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In a decaying society, Art
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if it is truthful, must also reflect decay.
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And unless it wants to break faith
with its social function...
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Art must show the world as changeable.
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And help to change it.
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Ernst Fischer.
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Deadly riots
over the government's plan...
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to avoid defaulting on its loans...
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is that the unemployment
keeps rising...
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and it has to keep rising...
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just because we have an
excess supply of goods which is...
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this is all borrowed money...
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and that debt is owned by
banks in other countries...
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M-O-N-E-Y, in the form of
a convenient personal loan...
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filter cigarette that delivers
the taste...
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45 malt liquor... Are You Hot?!...
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is the US planning to bomb Iran?...
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America is sponsoring
terror attacks in Iran...
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Now, my grandmother
was a wonderful person.
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She taught me how to play the game Monopoly.
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She understood
that the name of the game is to acquire.
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She would accumulate everything
she could and
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eventually, she became
the master of the board.
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And then she would always say
the same thing to me.
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She would look at me and she would say:
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"One day,
you'll learn to play the game".
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One summer I played Monopoly
almost every day, all day long...
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and that summer,
I learned to play the game.
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I came to understand
that the only way to win...
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is to make a total commitment
to acquisition.
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I came to understand that money
and possessions...
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that's the way that you keep score.
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And by the end of that summer
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I was more ruthless than my grandmother.
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I was ready to bend the rules
if I had to, to win that game...
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and I sat down with her to play that fall.
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I took everything she had. I watched her
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give her last dollar
and quit in utter defeat.
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And then she had one more thing to teach me.
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Then she said:
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“Now it all goes back in the box.
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All those houses and hotels.
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All the railroads and utility companies...
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All that property
and all that wonderful money...
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Now it all goes back in the box.
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None of it was really yours.
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You got all heated up about it for a while.
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But it was around a long time
before you sat down at the board...
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and it will be here after you're gone
"players come, players go".
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Houses and cars...
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titles and clothes...
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even your body".
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Because the fact is that everything
I clutch and consume and hoard...
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is going to go back in the box
and I'm going to lose it all.
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So you have to ask yourself...
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when you finally get
the ultimate promotion...
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when you have made
the ultimate purchase...
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when you buy the ultimate home...
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when you have stored up
financial security...
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and climbed the ladder of success
to the...
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highest rung you can possibly climb it...
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and the thrill wears off...
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"and it will wear off"...
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then what?
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How far do you have to walk
down that road...
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before you see where it leads?
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Surely you understand...
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it will never be enough.
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So you have to ask yourself the question:
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What matters?
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They're Hot!
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They're Rich!
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And They're Spoiled!
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When I was a young man...
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growing up in New York City...
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I refused to pledge allegiance to the flag.
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Of course I was sent
to the principal's office.
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And he asked me
"Why don't you want to Pledge Allegiance"?
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Everybody does!'
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I said, "Everybody once believed
the earth was flat...
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but that doesn't make it so".
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I explained that America
owed everything it has...
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to other cultures...
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and other nations...
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and that I would
rather pledge allegiance...
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to the earth...
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and everyone on it.
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Needless to say,
it wasn't long...
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before I left school entirely...
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and I set up a lab in my bedroom.
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There I began to learn
about science...
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and nature.
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I realized then...
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that the universe
is governed by laws...
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and that the human being...
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along with society itself...
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was not exempt from these laws.
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Then came the crash of 1929.
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Which began what we now call...
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"The Great Depression".
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I found it difficult
to understand why millions...
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were out of work
homeless, starving...
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while all the factories were sitting there.
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The resources were unchanged.
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It was then that I realized
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that the rules
of the economic game...
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were inherently invalid.
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Shortly after came World War II...
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where various nations took turns...
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systematically destroying each other.
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I later calculated
that all the destruction...
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and wasted resources...
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spent on that war...
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could have easily
provided for every...
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human need on the planet.
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Since that time
I have watched humanity...
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set the stage for its own extinction.
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I have watched
as the precious finite resources...
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are perpetually wasted
and destroyed...
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in the name of profit and free-markets.
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I have watched the social values
of society be reduced...
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into a base artificiality
of materialism...
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and mindless consumption.
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And I have watched
as the monetary powers...
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control the political structure...
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of supposedly free societies.
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I'm 94 years old now.
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And I'm afraid my disposition...
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is the same as it was...
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75 years ago.
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This shit's got to go.
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So you're a scientist
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and somewhere along the way,
hammered into your head...
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is the inevitable
"nature versus nurture"...
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and that's at least up there
with Coke versus Pepsi...
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or Greeks versus Trojans.
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So, nature versus nurture:
This, by now...
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utterly over-simplifying view of...
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where influences are...
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influences how a cell deals with...
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an energy crisis up to...
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what makes us who we are
on the most individualistic...
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levels of personality.
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And what you've got
is this complete false dichotomy...
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built around nature
as deterministic...
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at the very bottom of all the causality.
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Life is DNA
and the code of codes...
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and the Holy Grail,
and everything is driven by it...
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At the other end
is a much more...
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social science perspective
which is...
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We are 'social organisms'...
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and biology is for slime molds.
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Humans are free of biology...
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and obviously both views are nonsense.
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What you see instead is that...
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it is virtually impossible
to understand...
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how biology works...
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outside of the context of environment.
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One of the most crazy...
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yet widespread and...
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potentially dangerous notions is:
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"Oh, that behavior is genetic".
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Now what does that mean?
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It means all sorts
of subtle stuff if you...
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know modern biology,
but for most people...
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out there, what it winds-up meaning is:
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A deterministic view of life,
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one rooted in biology and genetics,
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genes equal things that cannot be changed,
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genes equal things that are...
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inevitable
and you might as well not...
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waste resources trying to fix,
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might as well not put
societal energies into trying...
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to improve because it's inevitable
and it's unchangeable...
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and that is sheer nonsense.
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It is widely though
that conditions like...
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ADHD are genetically programmed...
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That conditions like schizophrenia
are genetically programmed.
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The truth is the opposite.
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Nothing is genetically programmed.
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There are very rare diseases...
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a small handful...
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extremely sparsely represented
in the population...
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that are truly genetically determined.
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Most complex conditions...
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might have a predisposition
that has a genetic component...
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but a predisposition is not the same
as a predetermination.
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The whole search for the source
of diseases in the genome...
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was doomed to failure
before anybody even thought of it...
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because most diseases are not
genetically predetermined.
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Heart disease, cancers, strokes...
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rheumatoid conditions,
autoimmune conditions in general...
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mental health conditions, addictions...
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none of them are genetically determined.
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Breast cancer, for example,
out of 100 women with breast cancer...
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only seven will carry
the breast cancer genes.
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93 do not...
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and out of 100 women
who do have the genes...
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not all of them will get cancer.
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Genes are not just things
that make us behave...
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in a particular way
regardless of our environment.
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Genes give us different ways
of responding to our environment.
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And, in fact,
it looks as if some of the early...
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childhood influences
and the kind of child rearing...
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affect gene expression...
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actually turning on or off
different genes...
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to put you on a different
developmental track...
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which may suit the kind of world
you've got to deal with.
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So for example.
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A study done in Montreal
with suicide victims...
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looked at autopsies of the brains
of these people...
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and it turned out
that if a suicide victim...
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these are usually young adults...
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had been abused as a child,
the abuse actually...
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caused a genetic change
in the brain...
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that was absent in the brains of people
who had not been abused.
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That's an epigenetic effect.
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Epigenetic means on top of,
so that...
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the epigenetic influence
is what happens...
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environmentally to either activate
or deactivate certain genes.
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In New Zealand, there was a study...
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that was done in a town
called Dunedin...
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in which a few thousand individuals...
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were studied from birth into their 20s.
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What they found was
that they could identify...
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a genetic mutation,
an abnormal gene...
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which did have some relation to...
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the predisposition
to commit violence...
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but only if the individual had also...
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been subjected to severe child abuse.
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In other words,
children with this abnormal gene would...
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be no more likely to be violent
than anybody else...
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and, in fact, they actually had
a lower rate of violence...
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than people with normal genes...
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as long as they weren't abused as children.
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Great additional example
of the ways...
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in which genes are not
"be all-end all".
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A fancy technique where you can...
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take a specific
out of a mouse...
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and that mouse and its descendants
will not have that gene.
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You have "knocked out" that gene.
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So there's this one gene
that encodes...
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for a protein
that has something to do...
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with learning and memory
and with this fabulous demonstration...
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you "knock out" that gene
and you...
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have a mouse that doesn't learn as well.
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"Oh! A genetic basis for intelligence"!
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What was much less appreciated
in that landmark study...
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that got picked up
by the media left and right...
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is take those genetically
impaired mice...
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and raise them in a much more enriched
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stimulating environment
than your normal mice in a lab cage...
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and they completely overcame that deficit.
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So, when one says
in a contemporary sense that...
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"oh, this behavior is genetic"...
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to the extent that that's even a valid
sort of phrase to use...
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what you're saying is:
There is a...
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genetic contribution to how this...
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organism responds to environment,
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genes may influence the...
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readiness with which
an organism will...
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deal with a certain environmental challenge.
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You know, that's not the version
most people have in their minds...
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and not to be too 'soap-boxing'...
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but run with the old...
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version of "It's genetic"!
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And it's not that far from
the history of eugenics...
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and things of that sort.
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It's a widespread misconception...
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and it's a potentially fairly dangerous one.
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One reason that the...
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biological explanation for violence...
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one reason that hypothesis is...
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potentially dangerous,
it's not just misleading...
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it can really do harm...
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is because if you believe that...
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you could very easily say:
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"Well, there's nothing we can do...
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to change the predisposition...
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people have to becoming violent,
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all we can do is punish them - lock them up
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or execute them...
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but we don't need to worry about
changing the...
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social environment
or the social preconditions...
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that may lead people to become
violent because...
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that's irrelevant".
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The genetic argument
allows us the luxury of ignoring...
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past and present historical
and social factors...
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and in the words of Louis Menand...
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who wrote in the New Yorker...
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Very astutely, he said:
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"It's all in the genes...
an explanation for the way things are...
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that does not threaten the way things are.
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Why should someone feel unhappy
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or engage in antisocial behavior
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when that person is living in the
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freest and most prosperous nation on Earth?
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It can't be the system.
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There must be a flaw
in the wiring somewhere".
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Which is a good way of putting it.
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So, the genetic argument is simply a cop-out
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which allows us to ignore
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the social and economic
and political factors...
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that, in fact, underlie...
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many troublesome behaviors.
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Addictions are usually
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considered to be
a drug-related issue...
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but looking at it more broadly...
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I define addiction as any behavior...
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that is associated with craving...
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with temporary relief...
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and with long-term
negative consequences...
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along with an impairment
of control over it so that the person...
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wishes to give it up
or promises to do so...
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but can't follow through...
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and when you understand that,
you see that...
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there are many more addictions...
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than simply those related to drugs.
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There's workaholism; addiction to shopping;
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To the Internet, to video games...
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There's the addiction to power.
People that have power but they...
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want more and more,
nothing is ever enough for them.
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Acquisition, corporations
that must own more and more.
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The addiction to oil...
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or at least to the wealth
and to the products made...
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accessible to us by oil.
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Look at the negative consequences
on the environment.
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We are destroying the very earth
that we...
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inhabit for the sake of that addiction.
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Now, these addictions are far more...
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devastating in their
social consequences...
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than the cocaine or heroin habit
of my downtown Eastside patients.
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Yet, they are rewarded
and considered to be respectable.
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The tobacco company executive
that shows a higher profit...
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will get a much bigger reward.
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He doesn't face any negative consequences
legally or otherwise.
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In fact he is a respected member of...
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the board of several other corporations.
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But, tobacco smoke related diseases...
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kill 5 and million people
around the world every year.
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In the United States
they kill 400,000 people a year.
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And these people are addicted to what?
To profit.
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To such a degree
that they are addicted...
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that they are actually in denial...
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about the impact of their activities...
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which is typical for addicts, this denial.
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And that's a respectable one.
It's respectable...
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to be addicted to profit,
no matter what the cost.
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So, what is acceptable
and what is respectable...
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is a highly arbitrary phenomenon
in our society...
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and it seems like
the greater the harm...
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the more respectable the addiction.
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There is a general myth that drugs,
in themselves, are addictive.
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In fact, the war on drugs
is predicated on the...
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idea that if you interdict the source of...
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drugs you can deal with addiction that way.
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Now, if you understand addiction
in the broader sense...
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we see that nothing in itself is addictive.
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No substance,
no drug is by itself addictive...
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and no behavior is by itself addictive.
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Many people can go shopping
without becoming shopaholics.
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Not everyone becomes a food addict.
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Not everyone who drinks a glass of wine
becomes an alcoholic.
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So the real issue is
what makes people susceptible...
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because it's the combination
of a susceptible individual...
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and the potentially addictive substance
or behavior...
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that makes for the full flowering
of addiction.
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In short,
it's not the drug that's addictive...
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it's the question of the susceptibility
of the individual...
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to being addicted to a particular substance
or behavior.
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If we wish to understand what...
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then makes some people
susceptible...
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we actually have to look
at the life experience.
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The old idea,
although it's old but it's still...
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broadly held, that addictions are due
to some genetic cause...
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is simply scientifically untenable.
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What the case is actually
is that certain life experiences...
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make people susceptible.
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Life experiences
that not only shape the person's...
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personality and psychological needs...
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but also their very brains in certain ways.
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And that process begins in utero.
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[Prenatal]
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It has been shown,
for example...
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that if you stress mothers
during pregnancy...
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their children are more likely to have...
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traits that predispose them
to addictions...
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and that's because development
is shaped...
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So the biology of human beings
is very much affected by...
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and programmed by the life experiences
beginning in utero.
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Environment does not begin at birth.
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Environment begins
as soon as you have an environment.
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As soon as you are a fetus,
you are subject to whatever...
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information is coming through
mom's circulations.
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Hormones, levels of nutrients...
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A great landmark example of this is...
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something called the Dutch Hongerwinter.
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In 1944, Nazis occupying Holland...
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for a bunch of reasons,
they decide to...
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take all the food and divert it to Germany,
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for three months
everybody there was starving.
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Tens of thousands of people starve to death.
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What the Dutch hunger winter effect is:
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If you were a 2nd or 3rd trimester fetus
during the starvation...
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your body 'learned' something
very unique during that time.
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As it turns out, 2nd and 3rd trimester is
when your body is...
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going about trying to learn about
the environment:
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How menacing of a place is it out there?
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How plentiful?
How much nutrients am I getting...
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by way of mom's circulation?
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Be a fetus who was starving
during that time and your body...
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programs forever after to be...
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really, really stingy
with your sugar and fat and...
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what you do is you store every bit of it.
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Be a Dutch Hunger Winter fetus
and half a century later...
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everything else being equal...
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you are more likely to have
high blood pressure...
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obesity or metabolic syndrome.
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That is environment coming in
a very unexpected place.
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You can stress animals in the laboratory
when they're pregnant...
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and their offspring will be more...
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likely to use cocaine and alcohol as adults.
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You can stress human mothers.
For example, in a British study...
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women who were abused in pregnancy...
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will have higher levels of...
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the stress hormone cortisol
in their placenta at birth...
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and their children are more likely
to have conditions that...
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predispose them to addictions by age 7 or 8.
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So in utero stress
already prepares the gun...
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for all kinds of mental health issues.
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An Israeli study done on children...
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born to mothers
who were pregnant...
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prior to the onset of the 1967 war...
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These women, of course,
were very stressed...
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and their offspring have a higher
incidence of schizophrenia...
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than the average cohort.
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So, there is plenty of evidence now
that prenatal...
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effects have a huge impact
on the developing human being.
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The point about human development
and...
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specifically human brain development...
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is that it occurs mostly
under the impact of the environment...
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and mostly after birth.
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Now, if you compare us to a horse...
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which can run
on the first day of life...
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we see that we are very undeveloped.
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We can't muster that much
neurological coordination...
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balance, muscle strength,
visual acuity...
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until a year and a half, two years of age.
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That's because the brain development
in the horse...
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happens in the safety of the womb...
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and in the human being,
it has to happen after birth...
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and that has to do with simple
evolutionary logic.
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As the head gets larger, which is
what makes us into human beings...
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the burgeoning of the forebrain is...
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what creates the human species, actually.
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At the same time, we walk on two legs.
So, our pelvis narrows...
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to accommodate that.
So now we...
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have a narrower pelvis,
a larger head...
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Bingo! We have to be born prematurely.
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And that means the brain development
that in other animals...
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occurs in utero...
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in us, occurs after birth...
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and much of that under the impact
of the environment.
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The concept of Neural Darwinism
simply means...
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that the circuits that get the appropriate
input from the environment...
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will develop optimally
and the ones that don't...
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will either not develop optimally
or perhaps not at all.
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If you take a child with perfectly
good eyes at birth...
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and you put him in a dark room
for five years...
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he will be blind thereafter
for the rest of his life...
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because the circuits of vision require
light waves for their development...
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and without that
even the rudimentary...
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circuit's present
and active at birth...
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will atrophy and die
and new ones will not develop.
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There is a significant way in which...
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early experiences
shape adult behavior...
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and even and especially early...
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experiences for which there is no
recall memory.
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It turns out that there are
two kinds of memory:
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there is explicit memory
which is recall...
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this is when you can call back facts...
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details, episodes, circumstances.
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But the structure in the brain
which is called the hippocampus...
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which encodes recall memory...
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doesn't even begin to develop fully
until a year and a half...
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and it is not fully developed
until much later.
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Which is why hardly anybody has...
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any recall memory prior to 18 months.
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But there is another kind of...
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memory which is called implicit memory...
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which is, in fact, an emotional memory...
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where the emotional impact
and the interpretation the child makes...
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of those emotional experiences
are ingrained in the brain...
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in the form of nerve circuits
ready to fire...
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without specific recall.
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So to give you a clear example...
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people who are adopted have a...
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lifelong sense of rejection very often.
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They can't recall the adoption.
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They can't recall the separation
of the birth mother...
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because there's nothing there
to recall with.
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But the emotional memory of separation
and rejection...
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is deeply embedded in their brains.
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Hence, they are much more likely...
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to experience a sense of rejection...
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and a great emotional upset...
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when they perceive themselves
as being rejected...
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by other people.
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That's not unique to people
who are...
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adopted
but it is particularly strong in them...
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00:27:33,599 --> 00:27:36,239
because of this function of implicit memory.
512
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,358
People who are addicted,
given all the...
513
00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:42,639
research literature
and in my experience...
514
00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:47,110
the hard-core addicts
virtually were all...
515
00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,358
significantly abused as children...
516
00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:51,518
or suffered severe emotional loss.
517
00:27:51,519 --> 00:27:53,999
Their emotional or implicit memories...
518
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,439
are those of a world that's not safe...
519
00:27:56,440 --> 00:28:00,518
and not helpful,
caregivers who were not to be trusted...
520
00:28:00,519 --> 00:28:03,199
and relationships that are not...
521
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,318
safe enough to open up
to vulnerability...
522
00:28:06,319 --> 00:28:07,879
and hence their responses tend...
523
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:09,598
to be to keep themselves
separate from...
524
00:28:09,599 --> 00:28:11,518
really intimate relationships,
525
00:28:11,519 --> 00:28:14,078
not to trust caregivers...
526
00:28:14,079 --> 00:28:16,999
doctors and other people
who are trying to help them...
527
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:20,118
and generally see the world
as an unsafe place...
528
00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:24,919
and that is strictly a function
of implicit memory...
529
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:29,550
which sometimes has to do with incidents
they don't even recall.
530
00:28:34,039 --> 00:28:36,758
Infants who are born premature
or often in incubators...
531
00:28:36,759 --> 00:28:39,239
and various types of gadgetry
and...
532
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,078
machinery for weeks and perhaps months,
533
00:28:42,079 --> 00:28:43,639
it's now known that if these...
534
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:46,038
children are touched
and stroked on the back...
535
00:28:46,039 --> 00:28:49,679
for just 10 minutes a day
that promotes their brain development.
536
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,439
So, human touch is essential
for development...
537
00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:56,318
and, in fact, infants who are never
picked up will actually die.
538
00:28:56,319 --> 00:28:58,758
That is how much of a fundamental...
539
00:28:58,759 --> 00:29:01,358
need being held is to human beings.
540
00:29:01,359 --> 00:29:04,239
In our society,
there is an unfortunate tendency...
541
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,999
to tell parents not to pick up their kids,
not to hold them...
542
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:12,919
not to pick up babies who are crying
for fear of spoiling them...
543
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,038
or to encourage them
to sleep through the night...
544
00:29:15,039 --> 00:29:16,199
you don't pick them up...
545
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:18,639
which is just the opposite
of what the child needs...
546
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:21,999
and these children might go back to sleep
because they give up...
547
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,318
and their brains just shut down as a...
548
00:29:24,319 --> 00:29:27,038
way of defending against
the vulnerability...
549
00:29:27,039 --> 00:29:29,959
of being abandoned really
by their parents...
550
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,758
but their implicit memories will be...
551
00:29:31,759 --> 00:29:34,029
that of the world that doesn't give a damn.
552
00:29:37,839 --> 00:29:42,879
A lot of these differences
are structured very early in life.
553
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:48,270
In a way, the parental experience
of adversity...
554
00:29:48,279 --> 00:29:50,999
how tough life is or how easy it is...
555
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:52,838
is passed on to children...
556
00:29:52,839 --> 00:29:55,278
whether through maternal depression...
557
00:29:55,279 --> 00:29:56,838
or parents being bad tempered with...
558
00:29:56,839 --> 00:29:58,798
their kids because
they have had a hard day...
559
00:29:58,799 --> 00:30:02,518
or just being too tired
at the end of the day...
560
00:30:02,519 --> 00:30:06,038
and these have very powerful
effects programming...
561
00:30:06,039 --> 00:30:09,879
children's development,
which we know a lot about now...
562
00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:14,758
But that early sensitivity isn't just
an evolutionary mistake.
563
00:30:14,759 --> 00:30:17,439
It exists again in many different species.
564
00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,558
Even in seedlings there's an early
adaptive process...
565
00:30:20,559 --> 00:30:22,679
to the kind of environment
they are growing up in...
566
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:28,318
but for humans, the adaptation
is to the quality of social relations.
567
00:30:28,319 --> 00:30:31,038
And so, early life:
568
00:30:31,039 --> 00:30:35,199
How nurturing, how much conflict,
how much attention you get...
569
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:40,199
is a taster of the kind of world
you may be growing up in.
570
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:41,719
Are you growing up in a world where...
571
00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:43,358
you have to fight for what you can get,
572
00:30:43,359 --> 00:30:47,399
watch your back, fend for yourself,
learn not to trust others...
573
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,358
or are you growing up in a society
where you depend on...
574
00:30:50,359 --> 00:30:55,239
reciprocity, mutuality, cooperation,
where empathy is important...
575
00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:59,038
where your security depends on
good relations with other people...
576
00:30:59,039 --> 00:31:01,159
and that needs a very different...
577
00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:03,479
emotional and cognitive development...
578
00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:06,679
and that's what the early sensitivity
is about...
579
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:10,598
and parenting is almost,
quite unconsciously...
580
00:31:10,599 --> 00:31:13,919
a system for passing on
that experience to children...
581
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,518
of the kind of world they are in.
582
00:31:16,519 --> 00:31:20,318
The great British child psychiatrist,
DW Winnicott, said
583
00:31:20,319 --> 00:31:23,318
that fundamentally,
two things can go wrong in childhood.
584
00:31:23,319 --> 00:31:26,479
One is when things happen
that shouldn't happen...
585
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,598
and then things
that should happen but don't.
586
00:31:29,599 --> 00:31:33,518
In the first category,
is the dramatic, abusive...
587
00:31:33,519 --> 00:31:36,038
and abandonment experiences of my...
588
00:31:36,039 --> 00:31:39,558
downtown Eastside patients
and of many addicts.
589
00:31:39,559 --> 00:31:42,078
That's what shouldn't happen but did.
590
00:31:42,079 --> 00:31:46,078
But then there is the non-stressed...
591
00:31:46,079 --> 00:31:48,598
attuned, non-distracted attention...
592
00:31:48,599 --> 00:31:51,278
of the parent that every child needs...
593
00:31:51,279 --> 00:31:53,199
that very often children don't get.
594
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,239
They're not abused.
They are not neglected...
595
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:57,999
and they're not traumatized...
596
00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,679
but what should happen...
597
00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,879
the presence of the emotionally available
nurturing parent...
598
00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:05,199
just is not available to them
because of the...
599
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:07,558
stresses in our society
and the parenting environment.
600
00:32:07,559 --> 00:32:14,229
The psychologist Allan Surer calls that
"Proximal Abandonment"...
601
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:17,159
when the parent is physically present...
602
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,470
but emotionally absent.
603
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,239
I have spent...
604
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:27,399
roughly the last 40 years of my life...
605
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:31,879
working with the most violent of people
our society produces:
606
00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,199
Murderers, rapists and so on.
607
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,999
In an attempt to understand
what causes this violence.
608
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:42,479
I discovered that the most
violent of the criminals in our prisons...
609
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:45,439
had themselves been victims...
610
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,278
of a degree of child abuse
that was beyond the scale of...
611
00:32:48,279 --> 00:32:51,118
what I ever thought of applying
the term child abuse to.
612
00:32:51,119 --> 00:32:54,639
I had no idea of the depth...
613
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:58,639
of the depravity with which children
in our society...
614
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:00,558
are all too often treated.
615
00:33:00,559 --> 00:33:04,479
The most violent people I saw
were themselves the survivors...
616
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,679
of their own attempted murder
often at the hands of their parents...
617
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:11,078
or other people
in their social environment...
618
00:33:11,079 --> 00:33:14,598
or were the survivors of family members
who had been killed...
619
00:33:14,599 --> 00:33:18,630
their closest family members,
by other people.
620
00:33:19,279 --> 00:33:23,838
The Buddha argued that everything depends
on everything else.
621
00:33:23,839 --> 00:33:26,758
He says 'the one contains the many
and the many contains the one'.
622
00:33:26,759 --> 00:33:30,358
That you can't understand anything
in isolation from its environment.
623
00:33:30,359 --> 00:33:38,029
The leaf contains the sun,
the sky and the earth, obviously.
624
00:33:38,559 --> 00:33:41,038
This has now been shown to be true,
of course...
625
00:33:41,039 --> 00:33:44,439
all around and specifically when it comes
to human development.
626
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,919
The modern scientific term for it...
627
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:49,758
is the "bio psycho social" nature
of human development...
628
00:33:49,759 --> 00:33:52,078
which says that the biology
of human beings...
629
00:33:52,079 --> 00:33:54,399
depends very much
on their interaction with...
630
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,639
the social and psychological environment.
631
00:33:56,640 --> 00:34:02,358
Specifically, the psychiatrist
and researcher...
632
00:34:02,359 --> 00:34:06,838
Daniel Siegel at the University
of California, Los Angeles, UCLA...
633
00:34:06,839 --> 00:34:10,078
has coined a phrase
"Interpersonal Neurobiology"...
634
00:34:10,079 --> 00:34:12,319
which means to say that the way...
635
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:14,718
that our nervous system functions...
636
00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:17,479
depends very much
on our personal relationships.
637
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:20,319
In the first place with the parenting
caregivers and in the...
638
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:23,479
second place with other important
attachment figures in our lives...
639
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:26,158
and in the third-place,
with our entire culture.
640
00:34:26,159 --> 00:34:28,279
So that you can't separate the...
641
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,118
neurological functioning
of a human being...
642
00:34:31,119 --> 00:34:35,078
from the environment
in which he or she grew up in...
643
00:34:35,079 --> 00:34:37,558
and continues to exist in...
644
00:34:37,559 --> 00:34:40,319
and this is true throughout the lifecycle.
645
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:42,118
It's particularly true
when you are...
646
00:34:42,119 --> 00:34:44,799
dependent and helpless
when your brain is developing...
647
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:48,990
but it's true even in adults
and even at the end of life.
648
00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:56,839
Human beings have lived in almost
every kind of society.
649
00:34:56,840 --> 00:35:01,558
From the most egalitarian...
hunting and gathering societies...
650
00:35:01,559 --> 00:35:03,558
seem to have been very egalitarian...
651
00:35:03,559 --> 00:35:06,598
for instance, based on food sharing,
gift exchange...
652
00:35:06,599 --> 00:35:09,759
Small bands of people living
predominately...
653
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:13,150
off of foraging
and a little bit of hunting...
654
00:35:13,159 --> 00:35:15,238
predominantly among people you have...
655
00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:17,279
at the least, known your entire life...
656
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:20,238
if not surrounded by third cousins
or closer,
657
00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:22,118
in a world in which there is a great...
658
00:35:22,119 --> 00:35:24,238
deal of fluidity between different groups,
659
00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:25,999
in a world which there is not a...
660
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,118
whole lot in terms of material culture...
661
00:35:28,119 --> 00:35:31,038
this is how humans have spent
most of their hominid history.
662
00:35:31,039 --> 00:35:34,518
And no surprise,
that makes for a very different world.
663
00:35:34,519 --> 00:35:38,919
One of the things you get as a result
of that is far less violence.
