110,1:15:53.899
Also the programs themselves will be[br]available in an open source platform

1:15:54.039,1:15:57.016
for public input and review,[br]absolutely transparent.

1:15:57.156,1:15:59.323
And if someone noticed a problem

1:15:59.463,1:16:02.783
or unapplied optimization strategy,[br]which will probably be the case,

1:16:02.923,1:16:05.550
it is evaluated and[br]tested by the community

1:16:05.690,1:16:08.588
kind of like a Wikipedia[br]for calculation,

1:16:08.728,1:16:12.122
except much less[br]subjective than Wikipedia,

1:16:12.262,1:16:14.761
without the moody[br]administrators.

1:16:16.216,1:16:19.012
Another traditional confusion[br]surrounds the concept

1:16:19.152,1:16:22.179
which has become to many[br]the defining difference

1:16:22.319,1:16:25.124
between capitalism[br]and everything else.

1:16:25.264,1:16:28.435
And it has to do with whether[br]the means of production

1:16:28.575,1:16:30.549
is privately owned or not.

1:16:30.689,1:16:33.891
This is replete throughout[br]tons of traditional

1:16:34.830,1:16:37.939
literary treatments on[br]capitalism when they describe

1:16:38.079,1:16:41.887
how it's the ultimate manifestation[br]of human behavior, of society.

1:16:42.027,1:16:44.527
If you don't know what this[br]means, the means of production

1:16:44.627,1:16:48.677
refers to the non-human assets that[br]create goods such as machines,

1:16:48.890,1:16:51.981
tools, factories,[br]offices and the like.

1:16:52.121,1:16:54.465
In capitalism, the means[br]of production is owned

1:16:54.605,1:16:59.017
by the capitalist by historical[br]definition, hence the origin of the term.

1:16:59.157,1:17:02.759
I bring this up because there's been[br]an ongoing argument for a century

1:17:02.899,1:17:05.748
that any system which does not[br]have its means of production owned

1:17:05.888,1:17:10.576
as a form of private property is just not[br]going to be as economically efficient

1:17:10.716,1:17:13.677
as one that has or maybe[br]not even efficient at all.

1:17:13.817,1:17:18.027
This, as the argument goes, is[br]because of the need for price:

1:17:18.167,1:17:20.310
the price mechanism.

1:17:20.450,1:17:23.931
Price, which has a fluid ability

1:17:24.071,1:17:26.967
to exchange value amongst[br]virtually any type of good

1:17:27.107,1:17:31.598
due to its indivisibility of value,[br]creates indeed a feedback mechanism

1:17:31.738,1:17:35.423
that connects the entire market[br]system in a certain narrow way.

1:17:35.563,1:17:40.071
Price is a way to allocate scarce[br]resources amongst competing interests.

1:17:40.211,1:17:44.166
Price, property and money[br]translate, in short,

1:17:44.266,1:17:48.370
subjective demand preferences into[br]semi-objective exchange values.

1:17:48.795,1:17:53.754
I say "semi" because it is a[br]culturally relative measure only,

1:17:54.398,1:17:58.229
absent most every factor that gives[br]true technical consideration

1:17:58.370,1:18:00.299
to a given material or good.

1:18:00.439,1:18:03.098
It has nothing to do with what[br]the materials or goods are;

1:18:03.238,1:18:05.692
it's just a mechanism.

1:18:05.832,1:18:08.777
Perhaps the only real[br]technical data, in fact,

1:18:08.917,1:18:11.049
that price embraces very crudely

1:18:11.189,1:18:14.620
relates to resource[br]scarcity and labor energy.

1:18:14.760,1:18:16.684
Resource scarcity[br]and labor energy.

1:18:16.824,1:18:19.838
You can basically[br]find that in price.

1:18:19.978,1:18:22.599
So in this context the[br]question becomes:

1:18:22.740,1:18:25.133
Is it possible to create[br]a system that can

1:18:25.273,1:18:27.736
equally, if not[br]more efficiently,

1:18:27.876,1:18:32.014
facilitate feedback with respect[br]to consumer preference, demand,

1:18:32.154,1:18:35.505
labor value and resource[br]or component scarcity

1:18:35.645,1:18:40.538
without the price system, subjective[br]property values or exchange?

1:18:41.684,1:18:43.490
And, of course, there is.

1:18:43.630,1:18:46.920
The trick is to completely[br]eliminate exchange

1:18:47.060,1:18:50.475
and create a direct[br]control and feedback link

1:18:50.615,1:18:54.244
between the consumer and the[br]means of production itself.

1:18:54.384,1:18:57.241
The consumer becomes part[br]of the means of production

1:18:57.381,1:19:01.498
and the "industrial complex"[br]becomes nothing more than a tool

1:19:01.638,1:19:05.454
that is accessed by the[br]public to generate goods.

1:19:06.430,1:19:09.842
In fact as alluded to[br]prior, the same system

1:19:09.982,1:19:13.158
can be used for just about[br]any societal calculation,

1:19:13.298,1:19:16.084
virtually eliminating the[br]state government, in fact,

1:19:16.224,1:19:18.077
and politics as we know it.

1:19:18.217,1:19:21.659
It is a participatory[br]decision-making process.

