governance
Rationale
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
George Bernard Shaw
As it stands, the world is organized into countries with geographical borders. The overlapping idea of nationality which is a result of gene pool management within borders necessarily complicates matters. However, there is no position of global supreme commander — we simply have a collection of leaders of countries (multilateralism).
How could you say the best form of government is a republic if you think the universe is a monarchy?
Alan Watts
Even the most powerful leader — therefore — has only a country as his tribe. They are all competing for global resources and this mandates each leader to protect and expand a border or acquire foreign resources inside the border instead of ensuring the larger good of humanity as a whole. This is an arrangement for the survival of the fittest — not a global (or universal) meritocracy. What a tragedy!
Competition is the law of the jungle, but cooperation is the law of civilization.
Pyotr Kropotkin
There is a search for improvement but ultimately it is also a battle of ideologies about the best system of governance — a blueprint for a utopia. This multilateral competition of ideas leads to conflict and war. The utopian ideal then becomes peace on earth.
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Luke 2:14 KJV
What would that look like? How would it work? What can we do now? The search makes us wonder what true merit is in absolute terms. It is ultimately the search for the truth — the absolute truth!
Ask, and it shall be given you;
seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Matthew 7:7 KJV
I have been studying operating systems in this light for a few decades with this broader scope in mind. Merely to understand what is important to separate the wheat from the chaff in the journey of life. I am sharing the simplified core of my understanding so far.
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust
Enjoy!