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A practical Strategy for Communicating RBE Concepts by Jen Wilding

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Hi. Ok.

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By a quick show of hands.

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How many people on this room have introduced somebody

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to the concept of a resource-based economic model and

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as a result you received a response of sincere gratitude from the person?

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You were told 'thank you for sharing this with me'.

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Ok good.

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Well I don't know how many of you have actually shared...

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How many of you (up) have shared this with other people?

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Ok, so not everyone has received that response.

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But hopefully I'm gonna help you out with that.

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So now, how many people may have received feedback at all

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similar to this note of gratitude I'm gonna read to you?

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I just wanna thank you for posting the facebook status:

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'WAKE UP YOU IGNORANT SHEEPLES BEFORE WE ALL DIE'

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Followed by eleven exclamation points

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because if you haven't done that myself, my wife and two children

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might not have watched the fourteen youtube links

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you posted in the two hours following that and thus

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discovered this new resource-based economic paradigm,

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information that has been life-changing for us.

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I shatter to think that if your status had been typed

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into lower case letters instead of all caps,

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we might still be in the dark today about solutions that offer

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encouraging possibilities to all mankind.

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So, I don't think any of you identify with that.

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Fortunately! and this is not a real post

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but unfortunately it was modeled after some people's real posts.

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No one here I'm sure... and I bring this up as an extreme example of

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how our strategy for communicating information

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has a direct impact on wheter or not someone is open

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to considering the information you have to offer.

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And I bring this up as an extreme example to illustrate that in particular.

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And what's... even though this is nothing new

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(that the way you communicate makes a difference)

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as a US coordinator one of the most frequent question

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I'm asked by people is: How do I communicate this information

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in a way that my friends, relatives and coworkers

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will be more likely to receive it?

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So, I've been invited to offer some advice to, perhaps,

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optimize your communication strategy

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which I offer to you in six parts.

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Part one is Adjusting Your Expectations

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When trying to contribute to an evolution

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you have to consider a major component that has been prevalent

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in our own existing evolution up until now

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and that is the component that humans have a history

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of exhibiting symptoms of... and that is

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'Neofobia'.

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Actually not this kind, a different kind

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and by that I mean: The fear of new things or experiences

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and as a related condition, there is a related condition also called

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'The Status Quo Bias' which is very similar to that

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and so I'm sure you have experienced with people who

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are exhibiting both Neofobia and perhaps the Status Quo Bias

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So Neofobia [is] the fear of new things or experiences and

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Status Quo Bias [is] a cognitive bias for the status quo,

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in other words, people tend no to change an alredy established behaviour

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and tend to go with default programming

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and traditionally this fear of new things

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is someone indigenous to our human limbic system

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which is related to our emotion and memory mind

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and has been helpful keeping us -in an evolutionary sense-

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from an early demise as a result of eating unfamiliar berries

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that might be poisonous, yet

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as we are discovering

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It has been decidedly unhelpful

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when needing to update crippled socio-economic systems.

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So here are some potentials causes of neofobia

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and status quo bias.

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risk aversion, regret avoidance, transactional costs

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ad psychological commitment or learning curve.

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Here is an example of Neofobia as its finest in history

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and this is from an article called "Enhancing Humanity"

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written by the professor Raymond Tallis, quoted

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"In Victorian times, it was anticipated that going

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through a dark tunnel in a train at high speed (48 km/h)

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would be such a shocking experience that

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people would come out the other side irreversibly damaged".

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This was an actual fear of travel by rail.

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So this is what you are working with

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and so when I say adjust your expectations

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just know that it's a natural part of humans,

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a natural part of evolution even, you know,

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to be skpectical of new things 'cause they may not be good for us.

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Knowing this challenge, how can we enhance

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our communication strategy to be more effective?

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and to answer this question we can look to other information

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about human behavior for clues.

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So I'm going to ask you this...

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Can you guess the most addictive human behaviour?

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No, it's not cigarette smoking.

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It's not eating sweets

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(although breathing is a good one I don't think it made the list)

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Drinking coffee, no.

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[Sex:] It came close

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we know showers vote.

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Being right!

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There was no formal study per se,

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it was more an informal survey of a few close friends

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but I think the results have merit in this conversation

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and I actually dare you to prove me wrong.

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So stay with me because this is leading us into part two,

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which is...

