Wednesday, September 17, 2003

Redefining the Future Timothy Wilken, MD writes: In Gene Rodenberry’s original Star Trek,  Mr. Spock, the Vulcan Science Officer from a race ruled by logic, would remind his shipmates that: "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or of the one." The human body is a community of 40 trillion individual cells. The individual cells are organized synergically to be interdependent upon each other. They cannot separate themselves from the body as community. The survival of the cells depends on the survival of the body. The needs and safety of the body precedes the needs and safety of the individual cells. Sometimes individual cells are injured or even sacrificed to protect and insure the survival of the body as a whole. The needs and safety of the community of cells takes precedence over the needs and safety of the cells as individuals. With the discovery that humanity is an interdependent species comes the realization that we humans can no longer separate ourselves from community. Humanity as community is larger and contains humanity as individuals. The needs and safety of humanity as community must precede the needs and safety of humanity as individuals. Our present culture based on the false premise of human independence often places individual needs and safety over community needs and safety. This will shift dramatically in a synergic culture. The first law of the of the Guardian Trust Code commits to protect Humanity as Community. The second law commits to protect Humanity as Individuals. This represents a major shift in human values from today’s focus with the individual as primary to tomorrow’s focus with community as primary. While the Trustegrity Guardians are responsible for the safety of both humanity as community and humanity as individuals, the needs and safety of community take precedent over the needs and safety of individuals. (09/17/03) Will We Change? Terence R. Wilken writes: Well, I last left you with a thought.  Are we going to have to change our life style in order to allow our economy and the world the ability to gain some breathing space?  I for one think that we need to do that; but we have all become used to the good life.  As an example do you realize that there are now more registered cars in America than there are licensed drivers?  There is certainly something wrong with this picture.  We have turned into a society that has learned to over indulge. ... We had a huge bubble in the 90's building a technology back bone for all of us to enjoy.  The only problem is that not enough of us bought into it.  Some of us made the decision that the lifestyle that we were used to was OK with us.  We were happy with what we had.  We did not need more.  The bubble broke in our stock portfolio, Companies are having to contract, and now more of us will be in a position of living with what we currently have.  Our lifestyle will remain static.  Is this a bad thing?  (09/17/03) 6:59:52 AM

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