May 14, 2015
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:
http://en.technocracynet.eu