Pivot Projects Story

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This 90 second video introduces the ideas at the heart of the Pivot Projects. A summary of the project is outlined here
Summary
● We are exceeding the carrying capacity of the planet with respect to many resources
(water, food, energy, ability to absorb Greenhouse Gases).
● The post-WWII ambition of raising developing countries to the standards of developed
countries (UN SDGs) through investment and global supply chains cannot be
achieved, because there are insufficient physical and financial resources to support 10
billion people at Western living standards or to construct the necessary infrastructure.
● Barring major conflicts, the global population will not begin to decline until late 20th
century and only if developing nations support investments in Education, especially of
women, and in Public Health.
● The combination of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and the COVID-19 pandemic is
likely to destroy many 20th century jobs, resulting in permanent reductions in GHG
emissions. It is conceivable that large numbers of jobs will be created in “green”
industries, particularly if there is large-scale investment in all forms of renewable
energy, though probably not enough to offset job losses in the medium term.
● It is conceivable that many new jobs may emerge in “creative industries” developed on
digital platforms and that new forms of value are recognised. However this will require
large-scale re-invention of Education both for K-12 and for older, displaced workers.
● These changes in employment are likely to result in the transformation of urban
centres, greatly diminishing the importance of the Central Business District and the
need for daily commuting.
● Populations may migrate back from the suburbs into smaller residences with smaller
footprints forming more dense communities with greater social cohesion.
● As we begin to view the countryside as not merely a source of land for agriculture and
residences. but as open space intrinsic to nature and human experience.
● As face-to-face human encounters increase, we may hope for renewals of mutual
respect and of collaboration rather than competition.
● While projects related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals have lifted many
millions out of abject poverty, there are still insuperable gaps between average
incomes in developed and developing countries. Even within rich countries the
concentration of wealth in the top few percent has grown alarmingly and raises deep
concern over the ability of free-market capitalism to redress glaring inequities and the
dangers to free societies of concentrating so much economic power in so few hands.
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● In these opening months of the study, we have focused more on seeking questions
rather than answers, questions that will challenge and test the AI system and
demonstrate the importance of an holistic model.

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