664
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,078
Organized group violence is not...
665
00:35:41,079 --> 00:35:43,198
something that occurred at that time...
666
00:35:43,199 --> 00:35:46,879
of human history and that seems quite clear.
667
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,749
So where did we go wrong?
668
00:35:50,039 --> 00:35:54,479
Violence is not universal.
669
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:58,319
It is not symmetrically distributed
throughout the human race.
670
00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:03,038
There is a huge variation in the amount
of violence in different societies.
671
00:36:03,039 --> 00:36:07,279
There are some societies
that have virtually no violence.
672
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:10,839
There are others that destroy themselves.
673
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:14,158
Some of the Anabaptist religious...
674
00:36:14,159 --> 00:36:18,399
groups that are complete strict pacifists...
675
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,238
like the Amish, the Mennonites,
the Hutterites...
676
00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:24,399
among some of these groups, the Hutterites
677
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:28,550
there are no recorded cases of homicide.
678
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:32,598
During our major wars,
like World War II...
679
00:36:32,599 --> 00:36:34,638
where people were being drafted...
680
00:36:34,639 --> 00:36:36,959
they would refuse to serve in the military.
681
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:39,870
They would go to prison
rather than serve in the military...
682
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,439
In the Kibbutzim in Israel...
683
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:45,919
the level of violence is so low
that the criminal courts there...
684
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:48,598
will often send violent offenders...
685
00:36:48,599 --> 00:36:51,198
people who have committed crimes...
686
00:36:51,199 --> 00:36:54,118
to live on the Kibbutzim in order to...
687
00:36:54,119 --> 00:36:56,198
learn how to live a non-violent life...
688
00:36:56,199 --> 00:36:58,518
because that's the way people live there.
689
00:36:58,519 --> 00:37:02,238
So, we are amply shaped by society.
690
00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:07,518
Our societies, in the broader sense
including our theological...
691
00:37:07,519 --> 00:37:10,999
our metaphysical,
our linguistic influences, etc.
692
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:14,839
our societies help shape us
as to whether or not we think...
693
00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:18,078
life is basically about sin or about beauty,
694
00:37:18,079 --> 00:37:20,799
whether the afterlife
will carry a price for...
695
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,350
how we live our lives or if it's irrelevant.
696
00:37:23,599 --> 00:37:26,999
In a broad sort of way
different large societies could...
697
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,118
be termed as individualistic or...
698
00:37:29,119 --> 00:37:32,198
collectivist and you get
very different people...
699
00:37:32,199 --> 00:37:33,919
and different mindsets and I suspect...
700
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:35,718
different brains coming along with that.
701
00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:40,118
We, in America, are in one of the most
individualistic of societies.
702
00:37:40,119 --> 00:37:43,919
With capitalism being a system
that allows you to go...
703
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:47,558
higher and higher
up a potential pyramid and...
704
00:37:47,559 --> 00:37:50,558
the deal is that it comes with fewer
and fewer safety nets.
705
00:37:50,559 --> 00:37:54,078
By definition,
the more stratified a society is...
706
00:37:54,079 --> 00:37:57,598
the fewer people you have as peers,
"the fewer people with whom...
707
00:37:57,599 --> 00:38:00,879
you have symmetrical,
reciprocal relationships"...
708
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:05,638
and instead, all you have are
differing spots and endless hierarchies...
709
00:38:05,639 --> 00:38:08,678
A world in which you have
few reciprocal partners...
710
00:38:08,679 --> 00:38:11,309
is a world with a lot less altruism.
711
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:22,198
So, this brings us to a total
impossible juncture which is...
712
00:38:22,199 --> 00:38:25,518
to try to make sense
in perspective science...
713
00:38:25,519 --> 00:38:28,198
as to what that nature is
of human nature.
714
00:38:28,199 --> 00:38:30,678
You know, on a certain level...
715
00:38:30,679 --> 00:38:33,238
the nature of our nature is not to be...
716
00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:35,999
particularly constrained by our nature.
717
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:37,839
We come up with more social...
718
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:40,439
variability than any species out there.
719
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:44,759
More systems of belief,
of styles of family structures...
720
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:47,759
of ways of raising children.
The capacity...
721
00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:50,870
for variety that we have is extraordinary.
722
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:55,558
In a society which is predicated
on competition...
723
00:38:55,559 --> 00:39:01,038
and really, very often,
the ruthless exploitation...
724
00:39:01,039 --> 00:39:03,078
of one human being by another...
725
00:39:03,079 --> 00:39:06,279
the profiteering
off of other people's problems...
726
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:08,558
and very often the creation of...
727
00:39:08,559 --> 00:39:11,638
problems for the purpose
of profiteering...
728
00:39:11,639 --> 00:39:14,919
the ruling ideology will very often
justify that behavior...
729
00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:18,999
by appeals to some fundamental
and unalterable human nature.
730
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:20,718
So the myth in our society is...
731
00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:22,919
that people are competitive
by nature...
732
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:26,990
and that they are individualistic
and that they're selfish.
733
00:39:27,119 --> 00:39:30,118
The real reality is quite the opposite.
734
00:39:30,119 --> 00:39:31,718
We have certain human needs.
735
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:34,518
The only way that you can talk about
human nature concretely...
736
00:39:34,519 --> 00:39:37,238
is by recognizing that there are
certain human needs.
737
00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:40,399
We have a human need for companionship
and for close contact...
738
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:43,479
to be loved, to be attached to,
to be accepted...
739
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:47,030
to be seen, to be received for who we are.
740
00:39:47,519 --> 00:39:50,038
If those needs are met,
we develop...
741
00:39:50,039 --> 00:39:52,439
into people who are compassionate...
742
00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:58,439
and cooperative and who have
empathy for other people.
743
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:01,110
So...
744
00:40:01,199 --> 00:40:03,319
the opposite, that we often see in our...
745
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:05,879
society is, in fact,
a distortion of human nature...
746
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:09,189
precisely because so few people
have their needs met.
747
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:11,678
So, yes you can talk about
human nature...
748
00:40:11,679 --> 00:40:14,198
but only in the sense
of basic human needs...
749
00:40:14,199 --> 00:40:16,359
that are instinctively evoked...
750
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,718
or I should say,
certain human needs...
751
00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:21,638
that lead to certain traits
if they are met...
752
00:40:21,639 --> 00:40:24,389
and a different set of traits
if they are denied.
753
00:40:27,199 --> 00:40:28,839
So...
754
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:31,879
when we recognize the fact
that the human organism...
755
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:34,479
which has a great deal
of adaptive flexibility...
756
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:37,839
allowing us to survive
in many different conditions...
757
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:42,118
is also rigidly programmed for
certain environmental requirements...
758
00:40:42,119 --> 00:40:44,518
or human needs...
759
00:40:44,519 --> 00:40:47,669
a social imperative begins to emerge.
760
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:50,759
Just as our bodies require
physical nutrients...
761
00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:55,158
the human brain demands positive forms
of environmental stimulus...
762
00:40:55,159 --> 00:40:57,630
at all stages of development...
763
00:40:57,639 --> 00:40:59,999
while also needing to be protected...
764
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,749
from other negative forms of stimulus.
765
00:41:03,079 --> 00:41:05,550
And if things that should happen, do not...
766
00:41:05,599 --> 00:41:08,158
or if things that shouldn't happen, do...
767
00:41:08,159 --> 00:41:11,479
it is now apparent that the door
can be opened for not only...
768
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:14,638
a cascade of mental
and physical diseases...
769
00:41:14,639 --> 00:41:18,150
but many detrimental
human behaviors as well.
770
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:21,078
So, as we turn our perspective
now outward...
771
00:41:21,079 --> 00:41:23,919
and take account
for the state of affairs today...
772
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:25,910
we must ask the question:
773
00:41:26,159 --> 00:41:28,919
Is the condition we have created
in the modern world...
774
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:31,749
actually supporting our health?
775
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,118
Is the bedrock
of our socioeconomic...
776
00:41:34,119 --> 00:41:36,359
system acting as a positive force...
777
00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:39,910
for human and social development
and progress?
778
00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:44,399
Or, is the foundational gravitation
of our society...
779
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:48,919
actually going against the core
evolutionary requirements...
780
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:51,479
needed to create and maintain...
781
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:54,189
our personal and social well-being?
782
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:21,150
So, one might ask where did this all begin?
783
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:24,638
What we have today...
really a world in a state of...
784
00:42:24,639 --> 00:42:27,349
cumulative collapse.
785
00:42:30,639 --> 00:42:33,359
You get it started with John Locke.
786
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:36,158
And John Locke introduces property.
787
00:42:36,159 --> 00:42:40,879
He has three provisos
for just private right and property.
788
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:42,638
And the three provisos are:
789
00:42:42,639 --> 00:42:45,279
There must be enough left over
for others...
790
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:47,319
and that you must not let it spoil...
791
00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:51,070
and that you, most of all,
must mix your labor with it.
792
00:42:51,079 --> 00:42:54,319
It seems justified...
you mix your labor with the world...
793
00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:56,479
then you are entitled to the product
794
00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:59,279
and as long as there's
enough left over for others
795
00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:01,558
and as long as it doesn't spoil...
796
00:43:01,559 --> 00:43:04,078
and you don't allow anything
to go to waste then that's okay.
797
00:43:04,079 --> 00:43:07,319
He spends a long time on this
and his famous treatise of government...
798
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:10,238
and it's since been the canonical text...
799
00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:13,518
for economic and political
and legal understanding.
800
00:43:13,519 --> 00:43:16,789
It is still the classic text that's studied.
801
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:20,118
Well... after he gives the provisos...
802
00:43:20,119 --> 00:43:22,038
and you're almost thinking at the time
whether you...
803
00:43:22,039 --> 00:43:23,518
are for private property or not...
804
00:43:23,519 --> 00:43:27,999
he has given a very good
and powerful defense...
805
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:29,718
of private property here...
806
00:43:29,719 --> 00:43:31,158
Well, he drops them!
807
00:43:31,159 --> 00:43:33,959
He drops them like that.
Right in one sentence.
808
00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:35,959
He says, 'Well,
once the introduction...
809
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:38,638
of money came in by men's tacit consent...
810
00:43:38,639 --> 00:43:40,198
then it became'...
811
00:43:40,199 --> 00:43:43,919
and he doesn't say all the provisos
are canceled or erased...
812
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,118
but that's what happens.
813
00:43:46,119 --> 00:43:48,198
So, now we have not...
814
00:43:48,199 --> 00:43:50,839
product and your property
earned by your own labor...
815
00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:53,870
oh no- money buys labor now.
816
00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:55,439
There is no longer consideration...
817
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:57,839
whether there is enough left over
for others,
818
00:43:57,840 --> 00:44:00,238
there is no longer consideration
of whether it spoils...
819
00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:01,759
because he says money is like...
820
00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:03,558
silver and gold
and gold can't spoil...
821
00:44:03,559 --> 00:44:07,078
and therefore money can't be
responsible for waste...
822
00:44:07,079 --> 00:44:09,558
which is ridiculous.
We are not talking about money...
823
00:44:09,559 --> 00:44:11,919
and silver, we are talking about
what its effects are.
824
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,439
It's one non sequitur after another.
825
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:17,638
Just the most startling...
826
00:44:17,639 --> 00:44:21,399
logical legerdemain
that he gets away with here...
827
00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:25,310
but it fits the interests of capital owners.
828
00:44:26,159 --> 00:44:28,919
Then Adam Smith comes
and what he adds...
829
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:30,638
is the religion to this...
830
00:44:30,639 --> 00:44:33,319
Locke started
with God made it all this way...
831
00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:34,799
this is God's right...
832
00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:36,959
and now we get also with Smith
833
00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:39,118
saying 'it's not only God's'...
834
00:44:39,119 --> 00:44:40,839
well, he's not actually saying this but...
835
00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:43,479
this is what's happening philosophically,
in principle...
836
00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:46,518
he's saying that 'it is not only a question
of private property'...
837
00:44:46,519 --> 00:44:49,038
That's all now 'presupposed'... It's Given!
838
00:44:49,039 --> 00:44:51,959
And that there's 'money investors
that buy labor' "Given"!
839
00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:55,078
There's no limit to how much they can buy
of other men's labor...
840
00:44:55,079 --> 00:44:57,439
how much they can accumulate,
how much 'inequality'...
841
00:44:57,440 --> 00:44:59,319
that's all given now.
842
00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:02,718
And so he comes along
and what his big idea is...
843
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:07,518
and again it's just introduced
in parentheses, in passing...
844
00:45:07,519 --> 00:45:10,718
You know, when people put out goods
for sale... the supply...
845
00:45:10,719 --> 00:45:15,638
and other people buy them...
the demand and so forth...
846
00:45:15,639 --> 00:45:19,638
how do we have supply
equaling demand...
847
00:45:19,639 --> 00:45:21,158
or demand equaling supply?
848
00:45:21,159 --> 00:45:23,038
how can they come into equilibrium?
849
00:45:23,039 --> 00:45:25,879
and that is one of the central notions
of economics...
850
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:27,999
is how do they come into equilibrium...
851
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:32,319
and he says: It's the
"Invisible Hand of the Market"...
852
00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:34,198
that brings them into equilibrium.
853
00:45:34,199 --> 00:45:37,118
So, now we have "God is actually imminent".
854
00:45:37,119 --> 00:45:41,078
He just didn't give the rights
to property...
855
00:45:41,079 --> 00:45:45,759
and all its wherewithal
and its "natural rights"...
856
00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:47,279
regarding what Locke said...
857
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:51,150
now we have the system itself as "God".
858
00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:55,279
In fact, Smith says,
when he talks...
859
00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:57,518
and you have to read the whole
of the...
860
00:45:57,519 --> 00:45:59,799
Wealth of Nations' to find this quote.
861
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:02,518
He says:
'The scantiness of subsistence...
862
00:46:02,519 --> 00:46:06,839
sets limits to the reproduction
of the poor...
863
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:11,078
and that nature can deal with this
in no other way...
864
00:46:11,079 --> 00:46:14,349
than elimination of their children'.
865
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:19,110
So he anticipated evolutionary theory
in the worst sense...
866
00:46:19,119 --> 00:46:20,879
this is well before Darwin.
867
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:23,759
And so he called them the
'Race of Laborers'.
868
00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:27,078
So you can see:
There was inherent racism built-in here...
869
00:46:27,079 --> 00:46:32,279
there was an inherent life blindness
to kill...
870
00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:34,879
innumerable children...
871
00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:37,959
and he thought:
'That's the Invisible Hand making supply...
872
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:40,078
meet demand and demand meet supply'.
873
00:46:40,079 --> 00:46:43,319
So, see how wise "God" is?
874
00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:46,238
So you can see a lot
of the really virulent...
875
00:46:46,239 --> 00:46:50,919
life destructive,
eco-genocidal things...
876
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:54,518
that are going on now have, in a way,
877
00:46:54,519 --> 00:46:58,990
a 'thought gene' back in Smith too.
878
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:02,879
When we reflect
on the original concept of...
879
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:05,439
the so-called
free market capitalist system...
880
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:08,198
as initiated
by early economic philosophers...
881
00:47:08,199 --> 00:47:09,718
such as Adam Smith...
882
00:47:09,719 --> 00:47:12,839
we see that the original intent
of a "market"...
883
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:17,229
was based around real, tangible,
life supporting goods for trade.
884
00:47:17,239 --> 00:47:19,718
Adam Smith never fathomed
that the most...
885
00:47:19,719 --> 00:47:22,158
profitable economic sector
on the planet...
886
00:47:22,159 --> 00:47:25,078
would eventually be in the arena
of financial trading...
887
00:47:25,079 --> 00:47:27,198
or so-called investment...
888
00:47:27,199 --> 00:47:28,718
where money itself is simply...
889
00:47:28,719 --> 00:47:30,759
gained by the movement
of other money...
890
00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:33,118
in an arbitrary game which holds
891
00:47:33,119 --> 00:47:35,590
zero productive merit to society.
892
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:38,158
Yet, regardless of Smith's intent...
893
00:47:38,159 --> 00:47:40,879
the door for such seemingly
anomalous advents...
894
00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:45,749
was left wide open by one
fundamental tenet of this theory:
895
00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:50,078
Money is treated as a Commodity,
in and of itself.
896
00:47:50,079 --> 00:47:52,198
Today, in every economy of the world...
897
00:47:52,199 --> 00:47:54,909
regardless of the social system
they claim...
898
00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:58,919
money is pursued for the sake of money
and nothing else.
899
00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:01,959
The underlying idea,
which was mysteriously qualified...
900
00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:05,799
by Adam Smith with his
religious declaration of the...
901
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:07,879
'Invisible Hand'...
902
00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:10,479
is that the narrow,
self-interested pursuit...
903
00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:12,439
of this fictional commodity...
904
00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:14,718
will somehow magically manifest...
905
00:48:14,719 --> 00:48:18,509
human and social well-being and progress.
906
00:48:18,559 --> 00:48:22,359
The reality is
that the monetary incentive interest...
907
00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:26,078
or what some have termed the
"Money Sequence of Value"...
908
00:48:26,079 --> 00:48:29,279
has now completely decoupled
from the foundational...
909
00:48:29,280 --> 00:48:31,999
'life interest',
which could be termed the...
910
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:34,558
'Life Sequence of Value'.
911
00:48:34,559 --> 00:48:38,359
What has happened is
that there is a complete confusion...
912
00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:40,479
in economic doctrine...
913
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:42,399
between those two sequences.
914
00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:44,879
They think that the Money Sequence
of Value...
915
00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:47,078
delivers the Life Sequence of Value...
916
00:48:47,079 --> 00:48:49,799
and that's why they say
if more goods are sold...
917
00:48:49,800 --> 00:48:51,759
if GDP's rise and so forth...
918
00:48:51,760 --> 00:48:54,919
there would be more
enhanced well-being...
919
00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:58,319
and we could take the GDP
as being our basic layer indicator...
920
00:48:58,320 --> 00:48:59,598
of social health...
921
00:48:59,599 --> 00:49:01,238
Well, there you see the confusion.
922
00:49:01,239 --> 00:49:03,359
It's talking about
Money Sequences of Value...
923
00:49:03,360 --> 00:49:05,479
that is, all the receipts
and all the revenues that are...
924
00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:08,198
derived from selling goods...
925
00:49:08,199 --> 00:49:11,919
and they're confusing that
with life reproduction.
926
00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:15,598
So, you have built right into this thing
from the beginning...
927
00:49:15,599 --> 00:49:18,518
a complete conflation of the money...
928
00:49:18,519 --> 00:49:20,919
and life sequences of value.
929
00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:24,359
So, we are dealing with a kind
of structured delusion...
930
00:49:24,360 --> 00:49:26,598
which becomes more
and more deadly...
931
00:49:26,599 --> 00:49:29,319
as the money sequence decouples
from producing...
932
00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:30,839
anything at all.
933
00:49:30,840 --> 00:49:33,279
So, it's a system disorder...
934
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:36,750
and the system disorder seems to be fatal.
935
00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:44,799
In society today,
you seldom hear anyone speak...
936
00:49:44,800 --> 00:49:47,439
of the progress of their country
or society...
937
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:50,990
in terms of their physical well-being,
state of happiness,
938
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:53,638
trust or social stability.
939
00:49:53,639 --> 00:49:55,959
Rather, the measures
are presented to us...
940
00:49:55,960 --> 00:49:57,919
through economic abstractions.
941
00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:01,439
We have the gross domestic product,
the consumer price index,
942
00:50:01,440 --> 00:50:04,238
the value of the stock market,
rates of inflation...
943
00:50:04,239 --> 00:50:05,759
and so on.
944
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:08,198
But does this tell us anything
of real value...
945
00:50:08,199 --> 00:50:11,150
as to the quality of people's lives?
946
00:50:11,199 --> 00:50:13,439
No. All of these measures
have to do with...
947
00:50:13,440 --> 00:50:16,990
the money sequence itself and nothing more.
948
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:20,078
For example, the Gross Domestic Product
of a country...
949
00:50:20,079 --> 00:50:23,510
is a measure of the value of goods
and services sold.
950
00:50:23,519 --> 00:50:26,038
This measure is claimed
to correlate to the...
951
00:50:26,039 --> 00:50:28,999
"Standard of living" of a country's people.
952
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:31,879
In the United States health care
accounted for over...
953
00:50:31,880 --> 00:50:34,959
17% of GDP in 2009...
954
00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:38,038
amounting to over 2.5 trillion spent.
955
00:50:38,039 --> 00:50:41,799
Hence, creating a positive effect
on this economic measure.
956
00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:43,238
And, based on this logic
957
00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:45,638
it would be even better
for the US economy...
958
00:50:45,639 --> 00:50:48,158
if health care services increased more so...
959
00:50:48,159 --> 00:50:50,999
perhaps to 3 trillion dollars...
or 5 trillion...
960
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:52,919
since that would create more growth...
961
00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:55,638
more jobs and hence boasted
by economists...
962
00:50:55,639 --> 00:50:58,709
as a rise in their country's
standard of living.
963
00:50:59,039 --> 00:51:00,919
But wait a minute.
964
00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:04,118
What do health care services
actually represent?
965
00:51:04,119 --> 00:51:07,389
Well, sick and dying people.
966
00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:11,118
That's right, the more unhealthy people
there are in America...
967
00:51:11,119 --> 00:51:13,150
the better the economy.
968
00:51:13,159 --> 00:51:17,158
Now, that is not an exaggeration
or a cynical perspective.
969
00:51:17,159 --> 00:51:19,238
In fact, if we step back far enough...
970
00:51:19,239 --> 00:51:21,118
you will realize that the GDP
971
00:51:21,119 --> 00:51:23,999
not only doesn't reflect real public
or social health...
972
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:25,879
on any tangible level...
973
00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:28,198
it is, in fact, mostly a measure...
974
00:51:28,199 --> 00:51:30,319
of industrial inefficiency...
975
00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:32,319
and social degradation.
976
00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:35,799
And the more you see it
the worse things are becoming...
977
00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:38,359
with respect to personal, social...
978
00:51:38,360 --> 00:51:40,839
and environmental integrity.
979
00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:44,470
You have to create problems
to create profit.
980
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:47,830
There is no profit
under the current paradigm...
981
00:51:47,880 --> 00:51:50,759
in saving lives,
putting balance on this planet...
982
00:51:50,760 --> 00:51:53,158
having justice and peace or anything else.
983
00:51:53,159 --> 00:51:55,789
There is just no profit there.
984
00:51:56,440 --> 00:51:57,638
There's an old saying...
985
00:51:57,639 --> 00:51:59,949
"Pass a law and create a business".
986
00:52:00,039 --> 00:52:02,598
Whether you are creating a business
for a lawyer or whatever.
987
00:52:02,599 --> 00:52:04,919
So, crime does create...
988
00:52:04,920 --> 00:52:07,439
business just like destruction creates...
989
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:08,879
business in Haiti.
990
00:52:08,880 --> 00:52:12,198
We have now roughly
2 million people incarcerated...
991
00:52:12,199 --> 00:52:13,518
in this country...
992
00:52:13,519 --> 00:52:16,118
and of those many are in prisons run...
993
00:52:16,119 --> 00:52:17,439
by private corporations:
994
00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:19,399
Corrections Corporation of America,
Wackenhut...
995
00:52:19,400 --> 00:52:21,158
who trade their stock
on Wall Street...
996
00:52:21,159 --> 00:52:24,118
based upon how many people are in jail.
997
00:52:24,119 --> 00:52:26,038
Now that's sickness.
998
00:52:26,039 --> 00:52:28,118
But that is a reflection of what...
999
00:52:28,119 --> 00:52:31,709
this economic paradigm calls for.
1000
00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:35,839
So what exactly does this
economic paradigm call for?
1001
00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:39,279
What is it that keeps
our economic system going?
1002
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:40,799
Consumption.
1003
00:52:40,800 --> 00:52:44,270
Or more accurately...
"Cyclical Consumption".
1004
00:52:44,280 --> 00:52:45,558
When we break down the...
1005
00:52:45,559 --> 00:52:47,799
foundation of classic market
economics...
1006
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:50,399
we are left with a pattern
of monetary exchange...
1007
00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:52,638
that simply cannot be allowed
to stop...
1008
00:52:52,639 --> 00:52:54,678
or even substantially slowed...
1009
00:52:54,679 --> 00:52:56,238
if the society as we know it...
1010
00:52:56,239 --> 00:52:58,359
is to remain operational.
1011
00:52:58,360 --> 00:53:01,198
There are three main actors
on the economic stage:
1012
00:53:01,199 --> 00:53:03,198
The employee, the employer...
1013
00:53:03,199 --> 00:53:04,558
and the consumer.
1014
00:53:04,559 --> 00:53:07,959
The employee sells labor
to the employer for income.
1015
00:53:07,960 --> 00:53:10,999
The employer sells its production services,
and hence goods,
1016
00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:13,038
to the consumer for income...
1017
00:53:13,039 --> 00:53:15,638
and the consumer, of course,
is simply another role...
1018
00:53:15,639 --> 00:53:17,759
of the employer and employee...
1019
00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:19,799
spending back into the system...
1020
00:53:19,800 --> 00:53:22,879
to enable the cyclical consumption
to continue.
1021
00:53:22,880 --> 00:53:25,279
In other words,
the global market system is based on...
1022
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:27,598
the assumption that there
will always be enough...
1023
00:53:27,599 --> 00:53:29,759
product demand in a society...
1024
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:32,198
to move enough money around
at a rate...
1025
00:53:32,199 --> 00:53:35,110
which can keep
the consumption process going.
1026
00:53:35,119 --> 00:53:36,879
And the faster the rate
of consumption...
1027
00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:39,479
the more so-called economic growth
is assumed...
1028
00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:41,950
and so the machine goes...
1029
00:53:42,119 --> 00:53:43,959
But, hold on...
1030
00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:46,839
I thought an economy was meant to,
I don't know...
1031
00:53:46,840 --> 00:53:48,518
"Economize"?
1032
00:53:48,519 --> 00:53:51,238
Doesn't the very term
have to do with preservation...
1033
00:53:51,239 --> 00:53:54,749
and efficiency and a reduction of waste?
1034
00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:58,158
So how does our system,
which demands consumption...
1035
00:53:58,159 --> 00:54:00,678
and the more the better,
efficiently preserve...
1036
00:54:00,679 --> 00:54:02,749
or "Economize" at all?
1037
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:04,869
Well... it doesn't.
1038
00:54:05,119 --> 00:54:08,959
The intent of the market system is,
in fact, the exact opposite...
1039
00:54:08,960 --> 00:54:11,319
of what a real economy is supposed to do,
1040
00:54:11,320 --> 00:54:13,879
which is efficiently
and conservatively orient...
1041
00:54:13,880 --> 00:54:15,959
the materials for production
and distribution...
1042
00:54:15,960 --> 00:54:18,238
of life supporting goods.
1043
00:54:18,239 --> 00:54:21,078
We live on a finite planet,
with finite resources...
1044
00:54:21,079 --> 00:54:23,359
where, for example,
the oil we utilize took...
1045
00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:25,439
millions of years to develop...
1046
00:54:25,440 --> 00:54:29,470
where the minerals we use
took billions of years to develop.
1047
00:54:29,599 --> 00:54:32,919
So... having a system
that deliberately promotes...
1048
00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:35,078
the acceleration of consumption...
1049
00:54:35,079 --> 00:54:38,279
for the sake of so-called
"Economic growth...
1050
00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:42,030
is pure ecocidal insanity.
1051
00:54:42,199 --> 00:54:45,150
Absence of waste, that's what efficiency is.
1052
00:54:45,199 --> 00:54:47,069
Absence of waste?
1053
00:54:47,079 --> 00:54:49,919
This system is more wasteful
than all the other...
1054
00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:52,839
existing systems
in the history of the planet.
1055
00:54:52,840 --> 00:54:55,598
Every level of life organization
and life system...
1056
00:54:55,599 --> 00:54:58,078
is in a state of crisis
and challenge...
1057
00:54:58,079 --> 00:55:00,439
and decay or collapse.
1058
00:55:00,440 --> 00:55:03,439
No peer-reviewed journal
in the last 30 years...
1059
00:55:03,440 --> 00:55:05,518
will tell you anything different:
1060
00:55:05,519 --> 00:55:09,238
That is that every life system
is in decline...
1061
00:55:09,239 --> 00:55:11,359
as well as social programs...
1062
00:55:11,360 --> 00:55:13,350
as well as our water access.
1063
00:55:13,639 --> 00:55:15,518
Try to name any means of life that...
1064
00:55:15,519 --> 00:55:17,399
isn't threatened and endangered...
1065
00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:18,558
You can't.
1066
00:55:18,559 --> 00:55:21,879
There really isn't one and that's very,
very despairing.
1067
00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:24,759
But we haven't even figured out
the causal mechanism.
1068
00:55:24,760 --> 00:55:26,879
We don't want to face the causal mechanism.
1069
00:55:26,880 --> 00:55:29,799
We just want to go on.
You know that's where insanity is...
1070
00:55:29,800 --> 00:55:32,118
where you keep doing the same thing
over and over again...
