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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.67,0:00:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello, my name is Franky.\NI work also with
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.53,0:00:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an organization called The Zeitgeist\NMovement as you already know.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.51,0:00:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to\Nwelcome everybody
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.16,0:00:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from far and wide; everybody did come.\NThank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.18,0:00:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to take this\Nopportunity to especially thank
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.10,0:00:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the teams of The\NZeitgeist Movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.70,0:00:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teams meaning the Linguistic Team,\Nthe Web Team, the Technology Team,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.91,0:00:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Activism Team and also\Nthe Project Team that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.20,0:00:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coordinated this project.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.79,0:00:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole German chapter\Ndid a great job
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.09,0:00:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with establishing this\Nevent within a month.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.34,0:00:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to thank\Neverybody personally.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.23,0:00:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good to see you here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.34,0:00:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think Peter Joseph doesn't\Nneed any introduction.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.37,0:00:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think everybody\Nhere knows who he is.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.83,0:00:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, short and\Nprecise: thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.18,0:01:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hand the microphone\Nover to Peter.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.85,0:01:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Sustained Applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.22,0:01:17.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can turn this mic off since\NI'm not going to use it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.15,0:01:20.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah, so it's the other mic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.51,0:01:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How's everybody doing? [Audience in unison]\N- Good!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.40,0:01:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really appreciate\Nyou all being here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.47,0:01:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to thank Franky\Nand the Berlin team
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.32,0:01:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for moving so fast;\Nit's really phenomenal.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.89,0:01:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having put on many events myself over\Nthe years, it's not an easy task.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.19,0:01:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm always reminded when\NI travel these days,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.64,0:01:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that The Zeitgeist Movement is truly a\Nglobal phenomenon at this stage, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.02,0:01:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter where any of\Nus end up on the planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.73,0:01:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't have to go very far to find\Nfriends who share similar values
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.74,0:01:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this pursuit of\Na better world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.83,0:01:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The title of this talk\Nis "Economic Calculation
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.21,0:02:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a Natural Law/Resource-Based\NEconomy (NLRBE)."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.24,0:02:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the past five years or so
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.30,0:02:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Zeitgeist Movement has put out\Nquite a bit of educational media
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.95,0:02:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with respect to its advocation,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.13,0:02:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the learning curve\Nhas been rather intense.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.57,0:02:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's been a\Ntendency to generalize
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.13,0:02:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with respect to how things\Nactually work technically.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.55,0:02:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the contents\Nof this presentation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.33,0:02:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Part I and two\NI'm going to refine
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.42,0:02:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the inherent flaws of the\Ncurrent market model
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.04,0:02:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regarding why we need to change
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.02,0:02:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with relaying\Nthe vast prospects
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.43,0:02:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we now have to solve\Nvast problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.49,0:02:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,improve efficiency, and\Ngenerate a form of abundance
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.89,0:02:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that could meet all human needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.83,0:02:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The active term which has gained\Npopularity in the last couple years
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.08,0:02:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is called "post-scarcity,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.40,0:02:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though that word is a little\Nmisleading semantically as I'll explain.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.48,0:02:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Part III, I'll work to\Nshow how this new society
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.77,0:02:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generally works in its structure\Nand basic calculation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.84,0:02:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think most people on the planet\Nknow that there is something
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.66,0:02:59.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very wrong with the current\Nsocioeconomic tradition.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.59,0:03:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They just don't know how to\Nthink about the solution,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.87,0:03:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or more accurately, how to\Narrive at such solutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.51,0:03:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until that is addressed, we're\Nnot going to get very far.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.30,0:03:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On that note, in a number of\Nmonths, a rather substantial text
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.57,0:03:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to be put into\Ncirculation, available for free
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.80,0:03:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also in print\Nform or download form
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.30,0:03:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at cost (it's a\Nnon-profit expression).
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.87,0:03:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will be finished hopefully\Nby the first of the year
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.42,0:03:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and will be the definitive\Nexpression (in the condensed form)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.60,0:03:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Movement, something\Nthat's been long overdue.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.98,0:03:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called "The Zeitgeist Movement\NDefined" and it will serve as both
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.69,0:03:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an orientation and\Na reference guide.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.75,0:03:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will have probably over a\Nthousand footnotes and sources.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.36,0:03:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once finished, an educational\Nvideo series will be put out
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.29,0:03:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in about 20 parts to produce the\Nmaterial along with a workbook
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.57,0:03:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help people who want to learn how\Nto talk about these ideas because
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.13,0:03:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we basically need more people\Non an international level
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.56,0:03:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to communicate,\Nas I try to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.66,0:03:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a very important thing, and I\Nthink the future of the Movement
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.05,0:04:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rests in part on our capacity\Nto create a well-oiled
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.61,0:04:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,international educational machine\Nwith consistent language
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.97,0:04:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coupled with real design projects\Nand their interworkings.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.70,0:04:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Part I: Why are we even here?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.42,0:04:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this type of\Nlarge-scale change-
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.53,0:04:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the Movement\Nadvocates- really needed?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.96,0:04:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can't we just work to fix\Nand improve the current
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.86,0:04:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,economic model, keeping the\Ngeneral framework of money,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.16,0:04:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trade, profit, power,\Nproperty and the like?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.86,0:04:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The short answer is\Na definitive "No,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.75,0:04:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I'm going to explain.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.68,0:04:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there's any real interest\Nto solve the growing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.57,0:04:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,public health and\Nenvironmental crises at hand
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.18,0:04:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this system needs to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.32,0:04:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Market capitalism, no matter\Nhow you wish to regulate it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.47,0:04:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or not regulate it, depending\Non who you speak with,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.39,0:04:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contains severe structural flaws
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.07,0:04:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which will always, to\None degree or another,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.59,0:05:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perpetuate environmental\Nabuse and destabilization,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.78,0:05:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and human disregard and\Ncaustic inequality.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.95,0:05:08.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put another way, environmental\Nand social imbalance
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.05,0:05:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a basic lack of sustainability\Nboth environmentally and culturally
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.03,0:05:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is inherent to the market economy,\Nand it always has been.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.62,0:05:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The difference between capitalism\Ntoday and say, the 16th century
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.20,0:05:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that our technological\Nability to rapidly accelerate
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.80,0:05:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and amplify this market process
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.56,0:05:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has brought to the surface consequences\Nwhich simply couldn't be understood
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.33,0:05:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even recognized during\Nthose early primitive times.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.28,0:05:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, the basic\Nprinciples of market economics
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.10,0:05:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have always been\Nintrinsically flawed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.60,0:05:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has taken just this long for\Nthe severity of those flaws
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.18,0:05:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come to fruition.\NLet me explain a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.88,0:05:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From an environmental\Nstandpoint,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.36,0:05:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,market perception simply\Ncannot view the Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.54,0:05:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as anything but an inventory\Nfor exploitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.20,0:06:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because the entire\Nexistence of the market economy
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.19,0:06:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to do with keeping\Nmoney in circulation
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.61,0:06:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at a rate which can keep as many\Npeople employed as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.91,0:06:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, the world economy\Nis powered by constant consumption.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.76,0:06:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If consumption levels drop,\Nso does labor demand,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.11,0:06:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so does the available purchasing\Npower of the general population
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.25,0:06:24.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hence, so does demand for goods\Nas money isn't there to buy them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.99,0:06:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This cyclical consumption\Nis the lifeblood
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.54,0:06:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our economic existence.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.96,0:06:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The very idea of being\Nconservative or truly efficient
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.12,0:06:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the Earth's finite\Nresources in any way
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.04,0:06:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is structurally\Ncounterproductive
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.15,0:06:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to this needed driving\Nforce of consuming.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.57,0:06:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't believe\Nthat, ask yourself why
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.41,0:06:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,virtually every life support system\Non this planet is in decline.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.71,0:06:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have an ongoing loss of topsoil,\Never-depleting fresh water,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.99,0:06:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,atmospheric and climate\Ndestabilization,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.31,0:06:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a loss of oxygen-producing\Nplankton in the ocean
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.29,0:07:02.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(which is critical to marine\Nand atmosphere ecology),
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.57,0:07:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ongoing depletion\Nof fish populations,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.67,0:07:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reduction of rain\Nforests, and so forth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.46,0:07:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, an overall general\Nloss of critical biodiversity
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.47,0:07:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is occurring and increasing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.49,0:07:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For those not familiar with the\Ncritical relevance of biodiversity,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.33,0:07:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,billions of years of evolution
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.95,0:07:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has created a vastly interdependent\Nbiosphere of planetary systems.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.81,0:07:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disturbing one system always\Nhas an effect on many others.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.66,0:07:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This, of course, is\Nno new observation.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.22,0:07:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2002, 192 countries in\Nassociation with the United Nations
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.30,0:07:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,got together around something called "The\NConvention on Biological Diversity."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.73,0:07:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They made a public commitment to\Nsignificantly reduce this loss by 2010.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.02,0:07:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what changed eight years later?\NNothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.92,0:07:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In their official 2010\Npublication, they state:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.15,0:08:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"None of the 21 sub-targets\Naccompanying the overall target
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.85,0:08:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of significantly reducing the\Nrate of biodiversity loss by 2010
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.08,0:08:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be said definitively to\Nhave been achieved globally."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.31,0:08:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Actions to promote biodiversity\Nreceive a tiny fraction of funding
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.23,0:08:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compared to infrastructure and\Nindustrial developments."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.43,0:08:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Hmm, I wonder why?)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.49,0:08:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Moreover, biodiversity\Nconsiderations are often ignored
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.87,0:08:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when such developments\Nare designed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.25,0:08:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most future scenarios project\Ncontinuing high levels of extinctions
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.79,0:08:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and loss of habitats\Nthroughout this century."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.98,0:08:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a 2011 study published\Nwhich was in part
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.55,0:08:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a response to an general call to\Nisolate and protect certain regions
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.81,0:08:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to insure some security\Nof this biodiversity,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.92,0:08:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found that, even with millions of\Nsquare kilometers of land and ocean
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.63,0:08:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,currently under legal protection,\Nit has done very little
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.41,0:08:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to slow the trend of decline.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.43,0:09:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They also made the following\Nhighly troubling conclusion
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.94,0:09:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,combining this trend with the state\Nof our resource consumption:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.08,0:09:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The excess use of the Earth's\Nresources or overshoot is possible
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.13,0:09:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because resources can be harvested\Nfaster than they can be replaced.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.69,0:09:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cumulative overshoot\Nfrom the mid-1980's to 2002
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.85,0:09:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resulted in an 'ecological debt'
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.39,0:09:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would require 2.5\Nplanet Earths to pay.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.00,0:09:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a business-as-usual scenario,\Nour demands on planet Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.93,0:09:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could mount to the productivity\Nof 27 planets by 2050."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.78,0:09:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's no shortage of other\Ncorroborating studies that confirm,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.99,0:09:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to one degree or another, we are\Nindeed greatly overshooting
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.33,0:09:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the annual production\Ncapacity of the Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.91,0:09:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coupled with pollution and\Ncollateral destruction
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.95,0:09:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,caused by industrial\Nand consumer patterns.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.11,0:09:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, this kind of research has\Nbeen published for many decades now.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.03,0:10:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is it that with all\Nthis mounting data
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.46,0:10:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can't seem to curb\Nlife support depletion
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.51,0:10:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our overshooting\Nconsumption trends?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.92,0:10:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it because there are too\Nmany people on the planet?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.51,0:10:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it because we're just\Nutterly incompetent
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.37,0:10:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have no conscious\Ncontrol over our actions?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.05,0:10:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No. The problem is that we have a global\Neconomic tradition still in place
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.57,0:10:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rooted in 16th century pre-industrial\Nhandicraft-oriented thought
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.00,0:10:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that places the\Nact of consuming,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.29,0:10:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,buying and selling as the core\Ndriver of all social unfolding.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.00,0:10:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The best analogy I can think of is\Nto consider the gas pedal on a car:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.06,0:10:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more consumption of\Nfuel, the faster it goes,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.93,0:10:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and buying things in\Nour world is the fuel.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.39,0:10:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you slow down consumption,\Neconomic growth slows,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.82,0:10:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people lose jobs,\Npurchasing power declines
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.04,0:10:53.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and things become\Ndestabilized and so forth.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.40,0:10:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I hope it is clear that the system\Nsimply does not reward or even support
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.10,0:11:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environmental sustainability\Nin the form of conservation.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.86,0:11:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it doesn't even reward\Nsustainability in the form
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.71,0:11:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of any kind of earthly\Nor physical efficiency
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.80,0:11:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I will talk more at\Nlength of in a moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.64,0:11:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, it rewards servicing,\Nturnover and waste:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.22,0:11:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more problems and\Ninefficiencies we have,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.64,0:11:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to mention the more\Ninsecure, materialistic
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.06,0:11:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and needy the population becomes,\Nthe better it is for industry,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.41,0:11:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the better it is for GDP, the\Nbetter it is for employment,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.57,0:11:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of the fact\Nthat we may literally
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.67,0:11:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be killing ourselves\Nin the process.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.90,0:11:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My friend John McMurtry, a philosopher\Nin Canada, refers to this state
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.75,0:11:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the "Cancer Stage\Nof Capitalism,"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.96,0:11:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a system which is now destroying\Nits host, us and the Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.11,0:11:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost unknowingly because very\Nfew today really understand
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.80,0:11:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how unsustainable the core driving\Nprinciples of the market really are.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.37,0:12:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second structurally inherent\Nconsequence I want to mention
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.18,0:12:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the fact that market\Ncapitalism is indeed
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.04,0:12:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,empirically socially\Ndestabilizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.99,0:12:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It creates unnecessary\Nand inhumane inequality,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.09,0:12:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with resulting\Nunnecessary human conflict.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.44,0:12:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I would say\Ncapitalism's most natural state
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.22,0:12:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is conflict and imbalance.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.11,0:12:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would categorize two forms\Nof conflict in the world:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.80,0:12:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,national and class.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.50,0:12:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to spend much time\Non the causes of national warfare
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.33,0:12:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it should be fairly obvious\Nto most of us at his point.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.86,0:12:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sovereign nations which are in\Npart protectionist institutions
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.96,0:12:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the most powerful forces\Nof business have often engaged
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.29,0:12:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the most primal act of\Ncompetition- systematic mass murder-
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.68,0:12:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to preserve the economic\Nintegrity of their national economies
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.44,0:12:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and select business interests\Nwhich invariably comprise
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.16,0:13:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the political constituency\Nof any given country.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.13,0:13:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All wars in history, while often\Nconveniently masked by various excuses,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.68,0:13:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have predominately been about\Nland, natural resources,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.77,0:13:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or geoeconomic strategy\Non one level or another.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.48,0:13:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The state institution\Nhas always been driven
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.25,0:13:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by commercial and property interests,\Nexisting as both a regulator
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.31,0:13:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the basic day-to-day\Ninternal economic operations
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.70,0:13:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the form of legislation and as\Na tool for power consolidation
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.65,0:13:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and competitive advantage by\Nthe most dominant industries
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.60,0:13:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the national or even, in fact\Nmore importantly, global economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.43,0:13:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many people in the world that\Nstill look at this causality in reverse.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.40,0:13:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some economic views, state government\Nis deemed the central problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.58,0:13:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as opposed to the self-interest and\Ncompetitive, advantage-seeking ethos
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.93,0:13:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inherent to market capitalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.19,0:13:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the argument goes "If state power\Nwas removed or reduced dramatically,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.00,0:14:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the market and society would be free\Nof most of its negative effects."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.65,0:14:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem with this\Nargument is that it forgets
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.99,0:14:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that capitalism is just a\Nvariation of a scarcity-driven
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.35,0:14:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,specialization and\Nproperty-based exchange system,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.27,0:14:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a system which actually goes back\Nmillennia in one form or another.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.17,0:14:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Early settlements naturally needed\Nto protect themselves as resource
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.63,0:14:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and land acquisition\Nmoved forward over time.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.05,0:14:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Armies were created to protect resources\Nfrom invading forces and the like.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.71,0:14:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same time people\Nwere working to engage
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.79,0:14:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,agriculture and handicraft,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.51,0:14:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it revealed labor and exchange\Nvalue in a very primitive form.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.66,0:14:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hence property value, in the\Nmidst of this scarcity,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.24,0:14:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demanded regulation and laws,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.76,0:14:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only to protect property,\Nbut to protect commerce
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.40,0:14:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also avoid scams and\Nfraud in transactions.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.80,0:14:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the seed of the state!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.20,0:15:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The market is a game\Nand people can cheat.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.80,0:15:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need regulation.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.76,0:15:05.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the basic problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.76,0:15:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The market also allows-\Nand here's the punchline-
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.00,0:15:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that regulation to be\Npurchased by money.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.14,0:15:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, there is no\Nguaranteed integrity.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.34,0:15:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The state and the market\Nboth battle each other
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.86,0:15:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and compliment each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.93,0:15:23.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will always have regulatory\Npower centers in a market economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.79,0:15:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The state and the\Nmarket are inseparable;
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.81,0:15:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they go hand-in-hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.16,0:15:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, as an aside, people\Noften challenge this reality
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.90,0:15:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with moral or ethical arguments,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.75,0:15:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, I'm sorry to say, are\Nentirely culturally subjective.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.54,0:15:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a world where\Neverything is for sale,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.00,0:15:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the reward reinforcement,\Nthe operant condition,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.80,0:15:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is directly tied to seeking\Npersonal advantage and gain,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.09,0:15:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is to say where the lines\Nshould be drawn in that process?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.27,0:16:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why moral principles\Nwithout structural reinforcement
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.39,0:16:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are useless.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.94,0:16:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the end, the question isn't what\Nis morally right or morally wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.72,0:16:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question is what\Nworks and what doesn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.82,0:16:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes it takes\Na great deal of time
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.92,0:16:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the truth of such\Npatterns to materialize.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.30,0:16:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, most\Npeople, rightly so, see
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.19,0:16:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abject human slavery historically\Nas a morally wrong condition,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.21,0:16:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but let's dig deeper into the\Ncharacteristics and think more deeply.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.37,0:16:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it is much more productive to\Nrecognize that slavery didn't work
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.00,0:16:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the sense that it was\Nculturally unsustainable.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.00,0:16:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bigotry in all forms\Nis not just ugly,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.80,0:16:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is culturally unsustainable\Nbecause it generates conflict.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.97,0:16:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not aware of any\Nslave-owning society
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.50,0:16:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that did not undergo\Nlarge slave rebellions.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.53,0:16:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's unstable and again,\Ntherefore, unsustainable.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.90,0:16:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Market capitalism is\Non the same path.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.70,0:16:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are more slaves\Nin the world today,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.48,0:17:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,operating within the bounds\Nof the market economy,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.76,0:17:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than anytime in human history.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.16,0:17:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have little doubt that if we get\Nthrough this rough period of time
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.20,0:17:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without destroying\Nourselves by war,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.81,0:17:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uprisings or\Necological collapse,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.40,0:17:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people in the future will look back at\Nour world today with the same disgust
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.31,0:17:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regarding our human-rights-violating\Neconomic system
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.55,0:17:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we today look back upon the\Nperiod of abject human slavery.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.00,0:17:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Class Warfare.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.15,0:17:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This leads as well into the\Nsubject of class warfare
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.89,0:17:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and socioeconomic inequality.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.54,0:17:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The long history of so-called "socialist"\Noutcry has largely been about
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.03,0:17:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this constant and inhumane\Nimbalance on one level or another.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.88,0:17:47.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A great deal of time has been spent\Nby many critics of capitalism,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.14,0:17:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,describing how it is indeed\Na system of exploitation,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.04,0:17:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which inherently separates a society\Ninto stratified economic layers
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.35,0:18:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a higher class given dominance\Nover the lower, structurally.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.55,0:18:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's structurally\Nbuilt right in.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.69,0:18:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're one of those people that\Ndoesn't agree with this reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.74,0:18:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ask yourself why there has been\None labor strike after another
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.54,0:18:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the past 300 years, why worker\Nunions even exist, why CEOs
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.62,0:18:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often tend to make hundreds of times\Nmore money than the common worker,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.09,0:18:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or why 46% of the world's\Nwealth is now owned by 1%,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.24,0:18:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are almost exclusively\Nof what we could call
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.05,0:18:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the capitalist ownership class.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.61,0:18:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inequality and class separation\Nis a direct mathematical result
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.67,0:18:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the market's inherently\Ncompetitive orientation,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.82,0:18:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which divides individuals\Nin small groups
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.39,0:18:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they work to compete against each\Nother for survival and security.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.59,0:18:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is entirely\Nindividualistically oriented,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.76,0:18:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,driven by a core incentive system based\Naround isolated self-preservation,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.22,0:18:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assuming the need to constantly\Nreinforce one's security financially
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.62,0:18:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since the market climate (the environment)\Ngives no certainty whatsoever
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.39,0:19:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of well-being in and of\Nitself: fear and greed.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.80,0:19:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rich get richer because\Nthe model favors them,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.13,0:19:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the poor basically\Nstay the same
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.73,0:19:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the system works\Nagainst them by comparison.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.00,0:19:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is structurally classed.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.71,0:19:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those with more money have more options\Nand influence than those with less.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.40,0:19:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are only as\Nfree, as they say,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.88,0:19:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as your purchasing power\Nwill allow you to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.58,0:19:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The credit system is\Na perfect example.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.37,0:19:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Money is treated as nothing\Nmore than a product
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.35,0:19:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the credit/banking system.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.40,0:19:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Money is sold by banks\Nvia loans for profit
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.19,0:19:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which comes in the\Nform of interest.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.33,0:19:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you miss payments or\Nviolate your contract,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.00,0:19:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often the interest rate, does what?\NIt goes up
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.70,0:19:45.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you are now considered\Na higher risk consumer.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.39,0:19:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you fail to meet that\Ninterest or future payments,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.07,0:19:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might default on the loan.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.52,0:19:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your punishment is the ruining of\Nyour credit rating or reputation
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.49,0:19:57.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the financial circles.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.15,0:20:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once that happens, your financial\Nflexibility is even more stifled
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.85,0:20:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as your economic\Naccess is limited.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.29,0:20:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People see this as just\N"the way things are"
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.94,0:20:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they don't realize\Nhow insidious this is.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.07,0:20:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This pounds the lower\Nclasses to stay low
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.29,0:20:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for reasons and forces of coercion\Nthat are built into the structure
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.76,0:20:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are beyond their control!\NI could give many other examples.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.20,0:20:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything in this system works\Nagainst you if you're not affluent
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.40,0:20:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this society. And guess what?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.00,0:20:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These financial policies\Nwere created by ...
