World That Works outline

Outline for World That Works.

1. Context
   • This pattern helps complete Abundance.
   • To provide food, water, shelter and other resources to the billions of people on Earth, we need all the science, industry, and technologies that we’ve developed over the millennia, and then some.
   • This pattern explores how we can develop these tools so that they support all humanity without destroying the planet we depend on—a high Quality of Life For All Life.
2. Problem
   • Our invented world system is too simplistic: it requires more resources than our Earth can provide sustainably, and it depends on Earth’s natural systems to clean up the mess it makes.
3. Discussion
   • Forces
     • Ours is a human-designed world imposed on a planet where we are just a small part of the whole.
     • Our technologies and institutions might seem sophisticated, but if you look at our world from a systems perspective, it is complicated where it needs to be complex.
     • So far, some of us have succeeded by using Earth’s resources without regard for other life or the planet.
   • So what is the solution? How can we improve this situation?
   • We need to create a world that works for all humanity and the planet.
   • Our biggest leverage points will be where the system gains advantage from some people at the expense of other people or planetary life.
   • Therefore:
4. Solution
   • Continue the careful development of our world systems toward making them increasingly antifragile, regenerative and supportive of all humans.
   • Treat them as living systems; all systems have a degree of life to them, and the goal is to increase the life of our human-made systems until they become integrated into Earth’s natural systems, providing robust and abundant life support for all humanity without damaging other life on the planet or the planet itself.
5. Posttext
   • Change the world non-destructively through design and invention—Design Revolution.
   • Look for ways that providing for human needs can actually support a Flourishing Earth.