Name: 衰退する文化｜第6話「二つの世界の物語」（ピーター・ジョセフ (Culture in Decline | Episode #6 "Tale of Two Worlds" by Peter Joseph)
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Do you ever play these funky little logic puzzle things?

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You might discover them when bored silly at the airport.

Nothing mysterious; they give you a set of system rules which

discipline you towards achieving a certain goal.

It's perhaps not the most exciting thing in entertainment today.

Maybe there's something more to this whole logic and reason deal

Of course, we all naturally assume that we're being well-reasoned

in our decision making, right? In fact, it can be argued

that to some degree such associative, causal logic

is inherently inescapable, effectively wired into our brains

with respect to how we interpret and link our experiences.

that appears to be where the problems arise,

as all too often the foundational premises

upon which we frame our conclusions are indeed utterly faulty

or without proper evidence to be considered factual to begin with.

Needless to say, being logical within a cognitive framework of the illogical

And today, if you dig deep into the origins

and bases of perpetuation of our most cherished institutions,

from religion to politics, to economics, to the social order itself,

you might discover something called 'faith',

And 'faith', by definition, is not a premise of logic.

and, hence, contradictory to the entire process of understanding itself.

created a global simulation called 'The World Game'.

The idea was to "make the world work for 100% of humanity

in the shortest possible time, through spontaneous cooperation,

without ecological damage or disadvantage to anyone."

It's a pretty simple and rational thought exercise,

a logic puzzle, if you will, on the most grand scale

actually stands in stark contrast with the organizational frame of reference

our established society currently operates within.

In truth, all this train of thought suggests

is to take a broad design perspective to the Earth and human society,

using what we now know regarding scientific causality,

as opposed to the wheeling-and-dealing inherently elitist market anarchy

which moves the world by, arguably, a rigid superstitious faith

that the 'invisible hand' of the market knows all and sees all.

I ask you, what if we dare to view the Earth as a single puzzle board,

with our logic based around the Earth's natural rules set:

What if our goal was to maximize our economic efficiency,

to design out poverty, to design out national war,

to work structurally to create a clean energy abundance

and, hence, to work to facilitate a material success

for the whole of humanity, in harmony with nature itself?

but when I stumble around this planet we call home,

a system condition that demands one thing

to ensure the prosperity of the human family: adaptation,

I am at once impressed at our tremendous accomplishments as a species

and at once horrified at the ignorant failures,

mostly resulting from a refusal to see the Earth as one system design

As this season finale of Culture in Decline will argue,

a fork in the road. It is my personal conviction

that the broad social decisions made [by] this generation

might very well be what makes or breaks our species in the long run.

And perhaps by the end of this episode, you, like me,

will feel the need to think about which path we should choose:

a culture in ascent, or a culture in decline?

From the creator of the Zeitgeist film trilogy

comes the worst reality show of all time:

Science fiction writers, scientists and so-called futurists of the world

have painted many pictures of what the future may hold.

Some are modest, positive or even utopian.

Some are dystopian, dark and oppressive. As far as the probable truth,

the best we can do is measure the trends and average out the projections,

with perhaps, of course, the most relevant trend

being the influence of science and technology.

Of course, technological progress has its culture lag, right?

However, today doesn't it seem like the gap

between our scientific advancement and our actual understanding

and consideration of that advancement is growing wider and wider?

Doesn't it seem a little bit obvious that

technological capacity is exceeding social maturity?

It's actually a frightening point, in truth,

Science and technology, put into the hands of forward-thinking developers,

who perhaps recognize the profound capacity to create an abundance,

and become sustainable both environmentally and culturally,

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