1071
00:55:32,119 --> 00:55:34,949
even though it clearly doesn't work.
1072
00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:37,269
So you're really...
1073
00:55:37,599 --> 00:55:39,638
dealing with not an economic system...
1074
00:55:39,639 --> 00:55:43,989
but I would go so far as to say
an anti-economic system.
1075
00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:49,479
There is an old saying
that the competitive...
1076
00:55:49,480 --> 00:55:51,439
market model seeks to...
1077
00:55:51,440 --> 00:55:55,390
"create the best possible goods
at the lowest possible prices".
1078
00:55:55,679 --> 00:55:58,558
This statement is essentially
the incentive concept...
1079
00:55:58,559 --> 00:56:00,999
which justifies market competition...
1080
00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:02,839
based on the assumption
that the result...
1081
00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:06,150
is the production of higher quality goods.
1082
00:56:06,159 --> 00:56:09,110
If I was going to build myself
a table from scratch...
1083
00:56:09,119 --> 00:56:11,479
I would naturally build it
out of the best...
1084
00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:13,439
most durable materials possible, right?
1085
00:56:13,440 --> 00:56:16,550
With the intent for it to last
as long as possible.
1086
00:56:16,559 --> 00:56:18,598
Why would I want
to make something poor...
1087
00:56:18,599 --> 00:56:20,959
knowing I would have to eventually
do it again...
1088
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:24,269
and expend more materials and more energy?
1089
00:56:24,559 --> 00:56:28,038
Well, as rational as that may seem
in the physical world...
1090
00:56:28,039 --> 00:56:29,839
when it comes to the market world...
1091
00:56:29,840 --> 00:56:32,399
it is not only explicitly irrational...
1092
00:56:32,400 --> 00:56:34,350
it is not even an option.
1093
00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:36,319
It is technically impossible
to produce...
1094
00:56:36,320 --> 00:56:37,678
the best of anything...
1095
00:56:37,679 --> 00:56:40,518
if a company is to maintain
a competitive edge...
1096
00:56:40,519 --> 00:56:43,238
and hence remain affordable to the consumer.
1097
00:56:43,239 --> 00:56:45,919
Literally everything created
and set for sale...
1098
00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:48,959
in the global economy
is immediately inferior...
1099
00:56:48,960 --> 00:56:50,718
the moment it is produced...
1100
00:56:50,719 --> 00:56:53,429
for it is a mathematical impossibility...
1101
00:56:53,480 --> 00:56:56,399
to make the most scientifically advanced,
efficient...
1102
00:56:56,400 --> 00:56:59,070
and strategically sustainable products.
1103
00:56:59,119 --> 00:57:01,399
This is due to the fact
that the market system...
1104
00:57:01,400 --> 00:57:03,879
requires that "cost efficiency"...
1105
00:57:03,880 --> 00:57:05,879
or the need to reduce expenses...
1106
00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:08,279
exists at every stage of production.
1107
00:57:08,280 --> 00:57:10,479
From the cost of labor,
to the cost...
1108
00:57:10,480 --> 00:57:12,869
of materials and packaging and so on.
1109
00:57:12,960 --> 00:57:15,319
This competitive strategy,
of course...
1110
00:57:15,320 --> 00:57:18,279
is to make sure
the public buys their goods...
1111
00:57:18,280 --> 00:57:20,598
rather than from a
competing producer...
1112
00:57:20,599 --> 00:57:22,799
which is doing the exact same thing...
1113
00:57:22,800 --> 00:57:26,550
to also make their goods both
competitive and affordable.
1114
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:30,279
This immutably wasteful consequence
of the system...
1115
00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:34,118
could be termed: Intrinsic Obsolescence.
1116
00:57:34,119 --> 00:57:37,598
However, this is only one part
of a larger problem:
1117
00:57:37,599 --> 00:57:40,638
A fundamental governing principle
of market economics...
1118
00:57:40,639 --> 00:57:43,839
one you will not find in any textbook,
by the way...
1119
00:57:43,840 --> 00:57:45,158
is the following:
1120
00:57:45,159 --> 00:57:48,078
"Nothing produced can be allowed
to maintain a lifespan...
1121
00:57:48,079 --> 00:57:50,198
longer than what can be endured...
1122
00:57:50,199 --> 00:57:53,709
in order to continue
cyclical consumption".
1123
00:57:53,760 --> 00:57:56,879
In other words,
it is critical that stuff breakdown,
1124
00:57:56,880 --> 00:58:00,550
fail and expire
within a certain amount of time.
1125
00:58:00,639 --> 00:58:03,909
This is termed... "Planned obsolescence".
1126
00:58:04,000 --> 00:58:07,518
Planned obsolesce is the backbone
of the underlying market...
1127
00:58:07,519 --> 00:58:11,189
strategy of every goods producing
corporation in existence.
1128
00:58:11,199 --> 00:58:12,638
While very few, of course...
1129
00:58:12,639 --> 00:58:14,879
would admit to such a strategy outright...
1130
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:16,919
what they do is mask it within the...
1131
00:58:16,920 --> 00:58:20,238
Intrinsic Obsolescence phenomenon
just discussed,
1132
00:58:20,239 --> 00:58:22,759
while often ignoring,
or even suppressing...
1133
00:58:22,760 --> 00:58:24,558
new advents in technology...
1134
00:58:24,559 --> 00:58:28,550
which might create a more sustainable,
durable good.
1135
00:58:28,599 --> 00:58:30,759
So, if it wasn't wasteful enough...
1136
00:58:30,760 --> 00:58:33,479
that the system inherently
cannot allow the most...
1137
00:58:33,480 --> 00:58:36,390
durable and efficient goods to be produced,
1138
00:58:36,400 --> 00:58:38,359
Planned Obsolescence deliberately...
1139
00:58:38,360 --> 00:58:41,479
recognizes that the longer
any good is in operation...
1140
00:58:41,480 --> 00:58:44,759
the worse it is for sustaining
cyclical consumption...
1141
00:58:44,760 --> 00:58:47,430
and hence the market system itself.
1142
00:58:47,679 --> 00:58:50,158
In other words,
product sustainability...
1143
00:58:50,159 --> 00:58:53,718
is actually inverse
to economic growth...
1144
00:58:53,719 --> 00:58:57,158
and hence there is a direct,
reinforced incentive...
1145
00:58:57,159 --> 00:58:59,118
to make sure life spans are short...
1146
00:58:59,119 --> 00:59:01,590
of any given good produced.
1147
00:59:01,679 --> 00:59:06,238
And, in fact, the system cannot operate
any other way.
1148
00:59:06,239 --> 00:59:08,999
One glance at the sea of landfills
now spreading across...
1149
00:59:09,000 --> 00:59:12,470
the world show the obsolescence reality.
1150
00:59:12,599 --> 00:59:15,319
There are now billions
of cheaply made cell phones...
1151
00:59:15,320 --> 00:59:17,158
computers and other technology...
1152
00:59:17,159 --> 00:59:20,399
each full of precious,
difficult to mine materials...
1153
00:59:20,400 --> 00:59:22,479
such as gold, coltan, copper...
1154
00:59:22,480 --> 00:59:24,678
now rotting in vast piles...
1155
00:59:24,679 --> 00:59:27,439
usually due to the mere malfunction
or obsolescence...
1156
00:59:27,440 --> 00:59:31,359
of small parts which,
in a conservative society...
1157
00:59:31,360 --> 00:59:33,399
could likely be fixed or updated...
1158
00:59:33,400 --> 00:59:35,678
and the life of the good extended.
1159
00:59:35,679 --> 00:59:38,198
Unfortunately,
as efficient as that may seem...
1160
00:59:38,199 --> 00:59:40,638
in our physical reality, living on a...
1161
00:59:40,639 --> 00:59:43,078
finite planet with finite resources,
1162
00:59:43,079 --> 00:59:47,789
it is explicitly inefficient,
with respect to the market.
1163
00:59:48,039 --> 00:59:49,439
To put into a phrase:
1164
00:59:49,440 --> 00:59:51,959
"Efficiency, Sustainability, and...
1165
00:59:51,960 --> 00:59:56,229
Preservation are the enemies
of our economic system".
1166
00:59:56,280 --> 00:59:59,319
Likewise, just a physical goods
need to be constantly...
1167
00:59:59,320 --> 01:00:00,919
produced and reproduced...
1168
01:00:00,920 --> 01:00:03,558
regardless of their
environmental impact...
1169
01:00:03,559 --> 01:00:07,429
the service industry operates
with an equal rational.
1170
01:00:07,639 --> 01:00:10,279
The fact is,
there is no monetary benefit...
1171
01:00:10,280 --> 01:00:12,558
to resolving any problems...
1172
01:00:12,559 --> 01:00:14,678
which are currently being serviced.
1173
01:00:14,679 --> 01:00:15,999
At the end of the day...
1174
01:00:16,000 --> 01:00:19,038
the last thing the medical establishment
really wants...
1175
01:00:19,039 --> 01:00:22,038
is the curing of diseases
such as cancer...
1176
01:00:22,039 --> 01:00:26,709
which would eliminate countless jobs
and trillions in revenue.
1177
01:00:27,159 --> 01:00:28,598
And since we are on the subject...
1178
01:00:28,599 --> 01:00:32,319
Crime and Terrorism in this system are good!
1179
01:00:32,320 --> 01:00:34,319
Well, at least economically...
1180
01:00:34,320 --> 01:00:36,038
for it is employing police...
1181
01:00:36,039 --> 01:00:38,839
generating hi-value commodities
for security...
1182
01:00:38,840 --> 01:00:40,759
not to mention the value of prisons...
1183
01:00:40,760 --> 01:00:43,710
that are privately owned... for profit.
1184
01:00:43,920 --> 01:00:45,518
And how about war?
1185
01:00:45,519 --> 01:00:49,439
The war industry in America
is a huge driver of GDP...
1186
01:00:49,440 --> 01:00:51,839
one of the most profitable industries...
1187
01:00:51,840 --> 01:00:55,238
producing weapons of death and destruction.
1188
01:00:55,239 --> 01:00:58,429
The favorite game of this industry
is to blow things up...
1189
01:00:58,440 --> 01:01:01,078
and then can go
and rebuild them, for profit.
1190
01:01:01,079 --> 01:01:03,638
We saw this
with the windfall billion dollar...
1191
01:01:03,639 --> 01:01:06,509
contracts made from the Iraq war.
1192
01:01:06,840 --> 01:01:09,118
The bottom line is
that socially negative...
1193
01:01:09,119 --> 01:01:10,759
attributes of society...
1194
01:01:10,760 --> 01:01:14,158
have become positively rewarded
ventures for industry...
1195
01:01:14,159 --> 01:01:16,959
and any interest
in problem resolution...
1196
01:01:16,960 --> 01:01:20,390
or environmental sustainability
and conservation...
1197
01:01:20,400 --> 01:01:25,310
is intrinsically counter
to economic sustainability.
1198
01:01:25,599 --> 01:01:27,279
And this is why
1199
01:01:27,280 --> 01:01:30,638
every time you see the GDP rise
in any country...
1200
01:01:30,639 --> 01:01:33,399
you are witnessing
an increase in necessity...
1201
01:01:33,400 --> 01:01:35,439
whether real or contrived...
1202
01:01:35,440 --> 01:01:39,399
and by definition,
a necessity is rooted in inefficiency.
1203
01:01:39,400 --> 01:01:44,150
Hence, increased necessity means
increased inefficiency.
1204
01:01:44,840 --> 01:01:47,189
[Value System Disorder]
1205
01:01:47,599 --> 01:01:49,479
The American dream is based on...
1206
01:01:49,480 --> 01:01:50,879
the rampant consumerism.
1207
01:01:50,880 --> 01:01:53,238
It is based upon the fact that...
1208
01:01:53,239 --> 01:01:54,799
mainstream media and...
1209
01:01:54,800 --> 01:01:56,879
especially commercial advertising...
1210
01:01:56,880 --> 01:02:00,078
all corporations
who need this infinite growth...
1211
01:02:00,079 --> 01:02:02,638
have convinced us
or brainwashed...
1212
01:02:02,639 --> 01:02:05,999
most people in America
and the world...
1213
01:02:06,000 --> 01:02:08,959
that we have to have X number
of material possessions...
1214
01:02:08,960 --> 01:02:11,359
and the possibility
of gaining infinitely more...
1215
01:02:11,360 --> 01:02:13,990
material possessions, in order to be happy.
1216
01:02:14,039 --> 01:02:15,759
That's just not true.
1217
01:02:15,760 --> 01:02:19,598
So why do people
continue to buy in this way...
1218
01:02:19,599 --> 01:02:22,038
which is ultimately eco-genocidal...
1219
01:02:22,039 --> 01:02:24,919
in its systemic effects cumulatively?
1220
01:02:24,920 --> 01:02:27,799
And it just is classical
operant conditioning.
1221
01:02:27,800 --> 01:02:32,198
You simply put inputs
of conditioning into the organism...
1222
01:02:32,199 --> 01:02:35,678
and you have outputs
of desired behaviors...
1223
01:02:35,679 --> 01:02:38,038
or goals or objectives.
1224
01:02:38,039 --> 01:02:41,279
And it has all the resources
of technology...
1225
01:02:41,280 --> 01:02:42,558
and they boast about how they...
1226
01:02:42,559 --> 01:02:44,319
get into the minds of infants...
1227
01:02:44,320 --> 01:02:47,479
what they hear
is already making them...
1228
01:02:47,480 --> 01:02:49,359
conditioned to the brand.
1229
01:02:49,360 --> 01:02:51,718
Then you see, that's how...
1230
01:02:51,719 --> 01:02:52,959
people have been such fools.
1231
01:02:52,960 --> 01:02:55,279
They have been taught to be fools.
1232
01:02:55,280 --> 01:02:58,669
It's a value system disorder.
1233
01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:02,198
You know, if there is any testament
to the plasticity...
1234
01:03:02,199 --> 01:03:03,479
of the human mind.
1235
01:03:03,480 --> 01:03:05,558
If there is any proof
to how malleable...
1236
01:03:05,559 --> 01:03:07,558
human thought is and how easily...
1237
01:03:07,559 --> 01:03:10,038
conditioned and guided people
can become...
1238
01:03:10,039 --> 01:03:12,669
based on the nature
of their environmental stimulus...
1239
01:03:12,679 --> 01:03:14,669
and what it reinforces:
1240
01:03:14,679 --> 01:03:18,110
The world of commercial advertising
is the proof.
1241
01:03:18,400 --> 01:03:21,118
You have to stand in awe...
1242
01:03:21,119 --> 01:03:23,518
at the level of brainwashing...
1243
01:03:23,519 --> 01:03:27,558
where these programmed robots
known as "consumers"...
1244
01:03:27,559 --> 01:03:29,359
wander the landscape...
1245
01:03:29,360 --> 01:03:32,759
only to walk into a store and spend,
say...
1246
01:03:32,760 --> 01:03:35,558
4000 dollars on a handbag...
1247
01:03:35,559 --> 01:03:37,879
that likely cost 10 dollars to make
1248
01:03:37,880 --> 01:03:40,038
in a sweatshop overseas.
1249
01:03:40,039 --> 01:03:42,919
Only for the brand status
it supposedly...
1250
01:03:42,920 --> 01:03:45,799
represents in the culture.
1251
01:03:45,800 --> 01:03:48,479
Or perhaps the ancient
communal traditions...
1252
01:03:48,480 --> 01:03:52,038
which increase trust
and cohesiveness in society...
1253
01:03:52,039 --> 01:03:54,558
which have now been hijacked
by acquisitive...
1254
01:03:54,559 --> 01:03:57,359
materialistic values
where now we annually...
1255
01:03:57,360 --> 01:04:01,229
exchange useless crap a few times a year.
1256
01:04:01,239 --> 01:04:03,558
And we might wonder why
so many today have a...
1257
01:04:03,559 --> 01:04:06,070
compulsion to shopping
and acquisition...
1258
01:04:06,079 --> 01:04:09,279
when it is clear that they have
conditioned from childhood...
1259
01:04:09,280 --> 01:04:11,158
to expect material goods...
1260
01:04:11,159 --> 01:04:14,989
as a sign of their status
with friends and family.
1261
01:04:15,079 --> 01:04:17,999
The fact is, the foundation
of any society...
1262
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:20,319
are the values that support
its operation...
1263
01:04:20,320 --> 01:04:22,759
and our society, as it exists...
1264
01:04:22,760 --> 01:04:25,439
can only operate if our values support...
1265
01:04:25,440 --> 01:04:27,959
the conspicuous consumption it...
1266
01:04:27,960 --> 01:04:31,229
requires to continue the market system.
1267
01:04:31,400 --> 01:04:34,439
75 years ago consumption in America...
1268
01:04:34,440 --> 01:04:36,558
and much of the 1st world was half...
1269
01:04:36,559 --> 01:04:38,598
of what we see today, per person.
1270
01:04:38,599 --> 01:04:40,718
Today's new consumer culture...
1271
01:04:40,719 --> 01:04:43,158
has been manufactured
and imposed...
1272
01:04:43,159 --> 01:04:45,598
due to the very real need for higher...
1273
01:04:45,599 --> 01:04:48,269
and higher levels of consumption.
1274
01:04:48,440 --> 01:04:51,518
And this is why most corporations
now spend...
1275
01:04:51,519 --> 01:04:55,118
more money on advertising,
than the actual process...
1276
01:04:55,119 --> 01:04:57,238
of product creation itself.
1277
01:04:57,239 --> 01:05:01,518
They work diligently to create
a false need for you to fill.
1278
01:05:01,519 --> 01:05:04,909
And it happens to work.
1279
01:05:07,719 --> 01:05:11,638
You know economists, in fact,
are not economists at all.
1280
01:05:11,639 --> 01:05:13,959
They're propagandists of money value...
1281
01:05:13,960 --> 01:05:16,078
and you will find that all of their...
1282
01:05:16,079 --> 01:05:18,349
models basically get down to token...
1283
01:05:18,400 --> 01:05:21,590
exchanges that are true to profit...
1284
01:05:21,639 --> 01:05:23,919
of one side or both sides
or whatever...
1285
01:05:23,920 --> 01:05:26,279
but they are completely disconnected
from the actually...
1286
01:05:26,280 --> 01:05:28,439
existing world of reproduction.
1287
01:05:28,440 --> 01:05:32,479
In Ohio, an old man failed to pay
his electric bill...
1288
01:05:32,480 --> 01:05:34,718
you may be familiar with the case...
1289
01:05:34,719 --> 01:05:38,238
and the electric company turned off
the electricity and he died.
1290
01:05:38,239 --> 01:05:39,558
The reason they turned it off was...
1291
01:05:39,559 --> 01:05:41,279
because it wouldn't have been profitable...
1292
01:05:41,280 --> 01:05:44,550
for them to keep it on
because he didn't pay his bill.
1293
01:05:44,559 --> 01:05:46,269
Do you believe that was right?
1294
01:05:46,280 --> 01:05:48,078
The responsibility really lies not on...
1295
01:05:48,079 --> 01:05:50,510
the electric company for turning it off...
1296
01:05:50,559 --> 01:05:53,839
but on those of this man's
neighbors and friends...
1297
01:05:53,840 --> 01:05:55,238
and associates...
1298
01:05:55,239 --> 01:05:56,879
who were not charitable enough...
1299
01:05:56,880 --> 01:05:58,709
to enable him, as an individual...
1300
01:05:58,840 --> 01:06:00,999
to meet the electric bill.
1301
01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:02,678
HMMMMMM...
1302
01:06:02,679 --> 01:06:04,279
Did I hear that right?
1303
01:06:04,280 --> 01:06:06,198
Did he just say the death of a man...
1304
01:06:06,199 --> 01:06:07,709
caused by not having money...
1305
01:06:07,719 --> 01:06:09,439
was the responsibility of...
1306
01:06:09,440 --> 01:06:11,279
other people...
1307
01:06:11,280 --> 01:06:13,230
or, in effect, charity?
1308
01:06:13,679 --> 01:06:15,279
Well then,
I guess we're gonna need...
1309
01:06:15,280 --> 01:06:18,270
a whole lot of infomercials,
little miserable...
1310
01:06:18,280 --> 01:06:21,750
coin slot donations
for bodega counters...
1311
01:06:21,760 --> 01:06:23,598
and a bunch of pickle jars...
1312
01:06:23,599 --> 01:06:26,399
for the billion people
now starving to death...
1313
01:06:26,400 --> 01:06:27,879
on this planet...
1314
01:06:27,880 --> 01:06:32,350
because of the very system
Milton Friedman promotes.
1315
01:06:32,679 --> 01:06:34,999
Whether you are dealing with
the philosophies of...
1316
01:06:35,000 --> 01:06:36,839
Milton Friedman, F.A. Hyack...
1317
01:06:36,840 --> 01:06:39,439
John Maynard Keynes,
Ludwig von Mises...
1318
01:06:39,440 --> 01:06:41,919
or any other
major market economist...
1319
01:06:41,920 --> 01:06:43,479
the basis of rationale...
1320
01:06:43,480 --> 01:06:46,150
rarely leaves the money sequence.
1321
01:06:46,199 --> 01:06:47,718
It is like a religion.
1322
01:06:47,719 --> 01:06:50,439
Consumption analysis, stabilization policies
1323
01:06:50,440 --> 01:06:53,110
deficit spending, aggregate demand...
1324
01:06:53,119 --> 01:06:55,959
it exists as a never ending,
self-referring...
1325
01:06:55,960 --> 01:06:59,279
self-rationalizing circle
of discourse...
1326
01:06:59,280 --> 01:07:03,279
where universal human need,
natural resources...
1327
01:07:03,280 --> 01:07:06,718
and any form of physical
life supporting efficiency...
1328
01:07:06,719 --> 01:07:08,879
is ruled out by default...
1329
01:07:08,880 --> 01:07:11,598
and replaced by the singular notion
that humans...
1330
01:07:11,599 --> 01:07:14,349
seeking advantage over each other
for money alone...
1331
01:07:14,440 --> 01:07:17,390
motivated by their own,
narrow self-interest...
1332
01:07:17,719 --> 01:07:22,150
will magically create a sustainable,
healthy, balanced society.
1333
01:07:22,159 --> 01:07:25,359
There is no life coordinate
in this whole theory...
1334
01:07:25,360 --> 01:07:26,518
this whole doctrine.
1335
01:07:26,519 --> 01:07:28,229
What are they doing?
1336
01:07:28,400 --> 01:07:31,959
What they are doing is
tracking the money sequences.
1337
01:07:31,960 --> 01:07:35,319
That's all it is,
is tracking money sequences
1338
01:07:35,320 --> 01:07:38,638
presupposing everything that matters.
1339
01:07:38,639 --> 01:07:41,238
One: There is no life coordinates...
1340
01:07:41,239 --> 01:07:43,479
whoa... no life coordinates!
1341
01:07:43,480 --> 01:07:45,799
Two: That all the agents are...
1342
01:07:45,800 --> 01:07:48,870
self-maximizing preferences seekers.
1343
01:07:49,039 --> 01:07:51,359
That is, they think of nothing other
than themselves...
1344
01:07:51,360 --> 01:07:53,359
and what they can get most for themselves.
1345
01:07:53,360 --> 01:07:57,479
That's the ruling notion of rationality:
1346
01:07:57,480 --> 01:07:59,390
self-maximizing choice...
1347
01:07:59,519 --> 01:08:02,950
and the only thing that they are
interested in self-maximizing...
1348
01:08:03,000 --> 01:08:05,269
is money or commodities.
1349
01:08:05,320 --> 01:08:07,718
Well, where does social relations come in?
1350
01:08:07,719 --> 01:08:11,189
It doesn't, except in the exchange
to self-maximize.
1351
01:08:11,239 --> 01:08:13,759
Where do our natural resources come in?
1352
01:08:13,760 --> 01:08:16,839
They don't, except to exploit.
1353
01:08:16,840 --> 01:08:21,559
Where does the family come in
as being able to survive?
1354
01:08:21,560 --> 01:08:23,839
It doesn't. They have to have...
1355
01:08:23,840 --> 01:08:26,710
money in order to purchase any good.
1356
01:08:26,760 --> 01:08:28,238
Well, shouldn't an economy...
1357
01:08:28,239 --> 01:08:29,959
deal somewhere with human need?
1358
01:08:29,960 --> 01:08:34,710
Isn't that what the fundamental issue is?
1359
01:08:35,199 --> 01:08:38,238
Oh, "need" isn't even in your lexicon.
1360
01:08:38,239 --> 01:08:41,429
You dissolve it into "wants"...
1361
01:08:41,439 --> 01:08:43,038
and what is a want?
That means...
1362
01:08:43,039 --> 01:08:45,750
money demand that wants to buy.
1363
01:08:45,800 --> 01:08:48,398
Well, if it's money demand
that wants to buy...
1364
01:08:48,399 --> 01:08:49,919
it has nothing to do with need...
1365
01:08:49,920 --> 01:08:52,078
because maybe the person
has no money demand...
1366
01:08:52,079 --> 01:08:55,189
and desperately needs, say, water supply.
1367
01:08:55,199 --> 01:08:58,919
Or, it may be money demand
wants a gold toilet seat.
1368
01:08:58,920 --> 01:09:00,519
Well, where does it all go?
1369
01:09:00,520 --> 01:09:02,230
To the gold toilet seat.
1370
01:09:02,239 --> 01:09:03,999
And you call this economics?
1371
01:09:04,000 --> 01:09:06,559
Really, when one thinks of it...
1372
01:09:06,560 --> 01:09:09,719
it's got to be the most bizarre...
1373
01:09:09,720 --> 01:09:13,110
delusion in the history of human thought.
1374
01:09:16,279 --> 01:09:20,038
Now... so far we have focused
on the market system.
1375
01:09:20,039 --> 01:09:22,318
But this system is actually only...
1376
01:09:22,319 --> 01:09:24,919
half of the global economic paradigm.
1377
01:09:24,920 --> 01:09:28,189
The other half is the "Monetary System".
1378
01:09:28,279 --> 01:09:31,389
While the Market System deals with
the interaction of people...
1379
01:09:31,439 --> 01:09:34,478
gaming for profit across the spectrum
of labor...
1380
01:09:34,479 --> 01:09:36,438
production and distribution...
1381
01:09:36,439 --> 01:09:39,919
the Monetary System is an underlying
set of policies...
1382
01:09:39,920 --> 01:09:41,879
set by financial institutions...
1383
01:09:41,880 --> 01:09:43,839
which create conditions for the...
1384
01:09:43,840 --> 01:09:46,070
market system, among other things.
1385
01:09:46,079 --> 01:09:48,879
It includes terms we often hear...
1386
01:09:48,880 --> 01:09:51,999
such as interest rates, loans, debt,
the money supply...
1387
01:09:52,000 --> 01:09:54,670
inflation, etc.
1388
01:09:54,760 --> 01:09:57,038
And while you might
want to pull your hair out listening...
1389
01:09:57,039 --> 01:09:59,959
to the gibberish coming from
the monetary economists:
1390
01:09:59,960 --> 01:10:04,118
"Modest preemptive actions,
can obviate the need...
1391
01:10:04,119 --> 01:10:07,959
of more drastic actions, at a later date".
1392
01:10:07,960 --> 01:10:10,030
the nature and effect of this...
1393
01:10:10,119 --> 01:10:12,269
system is actually quite simple:
1394
01:10:12,520 --> 01:10:14,198
Our economy has...
1395
01:10:14,199 --> 01:10:16,278
or the global economy has...
1396
01:10:16,279 --> 01:10:17,839
three basic things that govern it.
1397
01:10:17,840 --> 01:10:19,398
One is fractional reserve banking...
1398
01:10:19,399 --> 01:10:21,879
the banks printing money out of nothing.
1399
01:10:21,880 --> 01:10:24,318
It's also based upon compound interest.
1400
01:10:24,319 --> 01:10:27,318
When you borrow money,
you have to pay back more...
1401
01:10:27,319 --> 01:10:29,959
than you borrowed,
which means that you, in effect...
1402
01:10:29,960 --> 01:10:32,759
create money out of thin air...
1403
01:10:32,760 --> 01:10:36,670
again, which has to be serviced
by creating still more money.
1404
01:10:36,760 --> 01:10:38,999
We live in an infinite growth paradigm.
1405
01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:42,759
The economic paradigm we live in now
is a Ponzi scheme.
1406
01:10:42,760 --> 01:10:45,559
Nothing grows forever.
1407
01:10:45,560 --> 01:10:46,679
It's not possible.
1408
01:10:46,680 --> 01:10:49,398
As a great psychologist
James Hillman wrote...
1409
01:10:49,399 --> 01:10:51,318
"The only thing that grows
in the human body after...
1410
01:10:51,319 --> 01:10:53,559
a certain age is cancer".
1411
01:10:53,560 --> 01:10:56,078
It's not just the amount of money
that has to keep growing...
1412
01:10:56,079 --> 01:10:57,478
it's the amount of consumers.
1413
01:10:57,479 --> 01:10:59,599
Consumers to borrow money
at interest...
1414
01:10:59,600 --> 01:11:02,759
to generate more money and obviously,
that's not possible...
1415
01:11:02,760 --> 01:11:04,639
on a finite planet.
