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=About= | =About= | ||
Systems inertia works by preserving the System as it is. Many well-intentioned individuals fail to approach the edge of the System sufficiently close to make actual change. | |||
Any effort, from the open source ecology | Any effort, from the open source ecology perspective, must include collaborative open source, and thus modular and [[Distributive]] solutions as the stated core. Time scales of change must be on the generation scale (about 2 decades) if required. | ||
The natural outcome of such an approach is transformation via [[Distributed Market Substitution]] on the house-keeping (economic) front. | The natural outcome of such an approach is transformation via [[Distributed Market Substitution]] on the house-keeping (economic) front, leading to [[Microstate Entrepreneurship]]. | ||
=Question= | |||
*What are the leading think-tanks on complex systems approach to pressing world issues? Must be integrated systems approach, and be inclusive as in what is the overall map of problems, their hierarchy (system issue, area issue, country issue, local issue, universal issue at Kardashev Scale 3 (Galaxy), special interest, non-issue (because it is solved by solving another issue, in other words it's a symptom, not an issue - etc. | |||
Who are the leading individuals doing the above work? | |||
Are there any entrepreneurs taking on big picture work, or are they misguided? Who are active, what are their benefits and shortcomings? | |||
Who of these is searching for fundamental solutions. | |||
=For the OSE Platform= | |||
For the Book, we can easily communicate the obvious things in society that everyone relates to, such as 8 people own as much wealth as the bottom half of civilization, that housing is expensive, etc. A survey of all of these would go on the [[Solving Pressing World Issues Forum of OSE]]. | |||
=OSE Approach= | |||
*OSE uses the [[OSE 3 Step Process]] to solve pressing world issues. | |||
*The [[OSE Forum]] provides a space for [[Action Research]] and [[Execution of Ideas Proposed]]. | |||
=Global Grand Challenges= | =Global Grand Challenges= | ||
{{Hint|'''Disclaimer:''' This page is a work in progress, and items are not listed in order of importance. The meaning of some of the following items may be different than what you may think, so please limit your assumptions. Further explanations will be provided and published in a forthcoming book, after being vetted and peer reviewed for general consensus and best practices}} | {{Hint|'''Disclaimer:''' This page is a work in progress, and items are not listed in order of importance. The meaning of some of the following items may be different than what you may think, so please limit your assumptions. Further explanations will be provided and published in a forthcoming book, after being vetted and peer reviewed for general consensus and best practices}} | ||
#[[Technofeudalism]] | |||
#General ecocide (Whole World issue) | #[[Institutions]] | ||
#General ecocide (Whole World issue) - deforestation, desertification, loss of habitat, species die-off | |||
#Disparity of wealth. High [[Gini Coefficient]] | #Disparity of wealth. High [[Gini Coefficient]] | ||
#Labor Rights. Marxist theory must be updated to continuous learning. Ie, in the workforce, one has a full option to rise in responsibility, and thus set their own pay commensurate with their value. This is possible only in a collaborative system with aligned incentives of win-win situations. Today, there is a large class of non-learners, who are fodder for fascist manipulation. | |||
#Democracy under siege - see [[Freedom House]] | #Democracy under siege - see [[Freedom House]] | ||
#[[Fractional Reserve Banking]] with high leverage ratios providing for instability | #[[Fractional Reserve Banking]] with high leverage ratios providing for instability. Note that the [[Federal Reserve Reduced Reserve Requirements to Zero]] in 2021, making funny money completely baseless. | ||
#Desertification | #Desertification | ||
#Deforestation | #Deforestation | ||
#[[Anthropogenic Climate Change]] | |||
#High [[Cost of Living]], preventing honest pursuit of [[Self-Determination]] by most people (a First World issue) | #High [[Cost of Living]], preventing honest pursuit of [[Self-Determination]] by most people (a First World issue) | ||
#Standing armies | #Standing armies | ||
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#Patent system and other legal fictions for enclosing public knowledge | #Patent system and other legal fictions for enclosing public knowledge | ||
#Lack of public access to published journals. Solution possibility: cross subsidization or institution only pay for the service | #Lack of public access to published journals. Solution possibility: cross subsidization or institution only pay for the service | ||
#Limitation of liability (ie, fundamental unaccountability baked into the operation of enterprise) | #Limitation of liability (ie, fundamental unaccountability baked into the operation of enterprise) and the [[Agency Problem]]. | ||
#Biodiversity loss | #Biodiversity loss | ||
#Alienation from work (related to high [[Cost of Living]] | #Alienation from work (related to high [[Cost of Living]]) | ||
