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Slide 10 - The Tea Chain
The Tea Chain
Understanding
the Physical World
You are connected
You are not alone
You are part of this world
You have the solution within you
You can make a difference
The world needs you to try
Welcome to the growing group of people on this planet who want more from life.
Get Connected
Slide 11 - Cup. Water. Tea Bag.
Imagine a cup of tea you've made:
You took a cup
You boiled some water
You took a tea bag
Think about that tea bag...
Slide 12 - Tea Growing
For the tea bag to exist, at all, humans had to plough fields, plant tea bushes
and tend those bushes. Others picked the tea...
Slide 13 - Tea Processing
...dried, processed and packaged the tea...
Slide 14 - Tea Buying
...transported the tea and stacked and sold you the leaves in a shop or supermarket.
Slide 15 - Tea Drinking
You are connected to all of those humans in that chain of production as without
them you could have no tea bag. There may have been thousands of humans involved.
Slide 16 - Tea Chain
Those humans have lives. They exist.
They have a direct impact on your life;
you have a teabag for your tea.
You are connected to them.
They are connected to you.
If it was not for you, using their tea bag,
their lives would be dramatically different...
Slide 17 - The Rest
And that's just the tea bag...
Think about the cup...
Think about the water...
Think about the energy supply...
Also consider the following commodities: Plastics for bottles. Metals for truck
parts. Sugar for sweetners. Rubber for tyres. Water Treatment. A kettle to boil
the water. The element in the Kettle. The Plastics used in the kettle. Kiln’s for
firing the cup that you used. A spoon. The tap the water came out of. Electricity.
Pylons. Generators.
How many connected humans were involved?
All this effort so you can have a cup of tea.
You are part of this collective of humanity.
You are not alone.
Welcome to the realisation!
Slide 20 - How We Operate
The System
How We Currently Operate
The collection of humanity on this planet, though highly efficient at getting you
the basics like tea and coffee, is currently organised in a very self defeating
way.
The full productive potential of humanity cannot be realised by the current system.
Understand
Slide 21 - Companies
You and I work for different companies.
They may well be in antagonistic competition.
Companies exist only to make a profit.
Slide 22 - Research
For example...
Take two competing drugs companies:
Both pour millions of dollars into research and development to find the next big
cure for cancer or HIV or heart disease...
Slide 23 - Competition
Currently...
...companies are in competition for profit...
One company has half of the solution...
...another company has the other half of the solution...
...as a collective, as humanity, we have the whole solution...
Slide 24 - Wasted Time
...a solution that could be achieved in 5 years currently takes 10.
Therefore...
Collaboration can bring significant benefits to humanity in a fraction of the time.
Slide 25 - Mobile Phones
Another Example...
Mobile phone operators may erect separate masts to build their coverage footprint...
Therefore many different masts may cover the same geographical area.
Slide 26 - Collectively
However...
We, as a collective, with the same time and effort, could have covered an area 4
times larger
Collaboration can bring significant benefits.
Slide 27 - Bigger Picture
The Bigger Picture...
Wasted time and effort are just two negative aspects of capitalism...Others include:
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Global Warming External Link
Political Corruption External Link
Nuclear Weapons External Link
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Hospital Closures External Link
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Water Shortages External Link
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Our system's single minded goal of profit generation affects every human on the
planet.
Slide 28 - Our Solution
By organising as a capitalist society
we are now holding back humanity.
We are the system.
We are destroying our own planet.
We are perpetuating our own misery.
We enslave ourselves by our actions.
You are part of the solution!
Slide 30 - Imagine
Imagine
The Future
You know capitalism works against you.
Why not consider another way?
You have everything to gain...
Explore
Slide 31 - It's Simple
It's Simple
Organising as a collective prioritises people over profit.
For the first time in humanity's history the totality of our efforts could be focused
on increasing the quality of life of every human on the planet.
Currently global production emphasises maximising profit.
Who knows what benefits collective production could bring...
Slide 32 - The Benefits
The Benefits
A system limited by our imaginations only...
A new system for a new era of human production that would affect every human on
the planet.
Slide 33 - Tell Me How
Tell me how
Understanding and acting are the keys to your goals...
Understand - Your Impact
Act - Tell Others
Act - Join Our Forum
Slide 34 - Your Impact
Your impact...
You are 1 of around 6,500,000,000 humans on the face of this planet.
Alone you can affect very little. Together, we are an unstoppable force...
Slide 35 - Tell Others
Tell Others
To create a huge impact in your life time, you only have to tell 10 people...
In turn they tell 10 more. And so on. In just 10 steps the whole world would know!
You. Ten People. One hundred. One Thousand. Ten Thousand. One Hundred Thousand.
