All posts by Rick Simmons

Founding contributor and creator of Natural Earth Striving an Earth Ethic and Earth Research Explorers, a vision that accepts and includes everyone on Earth as stakeholders, stewards, explorers, researchers, creators, pattern recognizers, ground truthers, innovators, hypothesis generators, etc. Suppose you look at these two entities and consider them as a cycle. In that case, it gets everyone contributing towards a more continuous adaptive striving for desired future conditions on planet Earth from a broad scale to a fine scale. This leads us to a more holistic positive energy reality for the health of everyone, everything, everywhere on Earth. The vision includes a loving, caring, sharing, giving, forgiving, genuine kindness striving to bring about conditions of comfort, joy, love, hope, faith, and sustainable striving happiness foundation for everyone on Earth, transitioning most laws, rules, regulations, policies, to holistic prescriptive advice.

Ecogeorelativity

Ecogeorelativity is also a way to solve most of all the major problems on Earth. It is a way to balance needs considering sources and sinks of “energy” or resources. It is an investment kind of thing. For example, it could be used to distribute all the profits, donations, charity, etc., on Earth so that we have a surface area that is both similar (equity) and different. People should be treated healthily as similar and diverse as well. We should consider the places and people that need the most help on Earth first and those that can help. Then, we should be able to adapt to desired future conditions in perpetuity. Ecogeorelativity is also a way to inspire people to adapt with inspirational incentives to behave in great ways and disincentives to behave in deleterious ways. For example, if we have a conference with all those interested, we could come up with a relatively balanced way to prevent all war, crime, killings, terrorism, etc., and all other detrimental/destructive behaviors as well. To do such a thing, we must suspend nationalism and treat Earth like the Pangaea continent was in the Paleozoic. This multi-disciplinary relative balancing act will contribute to environmental justice, social justice, and holistic justice in a more preventative way than traditional reactionary ways. In the immediate realm, we can inspire the end of all wars, terrorism, and crime. Once we tell people that in the future, it will all be about relative inspirational incentives and getting ecological equilibrium compensation and high-value contribution index remuneration, people’s behavior will adapt beyond the medieval type. Consequently, in return for the investment in the surface area and the people, people will invest in the great investment strategies of organizations and people.

Positive energy negative feedback loops associated with the location enabled integrated device and involving everyone on Earth.

Inclusion and acceptance of everyone on Earth brings about many positive energy negative feedback loops that spiral up instead of spiral down from natural spiritual miracle/child of God to our planet itself. Imagine the self-esteem, belongingness, and needs that flatten out Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to similarity (equity) and unique diversity in one’s life’s path and purposes. This would prevent top-down controlling domination from manipulating the elevations on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs for their survival. It would stop the itinerant placement of people at the bottom of the pyramid.

Do leaders on Earth know less than the collective masses of our human family?

Top-down power and control are stifling knowledge and continuous adaptive striving for desired future conditions on Earth. We see many examples of this in the news all the time, as those who try to know more are taken hostage, put in prison, or labeled enemies of the state. For example, Russia and its followers appear to devalue human life in favor of elite power and control. It is time to look to the masses to solve all the problems on Earth that are relatively considered. We must have a world census of everyone on Earth in order to get Putin out of office (and for almost everything else, too). He (and other top-down leaders) is clearly out of touch with the majority with his behavior. It would be better than fighting wars and worrying about the use of nuclear weapons for whatever reason. Another related idea is to give everyone a location-enabled integrated device (like a badge) to contribute to everything on Earth that is relatively considered. This would allow a more location science-oriented relative prioritization of everything on Earth in what I call a help project. We could also prioritize decision-making relatively with those who know the masses the most. This would be especially true if we valued everyone the same and everyone differently (relativity) at the same time. Anyone can come up with great ideas to solve problems on Earth, and at the same time, those who holistically know the most about whatever should be given more weight when it comes to their discipline, experience, or area of expertise. Then, they would be included and accepted in their respective communities. This idea would bring everyone together and unify the planet. We need a new perspective that transcends borders, boundaries, and the source of all wars. It would be better than funding war itself. It would be a way to holistically prevent wars and the abuse of power from occurring forever. Would it solve most of all the major problems on Earth? We need this perspective to bring about conditions of continuous adaptive striving towards desired future conditions on Earth and to every other extent imaginable. Call it what you want to because it does not matter as long as we collectively and collaboratively work together in a sustainable striving way.

Lack of love and jealousy cycle as well as survival zone suffering.

Much has to do with a cycle of lack of love and jealousy. When you couple this scenario with survival zone suffering, it is easy to understand. This condition may be one of the causes of war and terrorism on Earth; it may also be the cause of so-called hatred and evil. I believe the top-down manufacturing of this cycle and the suffering of survival zones may contribute to most of Earth’s problems.