1:19:22.597,1:19:26.624
As an aside, as far as the fact[br]that there will indeed always

1:19:26.764,1:19:29.087
be scarcity of something[br]in the world,

1:19:29.227,1:19:32.974
which is the very basis of existence[br]of price, market and money,

1:19:33.114,1:19:36.500
human beings can again either[br]understand the dire need

1:19:36.640,1:19:39.679
to exist in a steady-state[br]relationship with nature

1:19:39.819,1:19:42.588
and the global human[br]species for cultural

1:19:42.728,1:19:45.914
and environmental[br]sustainability, or not.

1:19:46.054,1:19:48.689
We can either continue down[br]the same path we are now

1:19:48.829,1:19:54.112
or become more aware, responsible[br]to the world and to each other,

1:19:54.252,1:19:57.739
seeking post-scarcity and using[br]natural law rules of sustainability

1:19:57.879,1:20:03.444
and efficiency to decide how to best[br]allocate our raw materials, or not.

1:20:03.584,1:20:06.979
But I think the former is[br]the most intelligent path.

1:20:07.892,1:20:10.438
I state that because again,[br]this resource argument

1:20:10.578,1:20:15.561
always comes down to the abstractions ...[br]of scarcity.

1:20:15.717,1:20:19.796
It never qualifies what scarcity[br]is in certain contexts.

1:20:19.928,1:20:22.950
It doesn't separate scarcity[br]and that's its fatal flaw,

1:20:23.090,1:20:25.458
between human needs[br]and human wants.

1:20:25.598,1:20:29.578
Also, I want to point[br]out another fallacy,

1:20:29.718,1:20:32.470
which of this private ownership[br]of the means of production,

1:20:32.610,1:20:35.249
a fallacy of this broad[br]concept is its culture lag!

1:20:35.755,1:20:39.340
Today we are seeing a[br]merger of capital goods,

1:20:39.480,1:20:41.846
consumer goods and labor power.

1:20:41.986,1:20:44.537
Machines are taking[br]over human labor power,

1:20:44.677,1:20:48.930
becoming capital goods,[br]while also reducing in size

1:20:49.070,1:20:51.091
to become consumer goods.

1:20:52.042,1:20:55.697
I'm sure almost everyone in this[br]room has a home paper printer.

1:20:55.837,1:20:58.129
When you send a file to[br]print from your computer,

1:20:58.269,1:21:02.476
you are in control of a mini-version[br]of a means of production.

1:21:03.271,1:21:04.959
What about 3D printers?

1:21:05.099,1:21:07.475
In some cities today there[br]are now 3D printing labs

1:21:07.615,1:21:12.513
which people can send their design[br]to print, in physical form.

1:21:12.653,1:21:15.703
The model I'm going to[br]describe is a similar idea.

1:21:15.843,1:21:18.092
The next step is the creation

1:21:18.232,1:21:20.871
of a strategically automated[br]industrial complex

1:21:21.011,1:21:23.266
localized as much as possible

1:21:23.406,1:21:26.199
which is designed to produce,[br]through automated means,

1:21:26.339,1:21:30.541
the average of everything any given[br]region has found demand for.

1:21:31.271,1:21:34.493
Think about it: on-demand[br]production on a mass scale.

1:21:34.988,1:21:37.218
Consider for a moment[br]how much storage space,

1:21:37.358,1:21:39.449
transport energy[br]and overrun waste

1:21:39.589,1:21:42.271
is immediately eliminated[br]by this approach.

1:21:42.411,1:21:45.543
I think the days of large,[br]wasteful mass producing economies

1:21:45.683,1:21:50.820
of scale are coming to an end,[br]well, if we want them to.

1:21:51.866,1:21:55.383
This type of thinking:[br]true economic calculation,

1:21:55.927,1:21:59.880
by the most technical sense of the[br]term, I can't reiterate that enough.

1:22:00.020,1:22:02.657
We are calculating to be as technically[br]efficient and conservative

1:22:02.757,1:22:07.455
as possible which again, almost[br]paradoxically, is what will facilitate

1:22:07.635,1:22:12.703
a global access abundance to[br]meet all human needs and beyond.

1:22:13.473,1:22:15.704
Structure and Processes.

1:22:15.844,1:22:18.635
I'm going to walk through[br]the following 3 processes:

1:22:18.775,1:22:21.789
(1) the collaborative design[br]interface and industrial schematic,

1:22:21.929,1:22:24.263
(2) resource management,[br]feedback and value

1:22:24.403,1:22:28.567
and (3) general principles of[br]sustainability and the macro-calculation.

1:22:30.209,1:22:33.940
The collaborative design interface[br]is essentially the new market;

1:22:34.080,1:22:36.060
it's a market of ideas.

1:22:36.200,1:22:39.152
This system is the first step[br]in any production interest.

1:22:39.292,1:22:43.358
It can be engaged by a single[br]person; it can be engaged by a team

1:22:43.498,1:22:45.897
if you have friends and you want[br]to put it together, sort of like

1:22:46.037,1:22:48.506
how businesses think; it can[br]be engaged by everyone.

1:22:48.646,1:22:50.799
It is open source[br]and open access,

1:22:50.940,1:22:54.641
and your concept is open to[br]input from anyone interested

1:22:54.781,1:22:58.977
in that good genre or anyone that's[br]online that cares to contribute.

1:22:59.797,1:23:02.291
Obviously it comes in the form[br]of a website, as I stated;

1:23:02.431,1:23:05.354
and likewise, whatever[br]exists as a final decision,

1:23:05.494,1:23:07.694
whatever is put into production,[br]even though in theory

1:23:07.799,1:23:09.812
everything will be under[br]modification at all times,

1:23:09.952,1:23:13.554
but what has been approved, if[br]you will, is digitally stored

1:23:13.694,1:23:17.053
in a database which makes that[br]good available to everyone.