1416
01:11:04,640 --> 01:11:08,398
People are basically vehicles
to just create money...
1417
01:11:08,399 --> 01:11:10,110
which must create more money...
1418
01:11:10,319 --> 01:11:12,198
to keep the whole thing
from falling apart...
1419
01:11:12,199 --> 01:11:14,870
which is what's happening right now.
1420
01:11:15,199 --> 01:11:17,879
There are really only two things
anyone needs to know...
1421
01:11:17,880 --> 01:11:20,189
about the monetary system:
1422
01:11:20,239 --> 01:11:23,478
1: All money is created out of debt.
1423
01:11:23,479 --> 01:11:25,709
Money is monetized debt...
1424
01:11:25,720 --> 01:11:28,238
whether it materialized
from treasury bonds...
1425
01:11:28,239 --> 01:11:31,110
home loan contracts or credit cards.
1426
01:11:31,119 --> 01:11:33,278
In other words,
if all outstanding debt...
1427
01:11:33,279 --> 01:11:35,278
was to be repaid right now...
1428
01:11:35,279 --> 01:11:38,639
there would not be
one dollar in circulation.
1429
01:11:38,640 --> 01:11:43,710
And 2: Interest is charged
on virtually all loans made...
1430
01:11:43,720 --> 01:11:46,238
and the money needed to pay back
this interest...
1431
01:11:46,239 --> 01:11:49,398
does not exist in the money supply outright.
1432
01:11:49,399 --> 01:11:52,118
Only the principal is created
by the loans...
1433
01:11:52,119 --> 01:11:54,799
and the principal is the money supply.
1434
01:11:54,800 --> 01:11:57,679
So, if all this debt
was to be repaid right now...
1435
01:11:57,680 --> 01:12:00,879
not only would there not be
one dollar left in circulation...
1436
01:12:00,880 --> 01:12:04,519
there would be a gigantic amount
of money owed...
1437
01:12:04,520 --> 01:12:09,790
that is literally impossible to pay back,
for it does not exist.
1438
01:12:10,640 --> 01:12:14,839
The consequence of all of this is
that two things are inevitable:
1439
01:12:14,840 --> 01:12:16,038
Inflation...
1440
01:12:16,039 --> 01:12:18,030
and Bankruptcy.
1441
01:12:18,119 --> 01:12:21,639
As far as inflation,
this can be seen as a historical trend...
1442
01:12:21,640 --> 01:12:23,478
in virtually every country today...
1443
01:12:23,479 --> 01:12:25,358
and easily tied to its cause...
1444
01:12:25,359 --> 01:12:28,389
which is the perpetual increase
of the money supply...
1445
01:12:28,520 --> 01:12:29,719
which is required...
1446
01:12:29,720 --> 01:12:33,990
to cover the interest charges
and keep the system going.
1447
01:12:34,239 --> 01:12:35,679
As far as Bankruptcy...
1448
01:12:35,680 --> 01:12:39,150
it comes in the form of debt collapse.
1449
01:12:39,239 --> 01:12:42,238
This collapse will inevitably occur
with a person...
1450
01:12:42,239 --> 01:12:44,158
a business or a country...
1451
01:12:44,159 --> 01:12:46,799
and typically happens
when the interest payments...
1452
01:12:46,800 --> 01:12:49,189
are no longer possible to make.
1453
01:12:50,279 --> 01:12:52,238
But there is a bright side to all of this...
1454
01:12:52,239 --> 01:12:55,999
well, at least in terms
of the market system...
1455
01:12:56,000 --> 01:12:58,959
Because debt creates pressure...
1456
01:12:58,960 --> 01:13:01,278
Debt creates wage slaves.
1457
01:13:01,279 --> 01:13:04,118
A person in debt is much more likely
to take a low wage...
1458
01:13:04,119 --> 01:13:05,639
than a person who isn't...
1459
01:13:05,640 --> 01:13:08,278
hence becoming
a cheap commodity...
1460
01:13:08,279 --> 01:13:10,679
so it's great for corporations
to have a pool of people...
1461
01:13:10,680 --> 01:13:13,750
that have no financial mobility.
1462
01:13:13,920 --> 01:13:18,038
But, hey... that same drain of thought
also goes for entire countries...
1463
01:13:18,039 --> 01:13:20,999
the World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund...
1464
01:13:21,000 --> 01:13:23,238
which mostly serve as proxies for...
1465
01:13:23,239 --> 01:13:25,519
transnational corporate interests...
1466
01:13:25,520 --> 01:13:27,999
give gigantic loans
to troubled countries...
1467
01:13:28,000 --> 01:13:29,879
at very high interest rates...
1468
01:13:29,880 --> 01:13:31,879
and then,
once the countries are...
1469
01:13:31,880 --> 01:13:33,919
deeply in the hole
and can't pay...
1470
01:13:33,920 --> 01:13:35,799
austerity measures are applied...
1471
01:13:35,800 --> 01:13:37,559
the corporations swoop in...
1472
01:13:37,560 --> 01:13:41,470
set up sweatshops
and take their natural resources.
1473
01:13:41,479 --> 01:13:44,829
Now that's market efficiency.
1474
01:13:45,000 --> 01:13:46,870
But wait, there's more:
1475
01:13:46,880 --> 01:13:48,438
You see, there's this unique...
1476
01:13:48,439 --> 01:13:50,799
hybrid of the monetary
and market system...
1477
01:13:50,800 --> 01:13:52,719
called the stock market...
1478
01:13:52,720 --> 01:13:56,318
which rather than, you know,
actually produce anything real...
1479
01:13:56,319 --> 01:13:59,389
they just buy and sell money itself.
1480
01:13:59,720 --> 01:14:02,358
And when it comes to debt,
you know what they do?
1481
01:14:02,359 --> 01:14:05,038
That's right, they trade it.
1482
01:14:05,039 --> 01:14:09,038
They actually buy and sell debt for profit.
1483
01:14:09,039 --> 01:14:10,799
From credit default swaps...
1484
01:14:10,800 --> 01:14:14,118
and collateralized debt obligations
for consumer debt...
1485
01:14:14,119 --> 01:14:16,438
to complex derivative schemes
used...
1486
01:14:16,439 --> 01:14:19,029
to mask the debt of entire countries...
1487
01:14:19,039 --> 01:14:20,118
such as the collusion of...
1488
01:14:20,119 --> 01:14:22,879
investment bank Goldman Sachs
and Greece...
1489
01:14:22,880 --> 01:14:26,478
which nearly collapsed
the entire European economy.
1490
01:14:26,479 --> 01:14:29,389
So when it comes to the stock market
and Wall Street
1491
01:14:29,399 --> 01:14:32,438
we have an entirely new level
of insanity...
1492
01:14:32,439 --> 01:14:35,589
born out of the Money Sequence of value.
1493
01:14:35,720 --> 01:14:37,358
All you need to know about markets...
1494
01:14:37,359 --> 01:14:40,559
was written in an editorial
in the Wall Street Journal...
1495
01:14:40,560 --> 01:14:41,719
a couple years ago...
1496
01:14:41,720 --> 01:14:45,238
it was called
'Lessons of the Brain-Damaged Investor".
1497
01:14:45,239 --> 01:14:48,278
And in this editorial,
they explained why...
1498
01:14:48,279 --> 01:14:50,078
people with slight brain damage...
1499
01:14:50,079 --> 01:14:52,078
do better as investors...
1500
01:14:52,079 --> 01:14:54,799
than people with normal brain functionality.
1501
01:14:54,800 --> 01:14:56,679
Why? Because the slightly...
1502
01:14:56,680 --> 01:14:59,238
brain-damaged person has no empathy.
1503
01:14:59,239 --> 01:15:02,189
That's the key.
If you don't have any empathy...
1504
01:15:02,199 --> 01:15:04,198
you do well as an investor...
1505
01:15:04,199 --> 01:15:09,118
and so Wall Street breeds people
who have no empathy.
1506
01:15:09,119 --> 01:15:11,478
To go in there and to make decisions...
1507
01:15:11,479 --> 01:15:14,398
and to make trades
they have no compunction about...
1508
01:15:14,399 --> 01:15:17,158
no thought whatsoever as to how
what they are doing...
1509
01:15:17,159 --> 01:15:19,070
might affect their fellow human being.
1510
01:15:19,119 --> 01:15:21,478
So they breed these robots.
1511
01:15:21,479 --> 01:15:24,398
These people who have no souls...
1512
01:15:24,399 --> 01:15:27,118
and since they don't even want to pay
these people anymore...
1513
01:15:27,119 --> 01:15:29,318
they are now breeding robots...
"real robots"...
1514
01:15:29,319 --> 01:15:31,118
real algorithmic traders.
1515
01:15:31,119 --> 01:15:33,709
Goldman Sachs in the high frequency
trading scandal:
1516
01:15:33,720 --> 01:15:37,519
They put a computer next to
the New York Stock Exchange.
1517
01:15:37,520 --> 01:15:40,559
This computer, this "co-located" computer,
as they call it:
1518
01:15:40,560 --> 01:15:42,959
It front-runs all the trades
on the exchange and...
1519
01:15:42,960 --> 01:15:45,879
hits the exchange
with volumes of orders...
1520
01:15:45,880 --> 01:15:47,398
in ways that "scalp"...
1521
01:15:47,399 --> 01:15:49,519
pennies and nickels away from the exchange.
1522
01:15:49,520 --> 01:15:52,038
It's like they're siphoning money
all day long.
1523
01:15:52,039 --> 01:15:54,759
They went one quarter
last year, 30...
1524
01:15:54,760 --> 01:15:57,719
or 60 straight days
without a single down day...
1525
01:15:57,720 --> 01:16:00,238
and made millions of dollars
every single day?
1526
01:16:00,239 --> 01:16:04,189
That statistically impossible!
1527
01:16:04,199 --> 01:16:06,118
When I worked on Wall Street,
the way it works is...
1528
01:16:06,119 --> 01:16:08,038
everyone kicks upstairs to bribes.
1529
01:16:08,039 --> 01:16:11,919
The brokers bribe
to the office manager...
1530
01:16:11,920 --> 01:16:15,318
the office manager bribes
to the regional sales manager.
1531
01:16:15,319 --> 01:16:16,839
The regional sales manager...
1532
01:16:16,840 --> 01:16:18,919
bribes to the national sales manager.
1533
01:16:18,920 --> 01:16:20,478
It's a common understanding.
1534
01:16:20,479 --> 01:16:23,559
At Christmas,
who gets the biggest bonus at Christmas...
1535
01:16:23,560 --> 01:16:26,438
in an average broker job?
The compliance officer.
1536
01:16:26,439 --> 01:16:28,759
The compliance officer
sits there all day long,
1537
01:16:28,760 --> 01:16:30,278
he's supposed to be
making sure you...
1538
01:16:30,279 --> 01:16:31,959
don't violate any
of the margin rules...
1539
01:16:31,960 --> 01:16:34,078
and you're "complying" with the law.
1540
01:16:34,079 --> 01:16:36,478
Of course, yeah,
to the extent that...
1541
01:16:36,479 --> 01:16:38,398
you can bribe
the compliance officer...
1542
01:16:38,399 --> 01:16:40,709
yeah, that's right,
you are complying with the law!
1543
01:16:40,880 --> 01:16:43,269
So how has fraud become the system?
1544
01:16:43,279 --> 01:16:44,959
It's no longer a byproduct.
1545
01:16:44,960 --> 01:16:46,358
It is the system.
1546
01:16:46,359 --> 01:16:49,158
It's like that old Woody Allen joke.
He says:
1547
01:16:49,159 --> 01:16:51,709
"Doctor, my brother thinks he's a chicken".
1548
01:16:51,720 --> 01:16:53,639
And the doctor says, "Take a pill...
1549
01:16:53,640 --> 01:16:55,559
and that should cure the problem".
1550
01:16:55,560 --> 01:16:57,278
And he says, "No doctor.
You don't understand...
1551
01:16:57,279 --> 01:16:58,950
We need the eggs".
1552
01:16:59,000 --> 01:17:00,629
Okay?
1553
01:17:00,920 --> 01:17:03,318
So, the trading of fraudulent claims
back and forth...
1554
01:17:03,319 --> 01:17:05,038
between banks...
1555
01:17:05,039 --> 01:17:06,358
to generate fees...
1556
01:17:06,359 --> 01:17:07,478
to generate bonuses...
1557
01:17:07,479 --> 01:17:11,198
has become the GDP producing growth...
1558
01:17:11,199 --> 01:17:14,158
engine of the United States economy...
1559
01:17:14,159 --> 01:17:17,198
even though they are essentially
trading fraudulent claims...
1560
01:17:17,199 --> 01:17:19,719
that there is absolutely no hope
of ever paying back.
1561
01:17:19,720 --> 01:17:22,919
They are processing, generating
and re-securitizing nothing.
1562
01:17:22,920 --> 01:17:25,759
If I write 20 billion dollars
on a cocktail napkin...
1563
01:17:25,760 --> 01:17:28,599
and I sell it to J.P. Morgan
and J.P. Morgan writes...
1564
01:17:28,600 --> 01:17:31,519
20 billion dollars
on a cocktail napkin
1565
01:17:31,520 --> 01:17:34,118
and we swap those 2 cocktail napkins
at a bar...
1566
01:17:34,119 --> 01:17:37,709
and we each pay ourselves
a quarter of 1% in a fee...
1567
01:17:37,760 --> 01:17:39,870
we make a lot of money
for our Christmas bonus.
1568
01:17:39,880 --> 01:17:43,389
We each have on our books
a 20 billion dollar cocktail napkin...
1569
01:17:43,399 --> 01:17:47,158
which has no real value
until such time as...
1570
01:17:47,159 --> 01:17:50,118
the system is no longer able
to absorb bogus...
1571
01:17:50,119 --> 01:17:52,799
cocktail napkins in which case
we go to the government...
1572
01:17:52,800 --> 01:17:54,830
to get bailed out.
1573
01:17:55,000 --> 01:17:57,759
And because of Wall street
and the global stock market...
1574
01:17:57,760 --> 01:18:01,318
there are now conservatively
about 700 Trillion dollars...
1575
01:18:01,319 --> 01:18:03,869
of outstanding fraudulent claims...
1576
01:18:03,880 --> 01:18:05,639
know as derivatives...
1577
01:18:05,640 --> 01:18:07,910
still waiting to collapse.
1578
01:18:07,960 --> 01:18:09,679
A value amounting to over 10...
1579
01:18:09,680 --> 01:18:11,719
times the gross domestic product...
1580
01:18:11,720 --> 01:18:14,070
of the entire planet.
1581
01:18:14,159 --> 01:18:16,078
And while we have seen
the bailouts of...
1582
01:18:16,079 --> 01:18:18,229
corporations and banks by governments...
1583
01:18:18,680 --> 01:18:20,519
which, of course, comically borrow...
1584
01:18:20,520 --> 01:18:22,630
their money from banks to begin with.
1585
01:18:22,720 --> 01:18:25,679
We are now seeing attempts
to bailout whole countries...
1586
01:18:25,680 --> 01:18:27,959
by conglomerates of other countries...
1587
01:18:27,960 --> 01:18:30,549
through the International banks.
1588
01:18:30,720 --> 01:18:33,910
But how do you bailout a planet?
1589
01:18:34,199 --> 01:18:38,549
There is no country out there
that isn't now saturated in debt.
1590
01:18:38,600 --> 01:18:41,639
The cascade of sovereign
debt defaults we have seen...
1591
01:18:41,640 --> 01:18:45,710
can only be the beginning,
when the math is taken into account.
1592
01:18:46,159 --> 01:18:49,150
It has been estimated
in the United States alone...
1593
01:18:49,279 --> 01:18:52,959
that income tax would need
to be raised to 65%...
1594
01:18:52,960 --> 01:18:57,150
per person just to cover the interest
in the near future.
1595
01:18:57,439 --> 01:19:00,559
Economists are now foreshadowing
that within a few decades...
1596
01:19:00,560 --> 01:19:05,430
60% of the countries on the planet
will be bankrupt.
1597
01:19:05,960 --> 01:19:09,269
But hold on... Let me get this straight.
1598
01:19:09,319 --> 01:19:12,110
The world is going bankrupt...
1599
01:19:12,119 --> 01:19:13,719
whatever the hell that means...
1600
01:19:13,720 --> 01:19:16,158
because of this idea called "debt"...
1601
01:19:16,159 --> 01:19:19,269
which doesn't even exist
in the physical reality.
1602
01:19:19,520 --> 01:19:22,270
It's only part of a game we've invented...
1603
01:19:22,399 --> 01:19:25,679
and yet the well being
of billions of people...
1604
01:19:25,680 --> 01:19:27,919
is now being compromised.
1605
01:19:27,920 --> 01:19:32,110
Extreme layoffs... tent cities...
accelerating poverty...
1606
01:19:32,479 --> 01:19:35,879
Austerity measures imposed...
schools shutting down...
1607
01:19:35,880 --> 01:19:40,198
child hunger... and other levels
of familial deprivation...
1608
01:19:40,199 --> 01:19:43,669
all because of this elaborate fiction...
1609
01:19:44,159 --> 01:19:47,110
What are we, fucking stupid?!
1610
01:19:48,920 --> 01:19:50,799
Hey! Hey! Mars- my man.
1611
01:19:50,800 --> 01:19:53,389
Help a brother out, uh?
1612
01:19:54,880 --> 01:19:57,550
Grow up, kid.
1613
01:20:04,319 --> 01:20:06,589
Saturn! What's up man?
1614
01:20:06,600 --> 01:20:08,919
You remember that smokin' nebula
I hooked you up with...
1615
01:20:08,920 --> 01:20:10,590
a while back?
1616
01:20:12,079 --> 01:20:13,438
Uh... listen Earth.
1617
01:20:13,439 --> 01:20:15,469
We're getting really tired of you.
1618
01:20:15,800 --> 01:20:18,349
You've been given everything
and yet you waste it all.
1619
01:20:18,600 --> 01:20:21,189
You've got plenty of resources
and you know it.
1620
01:20:21,319 --> 01:20:22,799
Why don't you grow up and learn...
1621
01:20:22,800 --> 01:20:24,710
some responsibility for Christ's sake.
1622
01:20:24,960 --> 01:20:27,630
You're making your mother miserable.
1623
01:20:32,680 --> 01:20:34,519
You're on your own, pal.
1624
01:20:34,520 --> 01:20:36,670
Yeah, whatever.
1625
01:20:45,560 --> 01:20:47,799
Now, all of this considered...
1626
01:20:47,800 --> 01:20:50,599
from the waste machine
known as the market system...
1627
01:20:50,600 --> 01:20:53,839
to the debt machine known as
the monetary system...
1628
01:20:53,840 --> 01:20:57,478
hence creating
the monetary-market paradigm...
1629
01:20:57,479 --> 01:21:00,478
which defines the global economy today...
1630
01:21:00,479 --> 01:21:03,038
there is one consequence
that runs through...
1631
01:21:03,039 --> 01:21:05,509
the entire machine:
1632
01:21:05,560 --> 01:21:07,630
Inequality.
1633
01:21:07,920 --> 01:21:10,639
Whether it is market system
which creates a natural...
1634
01:21:10,640 --> 01:21:14,710
gravitation towards monopoly
and power consolidation...
1635
01:21:14,720 --> 01:21:17,919
while also generating pockets
of wealthy industries...
1636
01:21:17,920 --> 01:21:20,118
that tower over others...
1637
01:21:20,119 --> 01:21:22,070
regardless of utility...
1638
01:21:22,159 --> 01:21:23,559
such as the fact that top...
1639
01:21:23,560 --> 01:21:25,438
hedge fund managers
on wall street...
1640
01:21:25,439 --> 01:21:28,949
now take home over
300 million dollars a year...
1641
01:21:29,000 --> 01:21:31,959
for contributing literally nothing.
1642
01:21:31,960 --> 01:21:35,229
While a scientist looking
for a cure for a disease...
1643
01:21:35,239 --> 01:21:37,150
trying to help humanity...
1644
01:21:37,199 --> 01:21:41,110
might make 60 thousand dollars
a year if they're lucky.
1645
01:21:41,239 --> 01:21:43,709
Or whether it is the monetary system...
1646
01:21:43,720 --> 01:21:47,478
which has class division built
right into its structure.
1647
01:21:47,479 --> 01:21:48,559
For example:
1648
01:21:48,560 --> 01:21:52,158
If I have 1 million dollars to spare
and I put it into a CD...
1649
01:21:52,159 --> 01:21:53,749
at 4% interest...
1650
01:21:53,760 --> 01:21:55,750
I will make 40,000 dollars a year.
1651
01:21:55,880 --> 01:21:59,158
No social contribution, no nothing.
1652
01:21:59,159 --> 01:22:02,078
However, if I'm a lower class person
and have to take loans...
1653
01:22:02,079 --> 01:22:04,038
to buy my car or home...
1654
01:22:04,039 --> 01:22:06,318
I am paying in interest which...
1655
01:22:06,319 --> 01:22:07,519
in abstraction...
1656
01:22:07,520 --> 01:22:11,750
is going to pay that millionaire
with the 4% CD.
1657
01:22:11,880 --> 01:22:14,599
This stealing from the poor
to pay the rich...
1658
01:22:14,600 --> 01:22:18,790
is a foundational, built in aspect
of the monetary system.
1659
01:22:18,920 --> 01:22:23,150
And it could be labeled
"Structural Classism".
1660
01:22:23,359 --> 01:22:26,118
Of course, historically,
social stratification...
1661
01:22:26,119 --> 01:22:28,478
has always been deemed unfair...
1662
01:22:28,479 --> 01:22:30,318
but obviously accepted overall...
1663
01:22:30,319 --> 01:22:35,309
as now 1% of the population
owns 40% of the planet's wealth.
1664
01:22:35,640 --> 01:22:38,078
But material fairness aside...
1665
01:22:38,079 --> 01:22:39,839
there is something else going on...
1666
01:22:39,840 --> 01:22:41,959
underneath the surface
of inequality...
1667
01:22:41,960 --> 01:22:46,670
causing an incredible deterioration
in public health as a whole.
1668
01:22:46,720 --> 01:22:50,158
Well, I think people often are puzzled
by the contrast...
1669
01:22:50,159 --> 01:22:53,038
between the material success
of our societies...
1670
01:22:53,039 --> 01:22:55,469
unprecedented levels
of wealth...
1671
01:22:55,560 --> 01:22:58,959
and the many social failings.
1672
01:22:58,960 --> 01:23:02,070
If you look at the rates of...
1673
01:23:02,119 --> 01:23:04,919
drug abuse or violence or self harm...
1674
01:23:04,920 --> 01:23:07,759
amongst kids or mental illness...
1675
01:23:07,760 --> 01:23:11,038
there is clearly something
going deeply wrong...
1676
01:23:11,039 --> 01:23:12,639
with our societies.
1677
01:23:12,640 --> 01:23:15,910
The data I have been describing...
1678
01:23:16,279 --> 01:23:20,118
simply shows that intuition
that people...
1679
01:23:20,119 --> 01:23:23,358
have had for hundreds of years,
that inequality is divisive...
1680
01:23:23,359 --> 01:23:24,959
and socially corrosive.
1681
01:23:24,960 --> 01:23:28,870
But, that intuition is truer
than I think we ever imagined.
1682
01:23:28,920 --> 01:23:32,318
There are very powerful psychological
and social effects...
1683
01:23:32,319 --> 01:23:35,078
of inequality. More to do I suppose
with feelings...
1684
01:23:35,079 --> 01:23:38,438
of superiority and inferiority.
1685
01:23:38,439 --> 01:23:40,358
That kind of division...
1686
01:23:40,359 --> 01:23:43,679
Maybe going with the respect
or disrespect...
1687
01:23:43,680 --> 01:23:46,278
people feeling looked down on
at the bottom...
1688
01:23:46,279 --> 01:23:48,158
which, by the way,
is why violence is...
1689
01:23:48,159 --> 01:23:50,839
more common in more
unequal societies...
1690
01:23:50,840 --> 01:23:54,038
the trigger to violence is so often
people feeling looked down...
1691
01:23:54,039 --> 01:23:55,919
upon and disrespected.
1692
01:23:55,920 --> 01:23:59,919
If there is one principle
I could emphasize...
1693
01:23:59,920 --> 01:24:04,438
that is, the most important principle
underlying...
1694
01:24:04,439 --> 01:24:07,198
the prevention of violence...
1695
01:24:07,199 --> 01:24:10,150
it would be "Equality".
1696
01:24:10,279 --> 01:24:11,959
The single most significant factor...
1697
01:24:11,960 --> 01:24:13,719
that affects the rate of violence...
1698
01:24:13,720 --> 01:24:17,519
is the degree of equality versus
the degree of inequality...
1699
01:24:17,520 --> 01:24:20,470
in that society.
1700
01:24:20,600 --> 01:24:22,919
So, what we're looking at
is a sort of...
1701
01:24:22,920 --> 01:24:24,990
general social dysfunction.
1702
01:24:25,000 --> 01:24:27,599
It's not just one or two things
that go wrong...
1703
01:24:27,600 --> 01:24:29,670
as inequality increases...
1704
01:24:29,680 --> 01:24:31,919
it seems to be everything,
whether we are talking about...
1705
01:24:31,920 --> 01:24:34,959
crime or health or mental illness
or whatever.
1706
01:24:34,960 --> 01:24:38,078
One of the really disturbing
findings out there in public health...
1707
01:24:38,079 --> 01:24:43,118
is never ever make the mistake
of being poor.
1708
01:24:43,119 --> 01:24:44,799
Or being born poor.
1709
01:24:44,800 --> 01:24:47,719
Your health pays for it
in endless sorts of ways:
1710
01:24:47,720 --> 01:24:51,639
Something known as the
'health socioeconomic gradient'.
1711
01:24:51,640 --> 01:24:53,919
As you move down
from the highest strata...
1712
01:24:53,920 --> 01:24:56,719
in society,
in terms of socioeconomic status...
1713
01:24:56,720 --> 01:24:59,078
every step down, health gets worse...
1714
01:24:59,079 --> 01:25:01,318
for umpteen different diseases.
1715
01:25:01,319 --> 01:25:02,839
Life expectancy gets worse.
1716
01:25:02,840 --> 01:25:04,990
Infant mortality rate...
1717
01:25:05,000 --> 01:25:06,358
everything you could look at.
1718
01:25:06,359 --> 01:25:08,879
So, a huge issue has been...
1719
01:25:08,880 --> 01:25:12,429
why is it that this gradient exists.
1720
01:25:12,479 --> 01:25:14,398
A simple obvious answer...
1721
01:25:14,399 --> 01:25:16,438
which is, 'if you're chronically sick,
you're not...
1722
01:25:16,439 --> 01:25:17,959
going to be very productive...
1723
01:25:17,960 --> 01:25:21,799
so, health causes
drive socioeconomic differences'.
1724
01:25:21,800 --> 01:25:23,318
Not that in the slightest...
1725
01:25:23,319 --> 01:25:24,879
on the very simple level that...
1726
01:25:24,880 --> 01:25:26,198
you could look at the...
1727
01:25:26,199 --> 01:25:28,318
socioeconomic status
of a 10-year-old...
1728
01:25:28,319 --> 01:25:30,719
and that's going to predict
something about their health...
1729
01:25:30,720 --> 01:25:31,839
decades later.
1730
01:25:31,840 --> 01:25:33,919
So, that's the direction of causality.
1731
01:25:33,920 --> 01:25:37,238
Next one- 'Oh, it's perfectly obvious'...
1732
01:25:37,239 --> 01:25:39,358
poor people can't afford
to go to the doctor...
1733
01:25:39,359 --> 01:25:40,839
it's healthcare access?
1734
01:25:40,840 --> 01:25:42,318
It's got nothing to do with that...
1735
01:25:42,319 --> 01:25:44,198
because you see
these same gradients...
1736
01:25:44,199 --> 01:25:46,318
in countries with universal health care
and...
1737
01:25:46,319 --> 01:25:47,789
socialized medicine.
1738
01:25:47,800 --> 01:25:49,639
Okay, next 'simple explanation'.
1739
01:25:49,640 --> 01:25:51,719
Oh, on the average...
the poorer you are...
1740
01:25:51,720 --> 01:25:53,999
the more likely
you are to smoke...
1741
01:25:54,000 --> 01:25:58,078
and drink and all sorts
of lifestyle risk factors.
1742
01:25:58,079 --> 01:26:01,559
Yeah, those contribute
but careful studies have shown...
1743
01:26:01,560 --> 01:26:04,350
that it explains maybe about
a third of the variability.
1744
01:26:04,479 --> 01:26:05,879
So what's left?
1745
01:26:05,880 --> 01:26:08,599
What's left is
having a ton to do...
1746
01:26:08,600 --> 01:26:11,150
with the sress of poverty...
1747
01:26:11,319 --> 01:26:14,639
So, the poorer you are,
starting off being...
1748
01:26:14,640 --> 01:26:18,189
the person who is one dollar of income
behind Bill Gates...
1749
01:26:18,359 --> 01:26:19,879
the poorer you are in this country...
1750
01:26:19,880 --> 01:26:21,599
on the average, the worse your health is.
