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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
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and nature.

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I realized then...

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that the universe
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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
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social science perspective
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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and, in fact, they actually had
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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
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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
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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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because of this function of implicit memory.

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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...

2998
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.