#Access to healthcare | #Access to healthcare | ||
#Illiteracy, and especially collaborative illiteracy | #Illiteracy, and especially collaborative illiteracy | ||
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#Corrupt institutions | #Corrupt institutions | ||
#Economic system based on proprietary development as opposed to open source product development | #Economic system based on proprietary development as opposed to open source product development | ||
# | #[[The Best and the Brightest]] as opposed to education | ||
#Disciplinary thinking, as opposed to systems thinking which | #Disciplinary thinking, as opposed to systems thinking which acknowledges that things are connected. | ||
#Agricultural monoculture | #Agricultural monoculture | ||
#Fossil fuel energy instead of renewable energy | #Fossil fuel energy instead of renewable energy | ||
#Global supply chains via cost | #Global supply chains via cost externalization | ||
#Externalization of social, environmental, and lifetime costs | #Externalization of social, environmental, and lifetime costs | ||
#[[Slavery]], including wage slavery | #[[Slavery]], including wage slavery | ||
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#[[Insurance Racket]] | #[[Insurance Racket]] | ||
#[[Corrupt Officials and Bribes]] | #[[Corrupt Officials and Bribes]] | ||
#[[Racism, Unequal Access, and Redlining]] | |||
#[[Excessive Incarceration]] | |||
#Anomie, lack of self-esteem, lack of [[Character]] | |||
#Addictions - to substances, sex, power | |||
#Tariffs - the need for protectionism evaporates with access to open source technology and collaboration where everyone has access to productive capacity worldwide starting with their own communities. | |||
=Existing Pressing World Issues Efforts= | |||
*See [[Collaborative World-Saving Projects]] | |||
*[[Projects to End Poverty]] | |||
=By Country= | |||
#[[Tunisia]]. | |||
##What are current mechanisms whereby the international community addresses evil building in certain countries? Are the measures reduced to sanctions, embargo, political pressure, transparency campaign? Could and should violence and coercion be used? Clearly after other attempts via gentler means (von Clausewitz). [[Open Source Legal Violence]]. | |||
#[[Russia]] | |||
=Housing= | =Housing= | ||
*[[Housing Speculation in the USA]] | *[[Housing Speculation in the USA]] | ||
=Causes= | =Causes= | ||
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=Psychography of Macrosocial Phenomena= | =Psychography of Macrosocial Phenomena= | ||
This is an entertaining take on the relationship between nature and the power flows of society. We think that this is a brilliant encapsulation of the human psychology that makes the world what it is today. In particular - that both the cause and the solution is within each of us - we have the ultimate responsibility, not some 'tyrant on high'. | This is an entertaining take on the relationship between nature and the power flows of society. We think that this is a brilliant encapsulation of the human psychology that makes the world what it is today. In particular - that both the cause and the solution is within each of us - we have the ultimate responsibility, not some 'tyrant on high'. But be careful about this being Russian RT propaganda of disempowering people - distracting people from the fact there are deliberate and organized international crime networks that are responsible for significant impacts. What is the level of that impact? This video does not get into any of that. | ||
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=Universal Solutions= | =Universal Solutions= | ||
#[[Open Source Hardware]] | |||
#Universal access to education (upgrading the operating system in peoples' heads) | #Universal access to education (upgrading the operating system in peoples' heads) | ||
#[[Circular Economies]] | #[[Circular Economies]] | ||
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#Regenerative development of land | #Regenerative development of land | ||
#Economics based on full cost accounting | #Economics based on full cost accounting | ||
#Building of (Renewable and self sustaining) Economies + Medical Systems + | #Building of (Renewable and self sustaining) Economies + Medical Systems + Infrastructure in Developing and/or Island countries, Or rural areas of ones that do not fit those prior conditions, yet face similar problems | ||
#Unlimited Liability Company | #Unlimited Liability Company | ||
#Termination of [[Public Offering]] which separates agency from the executive role, ie - enforces conflict of interest between owners and operators. (this is a longer discussion) | #Termination of [[Public Offering]] which separates agency from the executive role, ie - enforces conflict of interest between owners and operators. (this is a longer discussion) | ||
#Just Internet - for Web 3.0, we need to start considering libre hardware chips. The internet runs on hardware. That hardware is proprietary and non-transparent. Step 1 for an open internet is open source hardware for the internet. This way, there are no back doors, as you can examine what everything does. | #Just Internet - for Web 3.0, we need to start considering libre hardware chips. The internet runs on hardware. That hardware is proprietary and non-transparent. Step 1 for an open internet is open source hardware for the internet. This way, there are no back doors, as you can examine what everything does. | ||