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Part two is Adopt the Quality of "Brilliant"

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didn't you know you could do this?

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as many of you know this is something that is desirable.

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Adopting the quality of brilliant... and so...

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let's think of what that's actually comprised of.

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Maybe this is something you've heard or perhaps

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said about someone, an author or speaker

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that you have thought was brilliant:

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"This guy (or gal) is saying some of the same things

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I've been telling people for years,

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He or she puts all together so well; he or she is therefore brilliant!".

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Do you see the connection? Right?

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So, if you were to go to that in your mind,

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You might had even said that about Peter Joseph

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as I know many of you are perhaps here as a result of watching his movies.

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I hear this said about him all the time,

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I have stated this about him at the time

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So basically it comes down to this: It really feels good to be right!

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and we tend to listen to people who make us right, basically

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who validate an aspect of our existing view of the world.

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So I'm gonna talk about belief systems, our view of the world

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belief systems as a worldview. This is sort of a map

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and note the map is not the terrirory, famously.

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Since we are born we begin developing our worldview,

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how the world works, what our relationship to the world is

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and in order for us to first learn something new,

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we need to have some orientation of the new idea

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to our current worldview, our reference.

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A wise friend once told me that he'd heard

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that the ultimate sign of intelligence in a person was

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having the abbility to honestly try on another's person worldview

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a different opposing view temporarily

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without any fear or obligation to take it on as his own.

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So just trying it on and seeing how that person thinks.

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So I want you to imagine how the effort of trying on

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the worldview of others can contribute to your communication.

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So, how can you adopt this quality of brilliant?

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Well you can set out to make someone 'right' instead of make them 'wrong'

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and try to start out with agreement...

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and you do this by finding and ackowleding shared values

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within their existing worldview.

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And why does this work?

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Because it gives us those good feelings,

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it gives that person a sense of:

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'well this person does have some

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good points on this particular aspect'.

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Some keys to natural brillance are that you really need

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to be a good listener in a conversation with someone,

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so that you can learn what their worldview is,

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find out what's important to them.

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And you wanna find areas of authentic agreement

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and then contribute authentic agreement to the conversation

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and basically it means that authenticity is important

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because I know when someone is being fake with me

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just as much as I'm sure you do.

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If someone is just trying to be manipulative

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and there's not need to in this case.

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We are talking about things that people have shared values in regard to.

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There is common ground to be found so all you have to do is

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find where the authentic common ground is.

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So I wanna review some shared values that

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you are gonna find in our resource-based economic model

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what we are advocating, what we desire and also

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if you'd listen to a lot of other people and what they are looking for

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is basically the same thing in one form or another

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and if not all of these things, some of these things. So...

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Human equality, efficiency or sustainability,

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scientific proof or evidence, health and well being

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and freedom for personal contribution.

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And let's see (just as a reminder or refresher)

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let's quickly review the characteristics of a resource-based economic model,

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which are: no money or market system,

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automation of labor, technological unification of Earth

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via "systems approach", access over property

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(so basically having access to resources vs having to own them),

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self contained or localized city and production systems,

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and science as the methodology for governance.

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So that's basically, you know, what you would be leading into in a communication

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after you start with an agreement from a shared value.

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And we are gonna move to part 3 and them I'm gonna sort of

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give some examples of how all this fits into a conversation.

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Comparing a Resource Based Economy concept

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to an existing or familiar concept.

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And this is challenging because it is hard to find

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where in our current system there are things to tap into

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that people can relate to.

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So I'll give you a few examples,

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the reason that the fish or sea animals don't eat each other

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at the New England Aquarium.

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and this aquarium is a four-story coral reef exhibit

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that includes over 6,000 sea animals

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and I was there visiting a little over a year ago

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and a child asked this question of the aquarium stuff:

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Why don't the fish and sea animals that would normally

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be eaten each other in the ocean do this in the tank?

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and how do you maintain your stock for this (or the fish)?

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The answer was that the reason is they have modified their behaviour

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is because the acquarium stuff is diligent to ensure that

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all of the species are well fed with food that they are satisfied with

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and since they are already taking care of in this way

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there's no need for them to feed on each other,

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they can now swim side by side without a problem.

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So, do you think fish are smarter than humans would be in a similar scenario?

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Just something to think about.

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That was the human nature argument.

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Or this one: I personally find more freedom in not owning

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my own shopping cart that I would trying to lug it

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to the store with every trip.

