Thats what I would do. You asked. Was that an answer to your question? Or were you asking something else? twigsnapper
Thank you for the exhaustive and candid reply. You only seldom take a straight road (how Chinese!) and therefore the direct tone is even more appreciated.
My question though on what to do and how to do it was not merely linked to the conference, but had wider implications.
Often it is not so much what you say, but how you say it. The appropriate strategy is extremely important. There were countless people in the first half of the 20th century who wanted to unite China and yet only one man was able to do it - Mao Zedong. Why? Because he found the correct way. He discovered the way HOW to do it.
It's like making a cake. Is it really enough if somebody dumps a sack of flour, a bunch of eggs, sugar, etc. before you and says: "Here, make a cake"? Even if you have a recipe it might not be as easy as it seems.
The correct combination, the correct timing and applying the appropriate amounts of energy at each stage are crucial.
To be more specific and we have already talked about this. When the technology that can provide clean, free energy is available, then how to deploy it in such a way that it will spread most efficiently? Etc.
There are many other aspects. You cannot simply dump technology and new ideas on people. You have to present them in a proper way so that people will be able to identify with these new concepts, which will trigger a change in them.
Just look at the following article, which is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT in my opinion. It is seemingly not connected in any way to what we discusss here. In fact though such things are a crucial component of the new worldview.
"The Gospel of Consumption"
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/ ... ticle/2962
Another important part of the equation is the following one: like Mr. Mikado said, most people do not know or are not even interested how the technical appliances they use actually function.
What does the man on the street need? What is he interested in? What does he want? Food on the table. A decent job. An education for his children that will not drive him bankrupt. And affordable healthcare system. Clean air and water. A life worth living - a life worth of a human being.
Free energy is very important, but electricity won't feed the starving man in India or Haiti. Driving a car without going to the gas-station once, will be of little use to the Indian farmer who has thoroughly exhausted his aquifers, has no water, but a lot of debt and the local chapter of an international agribussiness corporation shoving gene-modified seeds down his throat.
A comprehensive strategy is needed. A couple of posts ago I suggested the possible uses of Dr. Brown's discoveries in agriculture and ecology.
Perhaps we could also start a discussion on this subject. All I am saying that in the chase for free energy, transportation and other technological solutions we should not forget to keep the wider picture in mind.
AM