“It’s a betrayal as deep, perhaps, as that of Wall Street.” is the statement that caught my interest. It made me wonder, when was Silicon Valley ever not Wall Street? Which intellectual or physical property was ever created in Silicon Valley and not “monetized?”
Okay, even though there are several flaws in this man’s assumptions (click here to read them all), I’ll try to discern his intention. It is either to solicit the best solutions for the highest demand problems and exploit them for his personal gain, or to encourage an intellectual reformation. Before any brilliant problem solvers send him an e-mail, they would be wise to see this man’s track record of contributing to the common good. I mean, seriously, does anyone really want the best solutions for global problems in the hands of a potential warmonger/dictator/diabolical genius?
Like the naive that approach him with their ideas, I’ll join that group of exploitables with an idea that cannot be used for personal gain, or against the poor, and which I suspect he will not publish or support because he cannot capitalize on it. Drum roll please…
The NNNN index. Definition: National Nice to your Next-door Neighbor Index. It begins with adding three niceness questions to national censuses globally. An off-the-cuff example is: How many acts of service from your next-door neighbor have you received in the past _________ (insert time frame).
The implementation of this inquiry will create acts of goodwill the same way that Wikipedia gets contributions. The correlations drawn between the most giving areas of the earth and their relative peace, prosperity, health and well-being will give new direction to well-intended government, religious, and ancillary interests. The brain work and heart work that goes into increasing these positive metrics will bring strength and stability to the entire Earth.
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