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From: U
Date: September 21, 2006 06:00:43 GMT+02:00
To: david@davidpinto.org read more »

I don't know about you, but the reason why I haven't participated as fully on the net and on this site as I would have hoped, is that there is a lot of expression, response, opinion, and appeal... and to what end...? And please do not read this as a person who has no hope -- for I have bags of it, stuffed in cupboards under the bed, in every crack and crevace of my home. No, what I express here, is the situation that I feel I -- dare I say WE -- are in.
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May I humbly offer a rather indirect solution, but because of its nature, it may work organically rather like a seed. Perhaps one day, we may have a forest...
http://www.2020worldpeace.org/mediawiki/index.php/Inflorescence read more »

That is, I would like to invite participants of propeace, in whatever country they are in, to come together and do something in the real world. This does not mean we have to physically relocate ourselves in the real world. I mean, let's do something in our separate locations, kind of like an experiment, and we can then get back together and discuss our various experiences. This, might add a little thickness to our discussion, something practical and real. How about it? Something we can do with our families during Christmas, or New Year? For example. Any ideas....? read more »

Short-view thinkers, who are commonly understood as more practically minded, require objectives closer to home. Long-view thinking is required to envisage the objectives close to 2020. If we consider the prerequisite objectives earlier and earlier until we approach the present day, this creates the appropriate resolution for short-view thinkers to utilise their skills. Therefore it is abstract thinkers, working accurately within the 2020 time-scale, who may provide the most valuable thinking from 2005 to 2010. Real practical social power dynamics may only manifest later, but with the right preparation, this manifestation may occur exponentially. read more »

If you ask anyone now if we can have world peace today, they would say no. Would there ever be a day and a time when the same question could elicit a yes?
Well, if set the date ahead, say 2020, could we rely on our capacity to self-organise, so we can arrange for humanity to create this opportunity?
The 17th Nov was the birthday of a new site: http://www.2020worldpeace.org. It is built on the principle of a wiki. You are invited to explore, discuss, and edit anything you see there. read more »