20% of what we are doing is creating 80% of our problems
Canadian Sovereign AI
asking the question,
now what?
Democracy Level II Series
The Hospital at the Edge of
20% of what we are doing is creating 80% of our problems
Canadian Sovereign AI
asking the question,
now what?
Democracy Level II Series
Executive Summary
we live in interesting times
what was not possible last year
is possible this year
Canada, like most countries right now, is thinking hard about technological sovereignty — having its own capability in artificial intelligence, its own secure communications, its own sensing and defence-relevant infrastructure, instead of depending entirely on systems built and controlled somewhere else. That's not an abstract policy debate. It shows up as real programs, real funding, and real need for real coastline, in real communities, where the work can actually happen
A lesser people do not live and love beyound the boundaries of your imagination
We are all connected.
Namaste
Icarus Flyby
The Campbell River Town Hall Series
things have changed.
Henry Kissinger and Moore's Law
are dead.
the geopolitical mitosis of our global culture has reached the telophase.
There are choices to be made.
The world is in a polycrisis,
Polycrisis (The Symptoms): The world system is malfunctioning. Multiple independent global crises: supply chain breakdowns, inflation, extreme weather, and algorithmic disruption feed off and amplify one another.
Algorithmic disruption refers to the fundamental shifts caused when software, artificial intelligence, and automated decision-making replace traditional business models, human labor, or societal structures. It alters where economic value sits, changing how industries operate and how humans interact with technology.
Metacrisis (The Root Cause): The "disease" behind the symptoms. It refers to a foundational crisis in our overarching worldviews, human values, and sense-making frameworks. It questions whether modernity's core philosophies: hyper-individualism, infinite growth, and reductionism are inherently toxic to both human well-being and planetary health.
A cluster of massive problems at their tipping point.
No single leader or political party can fix this.
Our current systems are just too slow, too divided, and too outdated to handle the global reality.
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