1:23:17.193,1:23:19.184
Sort of like a goods catalog,

1:23:19.324,1:23:22.799
except it contains all of[br]the information digitally

1:23:22.939,1:23:25.261
that is required[br]to produce them.

1:23:25.401,1:23:27.828
This is how demand is assessed.

1:23:27.968,1:23:30.234
It's feedback and[br]it's immediate.

1:23:30.374,1:23:33.188
Instead, of course,[br]of advertising

1:23:33.328,1:23:37.778
and the unidirectional consumer[br]good proposal system, which it is,

1:23:37.918,1:23:41.538
that we have today where corporations[br]basically tell you what you should buy

1:23:41.678,1:23:44.234
with the public generally[br]going with the flow,

1:23:44.374,1:23:47.761
favoring one good component[br]or feature, using price,

1:23:47.901,1:23:51.021
if they don't like something then[br]clearly they won't produce it anymore

1:23:51.161,1:23:53.186
to weed out supply and demand.

1:23:53.326,1:23:55.211
This system works[br]the opposite way.

1:23:55.351,1:23:57.571
The entire community has the[br]option of presenting ideas

1:23:57.711,1:24:00.728
for everyone to see and[br]weigh in on and build upon.

1:24:00.868,1:24:04.349
Whatever isn't of interest simply[br]won't be executed to begin with.

1:24:04.490,1:24:07.097
There's no testing here such as[br]you would see with marketing,

1:24:07.237,1:24:10.222
which is incredibly wasteful.[br]It's as simple as that.

1:24:11.160,1:24:13.181
The actual mechanism of proposal

1:24:13.321,1:24:16.545
will come in the form of an[br]interactive design interface

1:24:16.685,1:24:20.927
such as we see with computer-aided[br]design, or CAD as it's called,

1:24:21.067,1:24:24.149
or more specifically[br]computer-aided engineering

1:24:24.289,1:24:27.494
which is a more complicated[br]synergistic process.

1:24:28.280,1:24:32.359
As an aside, some see computer-aided[br]design programs as they exist

1:24:32.499,1:24:35.215
as having an enormous[br]learning curve, and they do.

1:24:35.355,1:24:37.260
But just as the first computers

1:24:37.400,1:24:40.269
were very difficult[br]code-based interfaces

1:24:40.876,1:24:43.404
which were later replaced[br]by small little programs

1:24:43.544,1:24:46.286
in the form of graphic icons[br]that we're all so familiar with

1:24:46.426,1:24:50.903
the future CAD-type programs could[br]be oriented in the exact same way

1:24:51.043,1:24:53.423
to make them more user-friendly.

1:24:53.563,1:24:57.127
Obviously, not everyone[br]has to engage in design.

1:24:57.267,1:25:01.208
Some people, like most people today,[br]appreciate what's been created prior.

1:25:01.348,1:25:04.201
They absorb and they use what[br]other people have come up with.

1:25:04.341,1:25:07.363
So there's a diminishing law of returns[br]in a lot of ways, if you will.

1:25:07.503,1:25:10.892
Not everyone has to get in there[br]and has some role to do this.

1:25:11.032,1:25:13.698
But many will and many[br]will enjoy the process.

1:25:14.966,1:25:18.289
And you can customize things as[br]you go which is a great point.

1:25:18.430,1:25:21.185
There's minor things that can happen[br]with a product that someone doesn't know

1:25:21.285,1:25:23.785
anything about, but maybe they just[br]want to change the color and that's it.

1:25:23.899,1:25:26.399
Obviously, that doesn't[br]take a lot of education.

1:25:27.075,1:25:29.929
More importantly,[br]technically speaking,

1:25:30.070,1:25:33.582
the beauty of these design and[br]engineering programs today

1:25:33.722,1:25:36.556
is that they incorporate[br]advanced physics

1:25:36.696,1:25:39.773
and other real-world,[br]natural-law properties.

1:25:39.913,1:25:43.519
So a good isn't just viewable[br]in a static 3D model.

1:25:43.660,1:25:46.410
It can be tested, right[br]there, digitally.

1:25:46.550,1:25:49.050
And while some testing capacity[br]might be limited today,

1:25:49.156,1:25:52.929
it's simply a matter of focus[br]to perfect such digital means.

1:25:53.069,1:25:56.601
For example, in the automotive industry,[br]long before new ideas are built,

1:25:56.741,1:25:59.593
they run them through similar[br]digital testing processes,

1:25:59.733,1:26:01.595
and there's no reason to believe

1:26:01.735,1:26:04.818
that we will not eventually be[br]able to digitally represent

1:26:04.958,1:26:10.944
and imitate and set in motion virtually[br]all known laws of nature in time,

1:26:11.084,1:26:14.131
and being able to apply[br]them to different contexts.

1:26:15.138,1:26:17.565
Similarly, and this is critical,

1:26:18.235,1:26:22.249
this design that's proposed[br]in this system is filtered

1:26:22.706,1:26:26.811
through a series of sustainability[br]and efficiency protocols

1:26:26.951,1:26:30.597
which relate to not only the[br]state of the natural world

1:26:30.737,1:26:33.485
but also the total[br]industrial system,

1:26:33.625,1:26:35.598
in as far as what is compatible.

