It is not technology that will save us: not electric cars, vaccines, artificial intelligence, or cold fusion.

Nor will philosophical debate save us: not democracy, capitalism, socialism, or even transhumanism.

The only thing that can actually save us from our own self destruction, the greatest challenge facing us humans on this ever shrinking Earth, is to build a new culture. One that is all inclusive, values competition, but abhors violence and works to avoid war.

Not only must this new culture be developed, but also a support system to maintain the culture. Authority and laws are not adequate as they only erode peace and reinforce a feudal, war-based culture. (We humans are still very immature and tend to mimic power instinctively.) The support system must, in itself, reflect the values of the desired culture. The epoch of brutal authority pretending to be compassionate caregivers must end.

Thesis, antithesis, and synthesis. The thesis is that only a strong military, supported by a warring society, can bring peace to the world. The antithesis is that a robust revolution must take place to depose the warmongers and bring peace to the world. These two perspectives depend on one another and reinforce one another like yin and yang. In essence, they are the same.

The secret of synthesis is not material or logical, it is emotional and spiritual. (As every tool can be used as a weapon.) We must take the common attitudes of these two perspectives and apply them in a manner that moves us forward, while resisting their worn out rhetoric and propaganda.

The goal of synthesis is not to change the warmongers and revolutionaries, but to survive them. No easy task as they will do everything in their power to drag the world down with them to protect their collapsing self-esteem.

With the same discipline and focus as a soldier in uniform, we must adhere to a lifestyle that expresses our views. With the same passion and conviction as a rebel fighter living on the outskirts, we must pursue a creative life to discover our future.

This is not a material exercise because there is no way to know what will work, or how it will all appear in the end. It is a creative process, like a sculptor discovering what form lies within the block of marble.

We will know the right culture by feel; like the feel of an old library compels us to be soft and quiet even though we are the only ones there.