In an episode driven by our resident scientist Carla, she and Daniel discuss the changes and advancements taking place today to elevate and advance human beings to become more than they are.

It's a worthy note, because while it isn't directly about unification, it's a field that could have considerably more support under a more organised global effort, to solve our greatest physical challenges and assist us in being who we want to be.

Join us as we discuss the ever changing nature of humanity!

In this episode we explore how humans identify themselves, and how they understand their own narratives in the world. Because no one sees themselves as the 'other' or the bad guy.

The challenge before us is the heavily exclusionary identities we've committed to in a lot of ways. And we try and talk about the things that influence that, as well as what we might be able to do to create a new identity.

Because in the way of the Americans and the Soviets, their identity was one of ideological invention, and has in some cases proven to work extremely well.

We also discuss Constantine and Mohammed and their use of religion to create a unified ideology and identity, and the effect that that has had.

Because we have to learn from the mistakes of the past as well as the successes, and figure out how we will create the 'Human' identity, which must come next.

In this episode we discuss the quote 'Reason is the slave of the passions' and work by Haidt such as his book 'The Righteous Mind'.

What can be observed, in an array of contexts, is the primacy of emotional reasoning. We make emotional decisions, and work very hard to make our logical thoughts suit that initial decision.

The problem is, that this effects the way we see the world, interact and debate. It fuels partisanship and makes it increasingly more acidic, as we commit more and more to our entrenched lines.

Humanity, and the movement to unify, needs to understand this impulse, because we can't just make logical arguments, but ones that touch people. We cannot consider humanity in a purely logical sense, but the animals we are underneath, and what it is to truly BE human. We need to honour that humanity has a story, and its a story that continues into the future.

Join us as we try and negotiate the topic of emotive reasoning, and see it within ourselves.

From here to the most distant future, we examine what we'd like to see for humanity. We freely discuss a wild variety of points, as we range from 10 years to trillions.

We try and examine the larger picture, of what humanity is and what it could become, were we to change the way we see and organise ourselves.

There's an enormous amount out there, how much do we want to see of it?

In this episode, we try and tackle the problems faced by an increasingly globalised world. As we move toward increased commercial and economic inter reliance and connectivity, we're faced with political systems more and more unable to handle the challenges posed by trans-nationalism.

In this, we ask what is it that's happening, and what can we do?

In short, there's not many good choices, but there's definitely one.

In this episode we attempt to answer a rather lengthy question about why a range of other attempts at unifying various areas have failed.

While we're surrounded by countries such as China, the USA and Indonesia that are astounding feats of unity, we are also surrounded by arguably more failures. What is it that has caused them to fail, and how can we do better?

In this episode the two different sides of the 'how' question, the practical side and far more important emotional and ideological side.

Please join Carla, Shannon and Daniel as we try to disentangle how you might go about unifying the many different countries of the planet.

Turns out, while not impossible, it's pretty challenging!

In a continuation of last weeks episode, we tackle a range of other issues relating to the same core topic. We look further into why we might want to unify and what the benefits for ourselves might actually be, once we manage it.

Join Carla, Shannon and Daniel as we continue to delve into the eventual benefits!

In this episode we explore what the outcome of this would be, and why we're pursuing it. Simply looking at institutions and ways that things are done now, and how they might change.

There is so much more that we need to cover, but hopefully this is a good start, as we touch upon things like the militaries, international commerce, taxation and a number of other things.

Because that is the question, if we're to look at changing something so absolutely enormous, we would need an incredible potential reward to make it worthwhile, and we'd like to argue that that is the case precisely.

We have to look at the world as a set of issues that need to be solved holistically, and that bandaid solutions and minor alterations won't fix the fundamental problems coming, from globalised trade to automation. The future of the human race relies on our ability to look to the much greater puzzle, the sextillion stars in our sky (1 with 20 zeroes).

This is part one, and I will be posting part two next week!

In this episode we look into the flexible nature of the world around us, and the impact that we can actually have upon it. By looking into different countries and examples, we try to break down how much you can actually influence reality.

The USA, the USSR, the EU and China all are examples of this, as they become more conscious creations rather than simple products of history.

Presenters: Daniel, Carla and Shannon

Sources and Notes (In order of reference):

The Secret, 2006, Rhonda Byrne

Lord Baltimore - I have to apologize because I cannot find a reference to the incident with Lord Baltimore, and I may be mistaking him for someone by another name, however I did find a reference to a Prince Henry of Prussia, who was invited in 1786 by Nathaniel Gorham (the President of the Continental Congress) to come to America and become the King of America, shortly after the victory over the British. They saw the reassertion of monarchy as very important, which while roundabout, proves my original assertion. Unsurprisingly, Henry declined, after the way the British treated their previous Monarch.

I heavily encourage you to view this below Time article by Richard Hurowitz to view the full extent of how habitual so much of the American thinking was at that time.

(https://time.com/5459916/american-monarchy/)

Socialism with Chinese Characteristics - This term was actually coined in the era after Mao, and while Mao identified a unique version of Socialism, I just wanted to mention that this particular term was actually coined later in the Deng Xiaoping era, during the reform period.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism_with_Chinese_characteristics

More particularly you'd want to look at the term Maoism.

The European Coal and Steel Community - https://carleton.ca/ces/eulearning/history/moving-to-integration/the-european-coal-and-steel-community/

You can see at the above the story of the founding of the ECSC, and what would later become the EU.

The EU Vote - The vote was to create an EU Constitution, but it was blocked by French and Dutch voters in 2005 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_establishing_a_Constitution_for_Europe

The treaty of Lisbon was later signed as a replacement for this to create a common set of rules regardless, without being an explicit constitution. But with that earlier vote the mental battle to create a Federal Europe had stalled, and with it, the road towards Federation and a proper democratic process was aborted. Because as we've stated, it's all about perception, and the public had voted it was afraid of the EU and what it was becoming.

The Congo -

http://whynationsfail.com/blog/2013/8/15/the-roads-of-the-congo.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

In the book Why Nations Fail by Acemoglu and Robinson, which I'm referencing, they detail a great deal of the ways by which the Congo collapsed, due to a paranoid Mobutu government not wanting to invest in the state or infrastructure for fear of empowering opposition. Essentially the far right, mixed with Libertarianism of a sort. So you had a hollow state, m...