OverviewWhy sustainable? Why Post Carbon?

Why do you want to listen to this talk anyway?Technocracy – What is it?Technocracy in Europe todayBuilding a sustainable society for a post

carbon world

What is sustainability?Sustainability (noun)

- the ability to sustain something

- (ecology) a means of configuring civilization and human activity so that society, its members and its economies are able to meet their needs and express their greatest potential in the present, while preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems, planning and acting for the ability to maintain these ideals in the very long term

What is sustainability?In other words its about keeping going as a society!

But we live on a finite world, so …We have to look after this world if we want to keep going!

We can’t grow forever!

What is sustainability?

Balance!

Why Post Carbon?Energy

We need energy to run anything

Our current society relies heavenly on oil

Oil is a finite resourceAny future sustainable

society also has to work within the energy limits

Technocracy – What is it?Overview HistoryTechnocracy in Europe

Technocracy – Overview?Literally – “rule of the skill”

A rational form of government

Science applied to society

Technocracy – History?Beginning 1919 with a book by William

SmythThorstein VeblenTechnical Alliance1933Technocracy Inc.European Movement

Technocracy in EuropeNetwork of European Technocrats (NET)

Began as EcoTech 2004Became NET in 2005Registered in 2006

Technocracy in EuropeSociety

Complex interaction of people and technologyEnergy

People Technology

Technical sideThe goal

Highest standard of living for the longest time possible

Highest quality of living for the longest time possible

Technical side - organisationTechnical experts should manage and

operate all technical aspects of society.A expert have skill, training and expertise in

a give fieldMedical personalAdministratorsMachine operatorsScientists and engineers

Technical side - organisationLocalisation

Reduce energyDecision making as local as possible where the

experts managed the resourcesA holonic system

holonPart-wholeAutonomousdistributed

Holonic SystemsOrgans

Molecules

Technical side - organisation

Technical side - organisation

Technical side - organisationOther holons

Project teamsExpert committees

Technical side - organisationFunctional Sequences

Technical areasDirector for eachHierarchicalMaps onto the holonic structureCommunications channelsMaintain the goal

Technical side – Organisation

Technical side - administrationProduction of goodsResource allocationMaterialsEnergyMinimise production

Resources Production

Goods

Technical side - administrationEnergy Accounting

Measure energy needed to produce an item

Measure energy availableIssue people with energy creditsPeople allocate energy credits to production to produce goods

Reset accounts after two years

Technical sideWorking in a Technate

4 hours a day4 days a weeksIn shifts

Load factor

More time to be human

People sideCommunities based around units of 10 000

peopleUrbanatesNo nations

Legislative councilsDirect democracy

Democracy for the people!Limitations

Basic human rightsCan’t interfere with the technical side

People side Eco-Units

200 peopleSustainable community

Eco-Units for m Urbinates of 10 000 peopleUrbinates appoint their own legislative councilOr join up with others to make a lager

legislative councillegislative council form a European

confederationAll examples of holons

People side

People sideUrbanates

Bini Systems

People sideUrbanates

People sideUrbanates http://www.transfuture.net/

People sideUrbanates Arcosanti

People sideUrbanates

Takenaka Corporation

People sideUrbanates

The Venus Project

OverlapEnvironmental design

Provide a positive environmentMinimise crime etc.

EducationTechnical

Methods of teaching Subject matter

People Culture Language

LawMakingenforcing

Next stepTest the ideas out

Using NET as a test platform

Using simulationBuilding some test communities

ProblemsReduce choicePopulation controlLack of testingImplementation

Do we have the time for this?We can’t implement all at once!

QuestionsMore info at:

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