1751
01:26:21,600 --> 01:26:24,278
This tells us something really important:
1752
01:26:24,279 --> 01:26:26,158
The health connection
with poverty...
1753
01:26:26,159 --> 01:26:30,238
it's not about being poor
it's about feeling poor.
1754
01:26:30,239 --> 01:26:35,559
Increasingly we recognize
that chronic stress...
1755
01:26:35,560 --> 01:26:38,078
is an important influence
on health...
1756
01:26:38,079 --> 01:26:40,839
but the most important sources
of stress...
1757
01:26:40,840 --> 01:26:43,510
are the quality of social relations.
1758
01:26:43,720 --> 01:26:45,358
and if there is anything that...
1759
01:26:45,359 --> 01:26:47,559
lowers the quality
of social relations...
1760
01:26:47,560 --> 01:26:50,750
it is the socioeconomic
stratification of society.
1761
01:26:51,439 --> 01:26:53,158
What science has now shown is...
1762
01:26:53,159 --> 01:26:55,309
that regardless of material wealth...
1763
01:26:55,439 --> 01:26:59,158
the stress of simply living
in a stratified society...
1764
01:26:59,159 --> 01:27:02,830
leads to a vast spectrum
of public health problems...
1765
01:27:02,880 --> 01:27:06,910
and the greater the inequality,
the worse they become.
1766
01:27:07,079 --> 01:27:11,509
Life expectancy:
Longer in more equal countries.
1767
01:27:11,520 --> 01:27:15,590
Drug Abuse: Less in more equal countries.
1768
01:27:15,640 --> 01:27:19,990
Mental Illness:
Less in more equal countries.
1769
01:27:20,000 --> 01:27:21,999
Social Capital, meaning the...
1770
01:27:22,000 --> 01:27:24,639
ability of people to trust each other:
1771
01:27:24,640 --> 01:27:27,919
Naturally greater in more equal countries.
1772
01:27:27,920 --> 01:27:32,438
Educational Scores:
Higher in more equal countries.
1773
01:27:32,439 --> 01:27:36,669
Homicide rates:
Less in more equal countries.
1774
01:27:37,039 --> 01:27:39,358
Crime and Rates of Imprisonment:
1775
01:27:39,359 --> 01:27:41,999
Less in more equal countries.
1776
01:27:42,000 --> 01:27:44,278
It goes on and on:
1777
01:27:44,279 --> 01:27:47,839
Infant mortality "obesity"...
teen birth rate:
1778
01:27:47,840 --> 01:27:49,919
Less in more equal countries.
1779
01:27:49,920 --> 01:27:52,238
And perhaps most interesting:
1780
01:27:52,239 --> 01:27:56,438
Innovation:
Greater in more equal countries.
1781
01:27:56,439 --> 01:27:59,839
Which challenges the age old notion
that a competitive...
1782
01:27:59,840 --> 01:28:04,510
stratified society is somehow
more creative and inventive.
1783
01:28:04,800 --> 01:28:06,839
Moreover, a study done in the UK...
1784
01:28:06,840 --> 01:28:08,398
called The WhiteHall Study...
1785
01:28:08,399 --> 01:28:11,398
confirmed that there is a
social distribution of disease...
1786
01:28:11,399 --> 01:28:14,278
as you go from the top
of the socioeconomic ladder...
1787
01:28:14,279 --> 01:28:15,358
to the bottom.
1788
01:28:15,359 --> 01:28:17,639
For example, it was found
that the lowest rungs...
1789
01:28:17,640 --> 01:28:20,438
of the hierarchy
had a 4-fold increase...
1790
01:28:20,439 --> 01:28:22,719
of heart disease based mortality...
1791
01:28:22,720 --> 01:28:24,790
compared to the highest rungs.
1792
01:28:24,840 --> 01:28:29,030
And this pattern exists,
irrespective of access to health care.
1793
01:28:29,039 --> 01:28:32,710
Hence, the worse a person's
relative financial status...
1794
01:28:32,720 --> 01:28:35,750
the worse their health
is going to be on average.
1795
01:28:35,960 --> 01:28:38,759
This phenomenon is rooted
in what could be termed...
1796
01:28:38,760 --> 01:28:40,919
'Psychosocial Stress'...
1797
01:28:40,920 --> 01:28:44,478
and it is at the foundation
of the greatest social distortions...
1798
01:28:44,479 --> 01:28:46,839
plaguing our society today.
1799
01:28:46,840 --> 01:28:48,238
Its cause?
1800
01:28:48,239 --> 01:28:50,829
The Monetary-Market System.
1801
01:28:51,680 --> 01:28:53,679
Make no mistake:
1802
01:28:53,680 --> 01:28:56,278
The greatest destroyer of ecology...
1803
01:28:56,279 --> 01:29:00,150
the greatest source of waste,
depletion and pollution...
1804
01:29:00,159 --> 01:29:02,559
the greatest purveyor of violence...
1805
01:29:02,560 --> 01:29:07,030
war... crime... poverty...
animal abuse and inhumanity...
1806
01:29:07,279 --> 01:29:10,869
the greatest generator
of social and personal neurosis...
1807
01:29:10,920 --> 01:29:14,030
mental disorders - depression anxiety...
1808
01:29:14,039 --> 01:29:18,038
Not to mention, the greatest source
of social paralysis...
1809
01:29:18,039 --> 01:29:21,278
stopping us from moving
into new methodologies...
1810
01:29:21,279 --> 01:29:24,278
for personal health,
global sustainability...
1811
01:29:24,279 --> 01:29:26,950
and progress on this planet...
1812
01:29:27,319 --> 01:29:30,719
is not some corrupt Government
or legislation...
1813
01:29:30,720 --> 01:29:34,870
not some rogue Corporation
or banking cartel...
1814
01:29:34,880 --> 01:29:37,630
not some flaw of human nature...
1815
01:29:37,960 --> 01:29:42,509
and not some secret hidden cabal
that controls the world.
1816
01:29:42,520 --> 01:29:43,959
It is, in fact:
1817
01:29:43,960 --> 01:29:46,478
The Socio-Economic System itself...
1818
01:29:46,479 --> 01:29:49,349
at its very foundation.
1819
01:30:10,680 --> 01:30:13,118
Let's imagine for a moment
we had the option...
1820
01:30:13,119 --> 01:30:16,198
to redesign human civilization
from the ground up.
1821
01:30:16,199 --> 01:30:18,198
What if, hypothetically speaking...
1822
01:30:18,199 --> 01:30:21,158
we discovered an exact replica
of the planet Earth...
1823
01:30:21,159 --> 01:30:23,078
and the only difference between...
1824
01:30:23,079 --> 01:30:24,599
this new planet and our current one...
1825
01:30:24,600 --> 01:30:27,078
is that human evolution had not occurred.
1826
01:30:27,079 --> 01:30:28,639
It was an open palette.
1827
01:30:28,640 --> 01:30:32,679
No countries, no cities, no pollution
no republicans...
1828
01:30:32,680 --> 01:30:35,590
just a pristine, open environment.
1829
01:30:35,640 --> 01:30:37,679
So what would we do?
1830
01:30:37,680 --> 01:30:40,430
Well, first we need a "goal", right?
1831
01:30:40,439 --> 01:30:43,919
And it's safe to say
that goal would be to survive.
1832
01:30:43,920 --> 01:30:47,679
And not to just survive,
but to do so in an optimized, healthy...
1833
01:30:47,680 --> 01:30:49,238
prosperous way.
1834
01:30:49,239 --> 01:30:51,559
Most people, indeed,
desire to live and...
1835
01:30:51,560 --> 01:30:54,038
they would prefer to do so
without suffering.
1836
01:30:54,039 --> 01:30:56,599
Therefore,
the basis of this civilization...
1837
01:30:56,600 --> 01:30:58,839
needs to be as supportive
and hence...
1838
01:30:58,840 --> 01:31:01,429
sustainable for human life as possible...
1839
01:31:01,479 --> 01:31:03,639
taking into account the material needs...
1840
01:31:03,640 --> 01:31:05,318
of all the world's people...
1841
01:31:05,319 --> 01:31:07,038
while trying to remove anything...
1842
01:31:07,039 --> 01:31:09,309
that can could hurt us in the long run.
1843
01:31:09,520 --> 01:31:13,759
With that goal of
"Maximum Sustainability" understood...
1844
01:31:13,760 --> 01:31:16,639
next question regards our "method".
1845
01:31:16,640 --> 01:31:18,959
What kind of approach do we take?
1846
01:31:18,960 --> 01:31:20,398
Well, let's see...
1847
01:31:20,399 --> 01:31:24,799
last I checked, politics was the method
of social operation on Earth...
1848
01:31:24,800 --> 01:31:27,759
so what do the doctrines
of the republicans, liberals...
1849
01:31:27,760 --> 01:31:32,630
conservatives or socialists
have to say about societal design?
1850
01:31:32,640 --> 01:31:35,839
Hmmm... not a damn thing.
1851
01:31:35,840 --> 01:31:37,710
Okay then - what about religion?
1852
01:31:38,039 --> 01:31:41,919
Surely the great creator had to have left
some blueprints somewhere...
1853
01:31:41,920 --> 01:31:44,478
Nope... nothing I can find.
1854
01:31:44,479 --> 01:31:46,839
Okay then, so what's left?
1855
01:31:46,840 --> 01:31:49,719
It appears something called "Science".
1856
01:31:49,720 --> 01:31:53,639
Science is unique in that its methods
demand not only that ideas...
1857
01:31:53,640 --> 01:31:56,559
proposed be tested and replicated...
1858
01:31:56,560 --> 01:32:01,198
but everything science comes up with
is also inherently falsifiable.
1859
01:32:01,199 --> 01:32:03,799
In other words,
unlike religion and politics...
1860
01:32:03,800 --> 01:32:05,519
science has no ego...
1861
01:32:05,520 --> 01:32:08,559
and everything it suggests
accepts the possibility...
1862
01:32:08,560 --> 01:32:11,358
of being proven wrong eventually.
1863
01:32:11,359 --> 01:32:14,629
It holds on to nothing
and evolves constantly.
1864
01:32:14,680 --> 01:32:17,318
Well, that sounds natural enough to me.
1865
01:32:17,319 --> 01:32:20,639
So then, based on the current state
of scientific knowledge...
1866
01:32:20,640 --> 01:32:22,519
in the early 21st century...
1867
01:32:22,520 --> 01:32:25,278
along with our goal of
"maximum sustainability"...
1868
01:32:25,279 --> 01:32:27,038
for the human population...
1869
01:32:27,039 --> 01:32:30,599
how do we begin the actual process
of construction?
1870
01:32:30,600 --> 01:32:32,519
Well, the first question to ask is:
1871
01:32:32,520 --> 01:32:35,038
What do we need to survive?
1872
01:32:35,039 --> 01:32:38,559
The answer, of course,
are Planetary Resources.
1873
01:32:38,560 --> 01:32:41,679
Whether it is the water we drink,
the energy we use...
1874
01:32:41,680 --> 01:32:45,639
or the raw materials we utilize
to create tools and shelter...
1875
01:32:45,640 --> 01:32:48,759
the planet hosts an inventory
of resources...
1876
01:32:48,760 --> 01:32:52,430
many of which are demanded for our survival.
1877
01:32:52,479 --> 01:32:54,078
So, given that reality...
1878
01:32:54,079 --> 01:32:58,839
it then becomes critical to figure out
what we have and where it is.
1879
01:32:58,840 --> 01:33:01,238
This means we need to conduct a survey.
1880
01:33:01,239 --> 01:33:05,038
We simply locate and identify
every physical resource on the planet,
1881
01:33:05,039 --> 01:33:09,238
we can, along with the amount
available at each location...
1882
01:33:09,239 --> 01:33:12,559
from the deposits of copper,
to the most potent locations for...
1883
01:33:12,560 --> 01:33:14,959
wind farms to produce energy...
1884
01:33:14,960 --> 01:33:16,999
to the natural fresh water springs...
1885
01:33:17,000 --> 01:33:19,879
to an assessment of the amount
of fish in the ocean...
1886
01:33:19,880 --> 01:33:24,950
to the most prime arable land
for food cultivation, etc.
1887
01:33:24,960 --> 01:33:27,038
But, since we humans are going to be...
1888
01:33:27,039 --> 01:33:29,229
consuming these resources over time...
1889
01:33:29,479 --> 01:33:33,719
we then realize that not only do we need
to locate and identify...
1890
01:33:33,720 --> 01:33:36,038
we also need to track.
1891
01:33:36,039 --> 01:33:38,719
We need to make sure we don't run out
of any of this stuff...
1892
01:33:38,720 --> 01:33:40,158
that would be bad.
1893
01:33:40,159 --> 01:33:42,919
And this means not only tracking
our rates of use...
1894
01:33:42,920 --> 01:33:46,438
but the rates of earthly regeneration
as well...
1895
01:33:46,439 --> 01:33:49,158
such as how long it takes for, say...
1896
01:33:49,159 --> 01:33:52,198
a tree to grow or a spring to replenish.
1897
01:33:52,199 --> 01:33:55,799
This is called "Dynamic Equilibrium".
1898
01:33:55,800 --> 01:33:59,919
In other words, if we use up trees faster
than they can be grown back...
1899
01:33:59,920 --> 01:34:03,959
we have a serious problem,
for it is unsustainable.
1900
01:34:03,960 --> 01:34:06,719
So then, how do we track
this inventory...
1901
01:34:06,720 --> 01:34:09,118
especially when we recognize that all...
1902
01:34:09,119 --> 01:34:11,599
of this stuff is scattered everywhere.
1903
01:34:11,600 --> 01:34:15,198
We have large mineral mines
in what we call Africa...
1904
01:34:15,199 --> 01:34:17,559
energy concentrations
in the Middle East...
1905
01:34:17,560 --> 01:34:21,478
huge tidal power possibilities
on the Atlantic coast of North America...
1906
01:34:21,479 --> 01:34:25,879
the largest supply of fresh water
in Brazil, etc.
1907
01:34:25,880 --> 01:34:29,830
Well, once again, good old science
has a suggestion:
1908
01:34:29,880 --> 01:34:32,198
It's called "Systems theory".
1909
01:34:32,199 --> 01:34:36,118
Systems theory recognizes that the fabric
of the natural world...
1910
01:34:36,119 --> 01:34:39,318
from human biology
to the earthly biosphere...
1911
01:34:39,319 --> 01:34:42,559
to the gravitational pull
of the solar system itself...
1912
01:34:42,560 --> 01:34:47,839
is one huge synergistically
connected system, fully interlinked.
1913
01:34:47,840 --> 01:34:50,639
Just as human cells connect
to form our organs...
1914
01:34:50,640 --> 01:34:53,038
and the organs connect
to form our bodies...
1915
01:34:53,039 --> 01:34:56,278
and since our bodies cannot live
without the earthy resources...
1916
01:34:56,279 --> 01:35:00,999
of food, air and water, we are intrinsically
connected to the earth.
1917
01:35:01,000 --> 01:35:02,870
And so on.
1918
01:35:02,880 --> 01:35:05,999
So, as nature suggests,
we take all of this inventory...
1919
01:35:06,000 --> 01:35:10,118
and tracking data and create a "system"
to manage it.
1920
01:35:10,119 --> 01:35:13,559
A "Global Resource Management System",
in fact
1921
01:35:13,560 --> 01:35:16,999
to account for every
relevant resource on the planet.
1922
01:35:17,000 --> 01:35:20,999
There is simply no logical alternative
if our goal as a species...
1923
01:35:21,000 --> 01:35:26,150
is survival in the long run.
We have to keep track as a whole.
1924
01:35:26,279 --> 01:35:29,599
That understood, we can now
consider production.
1925
01:35:29,600 --> 01:35:31,318
How do we use all this stuff?
1926
01:35:31,319 --> 01:35:34,719
What will our process of production be
and what do we need...
1927
01:35:34,720 --> 01:35:38,318
to consider to make sure
it is as optimized as possible...
1928
01:35:38,319 --> 01:35:41,709
to maximize our sustainability?
1929
01:35:41,720 --> 01:35:44,639
Well the first thing that jumps
right out at us is the fact that...
1930
01:35:44,640 --> 01:35:47,599
we need to constantly try and preserve.
1931
01:35:47,600 --> 01:35:50,750
The planet's resources
are essentially finite.
1932
01:35:50,760 --> 01:35:53,679
So it is important
that we be "strategic".
1933
01:35:53,680 --> 01:35:57,238
"Strategic Preservation" is key.
1934
01:35:57,239 --> 01:36:00,198
The second thing we recognize
is that some resources...
1935
01:36:00,199 --> 01:36:03,238
are really not as good as others
in their performance.
1936
01:36:03,239 --> 01:36:06,078
In fact, some of this stuff,
when put into use...
1937
01:36:06,079 --> 01:36:08,278
has a terrible effect
of the environment...
1938
01:36:08,279 --> 01:36:10,589
which invariably hinders our own health.
1939
01:36:10,960 --> 01:36:15,358
For example: oil and fossil fuels,
no matter how you cut it...
1940
01:36:15,359 --> 01:36:18,839
release some pretty destructive agents
into the environment.
1941
01:36:18,840 --> 01:36:22,198
Therefore, it is critical that we do
our best to use such things...
1942
01:36:22,199 --> 01:36:25,919
only when we really have to... if at all.
1943
01:36:25,920 --> 01:36:30,870
Fortunately for us, we see a ton
of solar... wind... tidal... wave...
1944
01:36:30,880 --> 01:36:35,038
heat differential and geothermal
possibilities for energy production...
1945
01:36:35,039 --> 01:36:39,478
so we can strategize objectively
about what we use and where...
1946
01:36:39,479 --> 01:36:43,719
to avoid what could be called,
"negative retroactions"...
1947
01:36:43,720 --> 01:36:47,198
or anything that results
from production or use...
1948
01:36:47,199 --> 01:36:50,759
that damages the environment
and hence, ourselves.
1949
01:36:50,760 --> 01:36:53,759
We will call this "Strategic Safety"...
1950
01:36:53,760 --> 01:36:57,879
to couple in with our
"Strategic Preservation".
1951
01:36:57,880 --> 01:37:00,438
But production strategies do not stop there.
1952
01:37:00,439 --> 01:37:03,519
We are going to need an
"Efficiency Strategy"...
1953
01:37:03,520 --> 01:37:06,719
for the actual mechanics
of production itself.
1954
01:37:06,720 --> 01:37:09,358
And what we find is
that there are roughly...
1955
01:37:09,359 --> 01:37:12,118
three specific protocols we must adhere to:
1956
01:37:12,119 --> 01:37:14,559
One:
Every good we produce must be...
1957
01:37:14,560 --> 01:37:17,278
designed to last as long as possible.
1958
01:37:17,279 --> 01:37:19,519
Naturally,
the more things breakdown...
1959
01:37:19,520 --> 01:37:22,559
the more resources we are going to need
to replace them...
1960
01:37:22,560 --> 01:37:24,959
and the more waste produced.
1961
01:37:24,960 --> 01:37:27,438
Two:
When things do break down...
1962
01:37:27,439 --> 01:37:30,038
or are no longer usable
for whatever reason...
1963
01:37:30,039 --> 01:37:34,719
it is critical that we harvest,
or recycle as much as we possibly can.
1964
01:37:34,720 --> 01:37:38,078
So the production design
must take this into...
1965
01:37:38,079 --> 01:37:41,589
account directly
at the very earliest stages.
1966
01:37:41,680 --> 01:37:45,879
Three: Quickly evolving technologies,
such as electronics...
1967
01:37:45,880 --> 01:37:49,599
which are subject to the fastest rates
of technological obsolescence...
1968
01:37:49,600 --> 01:37:51,879
would need to be designed to...
1969
01:37:51,880 --> 01:37:55,429
foreshadow and accommodate physical updates.
1970
01:37:55,439 --> 01:37:59,158
The last thing we want to do is
throw away an entire computer...
1971
01:37:59,159 --> 01:38:03,078
system just because it has only one
broken part or is outdated.
1972
01:38:03,079 --> 01:38:06,879
So we simply design the components
to be easily updated...
1973
01:38:06,880 --> 01:38:11,398
part by part, standardized
and universally interchangeable...
1974
01:38:11,399 --> 01:38:15,679
foreshadowed by the current trend
of technological change.
1975
01:38:15,680 --> 01:38:19,438
And when we realize that the mechanisms
of "Strategic Preservation"...
1976
01:38:19,439 --> 01:38:22,959
"Strategic Safety"
and "Strategic Efficiency"...
1977
01:38:22,960 --> 01:38:25,679
are purely technical considerations...
1978
01:38:25,680 --> 01:38:28,879
devoid of any human opinion
or bias...
1979
01:38:28,880 --> 01:38:31,959
we simply program these strategies
into a computer...
1980
01:38:31,960 --> 01:38:34,999
which can weigh and calculate
all the relevant variables...
1981
01:38:35,000 --> 01:38:37,398
allowing us to always arrive
at the...
1982
01:38:37,399 --> 01:38:40,799
absolute best method
for sustainable production...
1983
01:38:40,800 --> 01:38:43,389
based on current understandings.
1984
01:38:43,560 --> 01:38:46,038
And while that might sound complex...
1985
01:38:46,039 --> 01:38:48,519
all it is is a glorified calculator...
1986
01:38:48,520 --> 01:38:50,478
not to mention that such multi-varied...
1987
01:38:50,479 --> 01:38:52,719
decision making and monitoring systems...
1988
01:38:52,720 --> 01:38:54,919
are already used
across the world today...
1989
01:38:54,920 --> 01:39:00,158
for isolated purposes.
It is simply a process of scaling it out.
1990
01:39:00,159 --> 01:39:01,398
So...
1991
01:39:01,399 --> 01:39:04,639
Now, we not only have our
Resource Management System...
1992
01:39:04,640 --> 01:39:07,750
but also a
Production Management System...
1993
01:39:07,800 --> 01:39:10,398
both of which are easily
computer automated...
1994
01:39:10,399 --> 01:39:14,318
to maximize efficiency,
preservation and safety.
1995
01:39:14,319 --> 01:39:17,278
The informational reality is
that the human mind...
1996
01:39:17,279 --> 01:39:21,278
or even a group of humans, cannot track
what needs to be tracked.
1997
01:39:21,279 --> 01:39:25,549
It must be done by computers and it can be.
1998
01:39:25,840 --> 01:39:29,398
And this bring us to the next level:
Distribution.
1999
01:39:29,399 --> 01:39:32,478
What sustainability strategies
make sense here?
2000
01:39:32,479 --> 01:39:33,919
Well, since we know that the shortest...
2001
01:39:33,920 --> 01:39:37,118
distance between two points
is a straight line
2002
01:39:37,119 --> 01:39:40,639
and since energy is required
to power transport machines...
2003
01:39:40,640 --> 01:39:44,158
the less transport distance,
the more efficient.
2004
01:39:44,159 --> 01:39:48,398
Producing goods in one continent
and shipping them over to another...
2005
01:39:48,399 --> 01:39:51,478
only makes sense if the goods
in question simply cannot...
2006
01:39:51,479 --> 01:39:53,949
be produced in the target area.
2007
01:39:54,000 --> 01:39:56,719
Otherwise, it is nothing but wasteful.
2008
01:39:56,720 --> 01:40:00,390
We must localize production,
so distribution is simple...
2009
01:40:00,399 --> 01:40:03,559
fast and requires
the least amount of energy.
2010
01:40:03,560 --> 01:40:06,478
We'll call this the "Proximity Strategy"...
2011
01:40:06,479 --> 01:40:08,318
which simply means we reduce the...
2012
01:40:08,319 --> 01:40:10,278
travel of goods as much as possible...
2013
01:40:10,279 --> 01:40:14,318
whether raw materials
or finished consumer products.
2014
01:40:14,319 --> 01:40:16,799
Of course,
it might also be important to...
2015
01:40:16,800 --> 01:40:19,519
know what goods
are we transporting and why...
2016
01:40:19,520 --> 01:40:22,759
And this falls under the category of Demand.
2017
01:40:22,760 --> 01:40:25,398
And demand is simply
what people need to be...
2018
01:40:25,399 --> 01:40:27,999
healthy and to have a high quality of life.
2019
01:40:28,000 --> 01:40:30,278
The spectrum
of material human needs...
2020
01:40:30,279 --> 01:40:33,358
range from core life supporting
necessities...
2021
01:40:33,359 --> 01:40:36,519
such as food, clean water and shelter...
2022
01:40:36,520 --> 01:40:40,278
to social and recreational goods
which allow for relaxation...
2023
01:40:40,279 --> 01:40:42,719
and personal... social enjoyment...
2024
01:40:42,720 --> 01:40:47,670
both important factors in human
and social health overall.
2025
01:40:47,680 --> 01:40:50,478
So - very simply- we take another survey.
2026
01:40:50,479 --> 01:40:52,879
People describe their needs,
demand is...
2027
01:40:52,880 --> 01:40:56,189
assessed and production begins
based on that demand.
2028
01:40:56,199 --> 01:40:59,398
And since the level of demand
of different goods will...
2029
01:40:59,399 --> 01:41:02,759
naturally fluctuate and change around
different regions...
2030
01:41:02,760 --> 01:41:06,679
we need to create a "Demand and
Distribution Tracking System"...
2031
01:41:06,680 --> 01:41:10,269
so to avoid overruns and shortages.
2032
01:41:10,279 --> 01:41:12,358
Of course, this idea is old news...
2033
01:41:12,359 --> 01:41:15,438
it is used in every major
store chain today...
2034
01:41:15,439 --> 01:41:18,158
to make sure they keep up
with their inventory.
2035
01:41:18,159 --> 01:41:21,789
Only this time, we are tracking
on a global scale.
2036
01:41:21,920 --> 01:41:25,759
But wait a minute. We really can't fully
understand demand...
2037
01:41:25,760 --> 01:41:30,030
if we don't account for the actual usage
of the good itself.
2038
01:41:30,039 --> 01:41:34,110
Is it logical and sustainable
for every single human to, say...
2039
01:41:34,119 --> 01:41:38,639
have one of everything made?
Regardless of their usage?
2040
01:41:38,640 --> 01:41:42,999
No. That would be simply wasteful
and inefficient.
2041
01:41:43,000 --> 01:41:46,839
If a person has a need for a good
but that need is only for say:
2042
01:41:46,840 --> 01:41:49,158
45 minutes a day on average...
2043
01:41:49,159 --> 01:41:50,999
it would be much more efficient if...
2044
01:41:51,000 --> 01:41:52,839
that good was made available to them...
2045
01:41:52,840 --> 01:41:55,990
and to others when needed.
2046
01:41:56,000 --> 01:41:58,839
Many forget that it isn't the good
they want...
2047
01:41:58,840 --> 01:42:00,879
it is the purpose of that good.
2048
01:42:00,880 --> 01:42:02,999
When we realize that the good itself...
2049
01:42:03,000 --> 01:42:05,229
is only as important as its utility...
2050
01:42:05,239 --> 01:42:08,078
we see that "external restriction"...
2051
01:42:08,079 --> 01:42:10,839
or what we might call today "ownership"...
2052
01:42:10,840 --> 01:42:14,278
is extremely wasteful
and environmentally illogical...
2053
01:42:14,279 --> 01:42:17,599
in a fundamental, economic sense.
2054
01:42:17,600 --> 01:42:22,750
So we need devise a strategy called:
"Strategic Access".
2055
01:42:22,840 --> 01:42:24,759
This would be the foundation
of our...
2056
01:42:24,760 --> 01:42:26,919
"Demand Distribution Tracking System".
2057
01:42:26,920 --> 01:42:28,679
which makes sure we can meet the...
2058
01:42:28,680 --> 01:42:30,358
demand of the population's needs...
2059
01:42:30,359 --> 01:42:34,829
for access of whatever they need,
when they need it.
2060
01:42:34,840 --> 01:42:37,559
And as far as physically obtaining
the goods...
2061
01:42:37,560 --> 01:42:39,719
centralized and regional access...
2062
01:42:39,720 --> 01:42:42,478
centers all make sense
for the most part...
2063
01:42:42,479 --> 01:42:45,679
placed in close proximity
to the population...
2064
01:42:45,680 --> 01:42:48,559
and a person would simply come in,
take the item...
2065
01:42:48,560 --> 01:42:52,278
use it and when finished, return it
when no longer needed...
2066
01:42:52,279 --> 01:42:54,679
sort of how a library works today.
2067
01:42:54,680 --> 01:42:57,398
In fact, these centers could not only
exist in...
2068
01:42:57,399 --> 01:43:00,118
the community in the way
we see local stores today...
2069
01:43:00,119 --> 01:43:04,358
but specialized access centers
would exist in specific areas...
2070
01:43:04,359 --> 01:43:06,839
where often certain goods
are utilized...
2071
01:43:06,840 --> 01:43:10,559
saving more energy
with less repeat transport.
2072
01:43:10,560 --> 01:43:13,879
And once this Demand Tracking System
is in order...
2073
01:43:13,880 --> 01:43:16,599
it is tied into our
Production Management System...
2074
01:43:16,600 --> 01:43:20,038
and, of course, into our
Resource Management System...