1:26:35.738,1:26:39.875
Processes of evaluation and suggestion[br]would include the following:

1:26:40.431,1:26:43.461
strategically[br]maximized durability,

1:26:43.601,1:26:45.231
adaptability,

1:26:45.371,1:26:48.246
standardization of[br]genre components,

1:26:48.386,1:26:52.656
strategically integrated recycling[br]conduciveness, as I mentioned before,

1:26:52.796,1:26:55.642
and strategically conducive[br]designs themselves,

1:26:55.782,1:26:58.808
making them conducive[br]for labor automation.

1:26:59.607,1:27:01.669
I'm going to go through[br]these, each quickly.

1:27:01.809,1:27:05.631
Durability just means to make the good as[br]strong and as long-lasting as relevant,

1:27:05.771,1:27:09.924
the materials utilized comparatively[br]assuming possible substitutions

1:27:10.064,1:27:12.210
due to levels of scarcity[br]or other factors

1:27:12.350,1:27:14.377
would be dynamically calculated

1:27:14.517,1:27:17.702
likely automatically, in[br]fact, by the design system

1:27:17.842,1:27:21.920
to be most conducive to an[br]optimized durability standard.

1:27:22.672,1:27:24.177
Adaptability.

1:27:24.317,1:27:26.752
This means that the highest[br]state of flexibility

1:27:26.892,1:27:29.517
for replacing component[br]parts is made.

1:27:29.657,1:27:32.747
Has anyone seen this thing[br]called "phonebloks?"

1:27:33.999,1:27:35.261
Brilliant.

1:27:35.401,1:27:38.570
In the event a component part[br]of this good becomes defective

1:27:38.670,1:27:41.967
or out-of-date, whenever[br]possible the design facilitates

1:27:42.097,1:27:44.395
that such components[br]are easily replaced

1:27:44.535,1:27:47.486
to maximize full[br]product life span.

1:27:48.226,1:27:51.585
Standardization of[br]genre components.

1:27:52.098,1:27:56.245
All new designs either conform to[br]or replace, if they're updated,

1:27:56.385,1:27:59.889
existing components which are[br]either already in existence

1:28:00.029,1:28:03.662
or outdated due to a comparative[br]lack of efficiency.

1:28:04.463,1:28:08.472
Many don't know this, but a[br]man named Eli Whitney in 1801

1:28:08.612,1:28:11.664
was the first to really apply[br]standardization in production.

1:28:11.804,1:28:14.379
He made muskets and back[br]then they were handmade,

1:28:14.520,1:28:16.819
and they were not interchangeable,[br]so the musket parts,

1:28:16.959,1:28:20.008
if anything broke, you couldn't[br]take a part from something else.

1:28:20.148,1:28:22.491
He was the first to actually[br]make the tools to do this,

1:28:22.631,1:28:26.013
and he basically started the[br]entire process of standardization,

1:28:26.153,1:28:29.497
and the US military was now able[br]to buy huge things of muskets

1:28:29.637,1:28:32.449
and interchanged them and,[br]much more sustainable,

1:28:32.589,1:28:34.982
even though they[br]were killing people.

1:28:35.850,1:28:38.350
Which is interesting for the military[br]because if you think about it,

1:28:38.450,1:28:41.551
the military is one of the most[br]efficient systems on the planet

1:28:41.690,1:28:43.816
because it's absent[br]the market economy.

1:28:43.956,1:28:46.889
If you really want to look to where[br]industrial efficiency was born,

1:28:47.029,1:28:50.629
as much as I dislike it, the[br]military is where it becomes,

1:28:51.186,1:28:53.560
where it's been harnessed[br]the most, excuse me.

1:28:53.700,1:28:57.431
Anyway, this logic not only[br]applies to a given product,

1:28:57.571,1:29:01.021
it's applied to the entire[br]good genre: standardization.

1:29:01.836,1:29:05.377
By the way, this efficiency will[br]never happen in a market economy

1:29:05.517,1:29:08.969
with its basis in competition,[br]as proprietary technology

1:29:09.109,1:29:12.528
removes all such collaborative efficiency.[br]No one wants that.

1:29:12.668,1:29:14.668
No one wants to share[br]everything like that.

1:29:14.800,1:29:17.966
Otherwise, people wouldn't have a[br]need to go back to the root company

1:29:18.069,1:29:20.206
and buy the part; they[br]would go somewhere else

1:29:20.346,1:29:23.189
where they'd have access[br]to it through other means.

1:29:23.650,1:29:25.555
Recycling conduciveness.

1:29:25.695,1:29:28.206
As noted before, this means[br]every design must conform

1:29:28.346,1:29:31.253
to the current state of[br]regenerative possibility.

1:29:31.393,1:29:34.372
The breakdown of any[br]good must be anticipated

1:29:34.512,1:29:37.563
and allowed for in the[br]most optimized way,

1:29:39.126,1:29:42.660
and made conducive for[br]labor automation.

1:29:43.111,1:29:45.889
This means that the current[br]state of optimized

1:29:46.029,1:29:49.487
automated production is[br]directly taken into account

1:29:49.627,1:29:52.165
seeking to refine the process-

1:29:52.305,1:29:55.081
excuse me- seeking to refine[br]the design that's submitted

1:29:55.221,1:29:57.946
to be most conducive to the[br]current state of production

1:29:58.086,1:30:01.762
with the least amount of[br]human labor or monitoring.

