Originally written by Jonathan Bird, based on ideas
proposed by the Venus Project.
Man creates laws and signs treaties. However, if the
treaty ceases to serve the interests of one of the countries that have signed
it, that country will violate the treaty.Most laws, regulations and treaties,
are violated. We were raised to believe that somebody has to be up there, at
the top, making all the decisions and creating all the laws and regulations,
being the final determinant. That is not actually true. The final determinant
is always nature.
In other words, we cannot strive for a population of
8 or 9 billion people, without basing it on the existing resources.First, we
must conduct a survey of resources. How much arable land do we have? How much
water? These factors determine how many inhabitants the planet can support. If
we exceed that number, then there will be malnutrition, territorial disputes,
burglaries, and so forth. It doesn't matter how many laws will be put in place.
It seems that there are people who still don't quite
understand that. They become angry, and say "who are you to decide for
me?!" If the pope says "procreate! The Lord will supply!", we'd
like to ask him, "and if 'the Lord' won't supply, will you?"
If this is still not clear, when an expedition to
the moon is planned, who determines how much food and water must be brought
along?
You can't just send people there, basing their
survival on "well, the moon will supply", or on someone's personal
opinion. The required amount is calculated before the mission.How many days do
they plan to stay? How many people are going? How many people do we need to
feed, how much water do we need? That's what determines it. The laws of nature
always determine everything, in the end.
We live under an outdated system of values, a world
of politics and personal opinions. In the past, many philosophers have spoken
about the concepts of freedom, and individuality. These perceptions have stayed
with us until today.It is because we cannot see how we are actually connected
to nature, so we think we're free, and can go anywhere and do anything we
want.If we take away the oxygen, everybody on the planet will die within
minutes. If we take away the water, we'll all die. Without the sun, all plants
will die.
So we are connected to our environment, to nature.We
are part of nature, not separate of it, and the nature of our dependency on our
environment, ultimately determines what we can and can not do, without causing
harm to ourselves.
Therefore, the question "who will make the
decisions" isn't even relevant. The real question we should be asking is
"how do we reach conclusions and make decisions, so that we'll still live
in accordance with the laws of nature and our environment?"
Here's how it's going to work: agronomists will take
soil samples from all over the world, and based on their content, will
determine that in one location we should grow carrots, and after 3 months
switch to sugar canes.That is not an opinion. It is a scientific finding.When
people were asked, just two years prior to the moon landing, whether man will
ever reach the moon, many of them answered "no, not even within a thousand
years." That is a dangerous attitude.Do these people have a background in
propeller technology? Space flight and travel? Rocket science? No. It's just
their opinion.
In the future, instead of opinions, people will have
access to knowledge and information. Similar to the Internet we have today. So
that you can go and lookup any information you want, and be part of the process
of decision making in a certain field, based on the knowledge you have in that
field."
The Venus Project - Global
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