#Biodiversity loss - solution at scale would be creating local microfactories and food systems to eliminate cause: resource predation. Secondary would be | #Biodiversity loss - solution at scale would be creating local microfactories and food systems to eliminate cause: resource predation. Secondary would be acquisition of desertified/destroyed/clearcut land and settling it with stewardship. | ||
=Prizes= | =Prizes= | ||
Solving pressing world issues is noble work. Here is a list of prizes that honors such work. | Solving pressing world issues is noble work. Here is a list of prizes that honors such work. | ||
#[[Berggruen Prize]] | #[[Berggruen Prize]] | ||
#[[Right Livelihood Award]] | |||
#[[Nobel Peace Prize]] | |||
=Other Viewpoints of a Better Future= | =Other Viewpoints of a Better Future= | ||
*WEF prediction - [https://mises.org/wire/no-privacy-no-property-world-2030-according-wef] | *WEF prediction - [https://mises.org/wire/no-privacy-no-property-world-2030-according-wef] | ||
=OSE Culture= | |||
OSE asks in its day-to-day - ''Are you solving your own problems, or are you helping others solve their problems?'' The correct answer is that by helping others solve their problems, you are also solving your own. Ie - altruism is ambitious. | |||
=Links= | =Links= | ||
*[[Solving Healthcare]] | |||
*[[Solving War]]. | |||
*[[Solving Religion]] | |||
*[[Solving Russia]] | |||
*[[How To Fix Evil]] | |||
*[[Pressing World Issues Log]] | |||
*[[Sustainable Development Goals]] - embody a large portion of OSE's goals. | *[[Sustainable Development Goals]] - embody a large portion of OSE's goals. | ||
*[[Andre Gunder Frank]] - seminal thinker on the topic | *[[Andre Gunder Frank]] - seminal thinker on the topic | ||
*Structural Evil on | *Structural Evil on Wikipedia - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_evil] | ||
=Other Orgs= | |||
*80000 Hours has a list of PWI - [https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/] | |||
[[Category: Pressing World Issues]] | [[Category: Pressing World Issues]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:44, 6 May 2025
About
Systems inertia works by preserving the System as it is. Many well-intentioned individuals fail to approach the edge of the System sufficiently close to make actual change.
Any effort, from the open source ecology perspective, must include collaborative open source, and thus modular and Distributive solutions as the stated core. Time scales of change must be on the generation scale (about 2 decades) if required.
The natural outcome of such an approach is transformation via Distributed Market Substitution on the house-keeping (economic) front, leading to Microstate Entrepreneurship.
Question
- What are the leading think-tanks on complex systems approach to pressing world issues? Must be integrated systems approach, and be inclusive as in what is the overall map of problems, their hierarchy (system issue, area issue, country issue, local issue, universal issue at Kardashev Scale 3 (Galaxy), special interest, non-issue (because it is solved by solving another issue, in other words it's a symptom, not an issue - etc.
Who are the leading individuals doing the above work?
Are there any entrepreneurs taking on big picture work, or are they misguided? Who are active, what are their benefits and shortcomings?
Who of these is searching for fundamental solutions.
For the OSE Platform
For the Book, we can easily communicate the obvious things in society that everyone relates to, such as 8 people own as much wealth as the bottom half of civilization, that housing is expensive, etc. A survey of all of these would go on the Solving Pressing World Issues Forum of OSE.
OSE Approach
- OSE uses the OSE 3 Step Process to solve pressing world issues.
- The OSE Forum provides a space for Action Research and Execution of Ideas Proposed.
Global Grand Challenges
Hint: Disclaimer: This page is a work in progress, and items are not listed in order of importance. The meaning of some of the following items may be different than what you may think, so please limit your assumptions. Further explanations will be provided and published in a forthcoming book, after being vetted and peer reviewed for general consensus and best practices
- Technofeudalism
- Institutions
- General ecocide (Whole World issue) - deforestation, desertification, loss of habitat, species die-off
- Disparity of wealth. High Gini Coefficient
- Labor Rights. Marxist theory must be updated to continuous learning. Ie, in the workforce, one has a full option to rise in responsibility, and thus set their own pay commensurate with their value. This is possible only in a collaborative system with aligned incentives of win-win situations. Today, there is a large class of non-learners, who are fodder for fascist manipulation.
- Democracy under siege - see Freedom House
- Fractional Reserve Banking with high leverage ratios providing for instability. Note that the Federal Reserve Reduced Reserve Requirements to Zero in 2021, making funny money completely baseless.
