Seven Point Save the World Program

Shifting the global mindset:

i) create or pick a global body that has political teeth to create and enforce new global laws protecting what’s left of our environment;

ii) begin a process of de-industrialization;

iii) implement and insist upon the adoption of the global moral creed which would place human life and decency above the demands of corporations insistent on “protecting their shareholders” (as though their shareholders are somehow intrinsically more important than the starving millions of children in ‘developing’ countries); and which would protect citizens from oppressive and murderous tyrannies;

iv) globalize the production and distribution of all pharmaceuticals;

v) free scientists to work for the common good directing their shared energies to serve the emancipation and healing of all humankind;

vi) guarantee the education of all people;

vii) pay for all this by redistributing current wealth and making it criminal to horde or amass wealth beyond what can be reasonably spent on luxuries.

In future issues, I will examine these points and hope to illustrate that they’re really not all that far-fetched. Remember: If we created this mess with our whiz-bang technology then we can fix it too. And why wouldn’t you want to be able to enjoy your occasional luxuries (which this plan affords us) in the knowing that all other citizens of the world are now being actively cared for. What a relief!

Imagine the results! How the earth itself would breathe a great sigh. How our boundaries will be loosened to permit some ease of travel and concepts of private property and land hording would be re-evaluated so as to allow for more people spreading out from the overly congested urban areas into more relaxed rural environments.

The oceans would become enlivened and enriched and the air we breathe would become fresher, even more aromatic. Breezes would be delightfully alive. Deserts would become green pastures and rivers would spawn new and plentiful fishes. De-industrialization can achieve this.

New songs of rejoicing, enlightening dances and new holidays would all contribute to the sense of being completely revivified.

And as to that all-important global moral creed? Let it be begin with the words of my mentor: “There is no one greater than you. There is no one less than you. There is no one the same as you.”

Carry a lamp to frighten the naysayers and illuminate the way of science.

I can die now, having thrown in my nickle’s worth.