2075
01:43:20,039 --> 01:43:23,078
hence creating a unified
dynamically updating...
2076
01:43:23,079 --> 01:43:26,038
global economic
management machine...
2077
01:43:26,039 --> 01:43:28,879
that simply makes sure
we remain sustainable...
2078
01:43:28,880 --> 01:43:32,759
starting with securing the integrity
of our finite resources...
2079
01:43:32,760 --> 01:43:35,599
moving to make sure
we only create the best...
2080
01:43:35,600 --> 01:43:37,599
most strategic goods possible...
2081
01:43:37,600 --> 01:43:40,158
while distributing everything
in the...
2082
01:43:40,159 --> 01:43:42,719
most intelligent and efficient way.
2083
01:43:42,720 --> 01:43:47,398
And the unique result
of this preservation based approach...
2084
01:43:47,399 --> 01:43:50,158
which is intuitively counter
to many...
2085
01:43:50,159 --> 01:43:52,599
is that this logical, ground up...
2086
01:43:52,600 --> 01:43:56,158
empirical process of preservation
and efficiency...
2087
01:43:56,159 --> 01:44:01,038
which can only define true human
sustainability on the planet...
2088
01:44:01,039 --> 01:44:05,669
would likely enable something
never before seen in human history.
2089
01:44:05,720 --> 01:44:07,839
Access Abundance...
2090
01:44:07,840 --> 01:44:11,118
not just for a percentage
of the global population...
2091
01:44:11,119 --> 01:44:14,669
but the entire civilization.
2092
01:44:15,560 --> 01:44:18,278
This economic model,
as was just generalized...
2093
01:44:18,279 --> 01:44:21,038
This responsible,
systems approach to total Earth...
2094
01:44:21,039 --> 01:44:24,118
resource management and processes...
2095
01:44:24,119 --> 01:44:26,038
designed again to do nothing less...
2096
01:44:26,039 --> 01:44:28,198
than take care of humanity as whole...
2097
01:44:28,199 --> 01:44:31,038
in the most efficient
and sustainable way...
2098
01:44:31,039 --> 01:44:32,358
could be termed:
2099
01:44:32,359 --> 01:44:35,469
a "RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMY".
2100
01:44:35,479 --> 01:44:38,398
The idea was defined
in the 1970s by...
2101
01:44:38,399 --> 01:44:41,118
Social Engineer... Jacque Fresco.
2102
01:44:41,119 --> 01:44:44,398
He understood back then that society
was on a collision course...
2103
01:44:44,399 --> 01:44:48,639
with nature and itself...
unsustainable on every level...
2104
01:44:48,640 --> 01:44:50,599
and if things didn't change...
2105
01:44:50,600 --> 01:44:54,038
we would destroy ourselves,
one way or another.
2106
01:44:54,039 --> 01:44:56,278
Are all of these things
you are saying, Jacque...
2107
01:44:56,279 --> 01:44:58,759
could they be built with what we know today?
2108
01:44:58,760 --> 01:45:03,030
Or are you guessing...
based on what we know today.
2109
01:45:03,039 --> 01:45:06,358
No, all of these things can be built
with what we know today.
2110
01:45:06,359 --> 01:45:09,438
It would take 10 years to change
the surface of the earth.
2111
01:45:09,439 --> 01:45:12,198
To rebuild the world into
a second Garden of Eden.
2112
01:45:12,199 --> 01:45:13,719
The choice lies with you.
2113
01:45:13,720 --> 01:45:16,238
The stupidity of a nuclear arms race...
2114
01:45:16,239 --> 01:45:17,799
the development of weapons...
2115
01:45:17,800 --> 01:45:20,038
trying to solve your problems
politically...
2116
01:45:20,039 --> 01:45:23,118
by electing this political party
or that political party...
2117
01:45:23,119 --> 01:45:25,679
that all politics is immersed in corruption.
2118
01:45:25,680 --> 01:45:26,799
Let me say it again:
2119
01:45:26,800 --> 01:45:30,318
Communism, socialism, fascism...
the Democrats...
2120
01:45:30,319 --> 01:45:33,599
the liberals...
we want to absorb human beings.
2121
01:45:33,600 --> 01:45:37,038
All organizations that believe
in a better life for man:
2122
01:45:37,039 --> 01:45:40,158
there are no Negro problems
or Polish problems...
2123
01:45:40,159 --> 01:45:42,478
or Jewish problems
or Greek problems...
2124
01:45:42,479 --> 01:45:44,999
or women's problems...
there are human problems!
2125
01:45:45,000 --> 01:45:47,879
I'm not afraid of anybody,
I don't work for anyone,
2126
01:45:47,880 --> 01:45:49,478
no one can discharge me.
2127
01:45:49,479 --> 01:45:50,919
I have no boss.
2128
01:45:50,920 --> 01:45:54,038
I am afraid to live in the society
we live in today.
2129
01:45:54,039 --> 01:45:57,839
Our society cannot be maintained
by this type of incompetency.
2130
01:45:57,840 --> 01:45:59,959
It was great, the free
enterprise system...
2131
01:45:59,960 --> 01:46:03,478
about 35 years ago.
That was the last of its usefulness.
2132
01:46:03,479 --> 01:46:07,109
Now, we have got to change our way
of thinking or perish.
2133
01:46:08,039 --> 01:46:12,078
The horror movies of the future
will be our society...
2134
01:46:12,079 --> 01:46:14,038
the way it didn't work...
2135
01:46:14,039 --> 01:46:15,398
and politics...
2136
01:46:15,399 --> 01:46:18,469
would be part of a horror movie.
2137
01:46:19,800 --> 01:46:24,759
Well, lots of people today
use the term 'cold science'
2138
01:46:24,760 --> 01:46:27,070
because it's analytical...
2139
01:46:27,119 --> 01:46:29,879
and they don't even know
what analytical means.
2140
01:46:29,880 --> 01:46:32,799
Science means:
Closer approximations...
2141
01:46:32,800 --> 01:46:35,599
to the way the world really works.
2142
01:46:35,600 --> 01:46:38,839
So, it's telling the truth...
is what it is...
2143
01:46:38,840 --> 01:46:41,759
A scientist doesn't try to get
along with people.
2144
01:46:41,760 --> 01:46:44,438
They tell them what their findings are.
2145
01:46:44,439 --> 01:46:47,029
They have to question all things...
2146
01:46:47,039 --> 01:46:51,158
and if some scientist comes up
with an experiment that shows...
2147
01:46:51,159 --> 01:46:53,679
certain materials
have certain strengths...
2148
01:46:53,680 --> 01:46:56,318
other scientists have to be able
to duplicate...
2149
01:46:56,319 --> 01:46:59,269
that experiment
and come up with the same results.
2150
01:46:59,279 --> 01:47:03,478
Even if a scientist feels
that an airplane wing...
2151
01:47:03,479 --> 01:47:05,599
due to mathematics or calculations...
2152
01:47:05,600 --> 01:47:07,919
can hold up a given amount of weight...
2153
01:47:07,920 --> 01:47:10,790
they still pile sandbags on it...
2154
01:47:10,800 --> 01:47:12,719
to see when it breaks and they say...
2155
01:47:12,720 --> 01:47:16,478
you know my calculations are right
or they are not correct'.
2156
01:47:16,479 --> 01:47:19,959
I love that system
because it's free of bias...
2157
01:47:19,960 --> 01:47:23,398
and free of thinking that math
can solve all the problems.
2158
01:47:23,399 --> 01:47:26,238
You have to put your Math to test also.
2159
01:47:26,239 --> 01:47:28,799
I think that every system that can...
2160
01:47:28,800 --> 01:47:31,559
be put to test should be put to test.
2161
01:47:31,560 --> 01:47:36,550
And that all decisions should be based
upon research.
2162
01:47:36,760 --> 01:47:39,358
A Resource-Based Economy
is simply the...
2163
01:47:39,359 --> 01:47:42,198
scientific method applied
to social concern...
2164
01:47:42,199 --> 01:47:45,278
an approach utterly absent
in the world today.
2165
01:47:45,279 --> 01:47:47,559
Society is a technical invention.
2166
01:47:47,560 --> 01:47:50,679
And the most efficient methods
of optimized human health...
2167
01:47:50,680 --> 01:47:55,078
physical production, distribution,
city infrastructure and the like...
2168
01:47:55,079 --> 01:47:57,519
reside in the field of science and...
2169
01:47:57,520 --> 01:48:00,879
technology... not politics
or monetary economics.
2170
01:48:00,880 --> 01:48:04,999
It operates in the same systematic way as,
say an airplane...
2171
01:48:05,000 --> 01:48:09,358
and there is no Republican or Liberal way
to build an airplane.
2172
01:48:09,359 --> 01:48:11,438
Likewise, nature itself is the...
2173
01:48:11,439 --> 01:48:14,278
physical referent we use
to prove our science...
2174
01:48:14,279 --> 01:48:16,198
and it is a set system...
2175
01:48:16,199 --> 01:48:19,559
emerging only from our increased
understanding of it.
2176
01:48:19,560 --> 01:48:21,999
In fact, it has no regard
for what you...
2177
01:48:22,000 --> 01:48:24,599
subjectively think or believe to be true.
2178
01:48:24,600 --> 01:48:26,599
Rather, it gives you an option:
2179
01:48:26,600 --> 01:48:28,679
You can learn and fall in line with its...
2180
01:48:28,680 --> 01:48:31,158
natural laws
and conduct yourself accordingly...
2181
01:48:31,159 --> 01:48:34,478
invariably creating good health
and sustainability...
2182
01:48:34,479 --> 01:48:37,679
or you can go against the current...
to no avail.
2183
01:48:37,680 --> 01:48:40,038
It doesn't matter how much
you believe you can just...
2184
01:48:40,039 --> 01:48:42,438
stand up right now
and walk on the wall next to you...
2185
01:48:42,439 --> 01:48:44,599
the law of gravity will not allow it.
2186
01:48:44,600 --> 01:48:46,679
If you do not eat...
you will die.
2187
01:48:46,680 --> 01:48:49,599
If you are not touched as an infant...
you will die.
2188
01:48:49,600 --> 01:48:53,559
As harsh as it may sound,
nature is a dictatorship...
2189
01:48:53,560 --> 01:48:56,959
and we can either listen to it
and come in harmony with it...
2190
01:48:56,960 --> 01:49:00,398
or suffer the inevitable
adverse consequences.
2191
01:49:00,399 --> 01:49:03,358
So, a Resource-Based Economy
is nothing more...
2192
01:49:03,359 --> 01:49:06,839
than a set of proven,
life supporting understandings...
2193
01:49:06,840 --> 01:49:09,318
where all decisions are based upon...
2194
01:49:09,319 --> 01:49:12,759
optimized human
and environmental sustainability.
2195
01:49:12,760 --> 01:49:16,198
It takes into account the empirical
"Life Ground"...
2196
01:49:16,199 --> 01:49:18,599
which every human being shares
as a need...
2197
01:49:18,600 --> 01:49:22,830
regardless, again, of their political
or religious philosophy.
2198
01:49:22,880 --> 01:49:26,038
There is no cultural relativism
to this approach.
2199
01:49:26,039 --> 01:49:28,719
It isn't a matter of opinion.
2200
01:49:28,720 --> 01:49:30,919
Human needs are human needs...
2201
01:49:30,920 --> 01:49:34,599
and having access to the
necessities of life, such as clean air...
2202
01:49:34,600 --> 01:49:37,118
nutritious food and clean water...
2203
01:49:37,119 --> 01:49:40,599
along with a positively reinforcing,
stable...
2204
01:49:40,600 --> 01:49:44,719
nurturing, non-violent environment,
is demanded...
2205
01:49:44,720 --> 01:49:47,038
for our mental and physical health...
2206
01:49:47,039 --> 01:49:49,038
our evolutionary fitness...
2207
01:49:49,039 --> 01:49:52,038
and hence, the species survival itself.
2208
01:49:52,039 --> 01:49:54,879
A Resource-Based Economy...
2209
01:49:54,880 --> 01:49:58,278
would be based upon available resources.
2210
01:49:58,279 --> 01:50:01,438
You can't just bring a lot of people
to an island...
2211
01:50:01,439 --> 01:50:06,719
or build a city of 50,000 people
without having access...
2212
01:50:06,720 --> 01:50:08,799
to the necessities of life.
2213
01:50:08,800 --> 01:50:13,358
So, when I use the term
'a comprehensive systems approach'...
2214
01:50:13,359 --> 01:50:17,639
I'm talking about doing an inventory
of the area first...
2215
01:50:17,640 --> 01:50:20,959
and determining what that area can supply...
2216
01:50:20,960 --> 01:50:23,478
not just architectural approach...
2217
01:50:23,479 --> 01:50:25,999
not just design approach...
2218
01:50:26,000 --> 01:50:29,599
but design must be based
on all of the requirements...
2219
01:50:29,600 --> 01:50:31,238
to enhance human life...
2220
01:50:31,239 --> 01:50:35,038
and that's what I mean by
an integrated way of thinking.
2221
01:50:35,039 --> 01:50:37,879
Food, clothing, shelter, warmth, love...
2222
01:50:37,880 --> 01:50:40,919
All those things are necessary...
2223
01:50:40,920 --> 01:50:43,349
and if you deprive people
of any of them...
2224
01:50:43,680 --> 01:50:49,070
you have a lesser human being,
less capable of functioning.
2225
01:50:49,279 --> 01:50:53,118
As previously outlined, a
Resource-Based Economy's ground up...
2226
01:50:53,119 --> 01:50:57,679
global, systems approach to extraction,
production and distribution...
2227
01:50:57,680 --> 01:51:02,639
is based upon on a set of true
economic mechanisms, or 'strategies'...
2228
01:51:02,640 --> 01:51:04,959
which guarantee efficiency and...
2229
01:51:04,960 --> 01:51:08,710
sustainability in every area of the economy.
2230
01:51:08,720 --> 01:51:12,438
So, continuing this train of thought
regarding logical design...
2231
01:51:12,439 --> 01:51:14,309
what is next in our equation?
2232
01:51:14,319 --> 01:51:16,709
Where does all this materialize?
2233
01:51:16,840 --> 01:51:18,398
Cities.
2234
01:51:18,399 --> 01:51:22,358
The advent of the city is a defining feature
of modern civilization.
2235
01:51:22,359 --> 01:51:26,198
Its role is to enable efficient access
to the necessities of life...
2236
01:51:26,199 --> 01:51:31,110
along with increased social support
and community interaction.
2237
01:51:31,199 --> 01:51:34,158
So how would we go about
designing an ideal city?
2238
01:51:34,159 --> 01:51:35,719
What shape should we make it?
2239
01:51:35,720 --> 01:51:38,158
Square? Trapezoid?
2240
01:51:38,159 --> 01:51:40,318
Well, given we are going to be
moving around the thing...
2241
01:51:40,319 --> 01:51:43,559
we might as well make it as
equidistant as possible for ease...
2242
01:51:43,560 --> 01:51:45,870
hence the circle.
2243
01:51:45,920 --> 01:51:47,719
What should the city contain?
2244
01:51:47,720 --> 01:51:51,759
Well, naturally we need a residential area,
a goods production area...
2245
01:51:51,760 --> 01:51:55,470
a power generation area,
an agricultural area.
2246
01:51:55,680 --> 01:51:58,839
But we also need nurturing as human beings,
hence culture...
2247
01:51:58,840 --> 01:52:02,158
nature, recreation and education.
2248
01:52:02,159 --> 01:52:04,198
So lets include a nice open park...
2249
01:52:04,199 --> 01:52:08,669
an entertainment events area
for cultural purposes and socializing...
2250
01:52:08,680 --> 01:52:11,278
and educational and research facilities.
2251
01:52:11,279 --> 01:52:13,559
And since we are working with a circle
2252
01:52:13,560 --> 01:52:16,478
it seems rational to place
these functions in Belts...
2253
01:52:16,479 --> 01:52:19,599
based on the amount
of land required for each goal...
2254
01:52:19,600 --> 01:52:21,950
along with ease of access.
2255
01:52:22,000 --> 01:52:23,429
Very good.
2256
01:52:23,560 --> 01:52:25,759
Now, let's get down to specifics:
2257
01:52:25,760 --> 01:52:27,879
First we need the consider
the core...
2258
01:52:27,880 --> 01:52:31,030
infrastructure or intestines
of the city organism.
2259
01:52:31,159 --> 01:52:33,278
These would be the water, goods...
2260
01:52:33,279 --> 01:52:35,679
waste and energy transport channels.
2261
01:52:35,680 --> 01:52:39,519
Just as we have water and sewage systems
under our cities today...
2262
01:52:39,520 --> 01:52:42,198
we would extend
this channeling concept to...
2263
01:52:42,199 --> 01:52:45,198
integrate waste recycling
and delivery itself.
2264
01:52:45,199 --> 01:52:47,719
No more mailmen or garbage men.
2265
01:52:47,720 --> 01:52:50,438
It is built right in.
We could even use...
2266
01:52:50,439 --> 01:52:53,469
automated pneumatic tubes
and similar technologies.
2267
01:52:53,560 --> 01:52:55,478
Same goes for transport.
2268
01:52:55,479 --> 01:52:59,118
It needs to be integrated
and strategically designed to reduce...
2269
01:52:59,119 --> 01:53:02,759
or even remove the need for wasteful,
independent automobiles.
2270
01:53:02,760 --> 01:53:05,679
Electric trams, conveyors,
transveyors and...
2271
01:53:05,680 --> 01:53:07,959
maglevs which can take you virtually...
2272
01:53:07,960 --> 01:53:10,438
anywhere in the city,
even up and down...
2273
01:53:10,439 --> 01:53:13,599
along with connecting you
to other cities as well.
2274
01:53:13,600 --> 01:53:16,519
And of course,
in the event a car is required...
2275
01:53:16,520 --> 01:53:20,318
it is automated by satellite
for safety and integrity.
2276
01:53:20,319 --> 01:53:24,158
In fact, this automation technology
is in working order right now.
2277
01:53:24,159 --> 01:53:29,078
Automobile accidents kill about
1.2 million people every single year,
2278
01:53:29,079 --> 01:53:31,198
injuring about 50 million.
2279
01:53:31,199 --> 01:53:34,158
This is absurd and doesn't have to occur.
2280
01:53:34,159 --> 01:53:37,919
Between efficient city design
and automated, driverless cars...
2281
01:53:37,920 --> 01:53:40,910
this death toll can be virtually eliminated.
2282
01:53:41,239 --> 01:53:42,719
Agriculture.
2283
01:53:42,720 --> 01:53:46,238
Today, through our haphazard,
cost-cutting industrial methods...
2284
01:53:46,239 --> 01:53:50,429
using pesticides, excessive fertilizers
and other means...
2285
01:53:50,439 --> 01:53:52,398
we have successfully
destroyed much...
2286
01:53:52,399 --> 01:53:54,358
of the the arable land
on this planet...
2287
01:53:54,359 --> 01:53:57,829
not to mention also extensively
poisoning our bodies.
2288
01:53:57,840 --> 01:54:01,158
In fact, industrial
and agricultural chemical toxins...
2289
01:54:01,159 --> 01:54:07,030
now show up in virtually every human
being tested, including infants.
2290
01:54:07,199 --> 01:54:10,158
Fortunately,
there is a glaring alternative...
2291
01:54:10,159 --> 01:54:13,639
the soilless mediums of hydroponics
and aeroponics...
2292
01:54:13,640 --> 01:54:16,559
which also reduce nutrient
and water...
2293
01:54:16,560 --> 01:54:20,478
requirements by up to 75 %
of our current usage.
2294
01:54:20,479 --> 01:54:24,158
Food can now be organically grown
on an industrial scale...
2295
01:54:24,159 --> 01:54:26,719
in enclosed vertical farms.
2296
01:54:26,720 --> 01:54:29,679
Such as in 50 story 1 acre plots...
2297
01:54:29,680 --> 01:54:31,999
virtually eliminating the need for...
2298
01:54:32,000 --> 01:54:34,679
pesticides and hydrocarbons in general.
2299
01:54:34,680 --> 01:54:37,639
This is the future
of industrial food cultivation.
2300
01:54:37,640 --> 01:54:40,350
Efficient, clean and abundant.
2301
01:54:40,359 --> 01:54:43,438
So, such advanced systems would be,
in part...
2302
01:54:43,439 --> 01:54:45,999
what comprise our agricultural belt...
2303
01:54:46,000 --> 01:54:49,679
producing all the food required
for the entire city's population
2304
01:54:49,680 --> 01:54:52,679
with no need to import anything
from the outside...
2305
01:54:52,680 --> 01:54:56,150
saving time, waste and energy.
2306
01:54:56,439 --> 01:54:58,398
And speaking of Energy...
2307
01:54:58,399 --> 01:55:01,278
The Energy Belt would work
in a systems approach to...
2308
01:55:01,279 --> 01:55:04,438
extract electricity from our
abundant renewable mediums...
2309
01:55:04,439 --> 01:55:08,709
specifically wind, solar,
geothermal and heat differentials...
2310
01:55:08,720 --> 01:55:12,630
and if near water potentials...
tidal and wave power.
2311
01:55:12,680 --> 01:55:14,999
To avoid intermittency
and make sure...
2312
01:55:15,000 --> 01:55:17,278
a positive net energy return occurs...
2313
01:55:17,279 --> 01:55:20,278
these mediums would operate
in an integrated system...
2314
01:55:20,279 --> 01:55:22,238
powering each other when needed...
2315
01:55:22,239 --> 01:55:24,519
while storing excessive energy
to large...
2316
01:55:24,520 --> 01:55:26,790
super capacitors under the ground...
2317
01:55:26,840 --> 01:55:29,189
so nothing can go to waste.
2318
01:55:29,239 --> 01:55:31,639
And not only does the city power itself...
2319
01:55:31,640 --> 01:55:34,919
particular structures
will also power independently...
2320
01:55:34,920 --> 01:55:38,038
and generate electricity
through photovoltaic paints...
2321
01:55:38,039 --> 01:55:41,639
structural pressure transducers,
the thermocouple effect...
2322
01:55:41,640 --> 01:55:45,269
and other current
but under utilized technologies.
2323
01:55:45,560 --> 01:55:47,599
But, of course, this begs the question:
2324
01:55:47,600 --> 01:55:49,719
How does this technology,
and goods in...
2325
01:55:49,720 --> 01:55:52,070
general, get created in the first place?
2326
01:55:52,119 --> 01:55:54,038
This bring us to Production:
2327
01:55:54,039 --> 01:55:57,238
The Industrial Belt, apart from having
hospitals and the like...
2328
01:55:57,239 --> 01:55:59,639
would be the hub of factory production.
2329
01:55:59,640 --> 01:56:01,438
Completely localized overall...
2330
01:56:01,439 --> 01:56:03,839
it would, of course,
obtain raw materials by way of...
2331
01:56:03,840 --> 01:56:07,519
the global resource management system,
just discussed...
2332
01:56:07,520 --> 01:56:12,118
with demand being generated
by the population of the city itself.
2333
01:56:12,119 --> 01:56:14,229
As far as the mechanics of production...
2334
01:56:14,279 --> 01:56:17,358
we need to discuss a new,
powerful phenomenon...
2335
01:56:17,359 --> 01:56:20,198
which was sparked very recently
in human history...
2336
01:56:20,199 --> 01:56:23,349
and is on pace to changing everything.
2337
01:56:23,520 --> 01:56:25,559
It's called Mechanization...
2338
01:56:25,560 --> 01:56:28,110
or the automation of labor.
2339
01:56:28,119 --> 01:56:31,278
Well, if you look around,
you'll notice that almost...
2340
01:56:31,279 --> 01:56:33,919
everything that we use today...
2341
01:56:33,920 --> 01:56:36,710
is built automatically.
2342
01:56:37,039 --> 01:56:42,358
Your shoes, your clothes,
your home appliances, your car and so on...
2343
01:56:42,359 --> 01:56:48,429
they are all built by machines
in an automatic way.
2344
01:56:48,760 --> 01:56:51,879
Can we say that the society
has not been...
2345
01:56:51,880 --> 01:56:56,030
influenced by these major
technological advancements?
2346
01:56:56,079 --> 01:56:57,238
Of course not.
2347
01:56:57,239 --> 01:57:02,389
These systems really dictate
new structures...
2348
01:57:02,439 --> 01:57:07,879
and new needs and they make a lot
of other things obsolete.
2349
01:57:07,880 --> 01:57:12,118
So, we have been going up
in the development...
2350
01:57:12,119 --> 01:57:16,318
and use of technology in an exponential way.
2351
01:57:16,319 --> 01:57:21,599
So, definitely automation is going
to continue. You cannot stop...
2352
01:57:21,600 --> 01:57:24,270
technologies that just make sense.
2353
01:57:24,279 --> 01:57:27,719
Labor automation through technology
is at the bottom...
2354
01:57:27,720 --> 01:57:31,158
of every major social transformation
in human history.
2355
01:57:31,159 --> 01:57:34,438
From the agricultural revolution
and the invention of the plow...
2356
01:57:34,439 --> 01:57:37,879
to the industrial revolution and the
invention of the powered machine...
2357
01:57:37,880 --> 01:57:40,799
to the information age
we live in now through...
2358
01:57:40,800 --> 01:57:44,950
essentially the invention of advanced
electronics and computers.
2359
01:57:45,000 --> 01:57:48,118
And with regard to advanced
production methods today...
2360
01:57:48,119 --> 01:57:51,078
mechanization is now evolving on its own.
2361
01:57:51,079 --> 01:57:53,599
Moving away from the traditional method
of...
2362
01:57:53,600 --> 01:57:56,559
assembling component parts
into a configuration...
2363
01:57:56,560 --> 01:57:59,278
into an advanced method of creating...
2364
01:57:59,279 --> 01:58:02,198
entire products in one single process.
2365
01:58:02,199 --> 01:58:05,870
Like most engineers, I'm fascinated
by biology because it is...
2366
01:58:05,920 --> 01:58:10,229
so full of examples of extraordinary
pieces of engineering.
2367
01:58:10,239 --> 01:58:16,110
What biology is... is the study
of things that copy themselves.
2368
01:58:16,319 --> 01:58:18,478
As good a definition of life as we've got.
2369
01:58:18,479 --> 01:58:20,478
Again, as an engineer,
I have always been...
2370
01:58:20,479 --> 01:58:23,150
intrigued by the idea of machines
copying themselves.
2371
01:58:23,159 --> 01:58:25,679
RepRap is a three-dimensional printer...
2372
01:58:25,680 --> 01:58:29,038
that's to say it is a printer that you plug
into your computer and...
2373
01:58:29,039 --> 01:58:32,358
instead of making two-dimensional
sheets of paper with patterns on...
2374
01:58:32,359 --> 01:58:35,509
it makes real, physical,
three-dimensional objects.
2375
01:58:35,560 --> 01:58:37,478
Now there's nothing new about that...
2376
01:58:37,479 --> 01:58:40,158
3~D printers have been around
for about 30 years.
2377
01:58:40,159 --> 01:58:45,030
The big thing about RepRap is
that it prints most of its own parts.
2378
01:58:45,039 --> 01:58:46,559
So, if you've got one, you could...
2379
01:58:46,560 --> 01:58:48,318
make another one and give it
to a friend...
2380
01:58:48,319 --> 01:58:51,478
as well as being able to print lots
of useful things.
2381
01:58:51,479 --> 01:58:54,909
From the simple printing of basic
household goods in your home...
2382
01:58:55,039 --> 01:58:58,959
to the printing of an entire
automobile body in one swoop...
2383
01:58:58,960 --> 01:59:01,559
advanced, automated 3~d printing
now has the...
2384
01:59:01,560 --> 01:59:05,158
potential to transform
virtually every field of production.
2385
01:59:05,159 --> 01:59:07,429
Including home construction.
2386
01:59:07,560 --> 01:59:10,158
Contour Crafting is...
2387
01:59:10,159 --> 01:59:12,999
actually a fabrication technology...
2388
01:59:13,000 --> 01:59:16,870
the so-called 3-D printing...
when you directly build
2389
01:59:16,880 --> 01:59:20,679
3~D objects from a computer model.
2390
01:59:20,680 --> 01:59:23,830
Using Contour Crafting,
it will be possible...
2391
01:59:23,840 --> 01:59:26,919
to build a 2000 square-foot home...
2392
01:59:26,920 --> 01:59:30,990
entirely by the machine, in one day.
2393
01:59:31,199 --> 01:59:36,318
The reason that people are interested
in automating construction...
2394
01:59:36,319 --> 01:59:39,118
is that it really brings a lot of benefits.
2395
01:59:39,119 --> 01:59:43,358
For example, construction
is pretty labor-intensive...
2396
01:59:43,359 --> 01:59:49,639
and although it provides jobs
for a sector of the society
2397
01:59:49,640 --> 01:59:54,759
it also has issues and complications.
2398
01:59:54,760 --> 01:59:59,679
For example, construction is
the most dangerous job that there is.
2399
01:59:59,680 --> 02:00:02,599
It is worse than mining and agriculture.
2400
02:00:02,600 --> 02:00:07,189
That has the highest level of fatality
in almost every country.
