Humanity Thrive!

The Systems-Reliability Approach

Applied to Human Destiny
And Other Things
salvatore gerard micheal
The systems-reliability approach is not a formula or set of
formulae applied cook-book style to problems – expecting to
solve them unthinkingly. It's a flexible guide intended to help
solve complex real-world problems of any scale. Engineers have
applied it successfully, for years, to design controls for aircraft,
automobiles, industrial processes, communication systems, and
many more. Those same principles can be, and have been, applied
to designing the systems themselves. Why should the human
system be any different? Is it immoral to apply the systems
approach to humanity? Or is it simple laziness and greed which
keep us in “the dark ages” of social evolution?

Salvatore (Sam) Micheal was raised to have an inquisitive mind –

especially about nature and our place in that grand and delicate
ecosystem. That system has been evolving for about three billion
years with periodic mass extinctions spread somewhat regularly
over the latter part of that immense span. It's probable we are on
the verge of another, albeit human induced. It's possible humans
may “go out” like a flickering candle in that maelstrom of
infinity. But it needn't be so. The systems approach can be our
guide to a genuine and lasting utopia – turning that candle into a
beacon of prosperity and peace. It's a matter of choice: wallow in
despair, waste resources and lives pursuing “false utopias”, or
genuinely implement the systems approach. Sam was formally
trained in systems science at Michigan State University. This
“future education” was an answer to a childhood prayer made in
earnest when I was about eight years old. I cannot say that I have
a clean heart – after “all these years”, but I will say that I still
have an innocent heart – based on a wonder-full perspective – full
of joy and eagerness to learn. This book is written for such
innocents: read the book, internalize the principles, and make the
future. My mother likes to say “everything in balance”. I like to
say: be flexibly integral and “try your best”.