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.55,0:20:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self-interest-oriented\Nmarket logic,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.68,0:20:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not some politician\Nor some government.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.49,0:20:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I won't even go into the fact\Nthat the interest charged
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.25,0:20:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the sale of money today doesn't\Neven exist in the money supply itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.60,0:20:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which creates a kind of\Nsystem-based social coercion
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.44,0:20:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forcing in the inevitability\Nof credit default over time,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.70,0:20:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with acts of economic\Ndesperation such as
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.34,0:21:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,selling property you rather would\Nnot, to meet your basic needs
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.00,0:21:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or taking labor positions\Nthat you do not appreciate.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.22,0:21:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The market generates desperation\Nas its method of coercion.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.65,0:21:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This leads into another very\Ncommon "free market" confusion
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.27,0:21:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I often see in the very popular\Nlaissez-faire community.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.63,0:21:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They talk about free trade as\Ntrade that is entirely voluntary
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.83,0:21:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as though such a thing could ever\Nexist in an empirical sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.75,0:21:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All decisions to trade come\Nfrom influences and pressures.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.65,0:21:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only perhaps the super rich,\Nwho literally have no need
Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.45,0:21:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to worry about basic\Nsurvival due to their wealth
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.71,0:21:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could possibly be said to engage in\Nthe act of voluntary free trade.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.83,0:21:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For 99% of the world, we either\Ntrade or we don't survive,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.92,0:21:50.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that pressure is\Nempirically coercive.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.17,0:21:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And no, it doesn't\Nhave to be that way,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.70,0:21:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the whole point\Nof this new social model.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.00,0:21:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So with all that aside, and\Nwith this understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.08,0:22:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that wealth inequality is\Ninherent to capitalism itself
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.92,0:22:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- you can't regulate it out -
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.00,0:22:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the main issue I want to address\Nhere has to do with what
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.60,0:22:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,class separation and social\Ninequality does to us
Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.71,0:22:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the context of public health.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.65,0:22:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It isn't just a simple issue of\Nsome having more than others,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.66,0:22:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and others suffering the\Nmere material inconvenience,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.29,0:22:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or pressure to engage in labor or\Ntrade they'd rather not have to.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.00,0:22:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It goes way beyond that.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.00,0:22:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Socioeconomic\Ninequality is a poison,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.58,0:22:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a form of destabilizing\Npollution
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.65,0:22:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that affects people's psychological and\Nphysiological health in profound ways,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.70,0:22:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while also very often accumulating\Nanger towards other groups,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.42,0:22:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hence, that generation\Nof social instability.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.79,0:22:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The best term I know of that embodies\Nthis issue is "structural violence."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.00,0:22:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I put a gun to\Nsomeone's head,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.24,0:23:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say a 30-year-old healthy male,\Npull the trigger and kill him,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.22,0:23:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assuming an average life\Nexpectancy of say 84,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.30,0:23:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can argue that\Npossibly 54 years of life
Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.52,0:23:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was stolen from that person\Nin a direct act of violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.43,0:23:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, if a person\Nis born into poverty
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.10,0:23:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the midst of an\Nabundant society
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.56,0:23:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it is statistically proven\Nthat it would hurt no one
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.86,0:23:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to facilitate meeting the\Nbasic needs of that person,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.92,0:23:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet they die at the age\Nof 30 due to heart disease
Dialogue: 0,0:23:25.02,0:23:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has been found to statistically\Nrelate to those who endure
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.75,0:23:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the stress and effects of\Nlow socioeconomic status –
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.57,0:23:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that death, the removal of those\N54 years again, an act of violence?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.08,0:23:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer is "yes, it is."
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.45,0:23:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our legal system has\Nconditioned us to think
Dialogue: 0,0:23:44.90,0:23:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that violence is a\Ndirect behavioral act.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.63,0:23:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is that\Nviolence is a process,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.05,0:23:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not an act, and it\Ncan take many forms.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.30,0:23:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cannot separate any outcome from\Nthe system by which it is oriented.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.11,0:24:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is virtually absent\Nfrom the way people think
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.68,0:24:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about cause-and-effect in\Na socioeconomic system.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.12,0:24:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The effects of market\Ncapitalism cannot be reduced-
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.01,0:24:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or I should say cannot\Nbe deduced- logically
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.15,0:24:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from local or\Nreductionist examination.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.68,0:24:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[It's] like things are\Nworking like a clock:
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.20,0:24:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the market is a synergistic system,\Nthe economy is a synergistic system,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.90,0:24:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the behavior of the whole, meaning\Nlarge-scale social consequences
Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.20,0:24:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as the perpetuation\Nof inequality or violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.61,0:24:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can only be assessed in\Nrelationship to that whole.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.70,0:24:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why there has been\None big dichotomy between
Dialogue: 0,0:24:38.18,0:24:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what market theorists think is\Nsupposed to happen in their world
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.30,0:24:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what is actually happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.84,0:24:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, there is no doubt\Nthat poverty and social inequity
Dialogue: 0,0:24:48.22,0:24:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is and has been causing a vast\Nspectrum of public health problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.12,0:24:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both in the context of absolute\Ndeprivation, which means not having
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.15,0:24:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the money to simply meet up with\Nbasic needs such as nutrition,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.05,0:25:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the context of\Nrelative deprivation,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.06,0:25:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a psychological\Nphenomenon related to the stress-
Dialogue: 0,0:25:07.29,0:25:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the psychosocial stress-\Nof simply living
Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.30,0:25:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a highly-stratified society.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:14.26,0:25:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the greatest predictors\Nof reduced public health
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.93,0:25:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is now to be found\Nas social inequity,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.81,0:25:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social inequality.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.52,0:25:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you compare developed nations\Nby the level of wealth inequality
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.98,0:25:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will find that those more equal\Nnations have much better health
Dialogue: 0,0:25:32.24,0:25:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than those with less equality.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.82,0:25:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This includes physical\Nhealth, mental health,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.38,0:25:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drug abuse, educational levels,\Nimprisonment, obesity,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:41.17,0:25:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social mobility, trust or social\Ncapital, community life, violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.58,0:25:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teen pregnancies, and child\Nwell-being on average.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.42,0:25:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These outcomes are\Nsignificantly worse
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.93,0:25:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in more unequal rich countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:56.05,0:25:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, if you tried to reduce\Nand analyze a single person
Dialogue: 0,0:26:00.07,0:26:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for any of these noted\Npublic health factors,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.12,0:26:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could never know for sure if\Nthat person is actually a victim
Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.85,0:26:12.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the psycho-stress or the absolute\Nor relative violence condition itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.51,0:26:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The causality can\Nonly be understood
Dialogue: 0,0:26:14.80,0:26:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the large scale,\Nprobabilistically,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.33,0:26:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the importance\Nof statistical analysis.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.25,0:26:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So again, the market\Ncan only be perceived
Dialogue: 0,0:26:24.51,0:26:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a whole to gauge the\Ntruth of its effects.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.23,0:26:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why our legal system\Nis so base and primitive.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:34.17,0:26:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That aside, I would like to detail a few\Nmore examples of structural violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.71,0:26:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it obviously takes\Nmany more forms.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.50,0:26:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we see 1.5 million children die\Neach year from diarrheal diseases-
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.44,0:26:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an utterly preventable\Nproblem that isn't resolved
Dialogue: 0,0:26:49.45,0:26:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to a financial\Nlimitation across the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.48,0:26:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are seeing the murder of 1.5\N[million] children by a system
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.90,0:26:58.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is so inefficient in\Nits process it cannot make
Dialogue: 0,0:26:59.14,0:27:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the proper resources available\Nin certain regions,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:02.59,0:27:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though that they are there.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:04.91,0:27:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Drug addiction, which\Nhas become a plague
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.47,0:27:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of modern society across the\Nworld, not only causing death,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:11.41,0:27:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also a spectrum of suffering, has\Nbeen found to have roots in stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.33,0:27:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to do with a lack\Nof support which creates
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.06,0:27:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a psychological chain\Nreaction that leads to
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.34,0:27:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fill your feelings of pain\Nwith self-medication.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.93,0:27:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will rarely find a study\Non addiction patterns
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.59,0:27:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that does not see a\Ndirect correlation
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.79,0:27:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to unstable life\Nconditions and stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.95,0:27:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is perhaps poverty's most\Ndominant psychological feature?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.50,0:27:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Feelings of insecurity\Nand humility.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:43.70,0:27:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even the vast majority of\Nbehavioral violence as we know it
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.99,0:27:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,arises due to preconditions\Nwhich have been tied
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.64,0:27:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to poverty-induced\Ndeprivation and abuse.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:52.88,0:27:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Former head of the Study of Violence\Nat Harvard, Dr. James Gilligan,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:57.26,0:27:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a prison psychiatrist\Nfor many decades
Dialogue: 0,0:27:59.80,0:28:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,analyzing the reasons for extreme\Nacts of murder and the like.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.24,0:28:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In virtually all cases, high levels\Nof deprivation, neglect, and abuse
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.26,0:28:11.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,occurred in the life history of the offenders.\NAnd guess what?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:11.77,0:28:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Poverty is the single\Nbest predictor
Dialogue: 0,0:28:15.22,0:28:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of child abuse and neglect.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.71,0:28:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a US study, children\Nwho lived in families
Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.12,0:28:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an annual income\Nless than $15,000
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.42,0:28:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are 22 times more likely\Nto be abused or neglected
Dialogue: 0,0:28:26.05,0:28:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than children living in families with\Nan annual income of $30,000 or more.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.25,0:28:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aristotle said "Poverty is the\Nparent of revolution and crime."
Dialogue: 0,0:28:38.32,0:28:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gandhi said "Poverty in the\Nworst form of violence."
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.15,0:28:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The interesting thing\Nabout all this is
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.50,0:28:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we are all possible\Nvictims of its effects,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.95,0:28:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for every time you hear\Nabout an act of theft,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:50.58,0:28:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,violence, murder, or the like,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.96,0:28:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chances are the origins of\Nthat behavior were born
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.19,0:28:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of a preventable\Nform of deprivation.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:58.70,0:29:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say preventable because today
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.93,0:29:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is absolutely no technical\Nreason for any human being
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.05,0:29:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live in poverty and\Nresource deprivation.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.62,0:29:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Solving social inequality is\Nnot just a nice thing to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.46,0:29:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is a true public\Nhealth imperative.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.11,0:29:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like making sure our\Nwater isn't polluted,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:15.83,0:29:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we don't get diseases.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.70,0:29:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And each of us have no idea when\Nwe might be subjected to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:21.68,0:29:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the violence bred by\Nthis deprivation.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.100,0:29:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a form of blowback.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.60,0:29:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like how some social\Ntheorists think about the reasons
Dialogue: 0,0:29:30.80,0:29:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for modern terrorism\Nfrom abused countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:33.94,0:29:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A country like the United\NStates bombs some town;
Dialogue: 0,0:29:36.50,0:29:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people in that town lose everything.\NCertain people are deeply affected
Dialogue: 0,0:29:39.90,0:29:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find no other\Nemotional recourse
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.21,0:29:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to act in the most violent\Nway that can in revenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.29,0:29:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next thing you know, a bomb\Nexplodes at a coffee shop in your city,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.56,0:29:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,killing your sibling.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:52.56,0:29:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In short, if you want to produce a\Nviolent criminal or gang mentality,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.82,0:29:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let them be raised in an environment\Nwhere they are reinforced
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.05,0:30:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the sense that society\Ndoesn't care about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:03.60,0:30:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And hence they have no need\Nto care about society.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:07.19,0:30:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the trademark,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.04,0:30:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the core characteristic,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:11.45,0:30:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the capitalist social order.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.19,0:30:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a final aside before I move on,\NI find it incredibly interesting
Dialogue: 0,0:30:18.72,0:30:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the vast majority of the\Ncivil rights institutions today,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.33,0:30:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or human rights\Ninstitutions today,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:24.88,0:30:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which still demand more race, gender,\Ncreed and political equality,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:30.46,0:30:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tend to do very little to address\Nthe roots of economic inequality.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:35.61,0:30:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a very interesting contradiction.\NI'm firmly convinced
Dialogue: 0,0:30:38.48,0:30:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that as time moves forward,\Neconomic equality will morph
Dialogue: 0,0:30:41.88,0:30:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the same role as\Ngender and race equality,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.69,0:30:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where meeting human needs and\Nfacilitating a high standard of living
Dialogue: 0,0:30:50.36,0:30:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be an issue of human\Nrights, not market expedience,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:56.87,0:30:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the social Darwinism\Nto which it is based.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:00.51,0:31:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Part II: Post-Scarcity.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:03.77,0:31:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to spend\Na moment clarifying
Dialogue: 0,0:31:06.06,0:31:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what an "Abundance Focused\NSociety" actually means
Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.00,0:31:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and give some tangible,\Nstatistical extrapolations
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.50,0:31:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to confirm this potential.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:16.40,0:31:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Natural Law/Resource-Based\NEconomy is not a utopia.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:20.63,0:31:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Zeitgeist Movement seeks a high,\Nrelative, sustainable abundance
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.67,0:31:29.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relieving the most relevant\Nforms of scarcity.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:29.63,0:31:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many who hear such distinctions\Nimmediately dismiss
Dialogue: 0,0:31:32.54,0:31:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such qualifications\Nas mere opinion.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:35.32,0:31:38.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact is, it's not opinion\Nwhen it comes to life support
Dialogue: 0,0:31:38.53,0:31:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or empirical human needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:41.68,0:31:43.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Relative sustainable abundance
Dialogue: 0,0:31:43.95,0:31:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means seeking more than enough to\Nmeet all human needs and beyond
Dialogue: 0,0:31:48.38,0:31:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while keeping\Necological balance.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.00,0:31:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most relevant forms of\Nscarcity means we differentiate
Dialogue: 0,0:31:55.80,0:31:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between scarcity as it\Nrelates to human needs
Dialogue: 0,0:31:58.50,0:32:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and scarcity as it\Nrelates to human wants,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:01.37,0:32:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they are not the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:03.43,0:32:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, market logic\Npretends that they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:06.68,0:32:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The market cannot separate\Nneeds from wants.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:09.95,0:32:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this gets to the root of the\Nlife-blind, value-system disorder
Dialogue: 0,0:32:14.54,0:32:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which continues to\Ndistort our culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:18.14,0:32:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The logic goes like\Nthis: If there exists
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.98,0:32:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any form of scarcity of\Nanything on any level,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:24.00,0:32:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we need money and the\Ncompetitive market to regulate it.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:29.31,0:32:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me explain this\Na little bit more.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.46,0:32:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of our international lecture\Nteam members, Matt Berkowitz,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:34.16,0:32:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did a radio interview with a very popular\NAustrian economist a little while back,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:38.62,0:32:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when the subject of scarcity came\Nup this economist responded with
Dialogue: 0,0:32:42.95,0:32:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Not everyone can have a\Nfancy steak or a Ferrari!"
