Buckminster Fuller, one of the 20th century’s most prolific, productive and innovative thinkers, designers, and engineers, defined an objective for humanity based on his mathematical research that proposed that all human beings on earth could survive and achieve a genuine standard of living beyond it, if we could figure out a way to play a world game, rather than a war game . This was not posed as an effort by governments, but as an alliance of people recognizing not only the legitimate right of survival for everyone, but the available resources and means, mathematically, for it to be realized, by collaboration, technology, and science. A promising number of people around the world believe that is possible.
A number of them have come together in action to recognize a simple truth of sustainability that can be immediately applied to making the world work better. Wealth is not built on resources, land, commodities, jewels, bitcoin or collectibles. It is built on agreement. That truth means everything that can change changes by #agreement, something humans have not been historically good at and certainly not enough for where we are today.
Agreement is elusive because we are all descended from warriors in one way or another. For most of our history, war has been a normal part of life, a glory at that, where people gave their lives nobly for their country or their people. Medals and honors were passed on from one generation to another preserving its meaning. We carry stories of war. So does our language of winning in business or art. Killing it, crushing it, blowing it up, swipe file.
If we choose to accept responsibility, on an individual level, to change that one aspect of culture, we can make a difference in what life is in the future. Each of us can dip our hand in that pool. Through this campaign, each of us can express a culture of agreement. We can express solidarity on something that is just as meaningful to our identity as war was, by expressing its opposite today, by taking few minutes to sign your own personalized copy The Treaty of Humanity. Some may dismiss what your one vote in this culture means, but you cannot dismiss what millions of votes like yours will do to make conflict a lot less attractive and agreement a lot more achievable.
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"I say that again, it’s so important that we aren’t in denial, that it’s gonna require something like what Daniel is talking about and for all of us to get engaged. So please don’t listen to this passively, listen to this from the point of view of how can I get involved, whether it’s with.."
"In our conversation, Daniel talks about what it really means to build trust with our family through agreement and understanding. You'll learn how we can give our kids a choice with that trust and that letting them make the wrong choice is okay. We should support..."
"Daniel Matalon was such an inspiring guest the first time around that we needed more so we invited him back to explore in greater detail some of his ideas and concepts for collaboration and sustainability to meet the challenge of having 100% of humanity thrive."
In today’s episode Greg and Colin interview Daniel Matalon. Daniel, an expert in survival economics and social justice, attempts to answer the question “Is there enough?” Listen in to find out more…
"In this episode, Daniel and I discuss what he's adding new to The Conversation, Buckminster Fuller, our warlike conversation type, the most surprising response to the question of "isthereenough?", power, war, common identity, laws and agreement, suffering, the..."
"The question "is there enough?" is like a yeast starter, once you ask the question it expands. Dan aims to meet everyday folk in a place where they can reflect on their identities and their worldviews, opening a space for new collaborations. Enjoy this podcast!"
"Working from a book, a conversation, and a unique social researchexperiment that has taken him to 22 countries, Mr. Matalon isasserting that humanity’s biggest existential threat is not climatechange, tribalism or inequality but our inability to make agreement..."
"Working from a book, a conversation, and a unique social research experiment that has taken him to 22 countries, Mr. Matalon is asserting that humanity’s biggest existential threat is not climate change, tribalism, or inequality, but our inability to foster agreement with each other at the level we require to address our challenges."
"#IsThereEnough campaign, a new conversation about wealth, survival and sustainability that he claims even a 5 year old can have. His upcoming book to be released at the end of the year, suggests that we have an even greater threat to humanity than climate change, and we are about to hear what he thinks that is..."
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