User:OneKarma/Philosophy

This is the home of the informal working group aiming to establish philosophical foundations for the movement. Topics and implications include, but are not limited to: assumptions and premises for moral obligations, organizational requirements, and prioritizing action.

A Social Singularity

The internet currently connects roughly 1 of every 6 persons. It is the primary vehicle by which a social movement becomes organized. While there are pockets of fully connected and disconnected peoples, the diversity of voices known and represented is expanding rapidly. The internet implores in us an awareness of the sum of human knowledge. We must therefore organize a People's Forum dedicated to addressing the implications of a socially connected global society. This historic event is a sign of the coming Social Singularity.

Establishing Structure

There is a naturally induced hierarchy in organized knowledge. This document suggests that an hierarchy of working groups be established for determining and responding to the needs of a globally organized society. For simplicity, we use the phrase 'government and law' to avoid naming a specific managerial authority.

Process Requirements

The status of government and law should be determined out of the continuous collaboration and consensus of individuals from which authority is derived.

1. Government and law shall stand upon a morally progressive foundational agreement, which
   1. ensures the equal distribution of both needs and rights, and
   2. rules upon principle rather than word, thereby eliminating controversy.
2. The language and process of government and law should be entirely knowable. 'Entirely knowable' implies simplicity of language and process so much that any publicly educated individual can understand and describe every aspect of government and law. This requires absolute transparency and complete documentation of all 'legal' events.
3. The total function of government and law should be entirely executable. 'Entirely executable' implies simplicity of function so much that any publicly educated individual can participate in the practical application of government and law. This requires equal opportunity for participation at every level of organization.

Foundations

Foundations are the basic agreements upon which an authority acts. It is believed that global society is now capable of not only providing for every individual's needs, but also of protecting every individual's rights.

Human Needs

• Food
• Water
• Shelter
• Health Care
• Education

Human Rights

• Unrestricted access to living needs
• Absolute freedom to engage and dis-engage social contracts

Proposals

Unify Occupy Boston

Discuss the principles leading to the structure of the General Assembly. Determine what it means to unify, and whether the Boston contingent of 'Occupy' is capable of prioritizing en masse in the aims of exemplifying a truly open forum.

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Host the GA Online

"To form a more perfect mode of human governance, there must be established a forum to which all persons may apply for announcements, reviews, proposals, discussions, and voting. One must have access to a public, organized log of all relevant information to accurately assess any issue. The current iteration of the General Assembly does not - and more importantly cannot - provide this information in an efficient manner. The only vehicle capable of efficiently presenting this mass of information is a computer, and the only proper fuel is a network. We can use a simple wiki to determine many potential structures of a cyclical, online GA, and then determine the best methodology."

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Online Forum: Standard Procedures

"The Online Forum - Demo will demonstrate the structure and process of a proposal in a forum. It is intended that this process be scalable by 'tiers'. Tiers will be designed to address various issues within an intuitive and ordered hierarchy. Working Groups are a first step in creating such a hierarchy, but they will require a re-design to effectively implement these proposals."

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Forum Hierarchy (outdated?)

"The internet currently connects roughly 1 of every 6 persons. It is the primary vehicle by which we organize social movements. While there are pockets of fully connected/disconnected people, the diversity of voices known and represented expands rapidly. The internet implores in us an awareness of the sum of human knowledge; this is the Social Singularity. We must therefore organize a Global Forum dedicated to building upon that awareness, addressing the implications of a global, socially connected society. This will lead inevitably to the establishment of global working groups due to the naturally induced hierarchy of organized knowledge. This document suggests a possible commencement of that global forum."

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