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.22,0:32:50.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was his definitive view\Nof what scarcity means.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:51.20,0:32:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that may be true.\NNot every human being
Dialogue: 0,0:32:54.39,0:32:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can have a 500-room mansion with\Nthree jets parked in the front lawn,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:58.64,0:33:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with half the continent of\NAfrica as his or her back yard.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.13,0:33:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In theory, we could\Nconjure up anything
Dialogue: 0,0:33:05.82,0:33:09.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and use such luxury-based\Nscarcity defenses
Dialogue: 0,0:33:09.29,0:33:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to support the existence\Nof the competitive market.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:13.06,0:33:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what are human needs?\NAre they subjective?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.78,0:33:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Human needs have been created
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.20,0:33:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the process of our physical\Nand psychological evolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:23.40,0:33:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not meeting these virtually empirical\Nneeds results, as noted before,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:28.10,0:33:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a statistically predictable\Ndestabilizing spectrum
Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.38,0:33:36.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of physical, mental\Nand social disorders.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:37.33,0:33:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Human wants, on the other hand,\Nare cultural manifestations
Dialogue: 0,0:33:41.43,0:33:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which have undergone enormous subjective\Nchange over the course of time,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:45.76,0:33:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,revealing in truth something\Nof an arbitrary nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:49.08,0:33:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This isn't to say neurotic\Nattachments can't be made to wants,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:53.84,0:33:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much so that they start\Nto take the role of needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:57.57,0:34:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a phenomenon that occurs readily\Nin our materialistic society, in fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:02.00,0:34:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is exactly why the previously\Nnoted wealth-imbalance issues,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:06.08,0:34:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,namely the\Npsychosocial-stress response
Dialogue: 0,0:34:08.64,0:34:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resulting from social\Ncomparison, is what it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:12.51,0:34:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a part of our evolutionary\Npsychology in many ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:16.04,0:34:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is partly why more\Nunequal societies also
Dialogue: 0,0:34:18.90,0:34:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the more unhealthy societies,\Nbecause we perpetuate it.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:23.54,0:34:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Zeitgeist Movement is not promoting\Nan infinite universal abundance
Dialogue: 0,0:34:26.94,0:34:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all things, which is clearly\Nimpossible on a finite planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:30.30,0:34:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather, it promotes a "post-scarcity'"\Nor "abundance" worldview,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:34.37,0:34:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an active recognition of the\Nnatural limits of consumption
Dialogue: 0,0:34:38.10,0:34:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the planet while\Nseeking equilibrium.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:42.65,0:34:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what separates the world\Ntoday from the world of the past
Dialogue: 0,0:34:45.79,0:34:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that our scientific and\Ntechnological capacity
Dialogue: 0,0:34:48.54,0:34:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has reached an accelerating\Npoint of efficiency
Dialogue: 0,0:34:51.25,0:34:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where creating a high standard of\Nliving for all the world's people
Dialogue: 0,0:34:54.94,0:34:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on current cultural\Npreferences, in fact,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:57.65,0:35:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is now possible within these\Nsustainable boundaries
Dialogue: 0,0:35:01.35,0:35:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without the destructive need to\Ncompete through the market mechanism.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:06.80,0:35:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is made by what has been\Ncalled "ephemeralization,"
Dialogue: 0,0:35:10.63,0:35:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a term coined by engineer R.\NBuckminster Fuller,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:14.38,0:35:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the recognition\Nis very simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:16.48,0:35:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The amount of resources and energy\Nneeded to achieve any given task
Dialogue: 0,0:35:20.40,0:35:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has constantly\Ndecreased over time,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:22.86,0:35:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while the efficiency of that task\Nhas increased, paradoxically.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:27.70,0:35:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An example is wireless\Nsatellite communication
Dialogue: 0,0:35:30.30,0:35:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which uses exponentially\Nless materials
Dialogue: 0,0:35:32.80,0:35:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than traditional\Nlarge-gauge copper wire
Dialogue: 0,0:35:35.83,0:35:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is more versatile\Nand effective.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:39.32,0:35:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, we are doing\Nmore with less continually,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:42.77,0:35:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this trend can be noticed in all\Nareas of industrial development
Dialogue: 0,0:35:45.100,0:35:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from computer processing\Nor Moore's Law
Dialogue: 0,0:35:48.42,0:35:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the rapid acceleration of human\Nknowledge or information technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:56.02,0:35:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it isn't just\Nphysical goods.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:58.00,0:36:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It also applies to\Nprocesses or systems.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:00.67,0:36:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, the labor system,\Nvia automation today,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:03.20,0:36:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shows the exact same pattern.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:05.25,0:36:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Industry has become more\Nproductive with less people,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:09.90,0:36:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ever-increasing\Nmachine performance,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:12.26,0:36:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with ever-decreasing energy and\Nmaterial needs over time per operation.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:18.60,0:36:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a brief tangent,\Nsome might have noticed
Dialogue: 0,0:36:21.42,0:36:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I keep saying this phrase
Dialogue: 0,0:36:24.04,0:36:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"High Standard of Living.\N" What does that mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:26.66,0:36:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who is to say what a high\Nstandard of living should be?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:29.71,0:36:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer to that question\Nis not "who," it is "what."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:33.34,0:36:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And "what" determines\Nour standard of living
Dialogue: 0,0:36:36.60,0:36:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the current state of\Ntechnology in many ways,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:39.37,0:36:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what is required to keep
Dialogue: 0,0:36:41.90,0:36:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social and environmental\Nsustainability on a finite planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:45.69,0:36:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's basically the equation.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:48.94,0:36:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we as a society wish to keep the\Nvalue of constant materialism,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:52.49,0:36:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growth, and consumption, promoting\Nthe virtue of having infinite wants
Dialogue: 0,0:36:57.24,0:37:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we might as well just\Nkill ourselves right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:00.17,0:37:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as that is going to be the end\Nresult if we continue to push past
Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.10,0:37:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the limits of the physical world with\Nrespect to our resource exploitation
Dialogue: 0,0:37:06.78,0:37:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the loss of biodiversity.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:09.26,0:37:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I want to make it very clear:\Nthis new economic proposal
Dialogue: 0,0:37:12.20,0:37:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't just about seeing how the\Nmarket is obsolete per se,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:15.33,0:37:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given our new powerful awarenesses\Nof technical efficiency;
Dialogue: 0,0:37:19.28,0:37:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is also about the\Nfact that we need
Dialogue: 0,0:37:22.51,0:37:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get out of the market\Nparadigm as fast as we can
Dialogue: 0,0:37:26.48,0:37:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before it causes\Neven more damage.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:30.63,0:37:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, Post-Scarcity.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:32.70,0:37:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The four categories I want to\Ncover in detail regarding this
Dialogue: 0,0:37:35.48,0:37:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are food, water, energy,\Nand material goods.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:38.60,0:37:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please note that for\Nfood, energy, and water
Dialogue: 0,0:37:41.38,0:37:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is actually a very\Nconservative assessment,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:44.77,0:37:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using statistics and\Nmeasures based only
Dialogue: 0,0:37:47.78,0:37:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on existing methods that have\Nbeen put into industrial use,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:51.38,0:37:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not theoretical things that\Npeople talk about all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:54.76,0:37:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all I'm going to\Ndo is scale this out,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:57.17,0:37:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,applying a systems\Ntheory context.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:00.22,0:38:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Food.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:01.59,0:38:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the United Nations, one\Nout of every eight people on Earth-
Dialogue: 0,0:38:04.31,0:38:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nearly one billion people- suffer\Nfrom chronic undernourishment.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:10.64,0:38:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet it is admitted that there\Nis enough food produced today
Dialogue: 0,0:38:13.76,0:38:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by traditional market\Nmethods alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:15.98,0:38:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to provide everyone in the world with\Nat least 2,720 kilocalories per day
Dialogue: 0,0:38:20.90,0:38:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is more then enough to\Nmaintain basic health for most.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:24.48,0:38:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, just in\Nprinciple right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:27.05,0:38:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the existence of such a large-scale\Nnumber of chronically hungry people
Dialogue: 0,0:38:30.87,0:38:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reveals at a minimum that there\Nis something fundamentally wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:38:34.36,0:38:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the global industrial\Nand economic process.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:39.19,0:38:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the Institution\Nof Mechanical Engineers,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:42.90,0:38:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It is estimated that\N30-50% of all food produced
Dialogue: 0,0:38:46.55,0:38:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never reaches a human stomach
Dialogue: 0,0:38:48.80,0:38:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this figure does not reflect\Nthe fact that large amounts
Dialogue: 0,0:38:51.39,0:38:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of land, energy, fertilizers,\Nand water have also been lost
Dialogue: 0,0:38:55.20,0:38:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the production of foodstuffs\Nwhich simply end up as waste."
Dialogue: 0,0:39:00.70,0:39:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While there is certainly an\Nimperative to consider the relevance
Dialogue: 0,0:39:03.40,0:39:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these waste patterns, it\Nappears that the most effective
Dialogue: 0,0:39:06.47,0:39:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and practical means to overcome\Nthis global deficiency entirely
Dialogue: 0,0:39:10.42,0:39:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to update the system\Nof food production itself
Dialogue: 0,0:39:14.00,0:39:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the most strategic\Nlocalization
Dialogue: 0,0:39:17.10,0:39:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to reduce the waste\Ncaused by inefficiencies
Dialogue: 0,0:39:21.06,0:39:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the current\Nglobal supply chain.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:24.33,0:39:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps the most promising of these\Narrangements is something called
Dialogue: 0,0:39:27.24,0:39:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vertical farming which I\Nassume many are familiar with.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:30.28,0:39:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vertical farming has been put\Nto test in a number of regions
Dialogue: 0,0:39:32.75,0:39:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with extremely promising results\Nregarding efficiency and conservation.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:36.58,0:39:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This method of abundant food\Nproduction will not only
Dialogue: 0,0:39:39.17,0:39:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use less resources per unit\Noutput, causing less waste,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:43.18,0:39:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a reduced\Necological footprint,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:45.40,0:39:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,increase food quality\Nand the like,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:47.60,0:39:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it will also use less\Nsurface of the planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:50.73,0:39:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uses less land area\Nthan we're doing today.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:53.80,0:39:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can even be done offshore-\Nit's that versatile-
Dialogue: 0,0:39:57.70,0:40:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enabling types of food as well,\Nthat certain climates and regions
Dialogue: 0,0:40:00.54,0:40:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply couldn't produce\Nbecause it's enclosed.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:03.86,0:40:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A vertical farm system in\NSingapore, for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:06.70,0:40:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,custom built, a\Ntransparent enclosure,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:08.90,0:40:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uses a closed loop\Nautomated hydraulic system
Dialogue: 0,0:40:11.50,0:40:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rotate the crops in\Ncircles between sunlight
Dialogue: 0,0:40:14.76,0:40:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and organic nutrient treatment,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:16.76,0:40:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,costing only about $3 a month in\Nelectricity for each enclosure.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:22.72,0:40:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This system also has\Nreported to have 10 times
Dialogue: 0,0:40:26.18,0:40:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more productivity per square\Nfoot than conventional farming,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:30.10,0:40:33.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again, using much less water,\Nlabor, and fertilizer.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:34.30,0:40:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Students at Columbia\NUniversity in the US
Dialogue: 0,0:40:37.31,0:40:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,determined that in order to feed\N50,000 people, a 30-story farm
Dialogue: 0,0:40:41.76,0:40:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,built on the size of a basic\Ncity block would be needed,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:45.08,0:40:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is about 6.4 acres.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:47.35,0:40:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we extrapolate this in the context\Nof the city of Los Angeles, California
Dialogue: 0,0:40:51.04,0:40:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(where I'm coming from) with a\Npopulation of about 4 million,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:54.76,0:40:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a total acreage\Nof about 318,000
Dialogue: 0,0:40:58.57,0:41:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would take roughly 78\Nstructures to feed all residents.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:03.47,0:41:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This amounts to about 0.1% of the\Ntotal land area of Los Angeles,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:08.95,0:41:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to feed the entire population.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:12.11,0:41:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we apply this\Nextrapolation to the Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:41:14.25,0:41:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the human population of 7.2\Nbillion, we end up needing about
Dialogue: 0,0:41:18.13,0:41:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,144,000 vertical farms\Nto feed the whole world.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:22.05,0:41:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This amounts to about 921,000 acres\Nof land to place these farms
Dialogue: 0,0:41:27.01,0:41:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, given about 38%\Nof the Earth's land
Dialogue: 0,0:41:30.17,0:41:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is currently being used for\Ntraditional agriculture,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:33.15,0:41:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we find that we only\Nneed about 0.006%
Dialogue: 0,0:41:36.64,0:41:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Earth's existing\Nagricultural land
Dialogue: 0,0:41:39.31,0:41:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to meet production requirements.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:41.70,0:41:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's be a little bit\Nmore consistent.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:43.87,0:41:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within that 38% land-use\Nstatistic for agriculture,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:47.08,0:41:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much of that land is also used\Nfor livestock cultivation,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:50.11,0:41:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just crop cultivation.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:52.58,0:41:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, if we were to\Ntheoretically take
Dialogue: 0,0:41:55.05,0:41:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only the crop production\Nland currently being used,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:58.80,0:42:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is about 4 billion acres,\Nreplacing land-based cultivation
Dialogue: 0,0:42:03.16,0:42:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by dropping these 30-story vertical\Nfarms side-by-side in theory,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:08.86,0:42:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the food output would be enough to\Nmeet the nutritional needs to feed
Dialogue: 0,0:42:12.94,0:42:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,34.4 trillion people.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:18.42,0:42:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given that we only need to\Nfeed about 9 billion by 2050,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:22.76,0:42:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we only need to harness about 0.02%\Nof this theoretical capacity, which
Dialogue: 0,0:42:28.83,0:42:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it could be argued, makes rather moot\Nany seemingly practical objections
Dialogue: 0,0:42:33.11,0:42:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,common to the aforementioned\Nextrapolation.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:36.30,0:42:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In short, we have absolute\Nglobal food abundance potential.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:42.01,0:42:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Water.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:43.50,0:42:46.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the World Health\NOrganization about 2.6 billion people-
Dialogue: 0,0:42:46.65,0:42:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,half of the developing world-\Nlack proper sanitation
Dialogue: 0,0:42:49.61,0:42:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and about 1.1 billion\Npeople have no access
Dialogue: 0,0:42:52.54,0:42:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to any type of clean\Ndrinking sources.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:54.86,0:42:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Due to ongoing\Ndepletion, by 2025,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:58.11,0:43:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is estimated that\Nalmost 2 billion people
Dialogue: 0,0:43:01.19,0:43:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will live in areas plagued\Nby water scarcity
Dialogue: 0,0:43:04.28,0:43:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with 2/3 of the entire\Nworld population living
Dialogue: 0,0:43:07.60,0:43:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in water-stressed areas.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:11.18,0:43:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cause?\NObviously waste and pollution.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:14.30,0:43:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm not going\Nto talk about that-
Dialogue: 0,0:43:16.82,0:43:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the details, causes and prevention;\Nthat's not the point of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:19.50,0:43:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather, let's take again, a\Ntechnological capacity approach only,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:23.36,0:43:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,considering modern purification\Nand modern desalination systems
Dialogue: 0,0:43:28.06,0:43:30.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the macro-industrial scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:31.40,0:43:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Purification.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:33.33,0:43:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The average person today globally\Nuses about 1,385m³ of water per year.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:38.74,0:43:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This factors in all industrial\Nactivity as well, such as agriculture.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:43.91,0:43:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the sake of argument, let's\Nconsider what it would take to purify
Dialogue: 0,0:43:47.06,0:43:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the fresh water currently being\Nused in the world on average annually.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:53.41,0:43:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given the global\Naverage of 1,385m³
Dialogue: 0,0:43:57.73,0:44:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a population of 7.2 billion,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:00.22,0:44:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we arrive at a total annual\Nuse of about 10 trillion m³.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:05.00,0:44:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using a New York State USA\NUV-disinfection plant as a base measure,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:11.12,0:44:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has an output capacity of roughly\N3 billion cubic meters a year,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:15.50,0:44:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking up about 3.7\Nacres of land,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:19.08,0:44:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would need 3,327 plants
Dialogue: 0,0:44:22.17,0:44:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to purify all the water used by\Nthe entire global population,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:27.25,0:44:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking up about\N12,000 acres of land.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:30.88,0:44:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Needless to say, there are many\Nother factors that come into play,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:34.10,0:44:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as power needs, location, and the like.\NThat's fair enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:36.87,0:44:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, this is a\Nminor inconvenience.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:39.60,0:44:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,12,000 acres is\Nnothing compared to
Dialogue: 0,0:44:42.01,0:44:46.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 36 billion acres of\Nland on the planet Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:47.18,0:44:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To give this a more practical\Nexample, the US military
Dialogue: 0,0:44:50.61,0:44:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alone has about 845,000\Nmilitary bases
Dialogue: 0,0:44:55.80,0:44:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and buildings, I\Nshould say, as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:58.25,0:45:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This has been reported to take up about\N30 million acres of land globally.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:03.95,0:45:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only 0.04% of that\Nland would be needed
Dialogue: 0,0:45:08.47,0:45:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to disinfect the total fresh\Nwater use of the entire world
Dialogue: 0,0:45:12.50,0:45:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if that were even needed,\Nwhich of course it is not.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:16.98,0:45:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Desalination.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:18.95,0:45:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's run the same theoretical\Nextrapolation on desalination.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:22.52,0:45:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most common method of desalination\Nused today is called reverse osmosis,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:26.18,0:45:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and according the International\NDesalination Association,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:29.60,0:45:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it accounts for 60% of the\Ninstalled capacity globally.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:33.64,0:45:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are a lot of other methods\Nthat are emerging quite rapidly
Dialogue: 0,0:45:36.86,0:45:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with high levels of efficiency [which]\Ncan move water much more quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:40.38,0:45:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm not going to talk about that.\NI want to stay only
Dialogue: 0,0:45:42.48,0:45:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the common\Nmethods applied today.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:44.58,0:45:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But keep in mind that\Neverything I'm speaking of
Dialogue: 0,0:45:46.68,0:45:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has dramatic improvements\Ncoming very soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:49.36,0:45:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's an advanced\Nreversed osmosis
Dialogue: 0,0:45:51.47,0:45:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seawater desalinization\Nplant in Australia
Dialogue: 0,0:45:54.08,0:45:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can produce about 150\Nmillion m³ of fresh water a year
Dialogue: 0,0:45:57.85,0:46:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while occupying about 50 acres.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:00.46,0:46:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given the total annual water\Nuse of the world today,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:03.95,0:46:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- it's about 10 trillion\Ncubic meters again -
Dialogue: 0,0:46:06.77,0:46:09.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would take about\N60,000 plants to produce
Dialogue: 0,0:46:09.29,0:46:11.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,current global water\Nusage in total.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:11.83,0:46:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using the dimensions of that\Nplant, which is quite large,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:14.80,0:46:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such a feat would take about\N18,000 miles of coast land,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:18.46,0:46:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or about 8.5% of the\Nworld's coast land.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:22.41,0:46:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, that's not really ideal,\Nthat's a lot of coast land,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:25.64,0:46:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this exercise is\Nabout proportion.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:27.93,0:46:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clearly, we do not need to\Ndesalinate all water used,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:31.28,0:46:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor would we bypass the use\Nof purification processes
Dialogue: 0,0:46:34.58,0:46:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or ignore the vast reforms needed to\Npreserve efficiency and fresh water
Dialogue: 0,0:46:39.62,0:46:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or, equally as important, the reuse\Nschemes that are coming to fruition
Dialogue: 0,0:46:43.70,0:46:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where buildings are able to\Nuse water in multiple ways
Dialogue: 0,0:46:46.71,0:46:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by recycling water that comes\Nfrom a sink into toilets,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:50.05,0:46:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other mechanisms that unfortunately\Ngo unused for the vast majority.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:55.16,0:46:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's do a slightly more practical\Nreal life extrapolation,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:58.35,0:47:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,combining only purification\Nand desalination
Dialogue: 0,0:47:01.06,0:47:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with actual regional\Nscarcity statistics.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:04.30,0:47:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the continent of Africa,\Nroughly 345 million people
Dialogue: 0,0:47:07.73,0:47:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lack access to freshwater.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:09.88,0:47:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we apply the noted global\Naverage consumption rate
Dialogue: 0,0:47:12.75,0:47:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again of 1,385m³ a year,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:16.14,0:47:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeking to provide each of those\N345 million people that amount,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:20.80,0:47:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would need about 480 billion\Ncubic meters produced annually.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:25.40,0:47:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we divided this number in half\Nand use purification systems
Dialogue: 0,0:47:29.40,0:47:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for one section and\Ndesalination for the other,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:32.42,0:47:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the desalination process\Nwould need about 1.9%
Dialogue: 0,0:47:35.72,0:47:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or 494 miles of coastline for\Ndesalination facilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:40.81,0:47:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and only about 296 acres of land\Nfor purification facilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:45.90,0:47:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a minuscule fraction\Nof Africa's total land mass
Dialogue: 0,0:47:49.32,0:47:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of about 7 billion acres.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:51.48,0:47:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this is highly doable\Neven in this crude example.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:54.63,0:47:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In all cases, we would strategically\Nmaximize purification processes
Dialogue: 0,0:47:59.96,0:48:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since it is clearly\Nmore efficient
Dialogue: 0,0:48:02.27,0:48:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while using desalination\Nfor the remaining demand.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:06.66,0:48:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In short, it's absurd for\Nanyone on this planet
Dialogue: 0,0:48:09.08,0:48:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be going without freshwater,\Nnot to mention, as an aside,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:12.52,0:48:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,70% of all freshwater used today
Dialogue: 0,0:48:16.60,0:48:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is used in agriculture in our grossly\Nwasteful agricultural methods. 70%!
