A comprehensive New System and Approach, such as the Lionsberg System, must meet certain objective criteria in order to effectively address the Meta Crisis and co-create a better future for humanity and all life on Earth. Each member of society has a duty to think independently and discern and define for themselves their own acceptance criteria. These acceptance criteria should inform what System and Approach each independent and interdependent citizen of Earth chooses to tolerate and participate in. These acceptance criteria should at a minimum include:
Holistic and Integrated Perspective: The New System and Approach must take a holistic and integrated perspective that addresses the interconnectedness of the root causes of the Meta Crisis and the total nested hierarchy of dimensions of this crisis and opportunity. This means that it must be able to see the bigger picture and understand how all the different dimensions of the crisis are interconnected, and how addressing one dimension may impact another dimension. It must also take into account the nested hierarchy of the dimensions, and understand how the micro (individual), meso (department), macro (institutional), mega (community), and meta (whole system of systems) levels of the meta system are interconnected and impact one another.
Long-term Sustainability and Regenerative Capacity: The New System and Approach must prioritize long-term sustainability, well-being and regenerative capacity for all, and align with a new paradigm that prioritizes collective well-being and the health of the planet across all generations of life. This means that it must be able to think beyond short-term gains and immediate results, and focus on the long-term and eternal health and well-being of all people, as well as the entire Living System. It must also be able to align with a new paradigm that prioritizes the eternal and universal health, wellbeing, and development of all people, all creatures, the planet, the solar system, and beyond.
Collaboration and Partnership: The New System and Approach must bring together a vast array of actors and sectors to work towards a shared vision and goal, and provide a framework for collaboration, innovation and the fundamental transformation of the human system in the context of the Living System. This means that it must be able to bring together a wide range of actors and sectors, from individuals and communities, to businesses and governments, and facilitate measurable collaboration and partnership among them. It must also be able to provide a framework for innovation and transformation that can help address the root causes of the Meta Crisis.
Inclusivity and Justice: The New System and Approach must be inclusive and just for all, ensuring that the needs and perspectives of all members of society are taken into account, and all members of society have the opportunity to develop towards the fullness of their unique potential and flourish in harmony. This means that it must be able to ensure that all people have a voice in the process, and that their needs and perspectives are taken into account. It must also be able to ensure that all people have the opportunity to develop towards their full potential and flourish in harmony with one another and the local and global Living System that sustains them.
Adaptability and Resilience: The New System and Approach must be able to adapt to the complexity, uncertainty, and volatility of the current era, and provide a framework for navigating and harnessing the complexity of the Meta Crisis. This means that it must be able to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances as the Meta Crisis and Meta Solution unfold, and be able to navigate wisely and harness the complexity of the Meta Crisis for the benefit of all.
Comprehensive and Cohesive: The New System and Approach must be comprehensive and cohesive in order to effectively address the root causes of the Meta Crisis, and work towards a shared vision and goal. This means that it must be able to bring together a wide range of actors and sectors, and ensure that they are all working towards a shared vision, intention and goal, in accordance with shared values, within a defined set of rules and boundaries that facilitate collaboration and cohesion and allow the collaboration to continue indefinitely as a result of its fairness, goodness, and justice to all involved.
Multi-scale: The New System and Approach must be able to work at multiple scales, from the local to the global level. This means that it must be able to address issues at the individual, local, regional, national, and global levels, and ensure that they are all aligned and working towards a shared vision and goal in accordance with shared values within the context of wise rules and boundaries.
Empowerment: The New System and Approach must be able to empower individuals, communities, and organizations to take ownership of their own development and be able to address their specific issues and pain points.
Synergy: The New System and Approach must be able to harness the synergies among all actors and sectors around the world, and leverage the strengths of each to achieve a shared vision and goal. This means that it must be able to identify and utilize the strengths of different actors and sectors, and bring them together in a way that maximizes their potential to achieve a shared vision and goal.
Scalability: The New System and Approach must be able to scale up and down, and adapt to the specific needs and context of different regions, communities, and individuals. This means that it must be able to adapt to unique and different local conditions and contexts, and be able to scale up and down as needed to achieve a shared vision and goal.
Flexibility: The New System and Approach must be flexible and able to adapt to changing circumstances and new information. This means that it must be able to adapt and respond to new information and changing circumstances, and be able to adjust its approach as needed to achieve a shared vision and goal.
Transparency: The New System and Approach must be transparent and accountable, and ensure that all actors and sectors are open and honest about their actions and decisions. This means that it must be able to ensure that all actors and sectors are transparent and accountable, and that their actions and decisions are open to scrutiny, review, and correction in a timely, efficient, and effective way.
Engagement: The New System and Approach must be able to engage and involve a wide range of actors and stakeholders, including communities, individuals, businesses, and governments. This means that it must be able to involve a wide range of actors and stakeholders in the process of addressing the Meta Crisis, and ensure that their voices and perspectives are taken into account and acted upon.
Continuous Learning and Improvement: The New System and Approach must be able to learn and adapt, and continuously improve over time. This means that it must be able to learn from its successes and failures, and continuously improve its approach to address the Meta Crisis and capture the Meta Opportunity.
Collaborative Governance: The New System and Approach must be able to establish a collaborative governance structure that empowers all actors and sectors to navigate together towards a shared vision and goal.
Innovation: The New System and Approach must be able to foster and support innovation and new ideas, and be open to new ways of thinking and doing.
Metrics and Evaluation: The New System and Approach must be able to establish clear metrics and evaluation criteria to measure progress and success, and ensure accountability. Metrics and evaluation must be able to occur in the context of a scientifically rigorous, auditable, transparent, and accountable data and technology system of systems.