1:30:01.902,1:30:07.261
We seek to simplify the way materials[br]and production means are used

1:30:07.361,1:30:09.861
so that the maximum number[br]of goods can be produced

1:30:10.000,1:30:13.728
with the least variation of[br]materials and production equipment.

1:30:13.868,1:30:15.960
It's a very important point.

1:30:16.100,1:30:18.559
These five factors will be[br]what we can call in total

1:30:18.700,1:30:23.254
the optimized design-efficiency[br]function, if you want to be technical.

1:30:23.394,1:30:26.293
Keep this in mind as I'm going to[br]return to all of this in a moment.

1:30:27.643,1:30:30.658
Moving on to the industrial[br]complex, the layout.

1:30:30.798,1:30:34.152
This means that the network of[br]facilities, which are directly connected

1:30:34.292,1:30:37.432
to the design and the database[br]system I have just described.

1:30:37.573,1:30:41.445
Servers, production, distribution,[br]recycling is basically it.

1:30:41.870,1:30:45.828
Also, we'd need to relate the[br]current state of resources,

1:30:45.968,1:30:50.702
critically important, as per the[br]global resource management network,

1:30:50.842,1:30:54.936
another tier, which I'm going[br]to also describe in a moment.

1:30:55.843,1:30:59.607
Production- this means of[br]course actual manufacturing-

1:30:59.747,1:31:03.993
would evolve, as expressed[br]before, as automated factories

1:31:04.500,1:31:07.021
which are increasingly[br]able to produce more

1:31:07.161,1:31:11.050
with less material inputs and[br]less machines: ephemeralization.

1:31:11.190,1:31:15.424
If we were to consciously design out[br]unnecessary levels of complexity,

1:31:15.564,1:31:17.822
we can further this[br]efficiency trend greatly

1:31:17.962,1:31:21.398
with an ever-lower environmental[br]impact and resource use

1:31:21.538,1:31:25.206
while maximizing, again, our[br]abundance-producing potential.

1:31:25.750,1:31:27.833
The number of[br]production facilities,

1:31:27.973,1:31:30.755
whether homogeneous or heterogeneous,[br]as they would be called,

1:31:30.895,1:31:33.537
would be strategically[br]distributed topographically

1:31:33.677,1:31:36.420
based around population[br]statistics, very simple stuff.

1:31:36.560,1:31:38.731
It's no different than how[br]grocery stores work today

1:31:38.871,1:31:41.102
where they try to average[br]distances as best they can

1:31:41.242,1:31:43.496
between pockets of people[br]and neighborhoods.

1:31:43.636,1:31:45.966
You could call this the[br]'Proximity Strategy'

1:31:46.106,1:31:48.630
which I'll mention[br]again in a moment.

1:31:48.770,1:31:50.050
Distribution.

1:31:50.190,1:31:53.076
This can either be directly[br]from the production facility

1:31:53.216,1:31:56.793
as in the case of on-demand[br]custom one-off production,

1:31:56.933,1:31:59.665
or it can be sent to a[br]distribution library

1:31:59.805,1:32:02.372
for public access en masse,

1:32:02.512,1:32:05.249
based on demand interest[br]in that region.

1:32:05.389,1:32:08.678
The library system is where[br]goods can be obtained.

1:32:09.416,1:32:12.023
Some goods can be[br]conducive to low demand

1:32:12.163,1:32:14.588
and custom production[br]and some will not be.

1:32:14.728,1:32:17.717
Food is an easy example of a[br]mass production necessity,

1:32:17.857,1:32:19.952
while a personal tailored[br]piece of furniture

1:32:20.092,1:32:23.550
would come directly from the[br]manufacturing facility once created.

1:32:24.604,1:32:26.817
I suspect that this[br]on-demand process,

1:32:26.957,1:32:31.629
which will likely become equally[br]as utilized as mass production,

1:32:31.769,1:32:33.904
will be an enormous advantage.

1:32:34.044,1:32:36.556
As noted, on-demand[br]production is more efficient

1:32:36.696,1:32:40.359
since the resources are going to be[br]utilized for the exact-use demand,

1:32:40.500,1:32:43.783
as opposed to the block[br]things that we do today.

1:32:46.800,1:32:50.000
Distribution Library.

1:32:50.436,1:32:53.505
Inventory is accessed in a[br]dynamic direct feedback link

1:32:53.645,1:32:56.706
between production,[br]distribution and demand.

1:32:56.846,1:32:59.259
If that doesn't make sense to you,[br]all you have to think about is

1:32:59.400,1:33:01.701
how inventory accounting[br]and tracking works

1:33:01.841,1:33:04.808
in any major commercial[br]distribution center today

1:33:04.948,1:33:07.059
with, of course, a few[br]adjustments made in this model.

1:33:07.200,1:33:09.660
We're already doing this[br]type of stuff already.

1:33:09.800,1:33:12.559
Regardless of where the[br]good is classified to go,

1:33:12.699,1:33:16.090
whether it's custom or not,[br]libraries or to the direct user,

1:33:16.230,1:33:18.355
this is still an access system.

1:33:18.495,1:33:21.684
In other words, at any time[br]the user of the custom good

1:33:21.824,1:33:24.190
can return the item[br]for reprocessing,

1:33:24.330,1:33:28.400
just as the person who obtained something[br]from the library can, as well.