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You know we can start to realize that we already accept

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sharting property as a freedom in certain present day contexts.

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So that makes it easier to consider that an idea

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could be expanded upon within a proved outcome.

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So then you might think: well, are there other ways

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in which this might be useful?

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That we would be sharing resources where we need them

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and not needing to own them.

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You know, there is actually more freedom in that concept

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and we embrace it, I don't know anybody that would say

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No I have to have my own shopping cart, this is ridiculous.

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You know, so, food for thought.

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Also children offer a great example of how humans

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might behave when they aren't required to have jobs.

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Notice they don't usually have much paperwork represented in their play

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and there is probably not call to the insurance company

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that check coverage details.

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We can learn so much from little people.

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But they do play to be helpful with each other

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and it is a sense of work, except that it's work they are enjoying.

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You know, they'd love to be doing that for real,

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as an adult thing to do.

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but it's not something that, you know...

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the kids aren't... they are playing.

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I don't know how many people's kids just sit around

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and watch football all day long,

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and then they never leave the house at this age.

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Although that would be more convenient for some parents.

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No, they are pretty active so I think

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they offer a good example when people say, you know,

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isn't everybody gonna be lazy if there aren't any jobs?

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Part four is to make use of the Socratic Method

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a.k.a. (otherwise known as) Ask Questions,

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and really listen for the answers.

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Asking questions encourages critical thinking on the part of both parties,

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but in order to really be effective, you need to

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actively listen for the answers to questions

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and then formulate a new response based on those answers

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instead of just waiting for your turn to speak.

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So, in order to kind of illustrate this,

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I'm gonna give you some examples of communication exchanges

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based on real things that had come up of people

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who after you sort of introduced the concept of a Resource Based Economy

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or maybe they just watched one of Peter's films

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they have different kind of reactions to them

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so I'll give you some examples.

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You know: Won't everyone be just as lazy

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in a Resource Based Economy?

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You ask yourself: What are the shared values or concerns behind this response?

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And this is really what you wanna look for.

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Human Equality, it would be unfair for some people to be doing work

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or not contributing and just benefiting,

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and I think that's kind of the view so

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the human equality, and also that place into sustainability

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if everybody wouldn't just be lazy in a RBE

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you know, what would really get done? what would really happen?

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Would that be any place I wanna live?

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And of course you here are people that already get this

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but this is just trying to tap into how you might

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respond to this in a way that is tapping into those shared values.

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So you might, again I suggest a response that includes

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the shared value acknowledged and start with an agreement

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I agree and in order for this new system to sustain itself,

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you can't have one group benefiting over another group.

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It has to be a fair system where everyone is reaping equal benefits.

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And what I actually like about an RBE model is that

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the issue of equality is addressed in the design.

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The idea is to reduce human labor using an efficient system design

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and technology so that the necessary jobs that no one enjoys

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become completely automated.

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And this leaves jobs that people enjoy like teaching,

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creating art, creating music, developing technology, gardening

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- work that mostly would not require a rigid, stressful schedule,

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or that could be shared in shifts perhaps with others

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to allow for family and social time.

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And then I would pose a question:

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Do you feel that in that scenario people would still choose

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to lay around instead of making a pleasurable contribution?

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So that's just one example of how to approach

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that particular person to open up the conversation.

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Another one is: But technology hasn't improved life;

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it's made things worse.

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So, I'd like to think in what would be the shared

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concerns of values behind this kind of a response?

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Well-being, because we know technology today replaces jobs

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which are tied to income which causes people

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to have a lower standard of living.

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So there is a concern for well being underlying that statement

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and making a personal contribution

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also it may be when they say it's made things worse,

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you know the evils that technology is used for, such as in warfare.

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So our response might be:

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I agree. There is a lot of technology in existence today

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that does more harm than good.

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Military weapons are a prime example, in additions to machines

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stealing jobs from humans, and thus taking away needed income.

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However in a Resource Based Economic Model, the need

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for weapons to secure land or resources becomes obsolete.

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Technology created for this purpose would be obsolete

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and since humans would no longer need to work to earn money

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in order to live confortably, I think in those circunstances

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we'd welcome the machines to do the labor

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that we don't enjoy or that is unsafe.

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Then Imagine what good things could be done by machines

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if money wasn't in existence or money is no object.

