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"The Necessary Transformation AKA Humanity Must See Itself As One Human Family Before It Can Go To The Stars", which I presented at the 100 Year StarShip symposium in Houston, TX on Sept 15, 2012.
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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. Brant Trimtab Management Systems Making Global Peace & Prosperity Possible 100 Year StarShip Symposium September 15, 2012
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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

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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

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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!

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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

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Two Scenarios That Threaten 100YSS

• Infrastructure Crisis in America

• World War III

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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

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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”

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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

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• 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

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• 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

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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)

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The Most Important Effort You’ve Never Heard Of

• The President’s Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD)of 1993-99

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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

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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

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The Prospect of Involving Hollywood

• Reaching the publicin an entertaining way is key

• “Marooned” inspired the Apollo-Soyuz mission!

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King Abdullah of Jordan Could Help

• Building a Star Trek-themed Resort Complex in his country

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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

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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

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And I Have Lived This Future

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Experimental Star Trek Workshop I led at Star Trek: The Experience in 1999

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Essay I wrote which got me interviewed by William Shatner for “Get a Life” documentary

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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!

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Thank you all very much!

Steve Brant: [email protected]


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