2401
02:00:07,520 --> 02:00:10,230
Another issue is the waste.
2402
02:00:10,239 --> 02:00:15,519
An average home in the United States
has 3 to 7 tons of waste.
2403
02:00:15,520 --> 02:00:21,358
So this is huge if we look
at the impact of construction...
2404
02:00:21,359 --> 02:00:24,679
and knowing about 40%
of all materials...
2405
02:00:24,680 --> 02:00:27,879
in the world are used in construction.
2406
02:00:27,880 --> 02:00:30,999
So, a big waste of energy
and resources...
2407
02:00:31,000 --> 02:00:34,429
and big damage to the environment as well.
2408
02:00:34,439 --> 02:00:39,398
Making homes using hammers
and nails and wood...
2409
02:00:39,399 --> 02:00:43,669
with the state of our technology today,
is really absurd...
2410
02:00:43,680 --> 02:00:46,999
and will go the way of our
labor class in...
2411
02:00:47,000 --> 02:00:50,519
regards to manufacturing
in the United States.
2412
02:00:50,520 --> 02:00:56,358
Recently, there was a study
by economist David Autor of MIT...
2413
02:00:56,359 --> 02:01:00,278
that states that our middle class
is obsolete...
2414
02:01:00,279 --> 02:01:03,309
and being replaced by automation.
2415
02:01:03,680 --> 02:01:06,919
Quite simply,
Mechanization is more productive...
2416
02:01:06,920 --> 02:01:09,879
efficient and sustainable
than human labor...
2417
02:01:09,880 --> 02:01:12,950
in virtually every sector
of the economy today.
2418
02:01:13,000 --> 02:01:16,599
Machines do not need vacations,
breaks, insurance, pensions...
2419
02:01:16,600 --> 02:01:19,590
and they can work 24 hours a day, everyday.
2420
02:01:19,600 --> 02:01:22,198
The output potential and accuracy...
2421
02:01:22,199 --> 02:01:25,110
compared to human labor, is unmatched.
2422
02:01:25,600 --> 02:01:29,278
The bottom line: repetitive human labor
is becoming obsolete...
2423
02:01:29,279 --> 02:01:31,478
and impractical across the world
2424
02:01:31,479 --> 02:01:34,238
and the unemployment
you see around you today...
2425
02:01:34,239 --> 02:01:36,799
is fundamentally the result of this...
2426
02:01:36,800 --> 02:01:39,790
evolution of efficiency in technology.
2427
02:01:40,039 --> 02:01:43,759
For years, market economists
have dismissed this growing pattern...
2428
02:01:43,760 --> 02:01:46,999
which could be called
"Technological Unemployment...
2429
02:01:47,000 --> 02:01:49,839
because of the fact that new sectors
always seemed...
2430
02:01:49,840 --> 02:01:52,790
to emerge to re-absorb
the displaced workers.
2431
02:01:52,880 --> 02:01:56,118
Today, the service sector
is the only real hub left...
2432
02:01:56,119 --> 02:01:59,839
and currently employs over 80%
of the American workforce...
2433
02:01:59,840 --> 02:02:04,038
with most industrialized countries
maintaining a similar proportion.
2434
02:02:04,039 --> 02:02:06,158
However, this sector now being...
2435
02:02:06,159 --> 02:02:09,238
challenged increasingly
by automated kiosks...
2436
02:02:09,239 --> 02:02:13,078
automated restaurants
and even automated stores.
2437
02:02:13,079 --> 02:02:14,799
Economists today are finally...
2438
02:02:14,800 --> 02:02:17,478
acknowledging what they had been
denying for years:
2439
02:02:17,479 --> 02:02:21,478
Not only is technological unemployment
exasperating the current...
2440
02:02:21,479 --> 02:02:23,478
labor crisis we see across the...
2441
02:02:23,479 --> 02:02:26,238
world due to the global economic downturn...
2442
02:02:26,239 --> 02:02:28,478
but the more the recession deepens...
2443
02:02:28,479 --> 02:02:31,109
the faster the industries are mechanizing.
2444
02:02:31,159 --> 02:02:33,118
The catch, which is not realized...
2445
02:02:33,119 --> 02:02:35,999
is that the faster
they mechanize to save money,
2446
02:02:36,000 --> 02:02:37,759
the more they displace people...
2447
02:02:37,760 --> 02:02:40,999
the more they reduce
public purchasing power.
2448
02:02:41,000 --> 02:02:42,879
This means that,
while the corporation...
2449
02:02:42,880 --> 02:02:44,719
can produce everything
more cheaply...
2450
02:02:44,720 --> 02:02:48,390
fewer and fewer people will actually
have money to buy anything...
2451
02:02:48,399 --> 02:02:51,038
regardless of how cheap they become.
2452
02:02:51,039 --> 02:02:53,799
The bottom line is
that the "labor for...
2453
02:02:53,800 --> 02:02:56,759
income" game is slowly coming to an end.
2454
02:02:56,760 --> 02:02:59,198
In fact, if you take a moment
to reflect...
2455
02:02:59,199 --> 02:03:01,599
on the jobs which are in
existence today...
2456
02:03:01,600 --> 02:03:05,470
which automation could take over
right now, if applied...
2457
02:03:05,520 --> 02:03:08,398
75% of the global workforce could be...
2458
02:03:08,399 --> 02:03:11,269
replaced by mechanization tomorrow.
2459
02:03:11,560 --> 02:03:14,879
And this is why, in a
Resource-Based Economy...
2460
02:03:14,880 --> 02:03:17,639
There is no Monetary-Market system.
2461
02:03:17,640 --> 02:03:19,879
No money at all...
2462
02:03:19,880 --> 02:03:21,398
for there is no need.
2463
02:03:21,399 --> 02:03:23,078
a Resource-Based Economy...
2464
02:03:23,079 --> 02:03:25,839
recognizes the efficiency of mechanization
2465
02:03:25,840 --> 02:03:27,799
and accepts it for what it offers.
2466
02:03:27,800 --> 02:03:30,559
It doesn't fight it, like we do today.
2467
02:03:30,560 --> 02:03:33,118
Why?
Because it is irresponsible not to...
2468
02:03:33,119 --> 02:03:37,189
given any interest in efficiency
and sustainability.
2469
02:03:38,239 --> 02:03:41,150
And this brings us back to our city system.
2470
02:03:41,159 --> 02:03:43,318
In the center is the Central Dome...
2471
02:03:43,319 --> 02:03:45,038
which not only houses the...
2472
02:03:45,039 --> 02:03:47,639
educational facilities
and transportation hub...
2473
02:03:47,640 --> 02:03:49,839
it also hosts the mainframe that...
2474
02:03:49,840 --> 02:03:52,398
runs the cities technical operations.
2475
02:03:52,399 --> 02:03:55,759
The city is, in fact,
one big automated machine.
2476
02:03:55,760 --> 02:03:57,759
It has sensors in all technical belts...
2477
02:03:57,760 --> 02:03:59,799
to track the progress
of architecture...
2478
02:03:59,800 --> 02:04:03,830
energy gathering, production,
distribution and the like.
2479
02:04:04,119 --> 02:04:06,639
Now, would people be needed
to oversee these...
2480
02:04:06,640 --> 02:04:09,599
operations in the event
of a malfunction and the like?
2481
02:04:09,600 --> 02:04:11,038
Most probably: Yes.
2482
02:04:11,039 --> 02:04:12,959
But that number would decrease...
2483
02:04:12,960 --> 02:04:15,229
over time as improvements continue.
2484
02:04:15,239 --> 02:04:17,318
However, as of today,
maybe 3% of...
2485
02:04:17,319 --> 02:04:19,519
the city population would be needed...
2486
02:04:19,520 --> 02:04:21,990
for this job when you break it down.
2487
02:04:22,000 --> 02:04:24,238
And I can assure you:
2488
02:04:24,239 --> 02:04:26,278
That in an economic system
which is...
2489
02:04:26,279 --> 02:04:28,519
actually designed
to take care of you...
2490
02:04:28,520 --> 02:04:30,679
and secure your well being...
2491
02:04:30,680 --> 02:04:32,719
without you having to submit to...
2492
02:04:32,720 --> 02:04:35,318
private dictatorship on a daily basis...
2493
02:04:35,319 --> 02:04:37,639
usually to a job that is either...
2494
02:04:37,640 --> 02:04:40,590
technically unnecessary
or socially pointless...
2495
02:04:40,600 --> 02:04:43,639
while often struggling with debt
that doesn't exist...
2496
02:04:43,640 --> 02:04:45,799
just to make ends meet...
2497
02:04:45,800 --> 02:04:50,438
I guarantee you: People will volunteer
their time left and right...
2498
02:04:50,439 --> 02:04:53,158
to maintain and improve a system...
2499
02:04:53,159 --> 02:04:55,990
that actually takes care of them.
2500
02:04:57,079 --> 02:05:00,229
And coupled with this issue
of 'Incentive'...
2501
02:05:00,279 --> 02:05:02,198
comes the common assumption that...
2502
02:05:02,199 --> 02:05:04,278
if there isn't some external pressure...
2503
02:05:04,279 --> 02:05:06,759
for one to "work for a living"...
2504
02:05:06,760 --> 02:05:09,318
people would just sit around,
do nothing...
2505
02:05:09,319 --> 02:05:12,030
and turn into fat lazy blobs.
2506
02:05:12,159 --> 02:05:14,478
This is nonsense.
2507
02:05:14,479 --> 02:05:16,799
The labor system we have today is...
2508
02:05:16,800 --> 02:05:19,198
in fact the generator of laziness...
2509
02:05:19,199 --> 02:05:22,030
not a resolver of it.
2510
02:05:22,079 --> 02:05:24,278
If you think back to
when you were a child...
2511
02:05:24,279 --> 02:05:27,398
full of life, interested in new things
to understand...
2512
02:05:27,399 --> 02:05:29,799
likely creating and exploring...
2513
02:05:29,800 --> 02:05:32,759
but as time went on,
the system pushed you...
2514
02:05:32,760 --> 02:05:36,269
into the focus of figuring out
how to make money.
2515
02:05:36,279 --> 02:05:37,959
And from early education...
2516
02:05:37,960 --> 02:05:40,799
to study at a university, you are narrowed.
2517
02:05:40,800 --> 02:05:43,639
Only to emerge as a creature
which serves...
2518
02:05:43,640 --> 02:05:46,198
as a cog in a wheel in a model that...
2519
02:05:46,199 --> 02:05:48,990
sends all the fruits to the upper 1%.
2520
02:05:49,199 --> 02:05:52,438
Scientific Studies have now shown
that people are, in fact...
2521
02:05:52,439 --> 02:05:55,118
not motivated by monetary reward...
2522
02:05:55,119 --> 02:05:57,799
when it comes to ingenuity and creation.
2523
02:05:57,800 --> 02:06:00,630
The creation itself is the reward.
2524
02:06:00,680 --> 02:06:03,599
Money, in fact, appears only to serve
as an incentive...
2525
02:06:03,600 --> 02:06:06,238
for repetitive, mundane actions...
2526
02:06:06,239 --> 02:06:10,438
a role we have just now shown
can be replaced by machine.
2527
02:06:10,439 --> 02:06:12,358
When it comes to innovation...
2528
02:06:12,359 --> 02:06:14,709
the actual use of the human mind...
2529
02:06:14,760 --> 02:06:17,599
the monetary incentive
has proven to be a hindrance...
2530
02:06:17,600 --> 02:06:21,198
interfering and detracting
from creative thought.
2531
02:06:21,199 --> 02:06:24,318
And this might explain why Nikola Tesla,
the Wright Brothers...
2532
02:06:24,319 --> 02:06:26,839
and other inventors
who contributed massively...
2533
02:06:26,840 --> 02:06:28,198
to our current world...
2534
02:06:28,199 --> 02:06:31,679
never showed a monetary incentive to do so.
2535
02:06:31,680 --> 02:06:35,358
Money is, in fact, a false incentive...
2536
02:06:35,359 --> 02:06:38,118
and causes 100 times more distortion...
2537
02:06:38,119 --> 02:06:40,629
than it does contribution.
2538
02:06:42,119 --> 02:06:44,799
Good morning class. Please settle down.
2539
02:06:44,800 --> 02:06:47,999
The first thing I would like to do
is go around the room...
2540
02:06:48,000 --> 02:06:51,759
and ask what everyone would like to be
when they grow up.
2541
02:06:51,760 --> 02:06:54,038
Who would like to go first?
2542
02:06:54,039 --> 02:06:56,438
Okay, how about you Sarah?
2543
02:06:56,439 --> 02:07:00,919
When I grow up I want to work
at McDonald's like my mom!
2544
02:07:00,920 --> 02:07:03,679
Oh, family tradition, eh?
2545
02:07:03,680 --> 02:07:05,759
How about you, Linda?
2546
02:07:05,760 --> 02:07:08,078
When I grow up, I'm going to be a...
2547
02:07:08,079 --> 02:07:11,150
prostitute on the streets of New York City!
2548
02:07:11,159 --> 02:07:13,158
Oh! glamour girl, huh?
2549
02:07:13,159 --> 02:07:15,118
Very ambitious.
2550
02:07:15,119 --> 02:07:16,919
How about you, Tommy?
2551
02:07:16,920 --> 02:07:18,999
When I grow up, I'm going to be a...
2552
02:07:19,000 --> 02:07:21,078
rich, elitist businessman who works...
2553
02:07:21,079 --> 02:07:23,118
on Wall Street and profits off of...
2554
02:07:23,119 --> 02:07:25,198
the collapse of foreign economies.
2555
02:07:25,199 --> 02:07:26,478
Enterprising...
2556
02:07:26,479 --> 02:07:30,509
And great to see some
multicultural interest!
2557
02:07:32,239 --> 02:07:33,709
[Victims of Culture]
2558
02:07:33,760 --> 02:07:36,078
As stated before,
a Resource-Based...
2559
02:07:36,079 --> 02:07:40,078
Economy applies the Scientific Method
to social concern...
2560
02:07:40,079 --> 02:07:43,429
and this isn't limited to simply
technical efficiency.
2561
02:07:43,520 --> 02:07:45,559
It also has the consideration of...
2562
02:07:45,560 --> 02:07:49,599
human and social well-being directly
and what comprises it.
2563
02:07:49,600 --> 02:07:52,478
What good is a social system if,
in the end...
2564
02:07:52,479 --> 02:07:55,959
it doesn't produce happiness
and peaceful coexistence?
2565
02:07:55,960 --> 02:07:58,078
So, it is important to point out that...
2566
02:07:58,079 --> 02:08:00,078
with the removal
of the money system...
2567
02:08:00,079 --> 02:08:02,559
and the necessities of life provided...
2568
02:08:02,560 --> 02:08:05,078
we would see a global reduction in...
2569
02:08:05,079 --> 02:08:08,238
crime by about 95% almost immediately...
2570
02:08:08,239 --> 02:08:12,038
for there is nothing to steal,
embezzle, scam, or the like.
2571
02:08:12,039 --> 02:08:14,959
95% of all people in prisons today
are there...
2572
02:08:14,960 --> 02:08:18,309
due to some monetary related crime
or drug abuse...
2573
02:08:18,399 --> 02:08:22,709
and drug abuse is a disorder,
not a crime.
2574
02:08:23,319 --> 02:08:25,238
So what about the other 5%?
2575
02:08:25,239 --> 02:08:27,038
the truly violent...
2576
02:08:27,039 --> 02:08:28,879
often seeming to some as being...
2577
02:08:28,880 --> 02:08:31,238
violent for the sake of being violent...
2578
02:08:31,239 --> 02:08:34,749
are they just "evil" people?
2579
02:08:35,079 --> 02:08:40,429
The reason that I frankly think
it's a waste of time...
2580
02:08:40,439 --> 02:08:43,839
to engage in moral value judgments...
2581
02:08:43,840 --> 02:08:46,559
about people's violence is...
2582
02:08:46,560 --> 02:08:50,470
because it doesn't advance
by one iota...
2583
02:08:50,479 --> 02:08:53,679
our understanding of either
the causes...
2584
02:08:53,680 --> 02:08:57,750
or the prevention of the violent behavior.
2585
02:08:57,760 --> 02:09:02,189
People sometimes ask if I believe in
"forgiving" criminals.
2586
02:09:02,359 --> 02:09:04,318
My answer to that is...
2587
02:09:04,319 --> 02:09:07,238
"No, I don't believe in forgiveness...
2588
02:09:07,239 --> 02:09:10,238
anymore than I believe in condemnation".
2589
02:09:10,239 --> 02:09:12,999
It's only if we, as a society...
2590
02:09:13,000 --> 02:09:16,358
can take the same attitude
of treating violence as...
2591
02:09:16,359 --> 02:09:19,759
a problem in public health
and preventive medicine...
2592
02:09:19,760 --> 02:09:22,879
rather than as a moral "evil"...
2593
02:09:22,880 --> 02:09:25,599
it's only when we make
that change in our...
2594
02:09:25,600 --> 02:09:28,318
own attitudes and assumptions
and values...
2595
02:09:28,319 --> 02:09:31,519
that we will actually succeed
in reducing the...
2596
02:09:31,520 --> 02:09:34,679
level of violence
rather than stimulating it...
2597
02:09:34,680 --> 02:09:36,750
which is what we do now.
2598
02:09:36,960 --> 02:09:39,959
The more justice you seek,
the more hurt you become...
2599
02:09:39,960 --> 02:09:41,959
because there's no such thing as justice.
2600
02:09:41,960 --> 02:09:46,158
There is whatever there is out there.
That's it.
2601
02:09:46,159 --> 02:09:50,078
In other words, if people are conditioned
to be racist bigots...
2602
02:09:50,079 --> 02:09:53,198
if they are brought up in an environment
that advocates that...
2603
02:09:53,199 --> 02:09:54,999
why do you blame the person for it?
2604
02:09:55,000 --> 02:09:58,238
They are a victim of a subculture.
2605
02:09:58,239 --> 02:10:00,278
Therefore they have to be helped.
2606
02:10:00,279 --> 02:10:03,679
The point is, we have to redesign
the environment...
2607
02:10:03,680 --> 02:10:06,238
that produces aberrant behavior.
2608
02:10:06,239 --> 02:10:07,398
That's the problem.
2609
02:10:07,399 --> 02:10:09,349
Not putting a person in jail.
2610
02:10:09,600 --> 02:10:12,519
That's why judges, lawyers...
2611
02:10:12,520 --> 02:10:15,238
"freedom of choice",
such concepts...
2612
02:10:15,239 --> 02:10:19,719
are dangerous,
because it gives you mis-information.
2613
02:10:19,720 --> 02:10:23,438
That the person is "bad"...
or that person is a "serial killer".
2614
02:10:23,439 --> 02:10:25,238
Serial killers are made...
2615
02:10:25,239 --> 02:10:30,189
just like soldiers become serial killers
with a machine gun.
2616
02:10:30,279 --> 02:10:32,799
They become killing machines,
but nobody...
2617
02:10:32,800 --> 02:10:35,358
looks at them as murderers
or assassins...
2618
02:10:35,359 --> 02:10:37,389
because that's "natural".
2619
02:10:37,439 --> 02:10:39,238
So we blame people.
2620
02:10:39,239 --> 02:10:42,198
We say, "Well, this guy was a Nazi,
he tortured Jews".
2621
02:10:42,199 --> 02:10:45,318
No, he was brought up to torture Jews.
2622
02:10:45,319 --> 02:10:47,919
Once you accept the fact
that people...
2623
02:10:47,920 --> 02:10:50,759
have individual choices
and they are free...
2624
02:10:50,760 --> 02:10:53,278
to make those choices...
Free to make...
2625
02:10:53,279 --> 02:10:55,839
choices means without
being influenced...
2626
02:10:55,840 --> 02:10:58,198
and I can't understand that at all.
2627
02:10:58,199 --> 02:11:01,999
All of us are influenced
in all of our choices...
2628
02:11:02,000 --> 02:11:05,038
by the culture we live in,
by our parents...
2629
02:11:05,039 --> 02:11:07,238
and by the values that dominate.
2630
02:11:07,239 --> 02:11:10,919
So, we're influenced, so there can't be
"free" choices.
2631
02:11:10,920 --> 02:11:13,519
What's the greatest country in the world?'
the true answer:
2632
02:11:13,520 --> 02:11:16,118
I haven't been all over the world
and I don't know...
2633
02:11:16,119 --> 02:11:20,110
enough about different cultures
to answer that question'.
2634
02:11:20,199 --> 02:11:22,398
I don't know anybody that speaks that way.
2635
02:11:22,399 --> 02:11:24,759
They say 'it's the good old USA!
2636
02:11:24,760 --> 02:11:26,238
the greatest country in the world!'
2637
02:11:26,239 --> 02:11:28,679
There is no survey...
'Have you been to India?'.. 'No'.
2638
02:11:28,680 --> 02:11:30,078
Have you been to England?'...
'No'.
2639
02:11:30,079 --> 02:11:31,599
Have you been to France?'...
'No'.
2640
02:11:31,600 --> 02:11:33,519
Then what do you make your assumptions on?'
2641
02:11:33,520 --> 02:11:35,839
They can't answer- they get mad at you.
2642
02:11:35,840 --> 02:11:37,478
They say, 'God dammit!
Who the hell...
2643
02:11:37,479 --> 02:11:39,709
are you to tell me what to think?!'
2644
02:11:39,720 --> 02:11:42,318
You know... Don't forget:
You're dealing with aberrated people.
2645
02:11:42,319 --> 02:11:44,879
They are not responsible for the answers,
2646
02:11:44,880 --> 02:11:47,839
they're victims of culture
and that means...
2647
02:11:47,840 --> 02:11:50,910
they have been influenced by their culture.
2648
02:12:17,960 --> 02:12:20,078
When we consider
a Resource-Based Economy...
2649
02:12:20,079 --> 02:12:23,358
there are often a number of arguments
that tend to come up with...
2650
02:12:23,359 --> 02:12:24,839
EH!
2651
02:12:24,840 --> 02:12:26,679
Eh!
Hey!
2652
02:12:26,680 --> 02:12:29,318
- Now hold on just a minute!
- Yes.
2653
02:12:29,319 --> 02:12:33,709
I know what this is.
This is called Marxism, buddy.
2654
02:12:33,720 --> 02:12:38,318
Stalin killed 800 billion people
because of ideas like this...
2655
02:12:38,319 --> 02:12:41,799
[My father died in the Gulag!]
2656
02:12:41,800 --> 02:12:44,318
[Communist! Fascist!]
2657
02:12:44,319 --> 02:12:45,719
You don't like America
you should just leave!
2658
02:12:45,720 --> 02:12:47,358
All right, everybody just calm down...
2659
02:12:47,359 --> 02:12:49,318
Death to the New World Order!
2660
02:12:49,319 --> 02:12:51,198
Death to the New World Order!
2661
02:12:51,199 --> 02:12:53,118
And as the irrationality of the...
2662
02:12:53,119 --> 02:12:55,238
audience grew, shocked and confused:
2663
02:12:55,239 --> 02:12:58,389
Suddenly the narrator suffered
a fatal heart attack'.
2664
02:12:59,560 --> 02:13:05,189
And the seemingly communist
propaganda film was no more.
2665
02:13:13,680 --> 02:13:16,559
But you know, I've said
that sort of thing to people...
2666
02:13:16,560 --> 02:13:19,198
in 'think tank' type situations...
2667
02:13:19,199 --> 02:13:23,118
you know these Club of Rome types
and so forth...
2668
02:13:23,119 --> 02:13:24,679
they say"Marxist"!
2669
02:13:24,680 --> 02:13:26,639
What? Marxist?
Where did that come from?
2670
02:13:26,640 --> 02:13:30,398
They just...
they got this icon they hold onto...
2671
02:13:30,399 --> 02:13:32,799
it's their Holy Grail...
2672
02:13:32,800 --> 02:13:34,759
and it's such an easy one, you know.
2673
02:13:34,760 --> 02:13:38,238
People ask if I'm a Socialist
or a Communist or Capitalist...
2674
02:13:38,239 --> 02:13:40,559
I say I am none of the above.
Why do you...
2675
02:13:40,560 --> 02:13:42,839
think that those are the only options?
2676
02:13:42,840 --> 02:13:44,959
All of those political constructs...
2677
02:13:44,960 --> 02:13:47,198
were created by writers
who assumed...
2678
02:13:47,199 --> 02:13:50,078
we lived on a planet of infinite resources.
2679
02:13:50,079 --> 02:13:52,999
Not one of those
political philosophies even...
2680
02:13:53,000 --> 02:13:56,679
contemplates that there might be
a shortage of anything.
2681
02:13:56,680 --> 02:14:00,999
I believe that communism, socialism,
free enterprise, fascism...
2682
02:14:01,000 --> 02:14:03,719
are part of social evolution.
2683
02:14:03,720 --> 02:14:06,078
You can't take a giant step...
2684
02:14:06,079 --> 02:14:07,959
from one culture to another...
2685
02:14:07,960 --> 02:14:09,799
there are in-between systems.
2686
02:14:09,800 --> 02:14:11,919
Before there's any "I'sm",
we have a life ground...
2687
02:14:11,920 --> 02:14:13,879
and the life ground is as
I've just described
2688
02:14:13,880 --> 02:14:15,759
most easily as all the conditions...
2689
02:14:15,760 --> 02:14:17,478
required to take your next breath...
2690
02:14:17,479 --> 02:14:19,879
and that involves the air you breathe...
2691
02:14:19,880 --> 02:14:22,999
the water you get,
the safety you have...
2692
02:14:23,000 --> 02:14:25,118
the education you can access,
all...
2693
02:14:25,119 --> 02:14:27,839
these things that we share
and use and that...
2694
02:14:27,840 --> 02:14:31,158
no life, in any culture, can do without.
2695
02:14:31,159 --> 02:14:34,879
So we've got to reset down
to the Life Ground...
2696
02:14:34,880 --> 02:14:37,599
and the life ground is no longer
any "I'sm".
2697
02:14:37,600 --> 02:14:40,670
It's "life value analysis".
2698
02:14:43,680 --> 02:14:46,198
It's simply a matter
of historical fact...
2699
02:14:46,199 --> 02:14:48,639
that the dominant
intellectual culture...
2700
02:14:48,640 --> 02:14:50,959
of any particular society
reflects the...
2701
02:14:50,960 --> 02:14:53,999
interests of the dominant group
in that society.
2702
02:14:54,000 --> 02:14:55,999
In a slave owning society...
2703
02:14:56,000 --> 02:14:59,118
the beliefs about human beings
and human rights
2704
02:14:59,119 --> 02:15:02,599
and so on will reflect the needs
of the slave owners.
2705
02:15:02,600 --> 02:15:05,398
In the society, again,
which is based on...
2706
02:15:05,399 --> 02:15:10,519
the power of certain people
to control and profit from...
2707
02:15:10,520 --> 02:15:13,759
the lives and work
of millions of others...
2708
02:15:13,760 --> 02:15:16,118
the dominant intellectual culture will...
2709
02:15:16,119 --> 02:15:18,599
reflect the needs of the dominant group.
2710
02:15:18,600 --> 02:15:22,198
So, if you look across the board,
the...
2711
02:15:22,199 --> 02:15:25,238
ideas that pervade psychology
and...
2712
02:15:25,239 --> 02:15:28,238
sociology and history...
2713
02:15:28,239 --> 02:15:30,879
and political economy
and political science...
2714
02:15:30,880 --> 02:15:34,599
fundamentally reflect
certain elite interests.
2715
02:15:34,600 --> 02:15:38,318
And the academics
who question that too much...
2716
02:15:38,319 --> 02:15:41,038
tend to get shunted
to the side or...
2717
02:15:41,039 --> 02:15:43,679
to be seen as sort of "radicals".
2718
02:15:43,680 --> 02:15:45,759
The dominant values of a culture...
2719
02:15:45,760 --> 02:15:47,839
tend to support and perpetuate...
2720
02:15:47,840 --> 02:15:50,118
what is rewarded by that culture.
2721
02:15:50,119 --> 02:15:52,238
And in a society where success and...
2722
02:15:52,239 --> 02:15:54,639
status is measured by material wealth...
2723
02:15:54,640 --> 02:15:56,839
not social contribution...
2724
02:15:56,840 --> 02:16:01,559
it is easy to see why the state
of the world is what it is today.
2725
02:16:01,560 --> 02:16:04,398
We are dealing with
a value system disorder...
2726
02:16:04,399 --> 02:16:06,198
completely denatured...
2727
02:16:06,199 --> 02:16:08,839
where the priority
of personal and social health...
2728
02:16:08,840 --> 02:16:11,599
have become secondary
to the detrimental...
2729
02:16:11,600 --> 02:16:15,078
notions of artificial wealth
and limitless growth.
2730
02:16:15,079 --> 02:16:17,438
And, like a virus, this disorder now...
2731
02:16:17,439 --> 02:16:19,799
permeates every facet
of government...
2732
02:16:19,800 --> 02:16:23,839
news media... entertainment...
and even academia.
2733
02:16:23,840 --> 02:16:25,799
And built into its structure...
2734
02:16:25,800 --> 02:16:27,879
are mechanisms of protection...
