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A Participating Civilization
The Potential for our Species
I. The
left-out people
A. lack of personal vision
B. poor
1. economically disadvantaged
a. culturally disadvantaged
b. personally uninterested / unmotivated
2. Whole 3rd world countries
C. uneducated
1. capabilities not utilized
a. Everyone is capable!
2. low self esteem
D. mentally challenged
1. capabilities not utilized
a. Everyone is capable!
2. low self esteem
E. skills unrecognized or not valued
F. people who cannot see options
1. lack of imagination
2. lack of doors opened by parents/society
II. Why Participate
A. A life is too valuable to waste
B. We are given time to buy joy,
participation magnifies the joy
C. Life can be worthwhile & fun
D. There is no limit to what humans can achieve
if they want to work together
1. What might be possible?
a. End of hunger
b. no child unwanted
c. universal health
d. a healthy & sustainable ecosystem on
Earth
e. no need for crime or exploitation
f. Personal fulfillment
g. discover the real human destiny
III. Reasons not to participate
A. Existing systems do not benefit the
individual
B. better reception from those who prey on
the disadvantaged
C. feeling unmotivated
D. feeling not worthy
E. feeling left out
IV. Who does participate
A. people who want to play the game
B. professionals who have made an
investment
C. People who can visualize their
social/professional career path
V. Remedies for
non-participants
A. Each needs to see opportunities that are
personally valuable
VI. Systems of exclusion
A. The educational system
1. Current system selects for a certain
range of talents (and excludes others)
2. teachers cannot teach what they do not
have
B. the hierarchy of society/culture
C. limited range of expectations
D. the western corporation
E. Lack of role models
VII. Room and opportunities for everybody
A. must want to participate - not have to
1. opportunity to discover possibilities
a. discover passion
b. explore hobbies
c. innovation
d. personal growth
e. growth in non-traditional directions
f. feel that we are making bigger
pies, not competing for a small slice
g. feel empowered
B. driven by passion - not just economic
necessity
VIII. Who can / is responsible for facilitating
participation?
A. Government policy
B. Government agencies
C. community groups/societies
1. new initiatives seem required!
D. existing programs and organizations
IX. Philosophical issues
A. "If you become a 'have' like me, I
will loose"
1. fear
a. 'others' are okay
2. love
3. environment
a. scarcity
B. current economic measures
C. Society's concepts of success