Dialogue: 0,0:48:22.92,0:48:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we, for example, apply\Nagain vertical farm systems
Dialogue: 0,0:48:25.95,0:48:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which have been noted to reduce water\Nby upwards of 80% in comparison,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:30.68,0:48:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would see an\Nenormous freeing up
Dialogue: 0,0:48:32.44,0:48:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this unnecessarily\Nscarce resource as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:36.49,0:48:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moving on to Energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:38.42,0:48:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in one massive perpetual\Nmotion machine known as the Universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:43.23,0:48:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact that we still use polluting\Nfossil fuel stores in the Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:48:46.80,0:48:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the incredibly unstable\Nnuclear phenomenon
Dialogue: 0,0:48:49.73,0:48:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which gives very little\Nroom for human fallibility
Dialogue: 0,0:48:52.90,0:48:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is truly frightening.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:55.64,0:48:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are four main\Nlarge capacity
Dialogue: 0,0:48:59.00,0:49:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"base-load," as they would\Nsay, renewable energy means
Dialogue: 0,0:49:02.48,0:49:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are currently most ideal
Dialogue: 0,0:49:04.85,0:49:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as per our current state of\Ntechnological application.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:08.20,0:49:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are geothermal\Nplants, wind farms,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:11.25,0:49:14.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,solar fields, and\Nwater-based power.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:14.20,0:49:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Due to time I'm not going to\Nexplain what these mediums are
Dialogue: 0,0:49:16.91,0:49:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I assume most know.\NI'm just going to run through
Dialogue: 0,0:49:19.38,0:49:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the abundance comparison.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:21.51,0:49:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Geothermal.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:22.82,0:49:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A 2006 MIT report on\Ngeothermal found that
Dialogue: 0,0:49:25.75,0:49:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,13,000 zettajoules of power are\Ncurrently available in the Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:49:29.47,0:49:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the possibility of 2000\Nzettajoules being harvestable
Dialogue: 0,0:49:32.83,0:49:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with improved technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:35.45,0:49:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The total energy consumption of\Nall the countries on the planet
Dialogue: 0,0:49:38.40,0:49:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is only about half a\Nzettajoule a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:41.48,0:49:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means literally thousands\Nof years of planetary power
Dialogue: 0,0:49:44.37,0:49:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could be harnessed in\Nthis medium alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:47.17,0:49:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Geothermal energy also uses much\Nless land than other energy sources.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:52.59,0:49:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over 30 years, a period of\Ntime commonly used to compare
Dialogue: 0,0:49:55.66,0:49:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the life cycle impacts from\Ndifferent power sources,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:59.98,0:50:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was found that a\Ngeothermal facility
Dialogue: 0,0:50:03.52,0:50:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uses 404 m² of land\Nper gigawatt hour
Dialogue: 0,0:50:09.00,0:50:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while a coal facility
Dialogue: 0,0:50:10.98,0:50:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uses 3,632 m² per gigawatt hour.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:16.69,0:50:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we were to do a basic\Ncomparison of geothermal to coal
Dialogue: 0,0:50:20.00,0:50:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given this ratio of m² to GWh
Dialogue: 0,0:50:23.04,0:50:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we find that we could fit\Nabout 9 geothermal plants
Dialogue: 0,0:50:25.48,0:50:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the space of one coal plant.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:27.81,0:50:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that isn't accounting\Nfor the vast amount of land
Dialogue: 0,0:50:31.03,0:50:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is currently used\Nfor coal extraction-
Dialogue: 0,0:50:33.16,0:50:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, those huge holes\Nthat we see in the earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:36.50,0:50:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, the beauty of\Ngeothermal, and in fact,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:39.19,0:50:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of the renewables I'm going\Nto speak of, is that extraction
Dialogue: 0,0:50:43.38,0:50:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the harnessing location is\Nalmost always the exact same place
Dialogue: 0,0:50:47.44,0:50:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as processing for the power\Ndistribution as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:51.07,0:50:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All hydrocarbon sources on the\Nother hand require both extraction
Dialogue: 0,0:50:55.10,0:50:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and power production facilities\Nalmost always in separate locations,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:58.82,0:51:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes refineries as well,\Nin separate locations.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:02.77,0:51:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2013, it was announced that\Na 1,000 megawatt power station
Dialogue: 0,0:51:06.77,0:51:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to begin construction\Nin Ethiopia.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:09.09,0:51:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to use this as a base,\Ntheoretical for extrapolation.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:13.77,0:51:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If a 1000-megawatt geothermal power\Nstation operated at full capacity
Dialogue: 0,0:51:18.73,0:51:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,24 hours a day, 365 days a year,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:21.40,0:51:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would produce 8.7\Nmillion MWh a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:26.26,0:51:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world's current annual\Nenergy usage is about
Dialogue: 0,0:51:29.60,0:51:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,153 billion MWh a year, which would\Nmean it would take in abstraction
Dialogue: 0,0:51:34.78,0:51:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about 17,000 geothermal\Nplants to match global use.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:40.16,0:51:44.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are over 2,300 coal power\Nplants in operation worldwide today.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:45.14,0:51:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using the aforementioned\Nplant-sized capacity comparison
Dialogue: 0,0:51:48.84,0:51:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of about nine geothermal plants\Nfitting into one coal plant,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:52.81,0:51:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the space of 1,940 coal plants\Nwould be needed in theory
Dialogue: 0,0:51:57.22,0:52:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to contain the 17,000\Ngeothermal plants
Dialogue: 0,0:52:00.76,0:52:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or 84% of the total\Nin existence.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:04.87,0:52:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, given that coal\Naccounts for only 41%
Dialogue: 0,0:52:07.81,0:52:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of today's current\Nenergy production,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:10.00,0:52:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this theoretical\Nextrapolation also shows
Dialogue: 0,0:52:12.82,0:52:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how in 84% of the current\Nspace used by coal plants,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:17.56,0:52:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,geothermal could supply 100%\Nof total global power supply.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:25.65,0:52:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wind Farms.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:27.65,0:52:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been calculated that today\Nwith existing turbine technology,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:30.90,0:52:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is improving rapidly,\Nthat Earth could produce
Dialogue: 0,0:52:33.25,0:52:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hundreds of trillions of watts\Nof power, many more times
Dialogue: 0,0:52:36.18,0:52:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than what the world\Nconsumes, overall.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:39.01,0:52:41.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, breaking this\Ndown, using the 9,000 acre
Dialogue: 0,0:52:41.79,0:52:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alta Wind Center in California\Nas a theoretical basis,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:45.17,0:52:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has an active capacity\Nof 1,320 MW of power,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:50.65,0:52:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a theoretical annual output of\N11 million MWh is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:55.54,0:52:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means 13,000
Dialogue: 0,0:52:59.21,0:53:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,9,000-acre wind farms\Nwould be needed to meet
Dialogue: 0,0:53:02.56,0:53:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,total global demand\Nof 153 billion MWh.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:07.49,0:53:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This requires about 119\Nmillion acres of land
Dialogue: 0,0:53:11.17,0:53:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or 0.3% of the Earth's surface
Dialogue: 0,0:53:15.79,0:53:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to power the world\Nin abstraction.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:18.76,0:53:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However as some may\Nknow, offshore wind
Dialogue: 0,0:53:21.94,0:53:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is typically much more\Npowerful than land-based.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:24.78,0:53:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the Assessment
Dialogue: 0,0:53:27.92,0:53:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Offshore Wind Energy Resources\Nfor the United States, a report:
Dialogue: 0,0:53:32.12,0:53:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,4,150 gigawatts of potential\Nwind turbine technology-
Dialogue: 0,0:53:36.86,0:53:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turbine capacity- from\Noffshore wind resources
Dialogue: 0,0:53:39.76,0:53:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are available in the\NUnited States alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:43.20,0:53:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Assuming this power capacity was\Nconsistent for a whole year,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:46.92,0:53:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we end up with an energy conversion\Nof 36 billion MWh a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:52.17,0:53:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given the United States in 2010
Dialogue: 0,0:53:54.84,0:53:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,used 25.7 billion MWh,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:58.22,0:54:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we find that offshore\Nwind harvesting alone
Dialogue: 0,0:54:01.21,0:54:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could exceed the national use
Dialogue: 0,0:54:03.68,0:54:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by about 10.6\Nbillion MWh or 41%.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:08.71,0:54:11.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And axiomatically,\Nextrapolating this national
Dialogue: 0,0:54:11.79,0:54:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,level of capacity to the rest\Nof the world's coast lines,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:16.04,0:54:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also taking into account the\Naforementioned land-based statistics,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:20.89,0:54:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is clear that we can power\Nthe world many, many times over
Dialogue: 0,0:54:24.96,0:54:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with wind, and\Nquite practically.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:28.92,0:54:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Solar Fields.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:31.63,0:54:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If humanity could capture 0.1% of the\Nsolar energy striking the Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:35.64,0:54:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would have access to\Nsix times as much energy
Dialogue: 0,0:54:38.13,0:54:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we consume in all forms today.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:40.73,0:54:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ability to harness this\Npower depends on technology
Dialogue: 0,0:54:43.35,0:54:46.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how high the percentage\Nof radiation conversion is.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:47.66,0:54:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Ivanpah Solar Electric\NSystem in California:
Dialogue: 0,0:54:51.28,0:54:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a 3,500-acre field
Dialogue: 0,0:54:53.74,0:54:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an annual stated generation\Nof about one million MWh.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:57.45,0:55:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we were to extrapolate using\Nthis as a theoretical basis,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:02.48,0:55:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would take about 142,000 fields\Nor about 500 million acres of land
Dialogue: 0,0:55:07.66,0:55:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to theoretically meet\Ncurrent global energy use.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:10.79,0:55:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's about 1.5% of\Ntotal land on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:15.23,0:55:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deserts cover about 1/3 of the\Nworld or about 12 billion acres,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:20.18,0:55:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they tend to be fairly\Nconducive to solar fields,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:23.29,0:55:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while often less conducive\Nto life support for people.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:26.89,0:55:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given the roughly\N500 million acres
Dialogue: 0,0:55:30.78,0:55:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,theoretically needed to\Npower the world as noted,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:33.51,0:55:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only 4.1% of the world's\Ndeserts would be needed
Dialogue: 0,0:55:37.18,0:55:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to contain these fields,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:39.50,0:55:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,land that pretty much just\Notherwise sits there.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:44.12,0:55:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Water-Based Power.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:45.93,0:55:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are five dominant types of\Nwater-based power: wave, tidal,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:49.91,0:55:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ocean current, osmotic,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:52.09,0:55:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ocean thermal, and water course.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:54.87,0:55:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Overall, the technology for\Nharnessing ocean in general
Dialogue: 0,0:55:58.34,0:56:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in its infancy, but\Nthe potential is vast.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:01.42,0:56:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And based on\Ntraditional estimates
Dialogue: 0,0:56:04.15,0:56:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here is what the accepted\Nglobal potentials
Dialogue: 0,0:56:07.44,0:56:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been estimated at\Nusing existing methods;
Dialogue: 0,0:56:10.96,0:56:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're not applying advanced technology\Nthat's not in application yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:16.08,0:56:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This all figures up to be\Nabout 150,000 TWh/year
Dialogue: 0,0:56:20.74,0:56:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or 96% of current global use
Dialogue: 0,0:56:24.09,0:56:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the half of a zettajoule,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:26.50,0:56:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretty much enough to power the world\Nin one medium alone if applied.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:31.45,0:56:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However to give a sense of\Ngrowing technological potential
Dialogue: 0,0:56:34.16,0:56:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(because I think this is important\Nconsidering how technology
Dialogue: 0,0:56:37.25,0:56:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and water-oriented power\Nis deeply in its infancy)
Dialogue: 0,0:56:41.11,0:56:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recent developments in 'ocean\Ncurrent' harnessing technology
Dialogue: 0,0:56:44.59,0:56:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(the currents that go\Nunderneath the ocean)
Dialogue: 0,0:56:46.81,0:56:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which can embrace much lower\Nspeeds now than they used to,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:49.90,0:56:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has estimated that ocean\Ncurrent alone could now
Dialogue: 0,0:56:53.18,0:56:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,theoretically power the entire\Nworld if applied correctly.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:58.78,0:57:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's recap.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:00.81,0:57:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wind, solar, water and\Ngeothermal have shown,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:03.85,0:57:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as large scale, base-load\Nrenewable energy mediums,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:06.94,0:57:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they are capable, individually,\Nof meeting or vastly exceeding
Dialogue: 0,0:57:11.36,0:57:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,current annual global energy\Nconsumption at this time.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:14.82,0:57:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And obviously a systems approach,\Nharmonizing an optimized fraction
Dialogue: 0,0:57:19.48,0:57:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of each of those renewables\Nstrategically is the key
Dialogue: 0,0:57:22.48,0:57:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to achieving a global,\Ntotal energy abundance.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:26.93,0:57:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, it's not\Ninconceivable to imagine
Dialogue: 0,0:57:29.42,0:57:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a series of man-made\Nfloating islands
Dialogue: 0,0:57:32.15,0:57:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,off select coastlines which are\Ndesigned to harness, at once,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:36.01,0:57:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wind, solar, thermal difference,\Nwave, tidal and currents,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:41.00,0:57:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all at the same time and\Nin the same general area.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:43.77,0:57:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such energy islands would then\Npipe their harvest back to land
Dialogue: 0,0:57:47.73,0:57:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for storage and distribution.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:49.98,0:57:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is only up to our design ingenuity\Nto figure things like this out.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:55.71,0:57:58.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Localization and Reuse.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:58.17,0:58:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The final energy factor\NI want to mention,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:00.54,0:58:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which builds upon this\Nsystems-thinking explicitly,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:03.73,0:58:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to do with localization\Nand re-use schemes.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:08.42,0:58:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Localized energy harnessing\Nisn't given a fraction
Dialogue: 0,0:58:11.46,0:58:13.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the attention it needs today.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:13.73,0:58:16.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Smaller scale renewable methods\Nwhich are conducive to
Dialogue: 0,0:58:16.59,0:58:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,single structures or small areas
Dialogue: 0,0:58:19.03,0:58:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find the same systems logic,\Nregarding combination.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:22.94,0:58:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These local systems could also, if\Nneed be, connect back into the larger
Dialogue: 0,0:58:26.55,0:58:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,base-load systems, creating a total,\Nmixed medium, integrated network
Dialogue: 0,0:58:30.95,0:58:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which happens sometimes\Ntoday with solar.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:34.12,0:58:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many localized systems\Nout there which can draw energy
Dialogue: 0,0:58:37.15,0:58:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the immediate environment:\Nthere's solar power arrays,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:40.52,0:58:42.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's small wind\Nharvesting systems,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:43.05,0:58:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,localized geothermal\Nheating and cooling
Dialogue: 0,0:58:45.37,0:58:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even architectural design\Nthat just simply makes
Dialogue: 0,0:58:48.54,0:58:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,natural light and heat/cool\Npreservation more efficient.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:51.53,0:58:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buckminster Fuller was great\Nwith his dome structures
Dialogue: 0,0:58:53.72,0:58:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how they actually contained\Nenergy quite well. Same idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:57.50,0:58:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Extending outwards to\Ncity infrastructure
Dialogue: 0,0:59:00.09,0:59:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see the same wasted possible\Nefficiency almost everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:04.17,0:59:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A simple technology\Ncalled piezoelectric
Dialogue: 0,0:59:07.02,0:59:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is able to convert pressure and mechanical\Nenergy directly into electricity.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:11.46,0:59:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an excellent example of an energy\Nreuse method with great potential.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:15.50,0:59:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Existing applications have\Nincluded power generation
Dialogue: 0,0:59:18.03,0:59:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by people simply walking on these\Nengineered floors and sidewalks,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:21.90,0:59:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,streets which can generate power\Nas automobiles cross over them,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:25.22,0:59:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and train rail systems which\Ncan also capture energy
Dialogue: 0,0:59:28.15,0:59:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from passing train\Ncars through pressure.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:31.15,0:59:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has been suggested by\Npeople who have studied this
Dialogue: 0,0:59:34.79,0:59:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a stretch of road\Nless than one mile long,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:38.38,0:59:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,four lanes wide, a highway,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:40.68,0:59:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trafficked by about\N1,000 vehicles per hour
