The Utopian World Championship

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This utopia suggests ideas to solve world problems. This utopia bases itself on several premises. Firstly, this system believes that a lot of the problems that we suffer right now are the result of the search and maximisation of power to achieve our needs and unlimited wants. As a result it is necessary to regulate this unequal existence of power while improving the social conditions as well as the material and immaterial wealth of all humans. Secondly, in order to restore international peace and to achieve a future for human kind, it is necessary to improve countries internally first. This can be achieved by using successful measurements from different social systems that help create a fair and more rewarding system for all individuals. Even thought it may sound like something that exists in some systems right now, these actual systems fail on the sincerity of their goals and the implementation of their policies. Thirdly, just like in any successful business organization, the happier all members are the more productive they become and the more they tend to work towards personal and collective goals. Finally, We cannot agree on many things in the international sphere and avoid fierce competition unless we improve the standard of living of all humans first. Further, it is imperative to convince individuals that cooperation and right planning can bring great rewards for all individuals without the need to manipulate or to turn against each other.

It is important to see that once people overcome their fears and need to manipulate situations, once people improve their living standard, once people understand how human history has developed in chaos and survival of the fittest and how this system will bring human more destruction than benefit, once human learn to achieve common goods through mutual cooperation and become aware that it is possible to achieve great things without maximizing material utility, once humans learn that the maximization of utility it is impossible without creating conflicts and once humans realize that there can not exist satisfaction of unlimited material wants through the limited material resources. Then we can set this system aside and jump into a new system or stage of human history, where mutual cooperation, effective use of resources are for every body's benefit. Then humans can start growing internally where they stopped thousand of years ago due to the fear of the unknown and the loss of confidence of how things went.
Then humans can start growing spiritually and mentally to start discovering many of those things that only exist on their fantasies such as the capabilities of our brains and the level of spiritualism that takes us closer to the search of perfection. Then humans can start discovering new worlds and make sure these worlds will be looked after and not only exploited for selfish reasons until they are finished. Then we can consider humans not as a source of evil and destruction but source of life.

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3. INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS. The Output-Input models are used to determine potential candidates for clustering. The next step is to identify optimal clusters in terms of size and number of participating technologies.

4. BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGIES. In cases where present engineering know-how, product and process technologies are not yet able to secure effective and economical coupling of outputs and inputs, research into breakthrough technologies or system designs is initiated." (Zero Emissions Research Initiative Website, see notes below)

Architects are trained in permaculture, and work to create dwellings and cities that are consonant with their surrounding ecology. Their role is to render their role unnecessary by designing social and ecological orders that can run themselves.

THE PUBLIC DESIGN OFFICE
Health care, education, transportation, shelter, and food are free. Some forms of these may also be available through the market. Most citizens will rely happily upon the health care system, except perhaps in special cases where medical attention must be sought elsewhere. On the other hand, many citizens will be able to provide or obtain food for themselves and may choose not to take advantage of the public food stores.

The Public Design Office's health facet maintains and operates hospitals, clinics, and medical colleges, while also running a proactive education campaign whose purpose is to teach healthy living practices. Medical colleges discriminate between branches of medicine - allopathic, homeopathic, acupuncture, etc. - but do not discriminate against any of them for any reason other than demonstrable efficacy.
Children attend school until the age of 16, but from 16 on people of any age may take advantage of free classes at a continuous open college from which nobody ever graduates. Some classes may be necessary as a prerequisite for certain types of public work. The study of history is called war. Art history and music history are called history. Anyone may apply to teach a class.
Bicycles and foot travel are the primary means of personal transportation. An electric trolley system and limited bus service provides public transportation. All automobiles, being economically and environmentally unsustainable, as well as rendering society dependent on the global oil market, are public. Most of these public autos are hybrids that run on electricity and/or organic fuel ("gasohol"). Citizens may request the use of automobiles when needed (the handicapped, for example. It is legal to own an automobile, driving it requires a special, temporary permit.
The Public Design Office's nutrition facet maintains, stocks, and staffs public kitchens where gardeners are invited to drop off surplus, and where citizens may use the facilities to prepare food. The role of kitchen staff is to ensure that rules of hygiene and protocol are followed, and to provide special assistance or recipes when needed. It is common practice to cook for strangers, and to prepare meals cooperatively.
The Public Design Office also runs the recycling station.
There is no nuclear power or capital punishment.
Major industries above a certain size automatically become a facet of the Public Design Office, so that the public might have input into their operating methods.
The Public Design Office funds public newspaper, radio, and television, with the stipulation that reasonable requests for airtime or print space be honored.
The Public Design Office actively solicits input and encourages discussion of society, actively looking for ways to redesign society to provide greater benefits to all. There exist numerous live and electronic forums where citizens can express their wishes, desires, and complaints. Public terminals are available, and all citizens may request a computer be installed in their home. Major design decisions are put to a public vote and citizens may vote online or in person. There are also clowns who frolic in parks or go door to door to interact with the people and help whenever possible.
Everyone will intern, at some point, in the Public Design Office, to have a better understanding of the needs of society. The various facets of public design - recycling, health, transportation, etc. - each have a committee of elected representatives, and there is a central parliament where representatives of each committee meet to discuss how interactions between the various facets might better meet the needs of the people.
With a few exceptions in the case of work requiring special skills, or people who are uniquely suited for a position, jobs are rotated. There are limits to how long Public Design Officials may hold office in any one facet.

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