Ending all preventable suffering, violence, evil, and solving all major problems on Earth

The we me unidiversity research explorers’ cycle with the location-enabled integrated device is an eco-geo way to solve all problems on Earth, including evil itself.  It invokes the people scoping, interpolation of data, and “Be aware”(regions) at the finest scales for each of us on Earth. We will all be stakeholders and stewards for ourselves, everything, and everywhere on Earth.  Environmental problem-solving, science, space, and time make all things relative.  Thus, we are able to assess ourselves primarily as well as everything everywhere as research explorers’ cycle with a unidiversity around planet Earth.  This idea is great because it ends all suffering in the survival zone.  Once the assessment begins, relative prioritization starts as well.  As time goes on, holistic inclusion occurs, and all the people become part of a human family and part of any holistic communities they choose.  Ecogeorelative prioritization will call upon everyone to be involved, accepted, and included as we collectively collaborate together on this most important project and goal.  It is important to work together towards a sustainable and continuous adaptive striving towards desired future conditions, which I call holistic adaptive capitalism and pure democracy.  It should be called whatever we want to call it.  It should start all around planet Earth at the same time with great presentations of hope, optimism, healing, and restoration around planet Earth.  We need grand, inspirational cultural celebrations showing our great human spirit.  We are all children of God, nature, and the universe, and we will be inspired to contribute all we can to our families’ communities, everyone, everything, and everywhere on Earth.  We must celebrate our differences with our substantial similarity and strive for equity for everyone as a similar condition. We will all be able to follow our dreams and own life’s path with our own life’s purposes with a foundation of loving, caring, sharing, giving, forgiving, and genuine kindness, striving to bring about conditions of comfort, joy, hope, love, faith, and sustainable striving happiness. Ending all preventable suffering, survival zone suffering, violence, and evil and solving all major problems on Earth is the ultimate goal of this endeavor. This idea brings about rational decision-making and impact assessment everywhere on Earth, with indexification everywhere.

REAL ESTATE IS A POSITIVE FEEDBACK DOWNWARD SPIRAL FEEDBACK LOOP

It appears real estate is in a positive feedback situation. This is especially true in areas that promote quick turnover for maximum profits. If several successive owners do the same thing, it manufactures an out-of-control feedback loop, erosion of the middle class, and homelessness. In fact, there is even a term called “flipping” to turn over houses quickly without investing too much in the property. It has gotten so bad that people cannot afford to live in an ownership situation as the number of houses grows slowly. Restoration of existing houses is great, but price gouging must not occur. I suggest normalizing house prices in areas that have gotten extremely out of control. Give people what they paid for the house and use ecological equilibrium compensation to lower the prices to make them affordable once again. This would be like a resetting of a clock, allowing people to live once again in houses deemed desirable in various areas. It seems strange, but I know of two personal houses that doubled after they were sold with minimal investment required. Now they are unaffordable to normal people. Only people desiring second homes from urban areas seem to be able to afford housing in suburban and rural areas. This must change as locals are pushed out into the street or rentals. I know of another example where a college graduate moved to a desirable location and pays $2000 per month for rent, and when you couple it with student loans, there is little chance to save any money for a home of their own; this must adaptively transition to a more desirable sustainable striving condition. Another idea would be to create ecological equilibrium compensation based on people who can choose to invest in these areas (source) and those who are locals (sink). Ecological equilibrium compensation can be from cumulative total profits from all niche organizations on Earth.

Time and takings

Takings occur with time. If you mention something 20 years ago and forget to mention it today, it can be a takings event. As I have written in the past, I call it the takings cycle of extraction, exchange, and exclusion. I believe the takers have lived by the old saying, “That all things can be accomplished in time.”

The use of sinning and crime as way to wealth

As a Catholic, I was brought up thinking that we are all sinners. Father Malley once told me that even a thought can be a sin. Since then, it seemed like the environment was trying to make me sin. In the way things could be in the world, the natural condition will be pretty much without sin except for the thought kind, possibly. You see, I think the way things are in the world has adapted in a reactionary way to use sinning and, of course, crimes to be money-making and taking ventures. You can take anything you want, including the life of a person who is sinning and doing crime. Hunter Biden says they’re trying to kill him, and maybe he is right. Maybe they want his father’s legacy and all the ideas the Biden family can develop over time. Maybe there is a parallel between the Biden family and what happened to my family. Sinning is so much the part of reconciliation needs (a great thing). On the one hand, it was a great thing in the past because it helped the broader community focus on problems that no one knew existed. It was a way to let someone know what you have been through. I am not sure it is the best idea for the future as people should share what is going on with the Unidiversity so holistic planning can take care of problems. Today, we share with priests and God, but I am not sure it is benign as other entities are more interested in sin than religions and God. You see, it is a concept of sinning that allows takings to occur from people. I had so many ideas in my life, all taken. I think it is because sinning or even thoughts can be a sin. I am not a sinner, but things from the past can be construed as sinning. Sin is up to the judges in this world. If sinning goes beyond sinning to crimes (another takings exercise), you can lose your entire life and all you have done. Someone else gets all your ideas and lives your life. In fact, in one of my first classes in college, I was told that crime pays. It pays someone else when it involves sinning or, heaven forbid, crime. That is one major reason to eliminate sinning (mostly) and crime (in its entirety) on our planet. We can do so with the We Me Unidiversity Research Explorers cycle. In a way, I was reminded today in church that justice should be a way to clear out the path ahead of you (from the bible) instead of waiting for something to happen to you. It is not going to happen with just reactionary justice. I suggested transitioning to holistic environmental justice, social justice, health, safety, arbitration, and restoration. Some thoughts to ponder: Is our economy built on sinning and crimes? Is our economy built on taking from one another? Is our economy built on thinking?

