Milliongenerations:MGxPresentation0903
Presentation of milliongenerations' concepts from March 2009
How can there be most happiness?
How can there be most happiness?
Happiness is complicated.
Existence
- necessary for happiness
Conditions for existence
- of civilization
- while life is possible
millions of generations realizing life is wonderful
ca. 100,000,000,000,000,000 individuals on this planet
How can there be most happiness?
Is there a problem?
Is there a problem?
Stephen Hawking at TED 2008: "Our only chance of ... survival is to ... spread out into space"
Want to save the earth?
Want to save the earth?
Good news!
The earth will stay
A biosphere for billions of years
Can civilization remain?
Who can come up with solutions?
Who can come up with solutions?
- Politicians? Need to win the next fight
- Companies? Need to make money
- Specialists? Need to publish
- Organizations? There are many
Why are we still consuming the earth?
Consider something new
Consider the web
Engage the wisdom of crowds
Together we can.
Forecast?
Forecast?
The future?
Many have tried.
How?
Assume civilizations
Assume civilizations continue
Change perspective
Assume there still is civilization in a billion years
What can be concluded from this assumption?
- Where did the waste go to?
- How much can each generation consume?
- What materials are still used?
- What was the average population growth?
- Where did the energy come from?
Explore the conditions of lasting civilizations
Adapt concepts, not humans
Viable visions
Inspire
Many aspects of maintaining civilizations
Many aspects of maintaining civilizations
- Containing conflicts
- Using only what remains
- Maintaining population within upper and lower limits
- Surviving increasing knowledge and progress
- Containing existential risks
- Conceiving economies that can continue
- ...
Enjoy the thoughts.
We can only win.
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