100 Year StarShip Presentation

The Necessary Transformation AKA Humanity Must See Itself As One Human Family Before It Can Go To The Stars Steven G. Brant Trimtab Management Systems Making Global Peace & Prosperity Possible100 Year StarShip Symposium September 15, 2012

I dedicate this presentation to Ambassador Christopher Stevens His tragic loss - and that of thethree others who died in Libya - is additional evidence we must make this transformation happen. Rest In Peace, Ambassador Stevens

We are dedicated tothe human exploration of new worldsThere’s a new world we must explore - andcolonize - starting today... if we are to realize the 100YSS vision!

The New World We Must Explore And Colonize• The world where Human Civilization - the Human Family - solves its challenges like mature adults• The world where the Human Family realizes peaceful cooperation can lead to global prosperity for all

Two Scenarios That Threaten 100YSS• Infrastructure Crisis in America• World War III

A civilization beingtorn apart by cut- throat competition will never go to the stars. I ﬁrst learned our “you or me” world canbecome a “you and me” world in 1979. Dr. R. Buckminster Fuller and me in 1983

Bucky Fuller taught me thistransformation is possible. James Burke taught me transformations in our human culture have happened many times in the past. “The Day The Universe Changed”

It’s not enough to know what’s possible. We must know how to make it possible!Doing this requires that we Think Different Apple’s Think Different campaign

The Miracle of Systems Thinking• Synthesis not Analysis: What happens is a function of the design of the larger system - usually a Human Social System - in which that action occurs.• Continuous improvement: Mistakes are okay.• Internal not external motivation: Aspiration replaces fear.• Ref: Drs. W. Edwards Deming and Russell L. Ackoff

Public Education Efforts of the Recent Past• The First Motion Picture Unit of WWII• The Disney - von Braun Partnership of 1955• Star Trek• We Are The World (1985)• Hands Across America (1986)

Improvement Efforts You’ve Probably Never Heard Of• The Baldridge National Quality Program• The Corporate Social Responsibility movement• The SciFi Channel’s Visions for Tomorrow public affairs initiative (now inactive)

The Most Important Effort You’ve Never Heard Of• The President’s Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD) of 1993-99

The Second Most Important Effort You Haven’t Heard Of• The Rocky Mountain Institute, where lead scientist Amory Lovins and his team have developed sustainable solutions for an energy- for-all future

President Clinton Supports 100YSS!• Also a student of Systems Thinking• Supports Amory Lovins’ work• Wishes a system existed to support the American people in basing political decisions on facts**Stated at The Economist’s “World in 2011” event

The Prospect of Involving Hollywood• Reaching the public in an entertaining way is key• “Marooned” inspired the Apollo-Soyuz mission!

King Abdullah of Jordan Could Help• Building a Star Trek- themed Resort Complex in his country

My Personal Commitments• Graphic Novel that tells the story of how this transformation might happen• Offer my work to 100YSS’s “The Way” research institute• Host a brainstorming meeting on a reimagined PCSD - popularized by Hollywood - at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, KY

Why I Am Optimistic• We have the ability to solve our problems in mature, win-win ways• The world’s people - including Tom Hanks - want this but don’t yet know it’s possible• 100YSS acknowledges the importance of entertainment: essential for engaging the public

And I Have Lived This Future

Experimental Star Trek Workshop I led at Star Trek:The Experience in 1999

Essay I wrote which got me interviewed byWilliam Shatner for “Get a Life” documentary

But it’s really up to you.You have to choose whether to continue living in theold planet Earth or help bring the new planet Earth - and the new future for humanity - to life!

Thank you all very much!Steve Brant: steve@trimtabmanagementsystems.com

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