1:33:28.838,1:33:31.133
Since, as noted, the good[br]has been pre-optimized

1:33:31.273,1:33:33.473
(all goods are pre-optimized[br]for conducive recycling)

1:33:33.627,1:33:36.956
odds are the recycling facility[br]is actually built directly in

1:33:37.096,1:33:40.382
to the production facility or the[br]genre of production facility,

1:33:40.522,1:33:43.741
depending on how many facilities you[br]need to create the variety of demand.

1:33:44.954,1:33:47.257
So again, there's no trash[br]here: whether it's a phone,

1:33:47.397,1:33:49.481
a couch, a computer,[br]a jacket, a book,

1:33:49.621,1:33:53.046
everything goes back to where it came[br]back from, for direct reprocessing.

1:33:53.186,1:33:56.319
Ideally this is a[br]zero-waste economy.

1:33:57.906,1:34:00.913
Resource Management,[br]Feedback and Value.

1:34:01.053,1:34:04.540
The computer-aided and[br]engineering design process

1:34:04.680,1:34:06.771
obviously does not[br]exist in a vacuum.

1:34:06.911,1:34:12.439
Processing demands input from the[br]natural resources that we have.

1:34:13.496,1:34:17.442
So connected to this design[br]process, literally built into the

1:34:17.582,1:34:20.695
optimized design-efficiency[br]function noted prior,

1:34:20.835,1:34:24.070
is dynamic feedback from an[br]Earth-wide accounting system

1:34:24.210,1:34:26.855
which gives data about[br]all relevant resources

1:34:26.995,1:34:29.274
which pertain to[br]all productions.

1:34:29.414,1:34:32.465
Today, most major industries[br]keep periodic data

1:34:32.605,1:34:35.124
of their genre materials as[br]far as how much they have,

1:34:35.264,1:34:37.264
but clearly it's[br]difficult to ascertain

1:34:37.380,1:34:40.470
due to the nature of corporate[br]secrets and the like.

1:34:41.238,1:34:43.075
But it's still done.

1:34:43.215,1:34:47.589
To whatever degree ...[br]technically possible this is,

1:34:47.948,1:34:50.272
all resources are[br]tracked and monitored,

1:34:50.412,1:34:52.756
and in as close to real[br]time ideally as possible.

1:34:52.896,1:34:56.331
Why? Mainly because we need[br]to maintain equilibrium

1:34:56.471,1:34:59.308
with the Earth's regenerative[br]processes at all times

1:34:59.448,1:35:02.781
while also, as noted before,[br]work to strategically maximize

1:35:02.921,1:35:05.559
our use of the most[br]abundant materials

1:35:05.700,1:35:08.715
while minimizing anything[br]with emerging scarcity.

1:35:10.160,1:35:11.565
Value.

1:35:11.705,1:35:14.780
As far as value, the[br]two dominant measures,

1:35:14.920,1:35:17.539
which will undergo constant[br]dynamic recalculation

1:35:17.679,1:35:20.039
through feedback as[br]industry unfolds,

1:35:20.179,1:35:23.166
[are] scarcity and[br]labor complexity.

1:35:24.104,1:35:26.507
Scarcity value without[br]a market system

1:35:26.647,1:35:30.473
could be assigned a numerical[br]value, say one to 100.

1:35:30.613,1:35:32.731
One would denote the[br]most severe scarcity

1:35:32.871,1:35:36.298
with respect to the current rate[br]of use, and 100 the least severe.

1:35:36.438,1:35:39.346
50 would mark the[br]steady-state dividing line.

1:35:39.486,1:35:42.085
For example, if the use[br]of wood lumber passes

1:35:42.225,1:35:44.654
below the steady[br]state level of 50,

1:35:44.794,1:35:47.209
which would mean consumption is[br]currently surpassing the Earth's

1:35:47.349,1:35:49.811
natural regeneration[br]rate, this would trigger

1:35:49.951,1:35:52.026
a counter-move of some kind,

1:35:52.166,1:35:55.970
such as the process of[br]material substitution,

1:35:56.110,1:35:59.805
hence the replacement for wood[br]in any given future productions,

1:35:59.945,1:36:02.069
finding alternatives.

1:36:02.482,1:36:05.146
And of course, if you are a free[br]market mindset listening to this,

1:36:05.286,1:36:08.493
you are likely going to object at[br]this point by saying "Without price,

1:36:08.633,1:36:12.247
how can you compare value of one[br]material to another or many materials?"

1:36:12.387,1:36:19.302
Simple: you organize genres or[br]groups of similar-use materials

1:36:19.442,1:36:23.255
and quantify, as best you can,[br]their related properties

1:36:23.395,1:36:27.020
and degree of efficiency[br]for a given purpose,

1:36:27.160,1:36:29.660
and then you apply a general[br]numerical value spectrum

1:36:29.774,1:36:31.968
to those relationships, as well.

1:36:32.869,1:36:35.512
For example, there are[br]a spectrum of metals

1:36:35.652,1:36:39.150
which have different efficiencies[br]for electrical conductivity.

1:36:39.591,1:36:41.591
These efficiencies[br]can be quantified,

1:36:41.710,1:36:44.292
and if they can be quantified,[br]they can be compared.

1:36:44.432,1:36:49.923
So if copper goes below the 50[br]median value regarding its scarcity,

1:36:50.063,1:36:52.869
calculations are triggered[br]by the management program

1:36:53.010,1:36:57.033
to compare the state of other[br]conducive materials in its database,

1:36:57.173,1:36:59.878
compare their scarcity level[br]and their efficiency,

1:37:00.018,1:37:02.401
preparing for substitution,[br]and that kind of information

1:37:02.541,1:37:04.865
goes right back to the designer.