Communication and Outreach: The New System and Approach must be able to effectively communicate and engage with the entire set of 8 to 10 billion actors and stakeholders around the world, and ensure that data, information, knowledge, wisdom, and progress is shared and disseminated universally and transparently so that all sovereign autonomous actors can engage in meaningful and informed self-governance.
Co-creation: The New System and Approach must be able to involve a wide range of actors and stakeholders in the co-creation of wise solutions, and ensure that their perspectives and needs are taken into account in the design and implementation of the new system and approach.
Time: The New System and Approach must be able to accomplish everything above within 7 to 10 years as the Meta Crisis unfolds.
Infrastructure and backbone: The New System and Approach must be able to transform the tools, technology, collaboration, and governance required to confront and overcome the Meta Crisis into the infrastructure and backbone of the New Era.
Availability: The New System and Approach must be available to be immediately implemented in January 2023 at the outset of the 7 year Meta Project.
Testing: The New System and Approach must have been tested in rigorous environments, such as large integrated delivery of infrastructure, tier one universities, and highly regulated areas such flight control.
Citizen Science: The New System and Approach must be able to enable and empower a globally distributed and scientifically rigorous citizen science effort.
Citizen Reporting and Story Telling: The New System and Approach must be able to enable and empower a globally distributed citizen led reporting and story telling effort.
Citizen Led: The New System and Approach must be able to enable and empower citizen led governance, joint ventures, and public private partnerships to address the total nested hierarchy of all elements of crisis and opportunity. The New System and Approach must be entirely citizen led, by the people, and for the people.
No Special Interests: The New System and Approach must be entirely independent of all existing financial, economic, political, corporate, religious or other special interest groups.
Trillions: The New System and Approach must be able to influence and coordinate the flow of trillions of dollars of economic activity over the next 7 years.
Philanthropic Capital: The New System and Approach must be able to influence and coordinate the flow of trillions of dollars of philanthropic capital.
Investment Capital: The New System and Approach must be able to influence and coordinate the flow of trillions of dollars of investment capital.
Public Capital: The New System and Approach must be able to influence and coordinate the flow of trillions of dollars of public capital.
All Capitals: The New System and Approach must be able to influence and coordinate the flow of all forms of capital towards a shared Vision and Goal.
Debt: The New System and Approach must be able to deal with the strange hold of debt and defacto economic slavery that is restricting the ability of actors to act in a wise right way for the good of All.
War and Peace: The New System and Approach must be able to pragmatically deal with global geopolitical realities and be able to wage war against evil if necessary to ensure the freedom, peace, and prosperity of all current and future generations of life.
Liberation: The New System and Approach must be able to liberate the hundreds of millions of people suffering under various forms of slavery, oppression, or totalitarian control.
Throughput: The New System and Approach must be able to create measurable and accountable throughput of the shared Vision and Goal.
Live Dashboards: The New System and Approach must be able to provide live dashboards so that all stakeholders can see, in real time, their individual, local, and global impact, value creation, and progress towards Vision and Goal.
Governance: The New System and Approach must be able to protect the sovereignty and autonomy of each individual, locality, tribe, and nation, while affording the higher order capability of working together, aligning efforts, and navigating towards the Vision and Goal in an entirely citizen led way.
Socioeconomic System: The New System and Approach must be able to facilitate the emergence of a new, loving, just, and good socioeconomic system that works for all inhabitants of earth.
Needs of Life: The New System and Approach must be able to systematically enable all people in all communities of earth to meet the basic needs, solve the basic problems, and accomplish the basic goals required in order for them to develop towards the fullness of their potential and flourish in harmony.
Universal Integrated Wellness: The New System and Approach must be able to provide for the integrated health and wellbeing of all beings in all times and places.
Universal Integrated Learning and Development: The New System and Approach must be able to provide for the integrated learning and development of all people in all times and places.
Universal Citizen Led Governance: The New System and Approach must be able to provide for each person to have agency and a voice in the decisions that affect them.
The Vision and Goal: In short, the New System and Approach must actually and pragmatically be capable of progressively realizing the Vision and Goal.
These acceptance criteria for a comprehensive New System and Approach provide a clear roadmap for addressing the Meta Crisis and co-creating a better future for humanity and all life on Earth. They highlight the importance of taking a holistic and integrated perspective, prioritizing long-term regenerative capacity, fostering collaboration and partnership, promoting inclusivity and justice, and building adaptability and resilience.
It is important to note that while the Lionsberg System is presented as an example of a comprehensive New System and Approach that meets these criteria, other systems and approaches may also meet these criteria and be effective in addressing the Meta Crisis. It is imperative to note that our duty is not to any one System and Approach, but to working together to accomplish the Vision and Goal in the name of One And All. If a better System and Approach is identified, available, and ready to be deployed, we will gladly lay the Lionsberg System aside and adopt it if that is the wise right thing to do.
The key is that the New System and Approach must be comprehensive, cohesive, and inclusive, and must prioritize long-term sustainability, wellbeing and regenerative capacity for all, and align with a new paradigm that prioritizes collective well-being and the health of the planet across all generations of life. By weighing all proposed solutions, systems and approaches against an objective set of acceptance criteria like the ones outlined above, humanity can ensure that it is choosing a System and Approach most likely to help it succeed and avoid failure at this pivotal moment of existential crisis.
Another list from a different perspective can be found in The Book of Lionsberg at 11.4 Acceptance Criteria for the Meta Game.
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