Dialogue: 0,0:59:43.56,0:59:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can create about 0.4\NMegawatt of power,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:46.39,0:59:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is enough to\Npower 600 homes.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:49.32,0:59:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now extrapolate that out to the bulk\Nof all the highways in the world;
Dialogue: 0,0:59:52.63,0:59:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have a very, very powerful\Nregenerative energy source.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:57.75,1:00:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Overall, if we think about the\Nenormous mechanical energy wasted
Dialogue: 0,1:00:01.24,1:00:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by vehicle transport modes and\Nhigh-traffic walking centers alone,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:04.90,1:00:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the potential of that possible\Nregenerated energy is quite substantial.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:08.12,1:00:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's this systems-thinking\Nonce again that is needed
Dialogue: 0,1:00:10.83,1:00:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to maintain\Nsustainability,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:13.31,1:00:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while also pursuing this\Nglobal energy abundance.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:18.65,1:00:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The final more complex\Nsubject, energy aside,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:21.78,1:00:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be the subject\Nof material abundance
Dialogue: 0,1:00:24.84,1:00:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and creating\Nlife-supporting goods.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:28.36,1:00:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unlike the prior, more simple\Npost-scarcity categories of food,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:32.76,1:00:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,water and energy, the creation\Nof a broad material abundance
Dialogue: 0,1:00:37.41,1:00:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all basic goods, which comprise\Nthe current average, you could say,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:41.60,1:00:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what is culturally considered a\N'high standard of living' today
Dialogue: 0,1:00:45.17,1:00:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is substantially more\Nradical in its need
Dialogue: 0,1:00:47.62,1:00:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for industrial\Nrevision and change.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:51.08,1:00:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As expressed before, the current\Nhighly inefficient methods
Dialogue: 0,1:00:55.03,1:00:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we use in industrial design, production,\Ndistribution and regeneration
Dialogue: 0,1:00:59.48,1:01:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one of the main reasons\Nwe are in a constant state
Dialogue: 0,1:01:02.09,1:01:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of global resource overshoot
Dialogue: 0,1:01:04.48,1:01:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and destabilizing\Nbiodiversity loss.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:08.52,1:01:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also as noted prior, there\Nis no market incentive
Dialogue: 0,1:01:11.89,1:01:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for advanced states\Nof efficiency,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:14.03,1:01:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as efficiency always reduces\Nthe amount of labor,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:17.03,1:01:20.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resources and service\Nneeded for a given purpose;
Dialogue: 0,1:01:20.51,1:01:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hence, reduces\Nmonetary circulation.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:23.37,1:01:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't reinforce that enough.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:25.64,1:01:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, a new synergistic\Nsystems-view of industry
Dialogue: 0,1:01:29.56,1:01:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,focused explicitly on material\Nand labor efficiency,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:33.56,1:01:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with an optimized strategy\Nfor sustainability, is in order.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:38.18,1:01:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the sake of time and as a lead-in\Nto the final section on calculation,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:43.15,1:01:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to focus on a few\Nprinciples or protocols
Dialogue: 0,1:01:45.78,1:01:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how each protocol\Nassists efficiency
Dialogue: 0,1:01:49.02,1:01:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards this\Npost-scarcity abundance.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:51.90,1:01:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise it would take an\Nenormous amount of time;
Dialogue: 0,1:01:54.63,1:01:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not as simple as the\Nprior extrapolations.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:56.74,1:01:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, in this book that I mentioned\Nthere will be a whole chapter
Dialogue: 0,1:01:59.17,1:02:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dedicated to this issue\Nin great detail.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:06.79,1:02:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(1) Access, not property.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:09.63,1:02:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A property-based society\Nincentivizes the preference to own
Dialogue: 0,1:02:13.90,1:02:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a given product,\Nrather than rent,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:17.27,1:02:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or gain access to as needed.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:19.63,1:02:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a filmmaker and while I do\Nrent some things occasionally,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:23.08,1:02:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's much more cost-effective\Nand smart to buy things
Dialogue: 0,1:02:26.52,1:02:28.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they have resale value.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:29.05,1:02:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This incentive of universal\Nownership is incredibly wasteful
Dialogue: 0,1:02:32.18,1:02:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we examine actual use\Ntime of a given good.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:36.74,1:02:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Facilitating a means of access where\Nthings can be literally shared
Dialogue: 0,1:02:40.84,1:02:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will allow many more to gain use\Nof goods they otherwise could not,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:44.71,1:02:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with there being less production\Nof those goods in proportion.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:48.61,1:02:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a Natural Law/Resource\NBased Economy
Dialogue: 0,1:02:50.72,1:02:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we seek to create an access\Nabundance, not a property abundance
Dialogue: 0,1:02:55.40,1:02:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is inherently wasteful.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:57.87,1:03:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an aside, it's also important\Nto note that property
Dialogue: 0,1:03:01.76,1:03:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not an empirical concept.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:04.12,1:03:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only access is\Nempirically valid.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:07.10,1:03:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Property is a protectionist\Ncontrivance.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:10.02,1:03:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Access is the reality of the\Nsocial and human condition.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:13.29,1:03:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order for you to truly\Nsay "own" a computer,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:16.14,1:03:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to have had alone
Dialogue: 0,1:03:18.33,1:03:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come up with the entire technological\Nprocess that made that thing
Dialogue: 0,1:03:22.24,1:03:24.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with the ideas\Nthat comprise the tools
Dialogue: 0,1:03:24.59,1:03:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might have used to\Nmake that computer.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:26.76,1:03:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is literally impossible
Dialogue: 0,1:03:29.26,1:03:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is what destroys the\Nearly labor theory of value
Dialogue: 0,1:03:33.07,1:03:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(property is stuff that's put\Nforward by classical economists).
Dialogue: 0,1:03:36.56,1:03:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no such thing as property.\NThere is only access and sharing,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:39.93,1:03:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter what social\Nsystem you employ.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:44.27,1:03:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(2) Designed-in Recycling
Dialogue: 0,1:03:46.66,1:03:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Contrary to our intuition, there\Nis no such thing as waste
Dialogue: 0,1:03:49.67,1:03:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the natural world.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:51.42,1:03:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only from the standpoint\Nof the biosphere which reuses
Dialogue: 0,1:03:54.19,1:03:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything in its process,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:56.03,1:04:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 92 main naturally occurring\Nelements in the periodic table
Dialogue: 0,1:04:01.11,1:04:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that comprise all matter\Ncannot be exhausted.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:05.25,1:04:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Humanity has given very little\Nconsideration to the role
Dialogue: 0,1:04:08.31,1:04:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of material regeneration, and\Nhow all of our design practices
Dialogue: 0,1:04:11.98,1:04:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,must account for this recycling.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:15.48,1:04:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, as some may know, the\Nhighest state of this recycling
Dialogue: 0,1:04:18.48,1:04:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will eventually come in the\Nform of nanotechnology.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:21.16,1:04:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nanotechnology will eventually\Nbe able to create goods
Dialogue: 0,1:04:24.03,1:04:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the atomic level up and\Ndisassemble them right back down
Dialogue: 0,1:04:28.34,1:04:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the almost virtual\Nstarting point.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:30.100,1:04:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the ultimate form of recycling.\NBy the way, I'm not suggesting this.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:34.92,1:04:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not suggesting that nanotechnology\Nis even needed at this time,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:38.55,1:04:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as though that that's what\Nwe're doing right now.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:40.75,1:04:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just [that] this is a\Ngreat principle to reference
Dialogue: 0,1:04:43.76,1:04:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as far as regenerative\Nimportance.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:48.46,1:04:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, industry has little sense\Nof synergy in this context.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:51.85,1:04:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recycling is an afterthought.\NCompanies continue to do things
Dialogue: 0,1:04:54.82,1:04:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as blindly coat materials with\Nchemical paints, and the like,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:58.31,1:05:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that distort the properties\Nof those materials,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:00.80,1:05:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making the materials\Nless salvageable,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:03.07,1:05:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe completely unsalvageable,\Nto current recycling methods.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:06.49,1:05:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It happens all the time.\NSo long story short,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:09.27,1:05:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strategic recycling\Njust might be
Dialogue: 0,1:05:11.95,1:05:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most core seed of a\Ncontinued abundance.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:15.60,1:05:19.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every landfill on earth is\Njust a waste of potential.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:20.26,1:05:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number 3: Strategic\Nconformation of good design
Dialogue: 0,1:05:23.93,1:05:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the most conducive
Dialogue: 0,1:05:26.14,1:05:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and abundant materials known.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:30.00,1:05:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will notice this efficiency\Nqualification in what I just said:
Dialogue: 0,1:05:33.63,1:05:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conducive and abundant.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:36.36,1:05:40.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Conducive means most appropriate\Nbased on the material properties.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:41.30,1:05:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abundant means you weigh\Nthe value of conduciveness
Dialogue: 0,1:05:44.68,1:05:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against the value of how accessible\Nand low-impact the material is,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:49.10,1:05:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compared to other materials which\Nmay be more or less conducive.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:54.34,1:05:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a synergistic\Nefficiency comparison.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:57.52,1:06:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(I'm sorry if the language sounds\Na little bit complicated.)
Dialogue: 0,1:06:00.38,1:06:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Probably the best example of this\Nis home or domicile construction.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:04.88,1:06:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The common use of wood, bricks,\Nscrews and the vast array of parts
Dialogue: 0,1:06:08.20,1:06:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is typical of a common house is\Ncomparatively, vastly inefficient
Dialogue: 0,1:06:13.09,1:06:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to more modern, simplified\Npre-fabrication or moldable materials.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:18.65,1:06:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A traditional 2000 square-foot\Nhome requires about
Dialogue: 0,1:06:21.59,1:06:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,40 to 50 trees, about an acre.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:24.25,1:06:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Compare that with houses that can be\Ncreated in prefabrication processes
Dialogue: 0,1:06:27.92,1:06:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with simple,\Nearth-friendly polymers,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:30.80,1:06:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concrete, or other\Neasily formable methods.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:34.84,1:06:37.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3D printing, for\Nexample, is on pace.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:38.76,1:06:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These new approaches have a very\Nsmall footprint as compared to
Dialogue: 0,1:06:43.78,1:06:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our destruction of global forests\Nwhich continue, for wood.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:47.20,1:06:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Home construction today is one\Nof the most resource intensive
Dialogue: 0,1:06:50.28,1:06:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wasteful industrial\Nmediums in the world,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:53.62,1:06:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with about 40% of all materials\Ncollected for construction
Dialogue: 0,1:06:57.18,1:06:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ended up as waste in the end.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:01.20,1:07:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number 4: Design conduciveness\Nfor labor automation.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:04.92,1:07:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now this is very\Nforeign to many.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:07.73,1:07:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more we conform\Nto the current state
Dialogue: 0,1:07:10.56,1:07:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of rapid, efficient\Nproduction processes,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:13.84,1:07:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obviously, the more\Nabundance we can create.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:16.60,1:07:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you read texts on\Nmanufacturing processes,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:19.97,1:07:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they typically divide labor\Ninto three categories.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:22.87,1:07:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's human assembly, there's\Nmechanization and there's automation.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:26.89,1:07:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Human assembly means handmade,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:29.10,1:07:32.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mechanization means machines\Nassist the laborer,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:32.33,1:07:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and automation means\Nno human action.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:36.68,1:07:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine if you needed a chair\Nand there were three designs.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:40.20,1:07:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first is elaborate and complex,\Nand could only be done by hand.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:44.24,1:07:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second is more streamlined\Nwhere its parts could be made
Dialogue: 0,1:07:47.12,1:07:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mostly by machines, but would\Nneed to be assembled by hand.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:50.21,1:07:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third chair is produced by\None process, fully automated.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:58.09,1:08:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The latter chair design\Nwould be the design goal
Dialogue: 0,1:08:01.51,1:08:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in theory of this new approach.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:05.11,1:08:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What this would do is reduce the\Ncomplexity of the automation process
Dialogue: 0,1:08:08.50,1:08:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with little to no human labor.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:10.44,1:08:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine a production plant\Nthat not only produces cars,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:14.13,1:08:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can produce virtually any\Nkind of industrial product
Dialogue: 0,1:08:17.11,1:08:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comprised of the same\Nbasic shared materials.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:20.22,1:08:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is very feasible.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:22.14,1:08:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This would increase\Noutput substantially.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:24.87,1:08:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, we are optimizing\Nthe means of production.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:29.20,1:08:32.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as an aside, many\Nwho see stuff like this
Dialogue: 0,1:08:32.27,1:08:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think that this means there's not going\Nto be any variety in the future,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:35.37,1:08:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's just going to be cold and\Nuniform and everyone gets the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:39.42,1:08:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No. I'm just using this as an example\Nto make an efficiency point.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:42.80,1:08:45.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being conducive to automation does\Nnot mean universal uniformity
Dialogue: 0,1:08:46.14,1:08:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of design because the incredible\Namount of variance possible
Dialogue: 0,1:08:49.56,1:08:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our current automation technology\Nis amazing and accelerating.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:53.36,1:08:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Modular robotics, there's many\Ndifferent self-changing machines
Dialogue: 0,1:08:57.65,1:08:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can create a great\Namount of variance.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:00.05,1:09:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All this means is the existing\Nprocesses in their current state
Dialogue: 0,1:09:03.18,1:09:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should be respected\Nto ease production.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:05.69,1:09:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't confuse this with the idea that\Neveryone just gets the same everything.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:09.10,1:09:11.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What they get is the same basic\Nsustainability principles,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:11.85,1:09:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which come in many different forms,\Nif you can understand that.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:15.20,1:09:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These four parameters set in motion,\Nalong with the basic intent
Dialogue: 0,1:09:19.28,1:09:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to assist the trend of\Nephemeralization on all levels,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:23.18,1:09:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is little doubt\Nthat every human being
Dialogue: 0,1:09:25.99,1:09:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could have a very high\Nstandard of living.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:28.41,1:09:32.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is simply about converting\Nall of the inefficiency we have
Dialogue: 0,1:09:32.47,1:09:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,straight into productivity,\Nstrategically.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:37.96,1:09:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will conclude this section by noting that R.\NBuckminster Fuller
Dialogue: 0,1:09:41.64,1:09:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is probably the only human\Nbeing that has ever attempted
Dialogue: 0,1:09:44.79,1:09:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to account and quantify the state\Nof resources and their potential
Dialogue: 0,1:09:48.48,1:09:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the past hundred\Nyears and, while primitive,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:51.55,1:09:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was able to arrive at the\Nfollowing conclusion in 1969:
Dialogue: 0,1:09:56.91,1:10:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Man developed such intense\Nmechanization in World War I
Dialogue: 0,1:10:00.90,1:10:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the percentage of total world\Npopulation that were industrial 'haves'
Dialogue: 0,1:10:05.70,1:10:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rose by 1919 to\Nthe figure of 6%.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:08.71,1:10:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was an abrupt\Nchange in history.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:10.83,1:10:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time of World War\NII, 20% of all humanity
Dialogue: 0,1:10:14.13,1:10:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had become industrial 'haves.'
Dialogue: 0,1:10:16.57,1:10:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the present moment the proportion\Nof 'haves' is at 40% of humanity.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:20.80,1:10:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we up the performances of\Nresources from the present level
Dialogue: 0,1:10:24.44,1:10:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a highly feasible overall\Nefficiency of 12% more
Dialogue: 0,1:10:28.92,1:10:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(increasing by 12%, our use,\Nholistically, on average)
Dialogue: 0,1:10:32.10,1:10:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all humanity can\Nbe provided for."
