Life is naturally empathic, so why do we rush to aid those we see in need but routinely ignore those who fall through the cracks of the broken system? We are naturally innovative, so why are we so eager to regularly update our phones, but our political and economic operating systems are still driven by data over one-hundred years out of time? The peace of our neighbors has naturally been the best form of security we can afford, so why do we sacrifice peace to maintain the constant readiness for war?
When we were children, we had training wheels to learn how to ride a bike but nothing like that exists for evolving social structures. Even the great experiment that is American democracy fails to provide solutions in many aspects. However, the answer is in understanding that what we are now is the next version of our best selves from generations past. That it is the act of questioning itself that demonstrate a readiness for new growth. As long as we just accept what was as the only path as to what might be, we will continue to spiral downwards instead of propelling ourselves forward to explore undiscovered countries and brave new worlds.
There is a logic system that utilizes diversity to stay strong and embraces change as the foundation of stable growth. A system of governance that provides economic prosperity and produces quality of life results available from one generation to the next. This bounty is demonstrated in the natural world all around us, in the Earth that is our home. We have forgotten that we are part of this living planet existing in symbiosis. We have, in our youthful ambitions, become confused to believe that we live on a dead rock and nothing we do matters outside the needs of our wallet. Nature’s economy (driven by the cultivation of ingenuity and the principles of permaculture) works just as well for social, economic, and political systems as they do for producing a bountiful garden. The regenerative economy is a resourced-based approach where abundance is the currency of regular innovation and restoring the health of our ecological and social systems is a profitable investment in generational prosperity.
Two-hundred years ago we thought we “knew” it was OK to treat people as property and now we know to treat even the land with respect. One-hundred years ago, we thought we “knew” humanity was not meant to fly. Now we have touched the moon and sent probes into the depths of the cosmos. Imagine what we will “know” tomorrow when we apply all we have learned today. We all have the capabilities, the skills, and imagination to predict, with high accuracy, a brighter future for us all, simply by being the ones to write the script.
As a society, we are no longer children, and many would gladly vote to divert the global war budget to perfecting the realistic possibility of warp drive. Investing to prepare our home for first contact with the next version of our best selves as we make our home among the stars. The regenerative economy is the naturally inspiring ‘systems approach’ that makes a world like Star Trek possible. That recognizes innovation is the ‘warp drive’ to ignite imagination and exploration as the means to achieve global security, ecological health, and generational wealth of a united federation of people.
One-hundred years from now is more than enough time for the Earth to heal. For the people to clear the weeds of corruption and plant the seeds of peace that feed the mind and body of those who come after. The actions of transition are already happening and from major cities to rural communities the shift is occurring every day. You can be part of this discovery by simply acknowledging the land as a living being we are responsible to steward and addressing those habits that no longer serve this version of you. This one step is all you need to take in courage. As you embrace them, opportunities multiply, and the possibility of new life emerges.