One Million. Ten Million. One Hundred Million. One Billion.
THE WORLD.
Slide 36 - Join Our Forum
Join our forum
Interacting can start here. Come and discuss in our open forum...
Join your fellow humans in crafting a world that we all want...what are you waiting
for?
Slide 40 - Common Objections
Objection - I can't make a difference
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Objection - It'll never work Link
Objection - This is Communism Link
Objection - Competition is Good Link
Objection - It's Utopian Link
Objection - People Are Too Selfish
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Objection - What about Animal Farm?
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Objection - Humans are naturally greedy
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Objection - It would cost too much
to tell everyone. Link
Objection - You'll never get everyonen
to agree. Link
Objection - This is Socialism Link
Slide 41 - It'll Never Work
It'll never work
If you have come to the conclusion that "it'll never work" there may be
many reasons that led you to that theory. It could be that you think the task is
too large. You may think that people are not really ready for that kind of change.
Whatever the reason you may immediately fold your arms, sit back, and do nothing.
Doing nothing may make your prediction come true as you are not helping yourself
or anyone else. To affect change on the planet we, as a global collective, need
the majority of humans on the planet to stand up and be counted.
By not helping to improve the situation on the planet you are potentially condemning
yourself, your family and everyone you know and love to living with the consequences.
Non-action is a choice. If you are alone in this action, then you will have little
impact. However, if there are many humans who choose non-action then there is a
chance that "it'll never work".
To maximise the possibility of global change, surely it is better to act to "make
it work"?
You can choose to act positively rather than negatively and join the rest of us
who want to make a difference.
To see how easy it is to make a difference, go to the Tell Others page and join
our Forum.
Whatever you can conceive, we can achieve
Slide 42 - I Can't Make a Difference
I can't make a difference
Literally, how can you, as an individual, make a difference in this world that will
have a lasting impact on your life and everyone else's around you?
The simple answer is you, alone, can't.
The impact your single life has on the planet as a whole can be mathematically equated
to roughly 1/6,500,000,000th of the total impact that humanity has on the planet.
If you were to die tomorrow, and we hope you don't, there would be people who know
you and love you that would be directly affected but the vast majority of humans
on this planet would not even notice your passing.
So as a single human you have very little impact on humanity. If you act with others
you can make a huge difference.
To attain any goal in life you have to work with others. You might collaborate directly
by sharing ideas and working together in a concrete way on your project or indirectly
by utilising commodities produced by other humans that are unknown to you.
Therefore if your goal is to create a lasting impact in your life time then the
majority of humans have to share your idea and be pulling in roughly the same direction.
For instance, say that direction was an end to war, famine, poverty, joblessness
and exploitation, how would you go about getting the number of humans needed to
make a difference? Well, as it so happens, it is really easy to do:
If you tell just 10 people of your idea and they are enthused by the concept and
they each go on to tell just 10 people, the numbers get large, very quickly:
1 - 10 - 100 - 1,000 - 10,000 - 100,000 - 1,000,000 - 10,000,000 - 100,000,000 -
1,000,000,000 - The World.
Logically, therefore, you can actually make a difference.
Start to make that difference by joining our Forum.
Together we are an unstoppable force
Slide 43 - This is Socialism or Communism
Socialism and Communism are evil
We stand together for:
emancipation, not enslavement
tolerance, not oppression
the end to the profit motive which curtails humanity now
a flat structured society, not an oppressive state
understanding and education, not censorship
accountability, not obfuscation through power
collaborative competition, not antagonistic competition
openness in communication and deed
If your concept of Socialism or Communism can not be described by all of the above
statements then you cannot label this movement, or this site, Socialist or Communist,
by your definition.
States which claim or have claimed to be socialist or communist have secrecy, death
squads, censorship, poverty, poor technology and poor human rights records. Recognising
that these aspects of society are not what you want and resolving to learn from
history instead of just about it will ensure that these things never happen again.
Start to define the future by joining our Forum.
Now is the time to learn from the past
Now is the time to define the future
Slide 44 - Competition is Good
Competition is good
In the section "How We Currently Operate" we have highlighted how inter-company
competition is curtailing humanity at this stage in our evolution.
We have shown, logically, how humans are stifling technological advancements by
focusing on the goal of greater and greater profits. One of the major features of
"antagonistic" competition is secrecy. This secrecy is entrenched in law
by constructs such as copyright, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, intellectual
property rights and even the crime of industrial espionage.
In contrast to this rather secretive and limiting form of competition, there is
another way to compete which we can describe as "collaborative".
An example of "collaborative competition" could be that of inter-departmental
competition within a single company. For instance, Sales Team A is competing with
Sales Team B for the most sales in a period. During this kind of competition ideas
and techniques are often exchanged and discussed between teams to maximise sales,
as the two teams share a larger goal - to maximise profit for the company and thus
increase their own salaries.