Dialogue: 0,1:10:35.38,1:10:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The exponential increase in\Ninformation technology since 1969,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:40.05,1:10:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with the applied\Ntechnology and advanced
Dialogue: 0,1:10:42.36,1:10:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,synergetic understandings\Nwe have today,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:45.98,1:10:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suspect, now far exceeds-...
Dialogue: 0,1:10:48.30,1:10:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are way beyond the 12% efficiency\Nincrease that he saw as needed.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:52.91,1:10:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem now is conforming to\Nindustrial conduciveness appropriately
Dialogue: 0,1:10:58.59,1:11:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is currently not done.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:01.87,1:11:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This leads us to Part III: Economic\NOrganization and Calculation.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:07.88,1:11:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're wondering why\NI spent so much time
Dialogue: 0,1:11:10.12,1:11:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the prior points\Nof post-scarcity
Dialogue: 0,1:11:12.40,1:11:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those two core problems\Ninherent to market capitalism-
Dialogue: 0,1:11:15.15,1:11:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social imbalance and\Nenvironmental imbalance-
Dialogue: 0,1:11:18.24,1:11:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's because you cannot understand\Nthe logic of the economic factors
Dialogue: 0,1:11:21.47,1:11:25.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involved in this model without\Nthose prior awarenesses.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:26.70,1:11:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Natural Law/Resource Based Economy\Nis not just a progressive outgrowth
Dialogue: 0,1:11:30.31,1:11:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our increased capacity to\Nbe productive as a species,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:33.78,1:11:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as though we would just gradually\Nevolve out of the market system
Dialogue: 0,1:11:36.67,1:11:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,step-by-step into this approach.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:39.30,1:11:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No. The dire need for\Nthis system's removal
Dialogue: 0,1:11:42.67,1:11:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needs to be realized once again.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:45.08,1:11:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to become\Na part, in fact,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:47.31,1:11:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the incentive structure\Nof the new model:
Dialogue: 0,1:11:50.12,1:11:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the historical understanding that\Nif we do not adjust in this way
Dialogue: 0,1:11:53.65,1:11:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will revert right back into\Nthis highly unstable period
Dialogue: 0,1:11:56.76,1:11:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are in right now.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:00.06,1:12:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An economic model is a\Ntheoretical construct
Dialogue: 0,1:12:03.40,1:12:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,representing component processes by\Na set of variables or functions,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:07.93,1:12:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,describing the logical\Nrelationships between them.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:11.06,1:12:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basic definition.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:12.66,1:12:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If anyone has studied traditional\Nor market-based economic modeling,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:16.13,1:12:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a great deal of time is often spent\Non things such as price trends,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:19.60,1:12:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behavioral patterns,\Nutilitarianistic functions,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:22.70,1:12:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inflation, currency\Nfluctuations and so forth.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:26.45,1:12:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rarely, if ever, is anything said\Nabout public or ecological health.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:31.38,1:12:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because the market\Nis, again, life-blind
Dialogue: 0,1:12:35.12,1:12:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and decoupled from the science of\Nlife support and sustainability.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:39.08,1:12:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is simply a proxy system.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:43.64,1:12:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The best way to think about this economy\Nis not in the traditional terms,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:48.04,1:12:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather as an\Nadvanced production,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:50.63,1:12:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,distribution and management system\Nwhich is democratically engaged
Dialogue: 0,1:12:55.48,1:12:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the public through a kind\Nof participatory economics
Dialogue: 0,1:13:00.17,1:13:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that facilitates input processes,\Nsuch as design proposals
Dialogue: 0,1:13:04.09,1:13:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and demand assessment, while\Nfiltering all actions
Dialogue: 0,1:13:07.98,1:13:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through what we will call sustainability\Nand efficiency protocols.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:13.45,1:13:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the basic rules\Nof industrial action
Dialogue: 0,1:13:17.31,1:13:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,set by natural law,\Nnot human opinion.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:20.95,1:13:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As noted prior, neither of these\Ninterests are structurally inherent
Dialogue: 0,1:13:25.14,1:13:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the capitalist model, and it is\Nclear that humanity needs a model
Dialogue: 0,1:13:28.91,1:13:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has this type of stuff built\Nright into it for consideration.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:34.05,1:13:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Structural System Goals.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:37.49,1:13:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All economic systems\Nhave structural goals
Dialogue: 0,1:13:40.12,1:13:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which may not be\Nreadily apparent.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:42.68,1:13:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Market capitalism's structural\Ngoal, as described, is growth
Dialogue: 0,1:13:46.15,1:13:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maintaining rates of consumption\Nhigh enough to keep people employed
Dialogue: 0,1:13:50.20,1:13:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at any given time, and employment\Nrequires also a culture of real
Dialogue: 0,1:13:55.22,1:14:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or perceived inefficiency, and that\Nessentially means the preservation
Dialogue: 0,1:14:00.32,1:14:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of scarcity in one form or another.\NThat is its structural goal.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:05.54,1:14:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And good luck getting a market\Neconomist to admit to that.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:11.24,1:14:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This model [NLRBE] goal is to\Noptimize technical efficiency
Dialogue: 0,1:14:15.55,1:14:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and create the highest level\Nof abundance we possibly can
Dialogue: 0,1:14:19.08,1:14:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the bounds of\Nearthly sustainability,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:22.41,1:14:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeking to meet human\Nneeds directly.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:27.88,1:14:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,System Overview.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:30.06,1:14:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the great myths of this model\Nis that it's centrally planned;
Dialogue: 0,1:14:34.03,1:14:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure many of us\Nhave heard this.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:36.41,1:14:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What this means based on historical\Nprecedent is that it is assumed
Dialogue: 0,1:14:39.96,1:14:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that an elite group of people basically\Nwill make the economic decisions
Dialogue: 0,1:14:43.88,1:14:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a society.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:46.26,1:14:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No. This model is a collaborative\Ndesign system: CDS.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:52.47,1:14:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not centrally planned.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:54.19,1:14:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is based entirely\Nupon public interaction
Dialogue: 0,1:14:57.44,1:15:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facilitated by programmed,\Nopen-source systems
Dialogue: 0,1:15:00.78,1:15:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that enable a constant\Ndynamic feedback flow
Dialogue: 0,1:15:03.91,1:15:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can literally allow the\Ninput of the public on any
Dialogue: 0,1:15:07.10,1:15:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given industrial matter\Nwhether personal or social.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:11.73,1:15:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now a common question, when\Nyou bring that up they say
Dialogue: 0,1:15:14.31,1:15:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, who programs\Nthis system?"
Dialogue: 0,1:15:16.56,1:15:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer is:\NEveryone and no one.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:18.98,1:15:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tangible rules of the\Nlaws of nature as they apply
Dialogue: 0,1:15:21.78,1:15:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to environmental sustainability\Nand engineering efficiency
Dialogue: 0,1:15:25.85,1:15:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a completely objective\Nframe of reference.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:29.30,1:15:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The nuances may change to\Nsome degree over time,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:32.25,1:15:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the general\Nprinciples remain.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:35.80,1:15:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over time, the logic of such an\Napproach will also become more rigid
Dialogue: 0,1:15:39.28,1:15:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we learn more as we\Nperfect our understandings,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:42.18,1:15:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hence, less room\Nfor subjectivity
Dialogue: 0,1:15:44.41,1:15:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in certain areas that\Nmight have had it prior.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:46.99,1:15:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again I'll be describing\Nthis more so in a moment.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:50.11,1:15:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also the programs themselves will be\Navailable in an open source platform
Dialogue: 0,1:15:54.04,1:15:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for public input and review,\Nabsolutely transparent.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:57.16,1:15:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if someone noticed a problem
Dialogue: 0,1:15:59.46,1:16:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or unapplied optimization strategy,\Nwhich will probably be the case,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:02.92,1:16:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is evaluated and\Ntested by the community
Dialogue: 0,1:16:05.69,1:16:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of like a Wikipedia\Nfor calculation,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:08.73,1:16:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except much less\Nsubjective than Wikipedia,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:12.26,1:16:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without the moody\Nadministrators.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:16.22,1:16:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another traditional confusion\Nsurrounds the concept
Dialogue: 0,1:16:19.15,1:16:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has become to many\Nthe defining difference
Dialogue: 0,1:16:22.32,1:16:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between capitalism\Nand everything else.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:25.26,1:16:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it has to do with whether\Nthe means of production
Dialogue: 0,1:16:28.58,1:16:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is privately owned or not.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:30.69,1:16:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is replete throughout\Ntons of traditional
Dialogue: 0,1:16:34.83,1:16:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literary treatments on\Ncapitalism when they describe
Dialogue: 0,1:16:38.08,1:16:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how it's the ultimate manifestation\Nof human behavior, of society.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:42.03,1:16:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't know what this\Nmeans, the means of production
Dialogue: 0,1:16:44.63,1:16:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,refers to the non-human assets that\Ncreate goods such as machines,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:48.89,1:16:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tools, factories,\Noffices and the like.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:52.12,1:16:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In capitalism, the means\Nof production is owned
Dialogue: 0,1:16:54.60,1:16:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the capitalist by historical\Ndefinition, hence the origin of the term.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:59.16,1:17:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I bring this up because there's been\Nan ongoing argument for a century
Dialogue: 0,1:17:02.90,1:17:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that any system which does not\Nhave its means of production owned
Dialogue: 0,1:17:05.89,1:17:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a form of private property is just not\Ngoing to be as economically efficient
Dialogue: 0,1:17:10.72,1:17:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as one that has or maybe\Nnot even efficient at all.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:13.82,1:17:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This, as the argument goes, is\Nbecause of the need for price:
Dialogue: 0,1:17:18.17,1:17:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the price mechanism.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:20.45,1:17:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Price, which has a fluid ability
Dialogue: 0,1:17:24.07,1:17:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to exchange value amongst\Nvirtually any type of good
Dialogue: 0,1:17:27.11,1:17:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to its indivisibility of value,\Ncreates indeed a feedback mechanism
Dialogue: 0,1:17:31.74,1:17:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that connects the entire market\Nsystem in a certain narrow way.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:35.56,1:17:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Price is a way to allocate scarce\Nresources amongst competing interests.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:40.21,1:17:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Price, property and money\Ntranslate, in short,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:44.27,1:17:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,subjective demand preferences into\Nsemi-objective exchange values.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:48.80,1:17:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say "semi" because it is a\Nculturally relative measure only,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:54.40,1:17:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absent most every factor that gives\Ntrue technical consideration
Dialogue: 0,1:17:58.37,1:18:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a given material or good.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:00.44,1:18:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has nothing to do with what\Nthe materials or goods are;
Dialogue: 0,1:18:03.24,1:18:05.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just a mechanism.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:05.83,1:18:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps the only real\Ntechnical data, in fact,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:08.92,1:18:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that price embraces very crudely
Dialogue: 0,1:18:11.19,1:18:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relates to resource\Nscarcity and labor energy.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:14.76,1:18:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Resource scarcity\Nand labor energy.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:16.82,1:18:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can basically\Nfind that in price.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:19.98,1:18:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in this context the\Nquestion becomes:
Dialogue: 0,1:18:22.74,1:18:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it possible to create\Na system that can
Dialogue: 0,1:18:25.27,1:18:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equally, if not\Nmore efficiently,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:27.88,1:18:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facilitate feedback with respect\Nto consumer preference, demand,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:32.15,1:18:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,labor value and resource\Nor component scarcity
Dialogue: 0,1:18:35.64,1:18:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without the price system, subjective\Nproperty values or exchange?
Dialogue: 0,1:18:41.68,1:18:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, of course, there is.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:43.63,1:18:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The trick is to completely\Neliminate exchange
Dialogue: 0,1:18:47.06,1:18:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and create a direct\Ncontrol and feedback link
Dialogue: 0,1:18:50.62,1:18:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the consumer and the\Nmeans of production itself.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:54.38,1:18:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The consumer becomes part\Nof the means of production
Dialogue: 0,1:18:57.38,1:19:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the "industrial complex"\Nbecomes nothing more than a tool
Dialogue: 0,1:19:01.64,1:19:05.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is accessed by the\Npublic to generate goods.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:06.43,1:19:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact as alluded to\Nprior, the same system
Dialogue: 0,1:19:09.98,1:19:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be used for just about\Nany societal calculation,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:13.30,1:19:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,virtually eliminating the\Nstate government, in fact,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:16.22,1:19:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and politics as we know it.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:18.22,1:19:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a participatory\Ndecision-making process.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:22.60,1:19:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an aside, as far as the fact\Nthat there will indeed always
Dialogue: 0,1:19:26.76,1:19:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be scarcity of something\Nin the world,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:29.23,1:19:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the very basis of existence\Nof price, market and money,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:33.11,1:19:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human beings can again either\Nunderstand the dire need
Dialogue: 0,1:19:36.64,1:19:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to exist in a steady-state\Nrelationship with nature
Dialogue: 0,1:19:39.82,1:19:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the global human\Nspecies for cultural
Dialogue: 0,1:19:42.73,1:19:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and environmental\Nsustainability, or not.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:46.05,1:19:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can either continue down\Nthe same path we are now
Dialogue: 0,1:19:48.83,1:19:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or become more aware, responsible\Nto the world and to each other,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:54.25,1:19:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeking post-scarcity and using\Nnatural law rules of sustainability
Dialogue: 0,1:19:57.88,1:20:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and efficiency to decide how to best\Nallocate our raw materials, or not.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:03.58,1:20:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think the former is\Nthe most intelligent path.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:07.89,1:20:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I state that because again,\Nthis resource argument
Dialogue: 0,1:20:10.58,1:20:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always comes down to the abstractions ...\Nof scarcity.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:15.72,1:20:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It never qualifies what scarcity\Nis in certain contexts.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:19.93,1:20:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't separate scarcity\Nand that's its fatal flaw,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:23.09,1:20:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between human needs\Nand human wants.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:25.60,1:20:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, I want to point\Nout another fallacy,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:29.72,1:20:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which of this private ownership\Nof the means of production,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:32.61,1:20:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a fallacy of this broad\Nconcept is its culture lag!
Dialogue: 0,1:20:35.76,1:20:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today we are seeing a\Nmerger of capital goods,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:39.48,1:20:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consumer goods and labor power.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:41.99,1:20:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Machines are taking\Nover human labor power,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:44.68,1:20:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becoming capital goods,\Nwhile also reducing in size
Dialogue: 0,1:20:49.07,1:20:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become consumer goods.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:52.04,1:20:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure almost everyone in this\Nroom has a home paper printer.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:55.84,1:20:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you send a file to\Nprint from your computer,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:58.27,1:21:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are in control of a mini-version\Nof a means of production.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:03.27,1:21:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What about 3D printers?