2735
02:16:27,880 --> 02:16:30,438
from anything that might interfere.
2736
02:16:30,439 --> 02:16:33,078
Disciples of the
Monetary-Market religion...
2737
02:16:33,079 --> 02:16:36,199
the Self-Appointed Guardians
of the Status Quo...
2738
02:16:36,200 --> 02:16:40,119
constantly seek out ways to avoid
any form of thought...
2739
02:16:40,120 --> 02:16:42,519
which might interfere with their beliefs.
2740
02:16:42,520 --> 02:16:46,679
The most common of which:
Are Projected Dualities.
2741
02:16:46,680 --> 02:16:49,558
If you're not a Republican,
you must be a Democrat.
2742
02:16:49,559 --> 02:16:52,679
If you are not Christian,
you might be a Satanist...
2743
02:16:52,680 --> 02:16:55,238
and if you feel society can be
greatly improved...
2744
02:16:55,239 --> 02:16:57,158
to consider, perhaps...
I don't know...
2745
02:16:57,159 --> 02:16:59,158
taking care of everyone?
2746
02:16:59,159 --> 02:17:01,398
you're just a "Utopianist".
2747
02:17:01,399 --> 02:17:03,638
And the most insidious of them all:
2748
02:17:03,639 --> 02:17:06,039
If you are not for the "free-market"...
2749
02:17:06,040 --> 02:17:08,839
you must be against freedom itself.
2750
02:17:08,840 --> 02:17:11,039
I'm a believer in freedom!
2751
02:17:11,040 --> 02:17:12,798
Every time you hear
the word freedom...
2752
02:17:12,799 --> 02:17:14,999
being said anywhere
or government interference...
2753
02:17:15,000 --> 02:17:19,670
said anywhere, it means, decoded:
2754
02:17:19,719 --> 02:17:23,318
Blocking maximization
of turning money...
2755
02:17:23,319 --> 02:17:27,549
into more money
for private money possessors.
2756
02:17:27,559 --> 02:17:29,519
That's it. Every other thing they'll say:
2757
02:17:29,520 --> 02:17:31,478
'Oh, we need more commodities for people',
2758
02:17:31,479 --> 02:17:35,638
'Oh, this is freedom against tyranny'
and so forth...
2759
02:17:35,639 --> 02:17:38,359
every time you see it,
you can decode it down to...
2760
02:17:38,360 --> 02:17:41,199
that and I think you'll find a
one-to-one correlation...
2761
02:17:41,200 --> 02:17:42,638
with every time they use it.
2762
02:17:42,639 --> 02:17:45,679
And this, in a sense, we might call:
2763
02:17:45,680 --> 02:17:50,679
ASyntax. A governing syntax
of understanding and of value.
2764
02:17:50,680 --> 02:17:53,798
So, it governs beneath
their own recognition of it...
2765
02:17:53,799 --> 02:17:56,238
so they might say:
'Oh, I didn't mean that at all!'
2766
02:17:56,239 --> 02:17:58,158
but in fact, that's what they do.
2767
02:17:58,159 --> 02:18:00,199
Just like you may speak a grammar...
2768
02:18:00,200 --> 02:18:02,279
and you have rules of grammar
you follow...
2769
02:18:02,280 --> 02:18:04,359
without recognizing what the rules are...
2770
02:18:04,360 --> 02:18:08,398
and so what we have is what I call
the "Ruling Value Syntax"...
2771
02:18:08,399 --> 02:18:11,718
that underlies this.
So, every time they use these words:
2772
02:18:11,719 --> 02:18:15,199
government interference',
'lack of freedom' or 'freedom'...
2773
02:18:15,200 --> 02:18:17,798
or 'progress' or 'development'...
2774
02:18:17,799 --> 02:18:22,909
you can decode them all
to come back to mean that.
2775
02:18:22,959 --> 02:18:25,638
Of course, when you hear
the word 'freedom'...
2776
02:18:25,639 --> 02:18:27,798
it tends to be in same sentence...
2777
02:18:27,799 --> 02:18:30,238
with something called 'democracy'.
2778
02:18:30,239 --> 02:18:33,158
It's fascinating how people today
seem to believe...
2779
02:18:33,159 --> 02:18:35,318
that they actually have a relevant...
2780
02:18:35,319 --> 02:18:37,679
influence on what
their government does...
2781
02:18:37,680 --> 02:18:40,199
forgetting that the very nature of...
2782
02:18:40,200 --> 02:18:42,878
our system offers everything for sale.
2783
02:18:42,879 --> 02:18:45,679
The only vote that counts
is the monetary vote...
2784
02:18:45,680 --> 02:18:47,798
and it doesn't matter how much any...
2785
02:18:47,799 --> 02:18:50,679
activist yells about ethics
and accountability.
2786
02:18:50,680 --> 02:18:54,718
In a market system, every politician,
every legislation...
2787
02:18:54,719 --> 02:18:57,999
and hence, every government is for sale.
2788
02:18:58,000 --> 02:19:01,519
And even with the
20 trillion dollar bank bailouts...
2789
02:19:01,520 --> 02:19:03,638
starting in 2007...
2790
02:19:03,639 --> 02:19:06,398
an amount of money
which could have changed...
2791
02:19:06,399 --> 02:19:08,638
say, the global energy infrastructure...
2792
02:19:08,639 --> 02:19:10,439
to fully renewable methods...
2793
02:19:10,440 --> 02:19:12,759
instead going to a series of institutions...
2794
02:19:12,760 --> 02:19:14,999
that literally do nothing
to help society...
2795
02:19:15,000 --> 02:19:16,878
institutions that could be...
2796
02:19:16,879 --> 02:19:19,599
removed tomorrow with no recourse...
2797
02:19:19,600 --> 02:19:22,478
the blind conditioning that politics
and...
2798
02:19:22,479 --> 02:19:27,999
politicians exist for the public well-being
still continues.
2799
02:19:28,000 --> 02:19:31,119
The fact is, politics is a business...
2800
02:19:31,120 --> 02:19:34,078
no different than any other
in a market system...
2801
02:19:34,079 --> 02:19:38,350
and they care about their self-interest
before anything else.
2802
02:19:38,399 --> 02:19:42,679
I don't really, honestly,
deep down believe in political action.
2803
02:19:42,680 --> 02:19:45,919
I think the system contracts
and expands as it wants to.
2804
02:19:45,920 --> 02:19:47,718
It accommodates these changes.
2805
02:19:47,719 --> 02:19:50,199
I think the civil rights movement
was an accommodation...
2806
02:19:50,200 --> 02:19:52,279
on the part of those who own the country.
2807
02:19:52,280 --> 02:19:55,119
I think they see
where their self-interest lies,
2808
02:19:55,120 --> 02:19:57,878
they see a certain amount
of freedom seems good...
2809
02:19:57,879 --> 02:20:01,078
an illusion of liberty, give these people
a voting day every year...
2810
02:20:01,079 --> 02:20:04,119
so that they will have the illusion
of meaningless choice.
2811
02:20:04,120 --> 02:20:07,558
Meaningless choice, that we go,
like slaves and say...
2812
02:20:07,559 --> 02:20:11,078
"Oh, I Voted". The limits of debate
in this country are established...
2813
02:20:11,079 --> 02:20:13,039
before the debate even begins
and everyone...
2814
02:20:13,040 --> 02:20:15,039
else is marginalized
and made to seem either...
2815
02:20:15,040 --> 02:20:17,759
to be communist or some sort of
disloyal person...
2816
02:20:17,760 --> 02:20:19,558
a "kook"... there's a word...
2817
02:20:19,559 --> 02:20:21,878
and now it's "conspiracy".
See- they made that.
2818
02:20:21,879 --> 02:20:24,919
Something that should not be
even entertained for a minute:
2819
02:20:24,920 --> 02:20:28,078
that powerful people might get together
and have a plan!
2820
02:20:28,079 --> 02:20:33,189
Doesn't happen! You're a "kook"!
Your a "conspiracy buff"!
2821
02:20:33,639 --> 02:20:37,119
And of all the mechanisms
of defense of this system...
2822
02:20:37,120 --> 02:20:40,030
there are two that repeatedly come up.
2823
02:20:40,120 --> 02:20:43,718
The first is this idea that the system
has been the "cause"...
2824
02:20:43,719 --> 02:20:47,119
of the material progress
we have seen on this planet.
2825
02:20:47,120 --> 02:20:49,158
Well... No.
2826
02:20:49,159 --> 02:20:51,798
There are basically two root causes which
2827
02:20:51,799 --> 02:20:54,679
have created the increased
so-called "wealth"...
2828
02:20:54,680 --> 02:20:57,519
and population growth we see today.
2829
02:20:57,520 --> 02:21:01,439
One: the exponential advancement
of production technology,
2830
02:21:01,440 --> 02:21:03,958
hence scientific ingenuity.
2831
02:21:03,959 --> 02:21:08,839
And Two: The initial discovery
of abundant hydrocarbon energy...
2832
02:21:08,840 --> 02:21:13,478
which is currently the foundation
of the entire socio-economic system.
2833
02:21:13,479 --> 02:21:15,439
The free-market / capitalist / monetary
2834
02:21:15,440 --> 02:21:17,599
market system...
whatever you want to call it...
2835
02:21:17,600 --> 02:21:21,199
has done nothing but ride the wave
of these advents...
2836
02:21:21,200 --> 02:21:24,718
with a distorted incentive system
and a haphazard...
2837
02:21:24,719 --> 02:21:30,389
grossly unequal method of utilizing
and distributing those fruits.
2838
02:21:30,440 --> 02:21:33,839
The second defense is a
belligerent social bias...
2839
02:21:33,840 --> 02:21:36,238
generated from years
of propaganda...
2840
02:21:36,239 --> 02:21:38,798
which sees any other social system...
2841
02:21:38,799 --> 02:21:41,318
as a route to so called "tyranny"...
2842
02:21:41,319 --> 02:21:44,878
with various name droppings
of Stalin, Mao, Hitler...
2843
02:21:44,879 --> 02:21:47,119
and the death tolls they generated.
2844
02:21:47,120 --> 02:21:50,158
Well, as despotic as these men
might have been...
2845
02:21:50,159 --> 02:21:53,599
along with the societal
approaches they perpetuated...
2846
02:21:53,600 --> 02:21:55,798
when it comes to the game of death...
2847
02:21:55,799 --> 02:21:57,919
when comes to the systematic...
2848
02:21:57,920 --> 02:22:00,238
daily mass murder of human beings...
2849
02:22:00,239 --> 02:22:04,830
Nothing in history compares
to what we have today.
2850
02:22:04,920 --> 02:22:10,318
Famines, throughout at least
the last century of our history...
2851
02:22:10,319 --> 02:22:12,919
have not been caused by a lack of food.
2852
02:22:12,920 --> 02:22:16,119
They have been caused by relative poverty.
2853
02:22:16,120 --> 02:22:20,478
The economic resources
were so inequitably distributed...
2854
02:22:20,479 --> 02:22:23,759
that the poor simply
didn't have enough money...
2855
02:22:23,760 --> 02:22:26,398
with which to buy the food
that would've been...
2856
02:22:26,399 --> 02:22:29,509
available if they could have
afforded to pay for it.
2857
02:22:29,559 --> 02:22:32,359
That would be an example
of Structural Violence.
2858
02:22:32,360 --> 02:22:36,958
Another example: in Africa
and other areas...
2859
02:22:36,959 --> 02:22:39,558
I'll particularly focus on Africa...
2860
02:22:39,559 --> 02:22:42,638
tens of millions of people
are dying of AIDS.
2861
02:22:42,639 --> 02:22:44,638
Why are they dying?
2862
02:22:44,639 --> 02:22:47,318
It's not because we don't know
how to treat AIDS.
2863
02:22:47,319 --> 02:22:51,269
We have millions of people
in the wealthy countries...
2864
02:22:51,280 --> 02:22:54,750
getting along remarkably well
because...
2865
02:22:54,840 --> 02:22:57,158
they have the medicines that will treat it.
2866
02:22:57,159 --> 02:23:00,158
The people in Africa
who are dying of AIDS...
2867
02:23:00,159 --> 02:23:03,078
are not dying because of the HIV virus...
2868
02:23:03,079 --> 02:23:05,999
they are dying because
they don't have the money with...
2869
02:23:06,000 --> 02:23:09,070
which to pay for the drugs
that would keep them alive.
2870
02:23:09,120 --> 02:23:11,039
Gandhi saw this. He said:
2871
02:23:11,040 --> 02:23:16,230
"The deadliest form of violence is poverty".
2872
02:23:16,239 --> 02:23:18,078
And that's absolutely right.
2873
02:23:18,079 --> 02:23:23,078
Poverty kills far more people
than all the wars in history,
2874
02:23:23,079 --> 02:23:25,519
more people than all
the murderers in history,
2875
02:23:25,520 --> 02:23:28,558
more than all the suicides in history...
2876
02:23:28,559 --> 02:23:32,158
not only does Structural Violence
kill more people...
2877
02:23:32,159 --> 02:23:35,350
than all the behavioral violence
put together...
2878
02:23:35,360 --> 02:23:38,158
Structural Violence is also the...
2879
02:23:38,159 --> 02:23:41,070
main cause of behavioral violence.
2880
02:23:46,639 --> 02:23:50,789
Oil is the foundation of
2881
02:23:51,159 --> 02:23:55,478
and is present throughout,
the edifice of human civilization.
2882
02:23:55,479 --> 02:23:59,679
There are 10 calories of hydrocarbon energy
"oil and natural gas"...
2883
02:23:59,680 --> 02:24:03,878
in every calorie of food you and I eat
in the industrialized world.
2884
02:24:03,879 --> 02:24:06,599
Fertilizers are made from natural gas.
2885
02:24:06,600 --> 02:24:08,759
Pesticides are made from oil.
2886
02:24:08,760 --> 02:24:11,558
You drive oil-powered machines to plant...
plow... irrigate... harvest...
2887
02:24:11,559 --> 02:24:14,039
transport package.
You wrap the food...
2888
02:24:14,040 --> 02:24:16,798
in plastic that's oil.
All plastic is oil.
2889
02:24:16,799 --> 02:24:19,439
There are 7 gallons of oil in every tire.
2890
02:24:19,440 --> 02:24:22,599
Oil is everywhere, it's ubiquitous.
And it's only because...
2891
02:24:22,600 --> 02:24:24,958
of oil that there are
7 billion people or...
2892
02:24:24,959 --> 02:24:27,749
almost 7 billion people
on this planet right now.
2893
02:24:27,920 --> 02:24:30,199
The arrival of this cheap
and easy energy...
2894
02:24:30,200 --> 02:24:32,279
which is equivalent,
by the way, to...
2895
02:24:32,280 --> 02:24:36,070
billions of slaves
working around the clock...
2896
02:24:36,159 --> 02:24:40,039
changed the world in such a radical way
over the last century...
2897
02:24:40,040 --> 02:24:43,359
and the population has gone up 10 times.
2898
02:24:43,360 --> 02:24:47,710
But, by 2050, oil supply is able
to support...
2899
02:24:47,719 --> 02:24:49,839
less than half the present world's...
2900
02:24:49,840 --> 02:24:52,078
population in their present way of life.
2901
02:24:52,079 --> 02:24:57,279
So, the scale of adjustment
to live differently is just enormous.
2902
02:24:57,280 --> 02:25:01,199
The world is now using six barrels
of oil for every barrel of finds.
2903
02:25:01,200 --> 02:25:03,039
Five years ago it was using four...
2904
02:25:03,040 --> 02:25:05,439
barrels of oil for every barrel it finds.
2905
02:25:05,440 --> 02:25:07,199
A year from now it is going to be using...
2906
02:25:07,200 --> 02:25:09,238
eight barrels of oil
for every barrel of finds.
2907
02:25:09,239 --> 02:25:11,439
What's disturbing to me is the...
2908
02:25:11,440 --> 02:25:16,199
lack of any real effort
from governments worldwide...
2909
02:25:16,200 --> 02:25:19,999
and industry leaders worldwide
to do something different.
2910
02:25:20,000 --> 02:25:24,039
We have these, sort of,
attempts to build more wind power...
2911
02:25:24,040 --> 02:25:26,718
and to maybe do something with Tide...
2912
02:25:26,719 --> 02:25:31,199
we've got attempts to make our cars
a little bit more efficient...
2913
02:25:31,200 --> 02:25:33,558
but there's nothing
which really looks like a...
2914
02:25:33,559 --> 02:25:36,199
revolution coming along...
these are all pretty minor...
2915
02:25:36,200 --> 02:25:38,398
and that I think is pretty frightening.
2916
02:25:38,399 --> 02:25:41,999
And the governments who are driven
by these economists...
2917
02:25:42,000 --> 02:25:45,158
who don't really appreciate
what we're talking about...
2918
02:25:45,159 --> 02:25:50,279
are trying to stimulate consumerism
to restore past prosperity...
2919
02:25:50,280 --> 02:25:52,638
in the hope that they can restore the past.
2920
02:25:52,639 --> 02:25:56,638
They're printing yet more money
lacking any collateral at all.
2921
02:25:56,639 --> 02:25:58,679
So, if the economy improves and...
2922
02:25:58,680 --> 02:26:01,318
recovers and the famous growth
comes back...
2923
02:26:01,319 --> 02:26:03,558
it will only be short-lived because...
2924
02:26:03,559 --> 02:26:07,039
within a short period of time
counted in months...
2925
02:26:07,040 --> 02:26:10,999
rather than years it will hit
the supply barrier again,
2926
02:26:11,000 --> 02:26:12,679
there will be another price shock...
2927
02:26:12,680 --> 02:26:14,599
and a deeper recession.
So I think...
2928
02:26:14,600 --> 02:26:16,679
we go into a series of vicious circles...
2929
02:26:16,680 --> 02:26:18,759
So you have the economic growth
going up, price...
2930
02:26:18,760 --> 02:26:21,199
spike... everything shuts down.
That's where we are now.
2931
02:26:21,200 --> 02:26:24,759
Then it starts to come up again
but what we have now is this...
2932
02:26:24,760 --> 02:26:28,679
area where there's no more ability
to produce cheap energy.
2933
02:26:28,680 --> 02:26:31,718
We're at the peak... were on the
down slope of oil production.
2934
02:26:31,719 --> 02:26:35,439
No way you're going to get any more
out of the ground any faster...
2935
02:26:35,440 --> 02:26:39,398
which means that things shut down,
he price of oil drops...
2936
02:26:39,399 --> 02:26:45,078
which it did in early 2009
but then as you have a "recovery"...
2937
02:26:45,079 --> 02:26:46,999
the price of oil starts to come back.
2938
02:26:47,000 --> 02:26:49,190
It's recently been hovering
around 80 dollars...
2939
02:26:49,319 --> 02:26:51,599
a barrel and what we see is
that at even at 80 dollars a...
2940
02:26:51,600 --> 02:26:53,999
barrel now, with the financial
and economic collapse...
2941
02:26:54,000 --> 02:26:55,958
people are having a hard time
affording that.
2942
02:26:55,959 --> 02:27:00,829
World oil production right now
is about 86 million barrels a day.
2943
02:27:00,840 --> 02:27:04,318
Over 10 years, you're looking at...
2944
02:27:04,319 --> 02:27:08,590
roughly 14 million barrels a day
having to be replaced.
2945
02:27:08,639 --> 02:27:12,078
There's nothing around
which can come even...
2946
02:27:12,079 --> 02:27:14,958
within 1% of meeting that sort of demand.
2947
02:27:14,959 --> 02:27:17,478
If we don't do something
pretty quickly...
2948
02:27:17,479 --> 02:27:20,798
there's going to be
a huge energy deficiency.
2949
02:27:20,799 --> 02:27:24,919
I think the big mistake
is in not recognizing...
2950
02:27:24,920 --> 02:27:28,878
a decade or so ago
that a concerted effort...
2951
02:27:28,879 --> 02:27:30,279
needed to be made to develop...
2952
02:27:30,280 --> 02:27:31,958
these sustainable forms of energy.
2953
02:27:31,959 --> 02:27:35,478
I think that's something our grandchildren
will look back on with...
2954
02:27:35,479 --> 02:27:39,599
total disbelief.
'You people knew you...
2955
02:27:39,600 --> 02:27:42,238
were dealing with a finite commodity...
2956
02:27:42,239 --> 02:27:45,478
how could you possibly
have build your economy...
2957
02:27:45,479 --> 02:27:48,869
around something
which was going to disappear?'
2958
02:27:49,000 --> 02:27:51,070
For the first time in human history...
2959
02:27:51,079 --> 02:27:54,919
the species is now faced
with the depletion of a core resource...
2960
02:27:54,920 --> 02:27:57,599
central to our current system of survival.
2961
02:27:57,600 --> 02:27:59,958
And the punchline
of the whole thing is...
2962
02:27:59,959 --> 02:28:02,279
that even with oil becoming more scarce
2963
02:28:02,280 --> 02:28:05,398
the economic system
will still blindly push...
2964
02:28:05,399 --> 02:28:07,439
its cancerous growth model...
2965
02:28:07,440 --> 02:28:10,718
so people can go out
and buy more oil powered cars...
2966
02:28:10,719 --> 02:28:16,078
to generate GDP and jobs...
exasperating the decline.
2967
02:28:16,079 --> 02:28:18,158
Are there solutions to replace the...
2968
02:28:18,159 --> 02:28:20,238
edifice of the hydrocarbon economy?
2969
02:28:20,239 --> 02:28:21,629
Of course.
2970
02:28:21,719 --> 02:28:24,119
But the path needed
to accomplish these changes...
2971
02:28:24,120 --> 02:28:28,478
will not manifest through the
Market System Protocols required...
2972
02:28:28,479 --> 02:28:30,839
since new solutions can only be...
2973
02:28:30,840 --> 02:28:33,949
implemented through the Profit Mechanism.
2974
02:28:33,959 --> 02:28:36,638
People are not investing
in renewable energies...
2975
02:28:36,639 --> 02:28:39,999
because there is no money in it
in both long and short term.
2976
02:28:40,000 --> 02:28:42,558
And the commitment needed
to make it happen...
2977
02:28:42,559 --> 02:28:45,599
can only occur at a severe financial loss.
2978
02:28:45,600 --> 02:28:48,798
Therefore, there is no monetary incentive
and in this...
2979
02:28:48,799 --> 02:28:53,429
system, if there is no monetary incentive,
things do not happen.
2980
02:28:53,639 --> 02:28:55,919
And on top of it all, Peak Oil is
2981
02:28:55,920 --> 02:28:58,558
just one of many surfacing consequences
2982
02:28:58,559 --> 02:29:02,878
of the environmental-social train wreck
gaining speed today.
2983
02:29:02,879 --> 02:29:05,238
Other declines include Fresh Water...
2984
02:29:05,239 --> 02:29:07,439
the very fabric of our existence...
2985
02:29:07,440 --> 02:29:09,078
which is currently showing...
2986
02:29:09,079 --> 02:29:11,599
shortages for 2.8 billion people...
2987
02:29:11,600 --> 02:29:16,270
and those shortages are on pace
to reach 4 billion by 2030.
2988
02:29:16,360 --> 02:29:17,919
Food Production:
2989
02:29:17,920 --> 02:29:21,919
The destruction of arable crop land,
from which...
2990
02:29:21,920 --> 02:29:24,718
99.7% of all human food
comes from today...
2991
02:29:24,719 --> 02:29:29,229
is occurring up to 40 times faster
than it is being replenished...
2992
02:29:29,280 --> 02:29:31,798
and over the last 40 years,
30% of the...
2993
02:29:31,799 --> 02:29:34,519
arable land has become unproductive.
2994
02:29:34,520 --> 02:29:37,599
Not to mention that hydrocarbons
are the backbone...
2995
02:29:37,600 --> 02:29:40,398
of agriculture today and as it declines...
2996
02:29:40,399 --> 02:29:42,679
so will the food supply.
2997
02:29:42,680 --> 02:29:44,398
As far as resources in general...
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02:29:44,399 --> 02:29:47,718
at our current patterns
of consumption, by 2030...
2999
02:29:47,719 --> 02:29:51,039
we will need 2 planets
to continue our rates.
3000
02:29:51,040 --> 02:29:53,359
Not to mention
the continual destruction...
3001
02:29:53,360 --> 02:29:55,878
of life supporting biodiversity...
3002
02:29:55,879 --> 02:29:57,718
causing extinction spasms and...
3003
02:29:57,719 --> 02:30:00,718
environmental destabilization
across the globe.
3004
02:30:00,719 --> 02:30:02,638
And with all of these declines...
3005
02:30:02,639 --> 02:30:05,359
we have the near
exponential population growth...
3006
02:30:05,360 --> 02:30:08,078
where by 2030 there might be over...
3007
02:30:08,079 --> 02:30:10,789
8 billion people on this planet.
3008
02:30:10,799 --> 02:30:13,679
Energy production alone would need to...
3009
02:30:13,680 --> 02:30:17,638
increase 44% by 2030 to meet such demand.
3010
02:30:17,639 --> 02:30:22,119
And again, since money is
the only initiator of action...
3011
02:30:22,120 --> 02:30:24,119
are we to expect that any country on...
3012
02:30:24,120 --> 02:30:26,390
the planet is going to be able to afford...
3013
02:30:26,440 --> 02:30:29,839
the massive changes needed
to revolutionize agriculture...
3014
02:30:29,840 --> 02:30:33,078
water processing, energy production
and the like?
3015
02:30:33,079 --> 02:30:34,999
When the global debt
pyramid scheme is...
3016
02:30:35,000 --> 02:30:37,839
slowly shutting the entire world down...
3017
02:30:37,840 --> 02:30:39,279
Not to mention the fact that...
3018
02:30:39,280 --> 02:30:40,958
the unemployment you currently see...
3019
02:30:40,959 --> 02:30:43,158
is going to become normality due to...
3020
02:30:43,159 --> 02:30:45,759
the nature of technological unemployment.
3021
02:30:45,760 --> 02:30:48,478
The jobs are not coming back.
3022
02:30:48,479 --> 02:30:50,958
And finally, a broad social perspective.
3023
02:30:50,959 --> 02:30:53,839
From the 1970 to 2010,
poverty on this...
3024
02:30:53,840 --> 02:30:56,839
planet doubled due to this system...
3025
02:30:56,840 --> 02:30:58,638
and given our current state...
3026
02:30:58,639 --> 02:31:00,599
do you honestly think we will see...
3027
02:31:00,600 --> 02:31:02,599
anything less than more doubling...
3028
02:31:02,600 --> 02:31:06,638
more suffering and more mass starvation?
3029
02:31:08,559 --> 02:31:11,158
There is not going to be any recovery.
3030
02:31:11,159 --> 02:31:13,238
This is not some long depression...
3031
02:31:13,239 --> 02:31:15,839
that we're some day going to pull out of.
3032
02:31:15,840 --> 02:31:18,158
I think the next phase
that we are going to see after the...
3033
02:31:18,159 --> 02:31:20,999
next round of economic collapses
is massive civil unrest.
3034
02:31:21,000 --> 02:31:23,119
When unemployment checks stop being...
3035
02:31:23,120 --> 02:31:25,790
paid because the states have no money left.
3036
02:31:25,920 --> 02:31:29,919
And when things get so bad
that people lose confidence...
3037
02:31:29,920 --> 02:31:33,798
in their elected leaders,
they will demand change...
3038
02:31:33,799 --> 02:31:36,718
if we don't kill each other
in the process...
3039
02:31:36,719 --> 02:31:38,679
or destroy the environment.
3040
02:31:38,680 --> 02:31:43,430
I'm just afraid that we might
get to the point of no return...
3041
02:31:43,479 --> 02:31:45,718
and that bothers me to no end.
3042
02:31:45,719 --> 02:31:50,029
We do all we can to avoid that condition.
3043
02:31:50,559 --> 02:31:56,509
It's clear that we're on the verge
of a great transition in human life...
3044
02:31:56,719 --> 02:31:59,638
That what we face now
is this fundamental...
3045
02:31:59,639 --> 02:32:03,429
change of the life we've known
over the last century.
3046
02:32:03,479 --> 02:32:06,398
There has to be a link between
the economy and...
3047
02:32:06,399 --> 02:32:08,439
the resources of this planet...
3048
02:32:08,440 --> 02:32:11,798
the resources being, of course,
all animal and plant life,
3049
02:32:11,799 --> 02:32:14,869
the health of the oceans
and everything else.
3050
02:32:15,200 --> 02:32:18,279
This is a monetary paradigm
that will not...
3051
02:32:18,280 --> 02:32:21,790
let go until it's killed
the last human being.
3052
02:32:22,639 --> 02:32:27,238
The "in" group will do all it can
to stay in power...
3053
02:32:27,239 --> 02:32:29,718
and that's what you've got to keep in mind.
3054
02:32:29,719 --> 02:32:32,398
They'll use the army and navy and lies..
3055
02:32:32,399 --> 02:32:35,839
or whatever they have to use
to keep in power.
3056
02:32:35,840 --> 02:32:37,919
They're not about to give it up...
3057
02:32:37,920 --> 02:32:39,890
because they don't know
of any other system...
3058
02:32:40,491 --> 02:32:42,291
that will perpetuate their kind.
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