Survival zone suffering and needs for the future

Most problems in society and the natural environment are caused by suffering in the survival zone and extreme stressors.  This causes a downward spiral feedback loop with detrimental inflection points until positive feedback is reached.  Most survival zones suffer, and extreme stressors come from anthropocentric anthropogenic pollution, existing systems, structures, and functions, including liberty cycle extremism, and Reactionary adaptive planning (from laws, rules, regulations, policy procedures, religion, or interpretations from the Bible). Most of the causes of homelessness, violence, mass shootings, criminals, sex offenders, and mental illnesses come from survival zone suffering and extreme stressors that put people in a downward spiral feedback loop, and many people hit inflection points, causing them to do things that they would not typically do.  Itinerant criminalization behavior also causes some people to impact others, driving them towards criminalization. Illicit Drugs (negative energy) were an underground economy that was about leading people into survival zones, suffering, liberty cycle, extremism, and getting people into trouble on purpose to increase demand for more and more of the same; some of these itinerant behaviors caused people to lose their lives and all potential employment opportunities. We must put an end to survival zone suffering causation.  The solution includes the inclusion and acceptance of all people. Acceptance and inclusion involve inspirational incentives for all people. Eco Geo is based on need, high-value contribution, prioritized value contribution, and ecological equilibrium compensation.  We must turn all downward spiral feedback loops into upward spiral feedback loops.   One way to do this is to look at the we-me unidiversity research explorers’ cycle (an eco geo approach) and the fact that it’s a continuous adaptive striving towards desired future conditions with a positive energy feedback loop.  The great thing about this is that the continuous adaptive striving towards desired future conditions is not just for people; it’s for the natural environment and everything else.  It’s a continuous adaptive process that strives towards the desired future for everyone everywhere on earth and beyond.  The solution is holistic, adaptive, and sustainable, striving in a continual adaptive way toward the desired future conditions.   We need a similar foundation of positive energy, loving, caring, sharing, giving, forgiving, and genuine kindness, striving to bring around conditions of comfort, joy, love, hope, faith, and sustainable striving for happiness within the context of natural earth striving, natural humanity striving, and natural spirituality striving on sacred planet Earth.  We need the eco-geo we-me and unidiversity research explorers’ cycle for relative prioritization from planet Earth to eco-geo regions and communities.  All environmental technology is included as well

Reasons to transform beyond anthropogenic boundaries and Governments on planet Earth

There are many reasons to eliminate and transform beyond the functional anthropogenic boundaries on planet Earth. We must strive for a more nature-striving approach that considers Nature and People first. Governments ought to transform into part of the Unidiversity or become a close connection to it. It is important to strive to find the best energy, culture, and community relationships. One major reason to transform beyond these government boundaries is the threat of nuclear war anywhere and everywhere on planet Earth. The threat of nuclear war is one of the most irrational things ever invented on planet Earth. A good talk about this topic was from Fresh Air, which was heard on June 22, 2023. To do such a thing, we must transform government into a unidiversity and corporations into Ecological Niche Organizations connected to the Unidiversity. Another important reason to start this transformation is that most major environmental problems and nature are functioning at the Earth scale. I found this image special thanks to a professor emeritus from the School of Environment and Natural Resources Environmental Program at the University of Vermont RISE conference I attended on June 21st and 22nd, 2023. The image is from the University of Stockholm. Having contiguous forests worldwide is another reason to eliminate the anthropogenic boundaries and associated governments by transforming them into nature-striving similarity foundation of everyone, everything, everywhere on Earth in the form of a Unidiversity (all universities and governments together). It is important to eliminate the complexity of planet Earth as soon as possible. Transformation to the Eco-Geo We-Me Unidiversity Earth Research Explorers Cycle would allow more nature striving and humanity striving holistic scales, which creates a similarity foundation and a planet Earth surface area planned by experts and everyone on Earth.