I recently gave a carefully considered answer on Quora, one of my last, to which someone responded simply, “Keep dreaming”. I don’t object to criticism; indeed, we consider it vital to improvement in a systematic approach. Cynicism, however, is a mindset that offers unthoughtful hostility to new ideas, especially those proposing improvements. That comment wasn’t…
To be clear, we’re not opposed to for-profit enterprises or to capitalism as a principle. We believe that ACS will become the crowning glory of capitalism, eventually completing it into what Adam Smith envisioned as a world of “universal opulence”, where people continue to play capitalist games as they may please, consistent with a given…
Jennifer Dunne, whose Vision to Reality three-month coaching program is transforming visionaries from thinkers into doers, is also a Distinguished Toastmaster. Less than 1% of all worldwide Toastmasters earn this, their highest award for public speaking competency. Jennifer has generously narrated a five-minute PowerPoint slideshow. It depicts a Grand Celebration, aspirationally set in the year…
AI infringement upon performers’ rights is an interesting topic, but I believe that most of the current debate will soon become moot. When CGI can create photorealistic scenes, and AI can string these scenes together into video that is indistinguishable from professional film-making (at least, to the layman), then the limiting factor becomes the capacity…
It surprises some allies to learn that, prior to writing this book, I wrote Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations: a 21st Century Translation and Commentary. I wrote that book accidentally. By this, I mean that I set out to understand economics from a solid footing. I did not intend to write a book. However, once…
It was many hours in the making, but we now have a two-hour interview conducted by Prof. Imac Zambrana, of the University of Oslo, on her Chameleons Podcast series. After closely reading the book, she posed a series of deeply evocative questions. It’s free to listen, and can substitute (for most purposes) for reading the…
Here is a link to Chaplin’s final speech from his movie, The Great Dictator. It was given with all the passion of an anti-Hitler: https://www.charliechaplin.com/en/articles/29-the-final-speech-from-the-great-dictator- Here is the text of this speech: “To those who can hear me, I say – do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing…
Following are some of the reasons why sovereignty is a prerequisite for starting a new society. In no particular order: System of governance. The four-branch system of government we propose, while similar to that which existed in the Venetian Republic for hundreds of years, resembles no currently prevalent system. It eliminates the need for elections,…
Our ally and good friend Ina Von Turow recently expressed her displeasure at the thought of living under continuous surveillance of designated Public areas. She asked: why not instead allow each individual to have a personal, tiny flying drone as a constant companion, with the drone only turned on when it, or its owner, detected…
I was talking the other day with a couple of close allies. We were exploring our different “whys” for doing what we’re doing. My wife said that, in her view, my great why is building a system of systems to make the world a better place. I thought about that, and said, “No, that’s my…