You may remember examples of "collaborative competition" from your own
experiences, perhaps working on assignments at school or college, or with friends
as part of a leisure project. You probably discussed and shared individual ideas
and synthesised new ones This may well be remembered as a highly productive and
creative time in your life.
With these two examples we have shown that the idea and practice, of 'collaborative'
competition, is probably familiar to you. You may even have direct personal experience
of this way of working.
Some of our foremost thinkers have used the technique:
"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
Sir Isaac Newton
What Newton was referring to is the fact that his work has been aided by the work
of others. He would meet with like minded people, bounce ideas off of them, understand
their perspective, and move his own theories forward. He likely, still wanted to
be the first person to discover or state a new working theory, so he was still in
competition, at least in that respect, with his peers.
We have proven that "antagonistic" competition is failing our species.
We now stand on the cusp of a new collaborative way of producing commodities to
meet the needs of humanity.
Join in our Forum to help shape your future and that of humanity.
Slide 45 - It's Utopian
It's Utopian
To label an idea as "utopian" can be a dismissive gesture, implying that
the concepts set out in the idea are unattainable.
This movement aims for the following outcomes:
An end to all wars
An end to all famine
An end to joblessness
To limit uncertainty
To realise our full potential
Surely you want these things too?
This site embodies these goals and ideas. If you feel that these outcomes are not
attainable then we encourage you to look around the site and engage with the members
of the movement who are working towards these very ideals.
By engaging with your fellow human, on this site and elsewhere, you may be able
to understand, logically, how we can achieve these goals, together.
The best place to start your interaction is on our Forum.
You can have it all
Slide 46 - Humans are Too Greedy or Selfish
Humans are too selfish and greedy...
This is the idea that a human being, as an individual is too selfish and too greedy
to ever act in the best interests of others. If you hold this thought to be true,
you're not alone. So let us analyse the premise from a few different perspectives.
First, lets look at it from the point of view of "what you'd like" from
this life. This is a thought exercise now; just think of 5 things you want for yourself
out of this life...go on...
...
So did you think of things such as "a house", "a good job",
"security", "enough food" etc? We are willing to bet you did.
You, for sure, didn't say, "I'd like bombs dropped on my head" or "I'd
like to starve to death" or "I'd like to be scared for the rest of my
life" or "I'd like to have to walk 20 miles a day for clean water".
So you're human, and you want the best for yourself. That makes sense. Now, as another
thought exercise, think of 5 things you want for the planet...
...
Again, what did you think? Did you think of things like "world peace",
"an end to famine", "no more poverty", "no more pollution"?
We dare say you did.
So if you hold those ideals and we hold those ideals and most of the people you
know hold those ideals, how can you conclude that humans are greedy and selfish?
You may argue that an individual might choose to have a benefit before granting
that to another individual and hence they are selfish. However, under this current
system, they could be labelled pragmatic as every benefit is hard won and we are
all, by the nature of the system, in competition with each other; for jobs, for
resources etc etc.
You may even think the concept of a collective and actually working for others is
an altruistic way of behaving. You are being asked to "give up" your time
to toil and work towards the ends of humanity. You seem to "sacrifice"
each hour for the benefit of the whole of humanity. That is actually the case and
is the goal of this movement.
You would have to work for the whole of humanity and every other human would have
to do the same. That is part of the deal.
So how can working for the collective directly benefit you?
It's very simple; you are part of the collective. And as every other human is working
towards the betterment of the living conditions of the collective then, by definition,
your living conditions will improve.
So if you can state I want to live without the fear of:
redundancy and unemployment
becoming homeless without shelter or warmth
being drafted to the army
having no food on the table
being subjected to poverty, genocide, famine or war
suffering oppression
what the powers that be have in store for me
Then logically you can realise that the best way to achieve such goals is to ensure
that everyone else is spared the same fears and assaults to their humanity too.
You are, after all, part of the collective of humans on this planet.
Therefore, even if you do consider yourself "selfish" or you do consider
yourself "greedy" and you do "want it all", then the best way
of having it all is to ensure that everyone else has it all too. As that, by definition,
includes you.
Therefore working for the collective can be seen as the most "self centred"
thing you can do as all of the benefits that each human has access to, you also
have access to.
By giving your time to the collective, it gives you it right back, multiplied by
6,500,000,000.
To work out how you can share this message please see the Tell Others page and join
our Forum.
When you know how the world works
It's easy to make a difference
Slide 47 - What about Animal Farm?
What about animal farm?
George Orwell is much quoted from his books Animal Farm and 1984. Many of the ideas
from both books have been absorbed into our language for example the concept of
"Big Brother" and "room 101" from 1984.