1:37:05.848,1:37:09.279
Naturally, this type of reasoning might[br]indeed get extremely complicated

1:37:09.379,1:37:13.395
as again: numerous resources and[br]numerous efficiencies and purposes

1:37:13.575,1:37:16.819
which is exactly why it is[br]calculated by a machine, not people.

1:37:16.959,1:37:19.839
And it's also why it completely blows[br]the price system out of the water

1:37:19.979,1:37:24.508
when it comes to true resource[br]awareness and intelligent management.

1:37:25.829,1:37:27.917
Labor Complexity.

1:37:28.057,1:37:32.200
This simply means estimating the[br]complexity of a given production.

1:37:32.825,1:37:36.502
Complexity, in the context of[br]an automated-oriented industry,

1:37:36.642,1:37:39.810
can be quantified by[br]defining and comparing

1:37:39.950,1:37:42.901
the number of process[br]stages, if you will.

1:37:43.680,1:37:46.355
Any given good production[br]can be foreshadowed

1:37:46.495,1:37:50.136
as to how many of these stages[br]of production it will take.

1:37:50.276,1:37:52.827
It can then be compared to[br]other good productions,

1:37:52.967,1:37:56.728
ideally in the same genre, for[br]a quantifiable assessment.

1:37:56.868,1:37:59.820
The units of measurement are[br]the stages, in other words.

1:37:59.960,1:38:02.420
For example, a chair that can[br]be molded in three minutes

1:38:02.560,1:38:05.101
from simple polymers in one[br]process will have a lower

1:38:05.241,1:38:09.032
labor complexity value than a chair[br]which requires automated assembly

1:38:09.172,1:38:13.098
down a more tedious production[br]chain with mixed materials.

1:38:13.961,1:38:16.893
In the event a given process[br]value is too complex

1:38:17.033,1:38:20.497
or inefficient in terms of what is[br]currently possible in production,

1:38:20.637,1:38:24.351
or too inefficient by comparison[br]to an already existing design

1:38:24.491,1:38:28.205
of a similar nature as well, the[br]design, along with other parameters,

1:38:28.345,1:38:31.565
would be flagged and[br]would be re-evaluated.

1:38:31.705,1:38:35.088
And again, all of this comes from[br]feedback from the design interface;

1:38:35.228,1:38:38.188
and there's no reason to assume[br]that with ongoing advancement

1:38:38.328,1:38:40.631
in AI (artificial intelligence),

1:38:40.771,1:38:44.112
we wouldn't be able to feedback not[br]only the highlight of the problem

1:38:44.252,1:38:46.962
but would also create[br]suggestions or substitutions

1:38:47.102,1:38:49.955
for you to understand[br]in the interface.

1:38:51.661,1:38:53.888
[Macro]-Calculation.

1:38:54.282,1:38:56.743
Let's put some of this[br]reasoning together.

1:38:56.883,1:38:59.477
I hope everyone[br]can bear with me.

1:38:59.617,1:39:01.800
If we were to look[br]at good design

1:39:01.940,1:39:05.272
in the broadest possible way with[br]respect to industrial unfolding,

1:39:05.412,1:39:08.500
we would end up with about[br]four functions or processes

1:39:08.640,1:39:12.371
each relating to the four dominant,[br]linear stages of design,

1:39:12.511,1:39:14.896
production, distribution[br]and recycling.

1:39:15.036,1:39:19.212
The following propositions should be[br]obvious enough as a rule structure.

1:39:19.352,1:39:22.806
All product designs must adapt[br]to optimized design efficiency.

1:39:22.946,1:39:26.308
They must all adapt to optimized[br]production efficiency.

1:39:26.448,1:39:29.089
They must adapt to optimized[br]distribution efficiency,

1:39:29.230,1:39:31.969
and they must adapt to optimized[br]recycling efficiency.

1:39:32.109,1:39:35.366
Seems redundant, but this is[br]how we have to think about it.

1:39:35.506,1:39:39.350
Here is a linear block schematic and[br]the symbolic logic representation

1:39:39.490,1:39:42.217
which embodies the[br]subprocesses or functions

1:39:42.357,1:39:44.490
I'm now going to very[br]generally break down.

1:39:46.453,1:39:48.985
Process 1: The Design.

1:39:49.125,1:39:51.172
Optimized Design Efficiency.

1:39:51.312,1:39:55.631
A product design must meet[br]or adapt to criteria set

1:39:55.771,1:39:59.516
by what we have called the[br]current efficiency standards.

1:39:59.656,1:40:04.176
This efficiency process has[br]five evaluative subprocesses,

1:40:04.750,1:40:07.114
as noted before earlier[br]in the presentation:

1:40:07.254,1:40:10.555
durability, adaptability,[br]standardization,

1:40:10.695,1:40:14.134
recycling conduciveness, maximized[br]automation conduciveness.

1:40:16.580,1:40:19.448
Further breakdown of these[br]variables and logical associations

1:40:19.588,1:40:21.848
can be figuratively made[br]as well, of course,

1:40:21.988,1:40:24.999
which I don't think is conducive[br]for this type of presentation

1:40:25.139,1:40:28.723
because we're going to get lost[br]in ever- reductionist minutia.

1:40:29.192,1:40:33.055
But for more detail this stuff will[br]be developed much more and be put

1:40:33.195,1:40:36.290
into this text as I've just described[br]which will be available for free.

