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fully indoctrinated into the monetary based reward
system
and feel that money is the only "incentive" there is, let it be known that every day, all over the world, millions of humans volunteer for the greater good. In a 1992 Gallop Poll, more than 50% of American adults (94 Million Americans) volunteered time for social causes, at an average of 4.2 hours a week, for a total of 20.5 billion hours a year!60 This is an incredible triumph for the collective human spirit, for even with the sickness of self-interest generated by the monetary
system
, humans still strive to help each other and give to
society
without reward. In the future, those who choose to work in the Cybernated Industrial System will do so because it is an honor to serve humanity. They will understand that it is in their self-interest to see to it that humanity lives and works together for the greater good. The reward in a Resource-Based Economy would be the continual improvement of
society
for all. In the words of Margaret Mead:
" If you look closely you will see that almost anything that really matters to us, anything that embodies our deepest commitment to the way human life should be lived and cared for, depends on some form of volunteerism."61
In a Resource-Based Economy, participation is open to everyone, because all issues are fundamentally recognized as technical. The degree to which a person contributes is based simply on that person's education and ability to create and problem solve. This is why expanded education is critical. In
society
today, the public is always kept uninformed and as dumbed-down as possible. This way the government can maintain control. In a Resource-Based Economy, the goal of the educational
system
is to produce the most intelligent and aware human beings as possible. Why? Because everyone can then become a contributor, greatly affecting our social evolution for the better and improving the lives of all. Summary of Chapter 5: Who makes the decisions in a Resource-Based Economy? No one does. Decisions are arrived at by the use of The Scientific Method, utilizing computers that gain real-time feedback from the environment, along with a Central Historical Database of all known technical information, and maintained by evolving Interdisciplinary Teams. This combination could be called the Cybernated Industrial System. This reduces erroneous opinions and subjectivity. We don't want people in control of government. We want to utilize Scientific Methods for arriving at more appropriate decisions. In the end, the only real issues for
society
in the natural world are (1) the production of goods and services that are equally available to all, (2) research projects and educational
system
s to expand our knowledge, understandings and applications, and (3) the constant monitoring of the earth's resources
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Hodgkinson & Weitzman, Giving and Volunteering in the United States: Findings from a National Survey, 1992, p2 Krikorian, Robert "Have you noticed...", Vital Speeches of the day, 1985, p 301 61
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