Model For Change In America
1. Electoral Reform
2. Reform of Our Intelligence-Industrial Complex
3. Decentralize Power
4. Encourage Dissent
Restore The Vision of Our Founders For Limited, Decentralized Government
http://lexrex.com/enlightened/AmericanIdeal/yardstick/pr6.html
First Priority – We Need Electoral Reform
Proportional Representation
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/polit/damy/BeginnningReading/whatispr2.htm
Second Priority - We Need To Reform Our Intelligence-Industrial Complex
We need an Open Source Agency
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/jun/19/open-source-revolution-conquer-one-percent-cia-spy
http://www.phibetaiota.net/2011/08/open-source-agency-executive-access-point/
"Believe it or not, 95% of what we need for ethical evidence-based decision support cannot be obtained through the secret methods of standard intelligence practices. But it can be obtained quite openly and cheaply from academics, civil society, commerce, governments, law enforcement organisations, the media, all militaries, and non-governmental organisations. An Open Source Agency, as I've proposed it, would not just meet 95% of our intelligence requirements, it would do the same at all levels of government and carry over by enriching education, commerce, and research – it would create what I called in 1995 a 'Smart Nation.'
“But how can activists actually start moving toward the open source vision now? 'For starters, there are eight 'tribes' that among them can bring together all relevant information: academia, civil society including labor unions and religions, commerce especially small business, government especially local, law enforcement, media, military, and non-government/non-profit. At every level from local to global, across every mission area, we need to create stewardship councils integrating personalities and information from all eight tribes. We don't need to wait around for someone else to get started. All of us who recognise the vitality of this possibility can begin creating these new grassroots structures from the bottom-up, right now."
“So how does open source everything have the potential to 're-engineer the Earth'? For me, this is the most important question, and Steele's answer is inspiring. "Open Source Everything overturns top-down 'because I say so at the point of a gun' power. Open Source Everything makes truth rather than violence the currency of power. Open Source Everything demands that true cost economics and the indigenous concept of 'seventh generation thinking' – how will this affect society 200 years ahead – become central. Most of our problems today can be traced to the ascendance of unilateral militarism, virtual colonialism, and predatory capitalism, all based on force and lies and encroachment on the commons. The national security state works for the City of London and Wall Street – both are about to be toppled by a combination of Eastern alternative banking and alternative international development capabilities, and individuals who recognise that they have the power to pull their money out of the banks and not buy the consumer goods that subsidise corruption and the concentration of wealth. The opportunity to take back the commons for the benefit of humanity as a whole is open – here and now."
Third Priority - We Need To Decentralize Power
http://web.stanford.edu/~ldiamond/iraq/Decentralize_Power021204.htm
Fourth Priority - We Need To Encourage Dissent To Get At Truth
Who Challenges False Narratives? Who Exposes Lies of Omission?
http://youtu.be/OZnKKMFL6no
Everything Is Information
The only concept you need to define information is the probability something will happen.
“It really depends on what your aim is to explain.” When confronted by explanations, we can ask – But Where Does That Come From? We have sets of beliefs. “But there is only one method that leads to secured truth or some form and that is the scientific method. And the method is let’s make a conjecture and then let’s try to refute it as far as we can.” Which conjectures survive the longest? We change our minds when confronted with compelling evidence.
TRUTH REQUIRES BEING ABLE TO CHALLENGE BELIEFS.
One definition of information – “what exists around us.”
The Way Meaningful Information Arises
Conjecture and Refutation
“There are two directions in which knowledge goes one is to keep doing more and more experiments, keep getting more and more data out of your experiments.” “But then against that goes our method of conjecture and refutation which tries to synthesize the whole thing.
Our narratives are tentative attempts to synthesize information. Dissent/refutation is essential to ongoing knowledge. Acting in accord with reality in America requires encouraging dissent.
http://youtu.be/QfQ2r0zvyoA
We Have To Stand Together To Reform The American Police State
https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/what_i_dont_like_about_life_in_the_american_police_state