Probably the most famous quote from Animal Farm is:
"All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others."
Both books draw on past events and the concept of totalitarianism as themes throughout.
The events that unfolded after the Russian Revolution with the rise of Stalin preoccupied
Orwell. However it is important to remember that they are works of fiction.
Animal Farm as an allegory to the events surrounding the Russian Revolution is very
transparent. Which is how it was intended but it is nevertheless, as Orwell states
himself, a "fairytale".
Obviously this movement distances itself from any aspects of totalitarianism and
we are committed to shaping the future so that such events are never repeated.
We firmly believe that it is possible to learn from history, not just about it.
To join the discussion, come along to our Forum and make your voice heard.
Understanding now is the key to shaping the future
Slide 48 - It'll cost too much to tell everyone
It'll cost too much to tell everyone
We need a vast number of humans to engage with the ideas and concepts here.
How can we afford to tell every one of them?
Thankfully we have the tools of our efforts and labours to date. Capitalism has
brought us closer to every human on the planet despite its inefficient time and
resource management systems.
We have:
cheap air fares
television
cheap phone calls
cars
radio
public transport
the internet
And we have word of mouth.
The internet is one of the most significant human made structures on the planet
and, as we know, once we've paid the connection charges, which can be very minimal
in some cases, we are free to communicate with anyone who is willing to listen,
no matter which continent they reside on. That is almost "free speech"
in terms of cost.
Even if the internet disappeared tomorrow due to the companies that own it actually
pulling the plug, it would still be very easy to communicate to every human on the
planet via phone calls or word of mouth or other mass communication media such as
newspapers or TV.
Start to make an impact now by telling just 10 people.
For more details see our Tell Others page and join our Forum
Slide 49 - You'll never get everyone to agree
You'll never get everyone to agree
You may have come to the conclusion that people have such diverse ideas about what
should be done to move humanity forward that a consensus can never be reached.
We don't agree.
This movement wants the following for humanity:
We want an end to:
all wars
all famine
joblessness
genocide
poverty
corruption
religious intolerance
exploitation
pollution
antagonistic competition
We want to move to:
the next stage of energy production
the next stage of government.
commodity production for humanity and not for profit.
the next stage of thought.
Do you agree that you want all of those things too?
The news is that the majority of humans on the planet agree with you!
We can rid ourselves of the negative aspects of the current system that haunt our
lives by collaborating towards our goals. In the process we can open up a whole
range of positive life style choices along the way.
We already agree on the larger issues, so join us and help us to define the future.
To join the discussion, come along to our Forum and make your voice heard.
If we never try, we'll never know
Slide 55 - Groups
If you would like to meet with other people in your local area who are also interested
in the goals of this website you can look for, or start up a group by clicking the
link below.
Meet Up dot Com
Slide 56 - Contribute
Contribute
We hope to maintain dynamic content by providing you with the opportunity of contributing
reports, essays, art work, ideas or anything else you think may be useful to reach
the widest audience possible.
If you are able to translate any of the content into other languages we would also
be interested in hearing from you.
All suggestions welcome.
Contact Us
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Slide 57 - Contact
Contact
We hope that you have found the site informative and are inspired to go and tell
10 people about it.
If you would like to contact us about any aspect of the site you can do so by clicking
on the link below.
info @ realityinfo.org
Slide 58 - Links
This site highlights the root cause of a whole host of single issues affecting this
planet.
Below we have provided links to sites that may describe these single issues in more
detail and you may find them informative.
We have included links to mainstream and alternative news channels as well as political
and campaigning sites.
We do not condone or have any power or sway over the content of the sites below
and as such we make no claim to their validity or fitness for purpose and we are
not affiliated with any of them.
If you have a link you would like included here simply get in touch with us.
Information and campaigning sites
World Development movement
People & Planet
Rainforest
Foundation
Burma Campaign
Campaign against the
arms trade
Global
campaign for free expression
Privacy
International
Humanitarian
support for communities through women
Save Darfur Coalition
Humanitarian
Organisation supporting Guantanamo Bay Prisoners
Hands Up For...Information
site for young people
Avaaz - Global Activists
Global directory of
organisations
Information on energy
supply issues
News Sites
BBC News
CNN News
Aljazeera News
The Register(I.T.
News)
Indy Media
In Depth
This section is currently under construction and in time will discuss concepts central
to this movement such evolution, change and the organic nature of life.
Content only means imagination getting bigger so follow your nose. ( C O M I N G
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Common Objections
It'll Never Work
I can't make a difference
This is Socialism/Communism
Competition Is Good
It's Utopian
Huamans Are Too Greedy or Selfish
What About Animal Farm
It costs too much to tell everyone
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