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Since I will be asked my political views this coming weekend in an
interview with a French film on the future, I have outlined my futures
politics as 4 points:<br><br>
1. Nonpartisan. I believe that no political party today
advocates solutions for the world's most immediate issues.<br><br>
2. Neither right nor left, but "forward." Drawing a
hard line between conservatives and liberals is ineffective and looking
ahead is the best position to take when addressing what the world needs
to focus on in the coming decades.<br><br>
3. Futures Strategy. Designing strategic analysis of issues
that society faces and producing alternative "futures" for
society to review before voting. The Futures Strategy would provide
the means for people - anywhere and at anytime - to learn about issues,
possible options for dealing with and solving problems, and to voice
their own opinions through a time-efficient and cost-effective P2P
architecture. <br><br>
4. Encouragement of critical thinking. In order to understand
issues society needs to be skilled at critical thinking.<br><br>
Thoughts?<br><br>
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<dd><font size=2><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Natasha
</a><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Vita-More</a>
<dd>Cultural Strategist - Designer
<dd>Future Studies, University of Houston
<dd>President, <a href="http://www.extropy.org/">Extropy Institute</a>
<dd>Member, <a href="http://www.profuturists.com/">Association of
Professional Futurists</a>
<dd>Founder, <a href="http://www.transhumanist.biz/">Transhumanist Arts
& Culture</a>
<dd>Honorary Vice-Chair, <a href="http://transhumanism.org/">World
Transhumanist Association</a>
<dd>Senior Associate, <a href="http://foresight.org/">Foresight
Institute</a>
<dd>Advisor, <a href="http://alcor.org/">Alcor Life Extension
Foundation</a><br><br>
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<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><i>If you draw a circle in the
sand and study only what's inside the circle, then that is a
closed-system perspective. If you study what is inside the circle and
everything outside the circle, then that is an open system perspective.
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<dd>Buckminster Fuller<br>
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