Post by MagnetMan on Mar 8, 2009 19:18:55 GMT -5
Environmental imperatives
have always dictated our social contracts.
There are natural laws of non-trespass that all living organisms (other than parasites)
are subject to.
During the Stone Age
family groups of hunter/gatherers each established their own territorial boundaries.
Those boundaries were determined via a symbiotic arrangement with Nature. (Their annual circuit around their territory had to allow time for plant and animal recovery.) This determined the size of each territory -larger in arid regions and smaller in clement regions.
Population increases resulted in a gradual migration up Africa, into Europe Asia and the rest of the world.
Over-crowding in more fertile regions led to the invention of on Agri-based economy
Clan boundaries were established
Clan Agriculture led eventually to national boundaries, craftsmanship, and an industrial-based economy.
National over-crowding led to imperialism and international colonies and high-tec economies.
We are now faced with globalization and the end of man-made boundaries
The global economy of the future will be based on independently managed eco-boundaries,
Each eco-system will be determined by its own water tables with its economy based on the optimum uses of sustainable resources. Trade will be based on surplus production.
have always dictated our social contracts.
There are natural laws of non-trespass that all living organisms (other than parasites)
are subject to.
During the Stone Age
family groups of hunter/gatherers each established their own territorial boundaries.
Those boundaries were determined via a symbiotic arrangement with Nature. (Their annual circuit around their territory had to allow time for plant and animal recovery.) This determined the size of each territory -larger in arid regions and smaller in clement regions.
Population increases resulted in a gradual migration up Africa, into Europe Asia and the rest of the world.
Over-crowding in more fertile regions led to the invention of on Agri-based economy
Clan boundaries were established
Clan Agriculture led eventually to national boundaries, craftsmanship, and an industrial-based economy.
National over-crowding led to imperialism and international colonies and high-tec economies.
We are now faced with globalization and the end of man-made boundaries
The global economy of the future will be based on independently managed eco-boundaries,
Each eco-system will be determined by its own water tables with its economy based on the optimum uses of sustainable resources. Trade will be based on surplus production.