For most of its
existence, the human race has strived to achieve the ability to provide
for most of its material needs. This ability has eluded our species up
until well into the 20th century. During this last century, with the
understanding we have made in the physical sciences, we have have
achieved much of what we sought for so many generations. Yet, with our
understanding of the physical world around us and our new ability to
adapt that which has been so generously provided to us in the form of
the resources of planet earth, we are still as yet unable to attain our
long-sought goal of providing for the needs and wants of the human race.
Nowhere on earth is this contradiction between our physical ability to
provide for our needs and wants, and our functional ability to deliver,
than here on the North American continent. We have had here, since the
end of World War I, the ability in the form of knowledge and the
resources to provide for all the physical needs, within reason, for
every man, woman and child on this continent. Still, after all this
time, we seem to be farther from our goals than we were almost a
century ago. How can it be that we who have come so far and have so
much going for us cannot complete the last few inches to the finish
line?
The people of this continent have all the physical abilities and
resources. We have learned our lesson well of how to shape the world to
our needs. We possess much of the knowledge that we need to know - what
to do and what not to do. Still, we are impotent. We prefer to see the
world through the imagery of our beliefs and superstitions that have
been handed down to us from a time when we did not possess sufficient
understanding of the physical world to know better. Let us not continue
to play out our game of pretend in our world of make believe, but
rather let us pass on to our next stage of development and use the
knowledge and understanding that we have gained to create the future
that our children deserve.
Technocracy is a wholly voluntary research and educational
organization. Our only vested interest is the future well-being of
North America.
