Prayer Is The Jedi Of The Global Village

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Even long time residents of the Global Village are uncertain when the practice began. There was no publicity or fanfare announcing the beginning of the practice nor can anyone recall a catastrophic event that may have triggered it. All current residents know is that anytime the Global Village is threatened by evil forces EVERYONE prays.

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Prayers may start like a wave in a sports arena or just begin spontaneously across the Village. But everyone knows that prayers are required and responds according to their own tradition. Christians call upon Jesus, Buddhists finger their mala beads, Hindus chant mantras, and Muslims initiate the Salat. Others may wish upon a star, observe a moment of mindfulness, or perform a random act of kindness. Regardless of the way each resident prays, they all do so in unison.

That this universal response is effective can only be assumed by its continued observance. Individual prayer is often inconvenient but universal prayer is both intrusive and mentally challenging. Machine operators, pilots, train engineers, and drivers must multitask. Surgeons may postpone operations to utter a brief prayer. No one is obligated to participate.  And yet everyone does so in unison with whatever mindfulness they can summon at the moment.

That's just the way it is in the Global Village.

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Rights vs Obligations in the Global Village

 

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Residents of the Global Village have retained the civic principles that defined their citizenship in the Industrial Park. These principles embody a citizen's qualification or status for all civic rights and obligations.  They include the desire to become an independent member of digital society; respect individual worth and human dignity; assume the personal, political, and economic responsibilities of a Resident; participate in civic affairs in an informed, thoughtful, and effective manner; and promote the healthy functioning of the Global Village.

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However, the Global Village community assumes no obligation to fund the personal, political, and economic responsibilities of a Resident through taxation or any other method of fund raising. For example, individual Residents can pursue an education using any means available to them. However, the community has no obligation to provide educational facilities or opportunities for Residents regardless of age or ability. These are reserved for the Producer-Consumer relationship among all Residents. The same is true for medical facilities and health care professionals. Every resident has the right to access health care but the community has no obligation to provide the facilities or staff them. They are self-supporting based on the needs of the community and Producer-Consumer agreements between residents of the community.

Governance in the Global Village is autonomous and based on the consent of the governed. This autonomy includes behavioral, emotional, and cognitive self-government. The Global Village, as such, ought never be encumbered by rules and regulations that do not attain the consent of those expected to obey them. For this reason there are no political factions or organizations in the Global Village. However, Residents may designate Service Teams to manage the housekeeping obligations of the community at large. These obligations include, but are not limited to the following:

• Build and maintain infrastructure including highways, railroads, bridges, reservoirs, waste treatment plants, power plants and the grid
• Ensure the safety, security, and technical integrity of the internet
• Oversee binding agreements made between and among residents of the Global Village
• Collect and disperse financial and demographic information to all residents
• Valuate the Knowledge Capital of all residents to ensure rate structures are current and consistent across the global community 

Changes or additions to these Obligations require unanimous approval of all residents. Only the Governance Oversight Team is empowered to prepare and broadcast requests for changes or additions to these fundamental obligations of the community at large

That's just the way it is in the Global Village..

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eCommerce Is the Backbone of Life in the Global Village

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Stability was the curse of the Industrial Age. Mass production cannot be sustained if everything is in flux. Producers must know that there will be a market for their goods or the investment risk is too high. Even the shortest downturn could send profits into a downward spiral.

This is not the case in the Global Village. Just about everything is in flux, constrained only by the needs of the moment. In the Industrial Park, this would be called "instant gratification" but, in the Global Village it is simply "business as usual" because everyone is linked into The Exchange.

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eCommerce (also known as electronic commerce) is the process of buying and selling of products or services, making money transfers, and transferring data over an electronic medium (Internet). This network allows people to do business without the constraint of distance and time.

The Exchange is not just another Smart Phone APP like eBay or Trivago. It is a way of life in the Global Village. No need to "own" anything. Just use what you need at the moment and pay for it via the Exchange. Make money by letting go of the things you are not using at the moment. It is all handled instantly using the logistic capability of the eCommerce Exchange.

In the Industrial Park, poverty was defined as not having what you needed to sustain yourself over long periods of time. In the Global Village, poverty is a state of mind that can be addressed by counseling. The Global Village Exchange is the 21st Century manifestation of the 20th Century iconic slogan...
  You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant.

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Human-Machine Partnerships Animate the Global Village

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Machine learning has automated many, if not most, low-level cognitive tasks in the Industrial Park. That is why there are very few "entry level jobs" in the Global Village. Residents have had to use their high-level cognitive ability to anticipate what parts of contracted work will be fully automated and what parts will be so hard for machines to do that human-machine partnerships are the only feasible approach.

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Our livelihood and even our survival now depends on our ability to leverage human-machine partnerships. We’ve always been tool-users; now we must learn how to become tool-partners.

Building a  global human-machine team may not be the final solution, but it offers the best pathway for survival in the Global Village. At least until residents can figure out how to translate  the inherent value of our personal intellectual property into a sustainable living.

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CLASS is CRASS in the Global Village

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Despite all the whining and consternation about the demise of the late, great Middle Class in America, residents of the Global Village remain unaffected. For them, class distinctions are a crass leftover from the Industrial Park. In that environment everyone had to know their place in the socioeconomic hierarchy. If you were born into the lowest Class, you faced a lifelong struggle to move up. If you were born into the Upper Class, you faced a lifelong struggle to hold your place--especially when that place was inherited without merit. 

The Middle Class was merely a holding place for those destined to move up and those destined to fall down. It was mostly an illusion.

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In the Global Village, residents are interdependent but not cast at birth. On any given day an individual may thrive or fail based on their inherent value to the Common Good of the Village. Today the Village needs empathetic Caregivers to deal with a sudden surge in residents with Autism or Alzheimer's. Tomorrow the Village may need Civil Engineers able to build, repair, or maintain the Infrastructure. Neither of these needs are long term nor will they lead to a lifetime career. However, anyone with the aptitude and desire to contribute is eligible for immediate free training to qualify. There are no barriers to success because, in the Global Village, success is in the best interest of every resident. Unlike the measures used to define class status in the Industrial Park, a resident of the Village rises or falls based on their inherent value to the common good.

Class is crass in the Global Village.

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