Mitigate Pandemics Through A Unified System: SQTAI Technologies

Thought

Isn’t it disappointing that despite pandemics occurring in the past1,

governments seem to have learned very little2? Events that can be
trapped early appear to be left to chance.3

What is happening?

Well, what we are seeing is the collateral damage caused by the

pursuit of misplaced happiness. Artificial scarcity in the form of
misinformation–planned and perceived obsolescence4 along with
insecurity — allows a mindset of hoard, withhold, and
deprivation5 to develop. This scarcity-based mindset seems to me to
reinforce the age-old pursuit of happiness.

The classic rat-race to accumulate property, wealth, and power. Not

global well-being.

We have inherited the rules of the game that perpetuate and

support the current system. I remember reading in the book, “The
Mind in the Making” by James Harvey Robinson, that “In every age,
the prevailing conditions of civilization have appeared quite natural
and inevitable to those who grew up in them. The cow asks no
questions as to how it happens to have a dry stall and a supply of
hay. The kitten laps its warm milk from a china saucer without
knowing anything about porcelain. The dog nestles in the corner of
a divan with no sense of obligation to the inventors of upholstery or
the manufacturers of down pillows. So we humans accept our
breakfasts, our trains and telephones and orchestras, and movies,
our national Constitution, our moral code and standards of
manners, with the simplicity and innocence of a pet rabbit.”

Critical thinking6 is a prerequisite for a better world. I don’t mean

overriding suspicion or over-interpreting evidence. We must aim for
coherence while being receptive to evidence and view the system
with a healthy level of skepticism. I mean scientific evidence, not
anecdotal evidence. Anecdotal evidence7 has its place but it’s weak
and can be dangerous and, in most cases, misleading.
They can be convincing when they start using scientific jargon and
a testimonial from a so-called scientist but it takes scientific literacy
(meaning having a well-versed interdisciplinary background in this
and related fields) to see through the smoke and mirrors. Why
would they use smoke and mirrors?

Because business is exceptional in the pool of ignorance.

In this series, my suggestion has been to move towards a Quantum

Resource-Based Ecosystem (QRBE). A Quantum Resource-Based
Ecosystem (QRBE) is not like anything you have encountered
before. Resist jumping to conclusions and pay attention.

A Quantum Resource-Based Ecosystem (QRBE) is a concept that

outgrows the current global operating system of profit and fosters
the well-being of people and the preservation and restoration of the
environment.

Systemic change comes by changing the environment. Changing the

environment means the physical and social environment.

 In transforming the physical environment, we consider

managing the Earth’s resources sustainably, conserving
energy and resources–doing more with less. We would be
designing an environment to reinforce behavior to a value
system that perpetuates living systems.

 In modifying the social environment, we need to meet human

needs equitably, providing education to an updated value
system corresponding to a Quantum Resource-Based
Ecosystem (QRBE). Evolve a new way of communicating, adopt
universal functional ethics, and use scientific scales of
performance or statistical data, evidence, and empirical
methodology, assisted by computer algorithms to govern global
operations.

Why change the physical and social environment? If we don’t

change the conditions, we will see a repetition of the same old
destructive patterns of behavior. That means whatever we decide to
change them to would need to be sustainable decide to change
them to would need to be sustainable.

Resource sustainability can be achieved by:

1. using nonrenewable resources at or below the rate at which an

alternative can be developed,
2. using renewable resources at or below the rate at which the
resources can renew themselves,

3. if unavoidable, releasing pollutants at or below the rate at which

they can be made immediately harmless by the environment.

Social Sustainability demands that we fulfill the deficiency and

growth needs8 equitably by:

1. Giving everyone FREE access to:

A. Clean air,
B. Clean water,
C. Food supply,
D. Arable land,
E. Relevant education,
F. Functional and resilient shelter,
G. And an integrated health care system that cares rather than
profits.

2. Guaranteeing safety and security without the need for police,

armies, and navies.

3. Providing equal opportunity and encouraging all to pursue

personal growth for the greater good.

4. Ensuring systemic resilience through careful engineering and

constant education, education that would bring about a
competent public.

All of this would need global cooperation, collaboration, and trust.

High social capital needs to be an outgrowth of the system bringing
about a sustainable future.

That is why Rey So-ong developed the idea of a Quantum Resource-

Based Ecosystem (QRBE). Now what is it and how would it deal
with global problems such as pandemics?

A Quantum Resource-Based Ecosystem (QRBE), in many ways,

mimics the human body. Imagine the human body reacted to
problems the way the current system does. For instance, you cut
your toe and your immune system responded as slowly as
governments do, discussing it for days on end and debating,
denying, ignoring, downplaying, and voting. We would have
gangrene up to our knees! Well, guess what? Here we are with
‘gangrene’ up to our knees.9
A systems approach to problem-solving is critical. A systems
approach is an overall approach to a problem, one that manages
the interacting variables thoroughly. A Quantum Resource-Based
Ecosystem (QRBE) looks at all the parts with an overall systems
approach and manages them in a way that helps us achieve human
well-being equitably. Equity not equality, meaning taking everyone’s
well-being into equal consideration. A systems approach to conflict
transformation and problem-solving would have the healthcare
system built in every area of human life. That would be an actual
attempt to keep healthy people healthy!

What does this mean? A Quantum Resource-Based Ecosystem

(QRBE) would automate jobs identified as repetitive and dangerous.
Automating tasks and at the same time giving access to the
necessities of life would reduce stress-related health issues while
minimizing the possibility of workplace injuries and fatal accidents.
The system will strive to end the need for pollutants, transitionally
accepting only pollutants released at or below the rate at which they
can be made immediately harmless by the surrounding
environment. Public areas, transportation, homes, furniture,
devices, clothing could have sensors to observe people’s
health10 and adjust our surroundings to manage everything from
your desired arousal level to your general health.

If a disease enters or develops in your body, nanotechnology would

be able to detect the threat quickly. The ambulance will be outside
your door before you even feel any symptoms.

If due to unforeseen circumstances, a new infection were to emerge,

this interactive system will help trap and mitigate the issue at the
source before any further spread is allowed. In every area of the
world, a special contingency team exists that will have protocols
derived through interdisciplinary studies to ensure that any threat
is isolated. Generalists respond almost as quickly as the immune
system in our bodies. Again, most of these protocols would be able
to be implemented to work automatically. We need data
management for planetary and human well-being.

A Quantum Resource-Based Ecosystem (QRBE) is not a one-way

data collection scheme that benefits only a few, like today. There is
no vested interest so there is no advantage to misuse and abuse the
data collected from the population. A Quantum Resource-Based
Ecosystem (QRBE) is a transparent system that facilitates input
from the environment and a competent public. Updating and
improving it benefits all equitably.
Now, a Quantum Resource-Based Ecosystem (QRBE) is not perfect,
but, I am sure you can admit that the chances of a pandemic
developing in such a setup are low. We have to make a change in
the way we think about ‘problem-solving’ and societal operation to
reflect a total global systems approach.

Global cooperation and collaboration are necessary if we are to

tackle global problems.

In SQTAI Technologies, Big Data shall empower to finance all global

cooperation and collaboration to be fulfilled through unification in a
shortest time possible.

Adhering to present-day values, we won’t exceed our present-day

problems

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