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The Necessary Transformation
AKA Humanity Must See Itself As One Human Family Before It Can Go To The Stars
Steven G. BrantTrimtab Management Systems
Making Global Peace & Prosperity Possible
100 Year StarShip SymposiumSeptember 15, 2012
I dedicate this presentation to Ambassador Christopher Stevens
His tragic loss - and that of the three others who died in Libya - is additional evidence we must
make this transformation happen.
Rest In Peace, Ambassador Stevens
We are dedicated to the human exploration
of new worlds
There’s a new world we must explore - and
colonize - starting today... if we are to realize the
100YSS vision!
The New World We Must Explore And Colonize
• The world where Human Civilization - the Human Family - solves its challenges like mature adults
• The world where the Human Family realizes peaceful cooperation can lead to global prosperity for all
Two Scenarios That Threaten 100YSS
• Infrastructure Crisis in America
• World War III
A civilization being torn apart by cut-throat competition
will never go to the stars.
I first learned our “you or me” world can become a “you and me”
world in 1979.Dr. R. Buckminster Fuller
and me in 1983
Bucky Fuller taught me this transformation is possible.
James Burke taught me transformations in our human culture have happened many
times in the past.“The Day The Universe Changed”
It’s not enough to know what’s possible.
We must know how to make it possible!
Doing this requires that we
Think Different
Apple’s Think Different campaign
• Synthesis not Analysis: What happens is a function of the design of the larger system - usually a Human Social System - in which that action occurs.
• Continuous improvement: Mistakes are okay.
• Internal not external motivation: Aspiration replaces fear.
• Ref: Drs. W. Edwards Deming and Russell L. Ackoff
The Miracle of Systems Thinking
• The First Motion Picture Unit of WWII
• The Disney - von Braun Partnership of 1955
• Star Trek
• We Are The World (1985)
• Hands Across America (1986)
Public Education Efforts of the Recent Past
Improvement Efforts You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
• The Baldridge National Quality Program
• The Corporate Social Responsibility movement
• The SciFi Channel’s Visions for Tomorrow public affairs initiative (now inactive)
The Most Important Effort You’ve Never Heard Of
• The President’s Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD)of 1993-99
The Second Most Important Effort You Haven’t Heard Of
• The Rocky Mountain Institute, where lead scientist Amory Lovins and his team have developed sustainable solutions for an energy-for-all future
President Clinton Supports 100YSS!
• Also a student of Systems Thinking
• Supports Amory Lovins’ work
• Wishes a system existed to support the American people in basing political decisions on facts*
*Stated at The Economist’s “World in 2011” event
The Prospect of Involving Hollywood
• Reaching the publicin an entertaining way is key
• “Marooned” inspired the Apollo-Soyuz mission!
King Abdullah of Jordan Could Help
• Building a Star Trek-themed Resort Complex in his country
My Personal Commitments
• Graphic Novel that tells the story of how this transformation might happen
• Offer my work to 100YSS’s “The Way” research institute
• Host a brainstorming meeting on a reimagined PCSD - popularized by Hollywood - at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, KY
Why I Am Optimistic
• We have the ability to solve our problems in mature, win-win ways
• The world’s people - including Tom Hanks - want this but don’t yet know it’s possible
• 100YSS acknowledges the importance of entertainment: essential for engaging the public
And I Have Lived This Future
Experimental Star Trek Workshop I led at Star Trek: The Experience in 1999
Essay I wrote which got me interviewed by William Shatner for “Get a Life” documentary
But it’s really up to you.
You have to choose whether to continue living in the old planet Earth or help bring the new planet Earth -
and the new future for humanity - to life!