1:40:36.430,1:40:40.439
I'm going to try to do my best to give[br]the general efficiency process here.

1:40:40.983,1:40:43.650
In the end, when it comes to this[br]Design Efficiency process set,

1:40:43.790,1:40:47.641
we end up with this design[br]function at the top.

1:40:48.881,1:40:52.550
Just to see it, I'll list all of[br]the function meanings at the end.

1:40:54.339,1:40:58.501
We move on to process 2:[br]Production Efficiency.

1:40:58.641,1:41:01.348
In short, this is[br]the digital filter

1:41:01.488,1:41:05.747
that moves design to one of two[br]production facility types.

1:41:06.383,1:41:08.577
One for high demand[br]or mass goods

1:41:08.717,1:41:11.361
and one for low demand[br]or custom goods.

1:41:11.501,1:41:14.049
The first uses fixed automation,

1:41:14.189,1:41:18.017
meaning unvaried production[br]ideal for high demand,

1:41:18.157,1:41:20.556
and the second:[br]flexible automation

1:41:20.696,1:41:23.864
which can do a variety of things,[br]but usually in shorter runs.

1:41:24.004,1:41:26.004
This is a distinction[br]that's commonly made

1:41:26.107,1:41:28.223
in traditional[br]manufacturing terms.

1:41:28.663,1:41:32.111
This structure assumes only[br]two types of facilities.

1:41:32.251,1:41:35.698
Obviously there could be more,[br]based on the production factors.

1:41:35.838,1:41:39.101
But if the design rules in[br]the process are respected,

1:41:39.241,1:41:41.746
as expressed before, there[br]shouldn't be much variety.

1:41:41.886,1:41:44.967
Over time things get[br]simpler and simpler.

1:41:46.093,1:41:48.423
So to state this, I'm just going[br]to run through it for those that

1:41:48.563,1:41:50.619
like to hear things[br]spelled out like this.

1:41:50.759,1:41:52.802
All product designs[br]are filtered by a

1:41:52.942,1:41:56.360
demand class[br]determination: process D;

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the demand class determination[br]process filters

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based on the standards set for[br]low demand or high demand.

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All low consumer[br]demand product designs

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are to be manufactured by the[br]flexible automation process,

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all high consumer[br]demand product designs

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are manufactured by the[br]fixed automation process.

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Also both the manufacturing[br]of low consumer demand

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and high consumer[br]demand product designs

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will be regionally allocated[br]as per the proximity strategy

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of the manufacturing facility.[br]This simply means

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you keep things as close to you as[br]possible, as close to the average

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of any given demand as far as what[br]type of facility you're using.

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And this will change over[br]time as populations change,

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so you keep updating.

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Process 3.

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Once process 2 is finished, the[br]product design is now a product

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and it moves towards optimized[br]distribution efficiency.

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In short, all products are[br]allocated based on the prior

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demand class determination[br]as noted before,

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so low consumer demand products[br]follow a direct distribution process,

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high consumer demands follow[br]the mass distribution process

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which would likely be the[br]libraries in that case.

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Both low consumer demand and high[br]consumer demand products will be

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regionally allocated per the[br]proximity strategy, as noted before.

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And process 4, very simple, the[br]product undergoes its life span.

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Ideally it's been updated and[br]adapted; ideally it's been used

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to the highest degree and made as advanced[br]as it could within its life cycle.

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Once it's done it becomes void[br]and moves on to process 4

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which is simply optimized[br]recycling efficiency.

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All voided products will[br]follow a regenerative protocol

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which is a subprocess that[br]clearly I'm not going to go into

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because it's deeply complicated

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and is the role of engineers[br]to develop over time.

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This is just a simple[br]macro representation;

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again these subvariables or subprocesses[br]go on to quite a large degree.

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Keeping all of this in mind, again,[br]a lot of this will be in the text

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and hopefully others, I[br]think, can see this stuff,

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that are fluent with this[br]type of thinking, and hone in

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and perfect these equations[br]and relationships.

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What I tried to do here[br]is to give a broad sense

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of how this type[br]of thing unfolds.

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As a concluding statement,[br]more or less, the way

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this extrapolation of[br]sustainability and efficiency-

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it's really quite a[br]simple logical thing.

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You don't have to be a rocket scientist[br]to see how things work on this level.

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Creating a real program[br]that can factor in

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what are hundreds if not thousands[br]of subprocesses in algorithmic form,

1:44:24.290,1:44:27.548
as they pertain to such an[br]economic complex is indeed

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a massive project in and of itself,[br]but it's more of a tedious project.

1:44:31.371,1:44:33.714
You don't need to be a genius[br]to figure this stuff out.

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I think this is an excellent[br]think-tank program

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for anyone out there that's[br]interested in projects.

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I have a number of little projects[br]that I'm trying to get going

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when I have time; one is simply[br]called The Global Redesign Institute,

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which is a macroeconomic[br]approach to redesign

1:44:46.225,1:44:48.579
the entire surface of[br]the planet, basically.

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And in this other programming concept,[br]we create an open-source platform

1:44:51.764,1:44:53.899
where people can begin to[br]engineer this very program

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that I'm describing.

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That's it. I was going to make[br]a conclusion to this talk

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but it was already way too long.

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So I just hope this gives a deeper[br]understanding of the model,

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how it could work and[br]thank you for listening.

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[Applause]