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My one word is #Connections
You might not see it this way but to me Connections mean: Clarity, Power & Synergy
We live in an amazing time in history, the advancements in the last 100 years are mind blowing, and they are only speeding up. The internet has the power to connect all of us, gives us access to the worlds knowledge, but there is little order to it. There is actually disorder designed into many parts of it. The business model most of it is built on is designed to keep you clicking, to never give you the whole story.
I see all of our efforts and information out there like the light coming from the sun, and by making the connections, seeing the overlap, putting the information in common terms, we can gain clarity. This clarity is like taking a magnifying glass out in the sun, if you hold it at just the right angle you can start a fire. And with the power of fire you can do far more than you could with just light and a magnifying glass.
I want this site to be the magnifying glass, I want to make the connections that will allow us to make the most of all of our ideas and technologies, so we can all make the most of our lives without having to do it at the expense of others.
In the 1970's an acclaimed, well respected advisor to the White House and other governments around the world calculated that we have the technologies to make the world work for 100% of humanity, with no ecological offence or disadvantage to anyone. He designed and built cars, homes, boats, appliances, and many more things which achieved unprecedented improvements in efficiencies. By looking for these connections he discovered the first advancement in structural design in hundreds, maybe thousands of years. Rocks on top of rocks was how things were done since there were rocks, at some point we added wood frames and then steel frames, but he discovered a self-supporting structure that could be made with a small fraction of the materials used in standard construction. His work is not the focus of this site, but a great example of the possibilities available to us if we focus on how we are connected, how our decisions are connected, and look for the best possible solutions.
The way I see the world is as a dragon boat team that doesn't realize it's a dragon boat team. Rather than all facing the same direction and rowing in sync, we're all just doing whatever we think is best. Some are on the dock, some are on their own boats, on some boats people are facing differing directions. It's a mess. We don't see that if we all face the same way and get on the same boat we'll all be better off.
"If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far go together" African Proverb
#Connections
You might not see it this way but to me Connections mean: Clarity, Power & Synergy
We live in an amazing time in history, the advancements in the last 100 years are mind blowing, and they are only speeding up. The internet has the power to connect all of us, gives us access to the worlds knowledge, but there is little order to it. There is actually disorder designed into many parts of it. The business model most of it is built on is designed to keep you clicking, to never give you the whole story.
I see all of our efforts and information out there like the light coming from the sun, and by making the connections, seeing the overlap, putting the information in common terms, we can gain clarity. This clarity is like taking a magnifying glass out in the sun, if you hold it at just the right angle you can start a fire. And with the power of fire you can do far more than you could with just light and a magnifying glass.
I want this site to be the magnifying glass, I want to make the connections that will allow us to make the most of all of our ideas and technologies, so we can all make the most of our lives without having to do it at the expense of others.
In the 1970's an acclaimed, well respected advisor to the White House and other governments around the world calculated that we have the technologies to make the world work for 100% of humanity, with no ecological offence or disadvantage to anyone. He designed and built cars, homes, boats, appliances, and many more things which achieved unprecedented improvements in efficiencies. By looking for these connections he discovered the first advancement in structural design in hundreds, maybe thousands of years. Rocks on top of rocks was how things were done since there were rocks, at some point we added wood frames and then steel frames, but he discovered a self-supporting structure that could be made with a small fraction of the materials used in standard construction. His work is not the focus of this site, but a great example of the possibilities available to us if we focus on how we are connected, how our decisions are connected, and look for the best possible solutions.
The way I see the world is as a dragon boat team that doesn't realize it's a dragon boat team. Rather than all facing the same direction and rowing in sync, we're all just doing whatever we think is best. Some are on the dock, some are on their own boats, on some boats people are facing differing directions. It's a mess. We don't see that if we all face the same way and get on the same boat we'll all be better off.
"If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far go together" African Proverb
#Connections