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Also, to give a current example of where technology

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can be used for really amazing things.

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Technicians are already in the process of perfecting technology

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that allows for the "printing" of vital human organs

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such as kidneys. And that's just one example.

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But, you know, it took a tremendous advancement

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to get there (in techonology),

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So, do we really want to all lump it into evil and bad?

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So these are some things you can bring up in that conversation.

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As a Christian, I think we need to take into account God's Will.

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As a response, so [what are] the shared values or concepts

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behind this response?

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Could be human equality, could be well being

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as you are talking to the person you can kind of

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get what that means to them.

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And so, here is some one way that you might approach it.

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Jesus is a great example of an advocate for a Resource-Based Economic Model

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per scriptures. So, for example:

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"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat,

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I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink,

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I was a stranger and you invited me in". - Matthew 25:35

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Note that he doesn't say you gave me a great

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competitive discount on these things...

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So it is within.

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He also multiplied the fishes and the loaves at that one event

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which sort of makes me think he'd dig this whole

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post-scarcity aspect of it. Eliminating poverty,

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and allowing multitudes of people to have free access of food,

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shelter and healthcare. In fact, the only time

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he really gets angry that I recall es when he kicks

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the money exchangers out of the temple.

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And then you pose a question:

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So, what do you think he'd say about it?

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In that framework, and I think you'd be surprised

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that they may be a little bit more opened to further discussion on it.

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Next.

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We need to embrace a true free market

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and individual sovereignty and things will improve if we do this.

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So some shared values and concerns behind this response

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if someone is saying: no, we really need to

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see what the true market has to offer and focus on that.

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This is more the anarchocapitalist libertarian response

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and I know it well 'cause I used to be in that thing.

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Human equality is definetly in there as an underlying atribute

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that they are seeking. Freedom of personal contribution

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is definetly something that they are seeking in this response

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and it's something that is a shared value of a resource-based economy.

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Response: I also greatly value individual freedom

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and also agree that a well-designed system will negate

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the need for laws that unnecessarily restrict freedom.

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These are actually among the very reasons I support moving to a

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global resource-based economic model.

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We are technically capable of moving to a system

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that would remove the reward incentive for crime

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and bump everyone up to a high quality of living

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- allowing for more freedom than most have in our monetary system,

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where we have to have money in order to make money

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and we become enslaved to labor through debt to survive.

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So I'd be thrilled to have only Natural Laws to answer to

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and an inherent freedom to pursue my passions in tandem with

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contributing to an overall healthy enviroment.

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So those values are definetly there and represented.

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The very thing that they are concerned about is

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acknowledged in the design of what we are advocating.

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Ok here is the other piece of it, we have to know when to walk away.

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Walk away when the person...

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(and this is what they look like to us

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when they are acting this way, anyway I think)

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...is not asking any questions, they are just making statements.

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...they are asking questions,

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but they don't appear interested in sincere responses.

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(they really aren't interested in what you have to say) or

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...They are attempting to insult you.

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There is not need to continue that conversation at that point.

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We are not trying to be evangelist.

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In fact, basically the best thing you can do with

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what we are trying to do as a movement is to sow seeds.

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and basically as you are sowing seeds

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and all that is, is just introducing it, not even seeking agreement from that person,

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but just getting the information to them,

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having to them to think about it for a second or two and

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As bio-social pressures rise and more and more people look

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for a different solution, a more comprehensive solution to today's problems,

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interest in this train of thought is likely to grow and grow.

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And part six: Always Maintain a Sense of Humor

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So I wanna to end on this example

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because it's one that always give me a chuckle.

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I can't support this RBE model until I see the hard evidence

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that it works. Where are the peer-reviewed papers?

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and I actually gotten this one.

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And I know of other people that have.

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So the shared values or concerns behind this response seems to be pretty obvious.

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The scientific proof, so when response I may say:

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'I am also a huge fan of the scientific method.

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In fact, if you were to create a movement advocating a

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socio-economic paradigm where the scientific method

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is the very methodology that determines what ideas and innovations

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are implemented inmediatly to produce the desired outcome

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and which one go back to the drawing board for reworking and revision...

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what might you call that socio-economic movement?

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We happen to call it The Zeitgeist Movement

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Thank you.

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The Zeitgeist Movement

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Working for change in the dominant intellectual, moral and cultural climate of the time.