- Desertification
- Deforestation
- Anthropogenic Climate Change
- High Cost of Living, preventing honest pursuit of Self-Determination by most people (a First World issue)
- Standing armies
- Genocide
- Enforced Mediocrity
- Political Ponerology, or promotion of evil within institutions
- Medicine for Profit
- Resource scarcity - water rights, clean air, clean food (Whole World issue)
- Patent system and other legal fictions for enclosing public knowledge
- Lack of public access to published journals. Solution possibility: cross subsidization or institution only pay for the service
- Limitation of liability (ie, fundamental unaccountability baked into the operation of enterprise) and the Agency Problem.
- Biodiversity loss
- Alienation from work (related to high Cost of Living)
- Access to healthcare
- Illiteracy, and especially collaborative illiteracy
- Innumeracy and Scientific Illiteracy
- Corporate funded research which encloses the intellectual output of public institutions
- Pollution, especially water pollution
- Corrupt institutions
- Economic system based on proprietary development as opposed to open source product development
- The Best and the Brightest as opposed to education
- Disciplinary thinking, as opposed to systems thinking which acknowledges that things are connected.
- Agricultural monoculture
- Fossil fuel energy instead of renewable energy
- Global supply chains via cost externalization
- Externalization of social, environmental, and lifetime costs
- Slavery, including wage slavery
- Consequences of Colonialism + Neocolonialism
- Depression
- Insurance Racket
- Corrupt Officials and Bribes
- Racism, Unequal Access, and Redlining
- Excessive Incarceration
- Anomie, lack of self-esteem, lack of Character
- Addictions - to substances, sex, power
- Tariffs - the need for protectionism evaporates with access to open source technology and collaboration where everyone has access to productive capacity worldwide starting with their own communities.
Existing Pressing World Issues Efforts
By Country
- Tunisia.
- What are current mechanisms whereby the international community addresses evil building in certain countries? Are the measures reduced to sanctions, embargo, political pressure, transparency campaign? Could and should violence and coercion be used? Clearly after other attempts via gentler means (von Clausewitz). Open Source Legal Violence.
- Russia
Housing
Causes
- Fear
Human Structures
Psychography of Macrosocial Phenomena
This is an entertaining take on the relationship between nature and the power flows of society. We think that this is a brilliant encapsulation of the human psychology that makes the world what it is today. In particular - that both the cause and the solution is within each of us - we have the ultimate responsibility, not some 'tyrant on high'. But be careful about this being Russian RT propaganda of disempowering people - distracting people from the fact there are deliberate and organized international crime networks that are responsible for significant impacts. What is the level of that impact? This video does not get into any of that.
Universal Solutions
- Open Source Hardware
- Universal access to education (upgrading the operating system in peoples' heads)
- Circular Economies
- Mass creation of right livelihood, unjobbing, and conversion of people from employees to entrepreneurial agents
- Open Source Product Development
- Transparency
- Ethical Economics
- Distributed Production - Distributed Manufacturing - and especially Distributive Enterprise
- Democracy
- Afforestation - planting trees. For example, transitioning from fossil fuels to biofuels can be accomplished by repurposing wasteland and other use to Integrated Polyculture biomass production
- Agricultural perennial polyculture
- Renewable energy
- Regenerative development of land
- Economics based on full cost accounting
- Building of (Renewable and self sustaining) Economies + Medical Systems + Infrastructure in Developing and/or Island countries, Or rural areas of ones that do not fit those prior conditions, yet face similar problems
- Unlimited Liability Company
- Termination of Public Offering which separates agency from the executive role, ie - enforces conflict of interest between owners and operators. (this is a longer discussion)
- Just Internet - for Web 3.0, we need to start considering libre hardware chips. The internet runs on hardware. That hardware is proprietary and non-transparent. Step 1 for an open internet is open source hardware for the internet. This way, there are no back doors, as you can examine what everything does.
- Biodiversity loss - solution at scale would be creating local microfactories and food systems to eliminate cause: resource predation. Secondary would be acquisition of desertified/destroyed/clearcut land and settling it with stewardship.
Prizes
Solving pressing world issues is noble work. Here is a list of prizes that honors such work.
Other Viewpoints of a Better Future
- WEF prediction - [1]
OSE Culture
OSE asks in its day-to-day - Are you solving your own problems, or are you helping others solve their problems? The correct answer is that by helping others solve their problems, you are also solving your own. Ie - altruism is ambitious.
Links
- Solving Healthcare
- Solving War.
- Solving Religion
- Solving Russia
- How To Fix Evil
- Pressing World Issues Log
- Sustainable Development Goals - embody a large portion of OSE's goals.
- Andre Gunder Frank - seminal thinker on the topic
- Structural Evil on Wikipedia - [2]
Other Orgs
- 80000 Hours has a list of PWI - [3]