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Friday 20 April 2012

There's No Going Back: From Ignorance to Understanding



Barrack Hussein Obama, the President of the United States, is a thoughtful man.  He's articulate, considerate and confident - not in an arrogant, ignorant way, but because he knows how to understand and accepts there is much he still has to learn.


Had he been born even ten years earlier, would his successes have been possible?  The angry, vocal masses would have been significant enough to quash any such dream.  They aren't, now.  What if Stephen Hawking had been born ten years earlier, before technology existed to allow his genius expression?  Just think what dreams will be unlocked for children being born today, all across the world.

Then think about all the potential that wasn't harnessed in the past because society just wasn't there yet.  Note the trajectory.

Yes, there is far too much hatred and ignorance out in the world - it's enough to make anyone doubt.  Taken in the context of history, however, you can see that things are better today than they have ever been before.  It's a trend that will continue, with decreasing blips of tension - like the one we're experiencing now.

I could explain to you why I think this is.  I could make a compelling case on the genetic, behavioural and anthropological level why I see a cohesive, networked society of specialized collaboration in our future.  However, there's nothing I could say that would be fundamentally new.

Pandora's Box.

Prometheus.

The Philosopher's Stone.

The Tree of Life.


It's a puzzle that every generation figures out the next piece for, a machine being built one gear at a time.  We all come from different beginnings, but we're all heading to the same place; urbanity, diversity, collaboration, understanding.

Understanding, after all, is where ideas meet - and where innovation happens.

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