Food
To understand
food policy, average individuals (a statistical abstraction) need access
to the same global data as we have in the corporate board rooms. Otherwise,
they won't know if our policies make any sense or not. Access to good
quality global data is required if the performances of elected representatives
and their appointed office-holders are going to be judged according to
realistic standards. Nor will these officials be able to do their jobs
effectively minus access to such data.
In other
words, democratic forms of government depend on access to quality data.
This is true with respect to food and drug policies (e.g. the FDA in the
USG), and with respect to all categories of planning and implementation
mentioned below. In sum, we realize the world is hungry for information
and want to satisfy this hunger.
Shelter
The current status
quo among information workers is cube farms connected by server farms with mass
transportation taking workers to their cubes. Telecommuting has extended the
cubes to the homes, increasing home schooling. Through call switching, a lot
of these telecommuter jobs involve dealing with the public in a tech support
capacity. Others are more back office in nature.
The new
class of dwelling unit will be designed with telecommuting in mind, with
many models supporting remote deployment in more rural and community settings.
This will disperse some urban populations while keeping the server farms
busy. Skyscrapers will provide more 24/7 living options, per the city
loft and condo movements at the turn of the century.
We're also developing
more mobile office options i.e. vehicles outfitted with telecommunications,
eating and sleeping facilities. Look for them on reality TV. A lot of the NGOs
will use them in the field.
Energy
We're interested
in using more tidal and river current energy and have several companies
involved in that. Biodiesel will be big. Global grid integration proceeds
apace, netting economies of scale.
Education
Better understanding
of math and science is a priority and we're using television, the movies, and
the Internet to address the lack. Interest in these subjects may be inspired
within dramatic or action series, i.e. we're not always using didactic modes.
People tune in expecting to be entertained. That being said, we have lots of
channels (e.g. the Pentagon Channel) and many will indeed have a more didactic
quality. Given the shelter situation, parents and their children alike may have
more time for our educational programming.
Health
Psychological
health depends on humans having some prospects, some realistic hopes.
Absent hope for the future, we find plenty of psychological dysfunction,
leading in many cases to terrorism and other forms of mental illness.
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