Dialogue: 0,1:21:05.10,1:21:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some cities today there\Nare now 3D printing labs
Dialogue: 0,1:21:07.62,1:21:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which people can send their design\Nto print, in physical form.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:12.65,1:21:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The model I'm going to\Ndescribe is a similar idea.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:15.84,1:21:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next step is the creation
Dialogue: 0,1:21:18.23,1:21:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a strategically automated\Nindustrial complex
Dialogue: 0,1:21:21.01,1:21:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,localized as much as possible
Dialogue: 0,1:21:23.41,1:21:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is designed to produce,\Nthrough automated means,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:26.34,1:21:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the average of everything any given\Nregion has found demand for.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:31.27,1:21:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about it: on-demand\Nproduction on a mass scale.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:34.99,1:21:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consider for a moment\Nhow much storage space,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:37.36,1:21:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transport energy\Nand overrun waste
Dialogue: 0,1:21:39.59,1:21:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is immediately eliminated\Nby this approach.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:42.41,1:21:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the days of large,\Nwasteful mass producing economies
Dialogue: 0,1:21:45.68,1:21:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of scale are coming to an end,\Nwell, if we want them to.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:51.87,1:21:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This type of thinking:\Ntrue economic calculation,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:55.93,1:21:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the most technical sense of the\Nterm, I can't reiterate that enough.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:00.02,1:22:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are calculating to be as technically\Nefficient and conservative
Dialogue: 0,1:22:02.76,1:22:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as possible which again, almost\Nparadoxically, is what will facilitate
Dialogue: 0,1:22:07.64,1:22:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a global access abundance to\Nmeet all human needs and beyond.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:13.47,1:22:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Structure and Processes.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:15.84,1:22:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to walk through\Nthe following 3 processes:
Dialogue: 0,1:22:18.78,1:22:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(1) the collaborative design\Ninterface and industrial schematic,
Dialogue: 0,1:22:21.93,1:22:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(2) resource management,\Nfeedback and value
Dialogue: 0,1:22:24.40,1:22:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and (3) general principles of\Nsustainability and the macro-calculation.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:30.21,1:22:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The collaborative design interface\Nis essentially the new market;
Dialogue: 0,1:22:34.08,1:22:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a market of ideas.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:36.20,1:22:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This system is the first step\Nin any production interest.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:39.29,1:22:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be engaged by a single\Nperson; it can be engaged by a team
Dialogue: 0,1:22:43.50,1:22:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have friends and you want\Nto put it together, sort of like
Dialogue: 0,1:22:46.04,1:22:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how businesses think; it can\Nbe engaged by everyone.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:48.65,1:22:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is open source\Nand open access,
Dialogue: 0,1:22:50.94,1:22:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your concept is open to\Ninput from anyone interested
Dialogue: 0,1:22:54.78,1:22:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that good genre or anyone that's\Nonline that cares to contribute.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:59.80,1:23:02.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously it comes in the form\Nof a website, as I stated;
Dialogue: 0,1:23:02.43,1:23:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and likewise, whatever\Nexists as a final decision,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:05.49,1:23:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever is put into production,\Neven though in theory
Dialogue: 0,1:23:07.80,1:23:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything will be under\Nmodification at all times,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:09.95,1:23:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what has been approved, if\Nyou will, is digitally stored
Dialogue: 0,1:23:13.69,1:23:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a database which makes that\Ngood available to everyone.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:17.19,1:23:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sort of like a goods catalog,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:19.32,1:23:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except it contains all of\Nthe information digitally
Dialogue: 0,1:23:22.94,1:23:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is required\Nto produce them.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:25.40,1:23:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is how demand is assessed.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:27.97,1:23:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's feedback and\Nit's immediate.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:30.37,1:23:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, of course,\Nof advertising
Dialogue: 0,1:23:33.33,1:23:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the unidirectional consumer\Ngood proposal system, which it is,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:37.92,1:23:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have today where corporations\Nbasically tell you what you should buy
Dialogue: 0,1:23:41.68,1:23:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the public generally\Ngoing with the flow,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:44.37,1:23:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,favoring one good component\Nor feature, using price,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:47.90,1:23:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they don't like something then\Nclearly they won't produce it anymore
Dialogue: 0,1:23:51.16,1:23:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to weed out supply and demand.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:53.33,1:23:55.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This system works\Nthe opposite way.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:55.35,1:23:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The entire community has the\Noption of presenting ideas
Dialogue: 0,1:23:57.71,1:24:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for everyone to see and\Nweigh in on and build upon.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:00.87,1:24:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever isn't of interest simply\Nwon't be executed to begin with.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:04.49,1:24:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no testing here such as\Nyou would see with marketing,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:07.24,1:24:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is incredibly wasteful.\NIt's as simple as that.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:11.16,1:24:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The actual mechanism of proposal
Dialogue: 0,1:24:13.32,1:24:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will come in the form of an\Ninteractive design interface
Dialogue: 0,1:24:16.68,1:24:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as we see with computer-aided\Ndesign, or CAD as it's called,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:21.07,1:24:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or more specifically\Ncomputer-aided engineering
Dialogue: 0,1:24:24.29,1:24:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a more complicated\Nsynergistic process.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:28.28,1:24:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an aside, some see computer-aided\Ndesign programs as they exist
Dialogue: 0,1:24:32.50,1:24:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as having an enormous\Nlearning curve, and they do.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:35.36,1:24:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But just as the first computers
Dialogue: 0,1:24:37.40,1:24:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were very difficult\Ncode-based interfaces
Dialogue: 0,1:24:40.88,1:24:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which were later replaced\Nby small little programs
Dialogue: 0,1:24:43.54,1:24:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the form of graphic icons\Nthat we're all so familiar with
Dialogue: 0,1:24:46.43,1:24:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the future CAD-type programs could\Nbe oriented in the exact same way
Dialogue: 0,1:24:51.04,1:24:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make them more user-friendly.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:53.56,1:24:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, not everyone\Nhas to engage in design.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:57.27,1:25:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people, like most people today,\Nappreciate what's been created prior.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:01.35,1:25:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They absorb and they use what\Nother people have come up with.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:04.34,1:25:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's a diminishing law of returns\Nin a lot of ways, if you will.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:07.50,1:25:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not everyone has to get in there\Nand has some role to do this.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:11.03,1:25:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But many will and many\Nwill enjoy the process.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:14.97,1:25:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can customize things as\Nyou go which is a great point.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:18.43,1:25:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's minor things that can happen\Nwith a product that someone doesn't know
Dialogue: 0,1:25:21.28,1:25:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything about, but maybe they just\Nwant to change the color and that's it.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:23.90,1:25:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, that doesn't\Ntake a lot of education.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:27.08,1:25:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More importantly,\Ntechnically speaking,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:30.07,1:25:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the beauty of these design and\Nengineering programs today
Dialogue: 0,1:25:33.72,1:25:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that they incorporate\Nadvanced physics
Dialogue: 0,1:25:36.70,1:25:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other real-world,\Nnatural-law properties.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:39.91,1:25:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a good isn't just viewable\Nin a static 3D model.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:43.66,1:25:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be tested, right\Nthere, digitally.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:46.55,1:25:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while some testing capacity\Nmight be limited today,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:49.16,1:25:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's simply a matter of focus\Nto perfect such digital means.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:53.07,1:25:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, in the automotive industry,\Nlong before new ideas are built,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:56.74,1:25:59.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they run them through similar\Ndigital testing processes,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:59.73,1:26:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's no reason to believe
Dialogue: 0,1:26:01.74,1:26:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we will not eventually be\Nable to digitally represent
Dialogue: 0,1:26:04.96,1:26:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and imitate and set in motion virtually\Nall known laws of nature in time,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:11.08,1:26:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being able to apply\Nthem to different contexts.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:15.14,1:26:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Similarly, and this is critical,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:18.24,1:26:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this design that's proposed\Nin this system is filtered
Dialogue: 0,1:26:22.71,1:26:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through a series of sustainability\Nand efficiency protocols
Dialogue: 0,1:26:26.95,1:26:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which relate to not only the\Nstate of the natural world
Dialogue: 0,1:26:30.74,1:26:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also the total\Nindustrial system,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:33.62,1:26:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in as far as what is compatible.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:35.74,1:26:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Processes of evaluation and suggestion\Nwould include the following:
Dialogue: 0,1:26:40.43,1:26:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strategically\Nmaximized durability,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:43.60,1:26:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adaptability,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:45.37,1:26:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,standardization of\Ngenre components,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:48.39,1:26:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strategically integrated recycling\Nconduciveness, as I mentioned before,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:52.80,1:26:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and strategically conducive\Ndesigns themselves,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:55.78,1:26:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making them conducive\Nfor labor automation.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:59.61,1:27:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to go through\Nthese, each quickly.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:01.81,1:27:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Durability just means to make the good as\Nstrong and as long-lasting as relevant,
Dialogue: 0,1:27:05.77,1:27:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the materials utilized comparatively\Nassuming possible substitutions
Dialogue: 0,1:27:10.06,1:27:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to levels of scarcity\Nor other factors
Dialogue: 0,1:27:12.35,1:27:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be dynamically calculated
Dialogue: 0,1:27:14.52,1:27:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,likely automatically, in\Nfact, by the design system
Dialogue: 0,1:27:17.84,1:27:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be most conducive to an\Noptimized durability standard.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:22.67,1:27:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Adaptability.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:24.32,1:27:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means that the highest\Nstate of flexibility
Dialogue: 0,1:27:26.89,1:27:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for replacing component\Nparts is made.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:29.66,1:27:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Has anyone seen this thing\Ncalled "phonebloks?"
Dialogue: 0,1:27:33.100,1:27:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brilliant.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:35.40,1:27:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the event a component part\Nof this good becomes defective
Dialogue: 0,1:27:38.67,1:27:41.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or out-of-date, whenever\Npossible the design facilitates
Dialogue: 0,1:27:42.10,1:27:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that such components\Nare easily replaced
Dialogue: 0,1:27:44.54,1:27:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to maximize full\Nproduct life span.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:48.23,1:27:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Standardization of\Ngenre components.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:52.10,1:27:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All new designs either conform to\Nor replace, if they're updated,
Dialogue: 0,1:27:56.38,1:27:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,existing components which are\Neither already in existence
Dialogue: 0,1:28:00.03,1:28:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or outdated due to a comparative\Nlack of efficiency.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:04.46,1:28:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many don't know this, but a\Nman named Eli Whitney in 1801
Dialogue: 0,1:28:08.61,1:28:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the first to really apply\Nstandardization in production.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:11.80,1:28:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He made muskets and back\Nthen they were handmade,
Dialogue: 0,1:28:14.52,1:28:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were not interchangeable,\Nso the musket parts,
Dialogue: 0,1:28:16.96,1:28:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if anything broke, you couldn't\Ntake a part from something else.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:20.15,1:28:22.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was the first to actually\Nmake the tools to do this,
Dialogue: 0,1:28:22.63,1:28:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he basically started the\Nentire process of standardization,
Dialogue: 0,1:28:26.15,1:28:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the US military was now able\Nto buy huge things of muskets
Dialogue: 0,1:28:29.64,1:28:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and interchanged them and,\Nmuch more sustainable,
Dialogue: 0,1:28:32.59,1:28:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though they\Nwere killing people.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:35.85,1:28:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is interesting for the military\Nbecause if you think about it,
Dialogue: 0,1:28:38.45,1:28:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the military is one of the most\Nefficient systems on the planet
Dialogue: 0,1:28:41.69,1:28:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's absent\Nthe market economy.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:43.96,1:28:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you really want to look to where\Nindustrial efficiency was born,
Dialogue: 0,1:28:47.03,1:28:50.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as I dislike it, the\Nmilitary is where it becomes,
Dialogue: 0,1:28:51.19,1:28:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it's been harnessed\Nthe most, excuse me.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:53.70,1:28:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, this logic not only\Napplies to a given product,
Dialogue: 0,1:28:57.57,1:29:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's applied to the entire\Ngood genre: standardization.
Dialogue: 0,1:29:01.84,1:29:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, this efficiency will\Nnever happen in a market economy
Dialogue: 0,1:29:05.52,1:29:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with its basis in competition,\Nas proprietary technology
Dialogue: 0,1:29:09.11,1:29:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,removes all such collaborative efficiency.\NNo one wants that.
Dialogue: 0,1:29:12.67,1:29:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one wants to share\Neverything like that.
Dialogue: 0,1:29:14.80,1:29:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise, people wouldn't have a\Nneed to go back to the root company
Dialogue: 0,1:29:18.07,1:29:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and buy the part; they\Nwould go somewhere else
Dialogue: 0,1:29:20.35,1:29:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they'd have access\Nto it through other means.
Dialogue: 0,1:29:23.65,1:29:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recycling conduciveness.
Dialogue: 0,1:29:25.70,1:29:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As noted before, this means\Nevery design must conform
Dialogue: 0,1:29:28.35,1:29:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the current state of\Nregenerative possibility.
Dialogue: 0,1:29:31.39,1:29:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The breakdown of any\Ngood must be anticipated
Dialogue: 0,1:29:34.51,1:29:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and allowed for in the\Nmost optimized way,
Dialogue: 0,1:29:39.13,1:29:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made conducive for\Nlabor automation.
Dialogue: 0,1:29:43.11,1:29:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means that the current\Nstate of optimized
Dialogue: 0,1:29:46.03,1:29:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,automated production is\Ndirectly taken into account
Dialogue: 0,1:29:49.63,1:29:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeking to refine the process-
Dialogue: 0,1:29:52.30,1:29:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,excuse me- seeking to refine\Nthe design that's submitted
Dialogue: 0,1:29:55.22,1:29:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be most conducive to the\Ncurrent state of production
Dialogue: 0,1:29:58.09,1:30:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the least amount of\Nhuman labor or monitoring.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:01.90,1:30:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We seek to simplify the way materials\Nand production means are used
Dialogue: 0,1:30:07.36,1:30:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the maximum number\Nof goods can be produced
Dialogue: 0,1:30:10.00,1:30:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the least variation of\Nmaterials and production equipment.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:13.87,1:30:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a very important point.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:16.10,1:30:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These five factors will be\Nwhat we can call in total
Dialogue: 0,1:30:18.70,1:30:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the optimized design-efficiency\Nfunction, if you want to be technical.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:23.39,1:30:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep this in mind as I'm going to\Nreturn to all of this in a moment.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:27.64,1:30:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moving on to the industrial\Ncomplex, the layout.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:30.80,1:30:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means that the network of\Nfacilities, which are directly connected
Dialogue: 0,1:30:34.29,1:30:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the design and the database\Nsystem I have just described.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:37.57,1:30:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Servers, production, distribution,\Nrecycling is basically it.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:41.87,1:30:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, we'd need to relate the\Ncurrent state of resources,
Dialogue: 0,1:30:45.97,1:30:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,critically important, as per the\Nglobal resource management network,
Dialogue: 0,1:30:50.84,1:30:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another tier, which I'm going\Nto also describe in a moment.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:55.84,1:30:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Production- this means of\Ncourse actual manufacturing-
Dialogue: 0,1:30:59.75,1:31:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would evolve, as expressed\Nbefore, as automated factories
Dialogue: 0,1:31:04.50,1:31:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are increasingly\Nable to produce more
Dialogue: 0,1:31:07.16,1:31:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with less material inputs and\Nless machines: ephemeralization.
Dialogue: 0,1:31:11.19,1:31:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we were to consciously design out\Nunnecessary levels of complexity,
Dialogue: 0,1:31:15.56,1:31:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can further this\Nefficiency trend greatly
Dialogue: 0,1:31:17.96,1:31:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an ever-lower environmental\Nimpact and resource use
Dialogue: 0,1:31:21.54,1:31:25.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while maximizing, again, our\Nabundance-producing potential.
Dialogue: 0,1:31:25.75,1:31:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The number of\Nproduction facilities,
Dialogue: 0,1:31:27.97,1:31:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether homogeneous or heterogeneous,\Nas they would be called,
Dialogue: 0,1:31:30.90,1:31:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be strategically\Ndistributed topographically
Dialogue: 0,1:31:33.68,1:31:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based around population\Nstatistics, very simple stuff.
Dialogue: 0,1:31:36.56,1:31:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's no different than how\Ngrocery stores work today
Dialogue: 0,1:31:38.87,1:31:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they try to average\Ndistances as best they can
Dialogue: 0,1:31:41.24,1:31:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between pockets of people\Nand neighborhoods.
Dialogue: 0,1:31:43.64,1:31:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could call this the\N'Proximity Strategy'
Dialogue: 0,1:31:46.11,1:31:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I'll mention\Nagain in a moment.
Dialogue: 0,1:31:48.77,1:31:50.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Distribution.
Dialogue: 0,1:31:50.19,1:31:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This can either be directly\Nfrom the production facility
Dialogue: 0,1:31:53.22,1:31:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as in the case of on-demand\Ncustom one-off production,
Dialogue: 0,1:31:56.93,1:31:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or it can be sent to a\Ndistribution library
Dialogue: 0,1:31:59.80,1:32:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for public access en masse,
Dialogue: 0,1:32:02.51,1:32:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on demand interest\Nin that region.
Dialogue: 0,1:32:05.39,1:32:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The library system is where\Ngoods can be obtained.
Dialogue: 0,1:32:09.42,1:32:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some goods can be\Nconducive to low demand
Dialogue: 0,1:32:12.16,1:32:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and custom production\Nand some will not be.
Dialogue: 0,1:32:14.73,1:32:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Food is an easy example of a\Nmass production necessity,
Dialogue: 0,1:32:17.86,1:32:19.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while a personal tailored\Npiece of furniture
Dialogue: 0,1:32:20.09,1:32:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would come directly from the\Nmanufacturing facility once created.
Dialogue: 0,1:32:24.60,1:32:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suspect that this\Non-demand process,
Dialogue: 0,1:32:26.96,1:32:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which will likely become equally\Nas utilized as mass production,
Dialogue: 0,1:32:31.77,1:32:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be an enormous advantage.
Dialogue: 0,1:32:34.04,1:32:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As noted, on-demand\Nproduction is more efficient
Dialogue: 0,1:32:36.70,1:32:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since the resources are going to be\Nutilized for the exact-use demand,
Dialogue: 0,1:32:40.50,1:32:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as opposed to the block\Nthings that we do today.
Dialogue: 0,1:32:46.80,1:32:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Distribution Library.
Dialogue: 0,1:32:50.44,1:32:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inventory is accessed in a\Ndynamic direct feedback link
Dialogue: 0,1:32:53.64,1:32:56.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between production,\Ndistribution and demand.
Dialogue: 0,1:32:56.85,1:32:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If that doesn't make sense to you,\Nall you have to think about is
Dialogue: 0,1:32:59.40,1:33:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how inventory accounting\Nand tracking works
Dialogue: 0,1:33:01.84,1:33:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in any major commercial\Ndistribution center today
Dialogue: 0,1:33:04.95,1:33:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with, of course, a few\Nadjustments made in this model.
Dialogue: 0,1:33:07.20,1:33:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're already doing this\Ntype of stuff already.
Dialogue: 0,1:33:09.80,1:33:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regardless of where the\Ngood is classified to go,
Dialogue: 0,1:33:12.70,1:33:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's custom or not,\Nlibraries or to the direct user,
Dialogue: 0,1:33:16.23,1:33:18.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is still an access system.
Dialogue: 0,1:33:18.50,1:33:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, at any time\Nthe user of the custom good
Dialogue: 0,1:33:21.82,1:33:24.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can return the item\Nfor reprocessing,
Dialogue: 0,1:33:24.33,1:33:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as the person who obtained something\Nfrom the library can, as well.
Dialogue: 0,1:33:28.84,1:33:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since, as noted, the good\Nhas been pre-optimized
Dialogue: 0,1:33:31.27,1:33:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all goods are pre-optimized\Nfor conducive recycling)
Dialogue: 0,1:33:33.63,1:33:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,odds are the recycling facility\Nis actually built directly in
Dialogue: 0,1:33:37.10,1:33:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the production facility or the\Ngenre of production facility,
Dialogue: 0,1:33:40.52,1:33:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depending on how many facilities you\Nneed to create the variety of demand.
Dialogue: 0,1:33:44.95,1:33:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So again, there's no trash\Nhere: whether it's a phone,
Dialogue: 0,1:33:47.40,1:33:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a couch, a computer,\Na jacket, a book,
Dialogue: 0,1:33:49.62,1:33:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything goes back to where it came\Nback from, for direct reprocessing.
Dialogue: 0,1:33:53.19,1:33:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ideally this is a\Nzero-waste economy.
Dialogue: 0,1:33:57.91,1:34:00.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Resource Management,\NFeedback and Value.
Dialogue: 0,1:34:01.05,1:34:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The computer-aided and\Nengineering design process
Dialogue: 0,1:34:04.68,1:34:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obviously does not\Nexist in a vacuum.
Dialogue: 0,1:34:06.91,1:34:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Processing demands input from the\Nnatural resources that we have.
Dialogue: 0,1:34:13.50,1:34:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So connected to this design\Nprocess, literally built into the
Dialogue: 0,1:34:17.58,1:34:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,optimized design-efficiency\Nfunction noted prior,
Dialogue: 0,1:34:20.84,1:34:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is dynamic feedback from an\NEarth-wide accounting system
Dialogue: 0,1:34:24.21,1:34:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which gives data about\Nall relevant resources
Dialogue: 0,1:34:26.100,1:34:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which pertain to\Nall productions.
Dialogue: 0,1:34:29.41,1:34:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, most major industries\Nkeep periodic data
Dialogue: 0,1:34:32.60,1:34:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of their genre materials as\Nfar as how much they have,
Dialogue: 0,1:34:35.26,1:34:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but clearly it's\Ndifficult to ascertain
Dialogue: 0,1:34:37.38,1:34:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to the nature of corporate\Nsecrets and the like.
