Side Note: If the daily news feels overwhelming, it may be useful to view the current shenanigans between the US, North Korea and Russia as the troubled teenage years of these two competing systems, instead of being caught up in the bombastic displays of fragile individual egos. Sadly, the unintended victim in this contest has been the planet, as both systems rely heavily on extractive behaviour. Ever since then, there has been a contest between capitalism and communism to prove which is the more effective organising system. In this organising system, the state became the “incentive” which encouraged humans to do stuff. This was the first time any group managed to challenge the dominant organising system. In 1917, the Bolsheviks seized power through the October Revolution. In the late 1800's, a group started challenging the capitalist organising system and communist philosophy began to develop in Russia. In this organising system, Adam Smith-attributed for evolving the idea of wealth creation from labour - conceived the idea of “the invisible hand of the market,” which became the organising system that encouraged and incentivised humans to do stuff. The first (Western) system to appear was capitalism, which appeared in various forms in the late 1500’s and has continued morphing and maturing to this day.

Lesson 2: Coordination and Organising SystemsĪs our species started growing up, we invented systems to coordinate at scale. So, the Agricultural Revolution signified a shift from baby to toddler the Industrial Revolution was humanity reaching school-going age the Scientific Revolution could be compared to teenage years.

It may also be useful to compare the various phase shifts our species has undergone to the phase shifts a human body goes through as it matures. If we are to consider starting an entirely new civilisation, it might be useful to view humanity as a single species with a common home, rather than individual races, countries, religions or political parties. In this essay I’ll explain why it’s doable, and more importantly, what has happened since publishing the 1-year old article about Project 2030.įirst, a quick summary of the major lessons learned in the past 12 months. The outcome of these conversations? A rock-sol id conviction that decisively transcending capitalism and neoliberalism as organising systems is absolutely doable - just as feudalism and slavery were transcended - despite how daunting it may at first appear.

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