Dialogue: 0,1:34:41.24,1:34:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's still done.
Dialogue: 0,1:34:43.22,1:34:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To whatever degree ...\Ntechnically possible this is,
Dialogue: 0,1:34:47.95,1:34:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all resources are\Ntracked and monitored,
Dialogue: 0,1:34:50.41,1:34:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in as close to real\Ntime ideally as possible.
Dialogue: 0,1:34:52.90,1:34:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Mainly because we need\Nto maintain equilibrium
Dialogue: 0,1:34:56.47,1:34:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the Earth's regenerative\Nprocesses at all times
Dialogue: 0,1:34:59.45,1:35:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while also, as noted before,\Nwork to strategically maximize
Dialogue: 0,1:35:02.92,1:35:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our use of the most\Nabundant materials
Dialogue: 0,1:35:05.70,1:35:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while minimizing anything\Nwith emerging scarcity.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:10.16,1:35:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Value.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:11.70,1:35:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As far as value, the\Ntwo dominant measures,
Dialogue: 0,1:35:14.92,1:35:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which will undergo constant\Ndynamic recalculation
Dialogue: 0,1:35:17.68,1:35:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through feedback as\Nindustry unfolds,
Dialogue: 0,1:35:20.18,1:35:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[are] scarcity and\Nlabor complexity.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:24.10,1:35:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scarcity value without\Na market system
Dialogue: 0,1:35:26.65,1:35:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could be assigned a numerical\Nvalue, say one to 100.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:30.61,1:35:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One would denote the\Nmost severe scarcity
Dialogue: 0,1:35:32.87,1:35:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with respect to the current rate\Nof use, and 100 the least severe.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:36.44,1:35:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,50 would mark the\Nsteady-state dividing line.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:39.49,1:35:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, if the use\Nof wood lumber passes
Dialogue: 0,1:35:42.22,1:35:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,below the steady\Nstate level of 50,
Dialogue: 0,1:35:44.79,1:35:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would mean consumption is\Ncurrently surpassing the Earth's
Dialogue: 0,1:35:47.35,1:35:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,natural regeneration\Nrate, this would trigger
Dialogue: 0,1:35:49.95,1:35:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a counter-move of some kind,
Dialogue: 0,1:35:52.17,1:35:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as the process of\Nmaterial substitution,
Dialogue: 0,1:35:56.11,1:35:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hence the replacement for wood\Nin any given future productions,
Dialogue: 0,1:35:59.94,1:36:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finding alternatives.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:02.48,1:36:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, if you are a free\Nmarket mindset listening to this,
Dialogue: 0,1:36:05.29,1:36:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are likely going to object at\Nthis point by saying "Without price,
Dialogue: 0,1:36:08.63,1:36:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how can you compare value of one\Nmaterial to another or many materials?"
Dialogue: 0,1:36:12.39,1:36:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simple: you organize genres or\Ngroups of similar-use materials
Dialogue: 0,1:36:19.44,1:36:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and quantify, as best you can,\Ntheir related properties
Dialogue: 0,1:36:23.40,1:36:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and degree of efficiency\Nfor a given purpose,
Dialogue: 0,1:36:27.16,1:36:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you apply a general\Nnumerical value spectrum
Dialogue: 0,1:36:29.77,1:36:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those relationships, as well.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:32.87,1:36:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, there are\Na spectrum of metals
Dialogue: 0,1:36:35.65,1:36:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which have different efficiencies\Nfor electrical conductivity.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:39.59,1:36:41.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These efficiencies\Ncan be quantified,
Dialogue: 0,1:36:41.71,1:36:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if they can be quantified,\Nthey can be compared.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:44.43,1:36:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if copper goes below the 50\Nmedian value regarding its scarcity,
Dialogue: 0,1:36:50.06,1:36:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,calculations are triggered\Nby the management program
Dialogue: 0,1:36:53.01,1:36:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to compare the state of other\Nconducive materials in its database,
Dialogue: 0,1:36:57.17,1:36:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compare their scarcity level\Nand their efficiency,
Dialogue: 0,1:37:00.02,1:37:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,preparing for substitution,\Nand that kind of information
Dialogue: 0,1:37:02.54,1:37:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goes right back to the designer.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:05.85,1:37:09.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Naturally, this type of reasoning might\Nindeed get extremely complicated
Dialogue: 0,1:37:09.38,1:37:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as again: numerous resources and\Nnumerous efficiencies and purposes
Dialogue: 0,1:37:13.58,1:37:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is exactly why it is\Ncalculated by a machine, not people.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:16.96,1:37:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's also why it completely blows\Nthe price system out of the water
Dialogue: 0,1:37:19.98,1:37:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to true resource\Nawareness and intelligent management.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:25.83,1:37:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Labor Complexity.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:28.06,1:37:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This simply means estimating the\Ncomplexity of a given production.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:32.82,1:37:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Complexity, in the context of\Nan automated-oriented industry,
Dialogue: 0,1:37:36.64,1:37:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be quantified by\Ndefining and comparing
Dialogue: 0,1:37:39.95,1:37:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number of process\Nstages, if you will.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:43.68,1:37:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any given good production\Ncan be foreshadowed
Dialogue: 0,1:37:46.50,1:37:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as to how many of these stages\Nof production it will take.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:50.28,1:37:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can then be compared to\Nother good productions,
Dialogue: 0,1:37:52.97,1:37:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ideally in the same genre, for\Na quantifiable assessment.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:56.87,1:37:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The units of measurement are\Nthe stages, in other words.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:59.96,1:38:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, a chair that can\Nbe molded in three minutes
Dialogue: 0,1:38:02.56,1:38:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from simple polymers in one\Nprocess will have a lower
Dialogue: 0,1:38:05.24,1:38:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,labor complexity value than a chair\Nwhich requires automated assembly
Dialogue: 0,1:38:09.17,1:38:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down a more tedious production\Nchain with mixed materials.
Dialogue: 0,1:38:13.96,1:38:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the event a given process\Nvalue is too complex
Dialogue: 0,1:38:17.03,1:38:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or inefficient in terms of what is\Ncurrently possible in production,
Dialogue: 0,1:38:20.64,1:38:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or too inefficient by comparison\Nto an already existing design
Dialogue: 0,1:38:24.49,1:38:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a similar nature as well, the\Ndesign, along with other parameters,
Dialogue: 0,1:38:28.34,1:38:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be flagged and\Nwould be re-evaluated.
Dialogue: 0,1:38:31.70,1:38:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again, all of this comes from\Nfeedback from the design interface;
Dialogue: 0,1:38:35.23,1:38:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's no reason to assume\Nthat with ongoing advancement
Dialogue: 0,1:38:38.33,1:38:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in AI (artificial intelligence),
Dialogue: 0,1:38:40.77,1:38:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we wouldn't be able to feedback not\Nonly the highlight of the problem
Dialogue: 0,1:38:44.25,1:38:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but would also create\Nsuggestions or substitutions
Dialogue: 0,1:38:47.10,1:38:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for you to understand\Nin the interface.
Dialogue: 0,1:38:51.66,1:38:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Macro]-Calculation.
Dialogue: 0,1:38:54.28,1:38:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's put some of this\Nreasoning together.
Dialogue: 0,1:38:56.88,1:38:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope everyone\Ncan bear with me.
Dialogue: 0,1:38:59.62,1:39:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we were to look\Nat good design
Dialogue: 0,1:39:01.94,1:39:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the broadest possible way with\Nrespect to industrial unfolding,
Dialogue: 0,1:39:05.41,1:39:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would end up with about\Nfour functions or processes
Dialogue: 0,1:39:08.64,1:39:12.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each relating to the four dominant,\Nlinear stages of design,
Dialogue: 0,1:39:12.51,1:39:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,production, distribution\Nand recycling.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:15.04,1:39:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The following propositions should be\Nobvious enough as a rule structure.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:19.35,1:39:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All product designs must adapt\Nto optimized design efficiency.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:22.95,1:39:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They must all adapt to optimized\Nproduction efficiency.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:26.45,1:39:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They must adapt to optimized\Ndistribution efficiency,
Dialogue: 0,1:39:29.23,1:39:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they must adapt to optimized\Nrecycling efficiency.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:32.11,1:39:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seems redundant, but this is\Nhow we have to think about it.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:35.51,1:39:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is a linear block schematic and\Nthe symbolic logic representation
Dialogue: 0,1:39:39.49,1:39:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which embodies the\Nsubprocesses or functions
Dialogue: 0,1:39:42.36,1:39:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm now going to very\Ngenerally break down.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:46.45,1:39:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Process 1: The Design.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:49.12,1:39:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Optimized Design Efficiency.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:51.31,1:39:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A product design must meet\Nor adapt to criteria set
Dialogue: 0,1:39:55.77,1:39:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by what we have called the\Ncurrent efficiency standards.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:59.66,1:40:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This efficiency process has\Nfive evaluative subprocesses,
Dialogue: 0,1:40:04.75,1:40:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as noted before earlier\Nin the presentation:
Dialogue: 0,1:40:07.25,1:40:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,durability, adaptability,\Nstandardization,
Dialogue: 0,1:40:10.70,1:40:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recycling conduciveness, maximized\Nautomation conduciveness.
Dialogue: 0,1:40:16.58,1:40:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Further breakdown of these\Nvariables and logical associations
Dialogue: 0,1:40:19.59,1:40:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be figuratively made\Nas well, of course,
Dialogue: 0,1:40:21.99,1:40:24.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I don't think is conducive\Nfor this type of presentation
Dialogue: 0,1:40:25.14,1:40:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we're going to get lost\Nin ever- reductionist minutia.
Dialogue: 0,1:40:29.19,1:40:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for more detail this stuff will\Nbe developed much more and be put
Dialogue: 0,1:40:33.20,1:40:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into this text as I've just described\Nwhich will be available for free.
Dialogue: 0,1:40:36.43,1:40:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to try to do my best to give\Nthe general efficiency process here.
Dialogue: 0,1:40:40.98,1:40:43.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the end, when it comes to this\NDesign Efficiency process set,
Dialogue: 0,1:40:43.79,1:40:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we end up with this design\Nfunction at the top.
Dialogue: 0,1:40:48.88,1:40:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just to see it, I'll list all of\Nthe function meanings at the end.
Dialogue: 0,1:40:54.34,1:40:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We move on to process 2:\NProduction Efficiency.
Dialogue: 0,1:40:58.64,1:41:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In short, this is\Nthe digital filter
Dialogue: 0,1:41:01.49,1:41:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that moves design to one of two\Nproduction facility types.
Dialogue: 0,1:41:06.38,1:41:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One for high demand\Nor mass goods
Dialogue: 0,1:41:08.72,1:41:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one for low demand\Nor custom goods.
Dialogue: 0,1:41:11.50,1:41:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first uses fixed automation,
Dialogue: 0,1:41:14.19,1:41:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning unvaried production\Nideal for high demand,
Dialogue: 0,1:41:18.16,1:41:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the second:\Nflexible automation
Dialogue: 0,1:41:20.70,1:41:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which can do a variety of things,\Nbut usually in shorter runs.
Dialogue: 0,1:41:24.00,1:41:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a distinction\Nthat's commonly made
Dialogue: 0,1:41:26.11,1:41:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in traditional\Nmanufacturing terms.
Dialogue: 0,1:41:28.66,1:41:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This structure assumes only\Ntwo types of facilities.
Dialogue: 0,1:41:32.25,1:41:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously there could be more,\Nbased on the production factors.
Dialogue: 0,1:41:35.84,1:41:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if the design rules in\Nthe process are respected,
Dialogue: 0,1:41:39.24,1:41:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as expressed before, there\Nshouldn't be much variety.
Dialogue: 0,1:41:41.89,1:41:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over time things get\Nsimpler and simpler.
Dialogue: 0,1:41:46.09,1:41:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to state this, I'm just going\Nto run through it for those that
Dialogue: 0,1:41:48.56,1:41:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like to hear things\Nspelled out like this.
Dialogue: 0,1:41:50.76,1:41:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All product designs\Nare filtered by a
Dialogue: 0,1:41:52.94,1:41:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demand class\Ndetermination: process D;
Dialogue: 0,1:41:56.50,1:41:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the demand class determination\Nprocess filters
Dialogue: 0,1:41:59.40,1:42:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on the standards set for\Nlow demand or high demand.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:04.91,1:42:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All low consumer\Ndemand product designs
Dialogue: 0,1:42:07.28,1:42:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are to be manufactured by the\Nflexible automation process,
Dialogue: 0,1:42:09.54,1:42:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all high consumer\Ndemand product designs
Dialogue: 0,1:42:11.64,1:42:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are manufactured by the\Nfixed automation process.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:13.78,1:42:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also both the manufacturing\Nof low consumer demand
Dialogue: 0,1:42:15.94,1:42:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and high consumer\Ndemand product designs
Dialogue: 0,1:42:18.04,1:42:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be regionally allocated\Nas per the proximity strategy
Dialogue: 0,1:42:22.55,1:42:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the manufacturing facility.\NThis simply means
Dialogue: 0,1:42:25.93,1:42:28.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you keep things as close to you as\Npossible, as close to the average
Dialogue: 0,1:42:29.14,1:42:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of any given demand as far as what\Ntype of facility you're using.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:32.36,1:42:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this will change over\Ntime as populations change,
Dialogue: 0,1:42:35.10,1:42:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you keep updating.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:37.33,1:42:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Process 3.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:38.96,1:42:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once process 2 is finished, the\Nproduct design is now a product
Dialogue: 0,1:42:43.57,1:42:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it moves towards optimized\Ndistribution efficiency.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:47.82,1:42:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In short, all products are\Nallocated based on the prior
Dialogue: 0,1:42:51.81,1:42:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demand class determination\Nas noted before,
Dialogue: 0,1:42:54.72,1:42:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so low consumer demand products\Nfollow a direct distribution process,
Dialogue: 0,1:42:58.84,1:43:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,high consumer demands follow\Nthe mass distribution process
Dialogue: 0,1:43:02.42,1:43:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would likely be the\Nlibraries in that case.
Dialogue: 0,1:43:04.55,1:43:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both low consumer demand and high\Nconsumer demand products will be
Dialogue: 0,1:43:08.65,1:43:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regionally allocated per the\Nproximity strategy, as noted before.
Dialogue: 0,1:43:13.49,1:43:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And process 4, very simple, the\Nproduct undergoes its life span.
Dialogue: 0,1:43:17.64,1:43:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ideally it's been updated and\Nadapted; ideally it's been used
Dialogue: 0,1:43:21.06,1:43:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the highest degree and made as advanced\Nas it could within its life cycle.
Dialogue: 0,1:43:24.68,1:43:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once it's done it becomes void\Nand moves on to process 4
Dialogue: 0,1:43:28.08,1:43:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is simply optimized\Nrecycling efficiency.
Dialogue: 0,1:43:30.86,1:43:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All voided products will\Nfollow a regenerative protocol
Dialogue: 0,1:43:34.10,1:43:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a subprocess that\Nclearly I'm not going to go into
Dialogue: 0,1:43:36.92,1:43:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's deeply complicated
Dialogue: 0,1:43:39.04,1:43:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is the role of engineers\Nto develop over time.
Dialogue: 0,1:43:41.58,1:43:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is just a simple\Nmacro representation;
Dialogue: 0,1:43:44.56,1:43:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again these subvariables or subprocesses\Ngo on to quite a large degree.
Dialogue: 0,1:43:50.55,1:43:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keeping all of this in mind, again,\Na lot of this will be in the text
Dialogue: 0,1:43:54.06,1:43:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hopefully others, I\Nthink, can see this stuff,
Dialogue: 0,1:43:56.40,1:43:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are fluent with this\Ntype of thinking, and hone in
Dialogue: 0,1:43:58.73,1:44:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and perfect these equations\Nand relationships.
Dialogue: 0,1:44:00.90,1:44:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I tried to do here\Nis to give a broad sense
Dialogue: 0,1:44:03.87,1:44:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how this type\Nof thing unfolds.
Dialogue: 0,1:44:06.53,1:44:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a concluding statement,\Nmore or less, the way
Dialogue: 0,1:44:08.90,1:44:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this extrapolation of\Nsustainability and efficiency-
Dialogue: 0,1:44:11.64,1:44:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really quite a\Nsimple logical thing.
Dialogue: 0,1:44:14.10,1:44:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to be a rocket scientist\Nto see how things work on this level.
Dialogue: 0,1:44:17.12,1:44:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Creating a real program\Nthat can factor in
Dialogue: 0,1:44:20.44,1:44:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what are hundreds if not thousands\Nof subprocesses in algorithmic form,
Dialogue: 0,1:44:24.29,1:44:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they pertain to such an\Neconomic complex is indeed
Dialogue: 0,1:44:27.69,1:44:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a massive project in and of itself,\Nbut it's more of a tedious project.
Dialogue: 0,1:44:31.37,1:44:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't need to be a genius\Nto figure this stuff out.
Dialogue: 0,1:44:33.85,1:44:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think this is an excellent\Nthink-tank program
Dialogue: 0,1:44:36.64,1:44:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for anyone out there that's\Ninterested in projects.
Dialogue: 0,1:44:38.74,1:44:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a number of little projects\Nthat I'm trying to get going
Dialogue: 0,1:44:41.28,1:44:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I have time; one is simply\Ncalled The Global Redesign Institute,
Dialogue: 0,1:44:43.86,1:44:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a macroeconomic\Napproach to redesign
Dialogue: 0,1:44:46.22,1:44:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the entire surface of\Nthe planet, basically.
Dialogue: 0,1:44:48.72,1:44:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in this other programming concept,\Nwe create an open-source platform
Dialogue: 0,1:44:51.76,1:44:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where people can begin to\Nengineer this very program
Dialogue: 0,1:44:54.04,1:44:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm describing.
Dialogue: 0,1:44:56.47,1:44:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it. I was going to make\Na conclusion to this talk
Dialogue: 0,1:44:58.72,1:45:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was already way too long.
Dialogue: 0,1:45:00.62,1:45:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I just hope this gives a deeper\Nunderstanding of the model,
Dialogue: 0,1:45:03.10,1:45:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how it could work and\Nthank you for listening.
Dialogue: 0,1:45:05.28,1:45:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Applause]