Our system of competing nation states has a few perpetual and repetitive problems.

War, famine, border disputes, trade war, national debt, terrorism, mass migration, poverty. We are unable to provide global responses to natural disasters and man-made problems, and we squander resources and labour in offensive and defensive competition.

We can do better but we have to organise ourselves differently.

Read how

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(150 pages, 12.5MB).

The first edition of this paper was issued in January 2019. It has been iteratively improved until the most recent edition published in August 2023.

This work is a result of my desire to understand the way in which we humans organise ourselves, observing that our current model of competing nation states does not work well, and is not a fit model for a more integrated and globalised future, then asking the questions “If we engineered a system of governance from scratch, how could it be better?” and then “How could it be achieved?”.

What is in it?

The paper proposes that we take a bold step in the way we organise ourselves, and move on from our current system of competing nation states towards one global system of government.

It proposes that cultures free themselves from geographical boundaries, enabling multiple global cultural diasporas to co-exist within a single governance framework.

It proposes common governance processes, common global services, and a common economics model to enable us to tackle major global issues and realise a long term species vision.

It answers underlying questions such as:

How do we prevent wars?
How do we raise living standards and ‘level up’ globally?
How do we enable global free movement of people goods and services and remove trade barriers and tariffs?
How do we finance a transition to green technology and infrastructure?
How do we finance the research and development of technology to live off-planet?
How do we organise ourselves at a global scale to achieve the benefits of species collaboration and rule of law yet retain personal freedom?
How do we manage migration, over-population and demographic change?
How do we prevent famine?
How do we reduce the drugs trade and its effects?
How do we improve infrastructure (housing, water, electricity, communications) to common global standards?
How can we better respond to pandemics and natural disasters?
How can we resolve national border disputes and national resource disputes?
How can we remove the shackles of national debt?
How can we improve democratic processes to fit a global scale?
What are the pros and cons of autocracy, direct democracy, representative democracy and party politics? Which would be best for a global society?
How can we harness capitalism and socialism to support our species and improve its capabilities?
How can multiple cultures co-exist without conflict or isolation?
How can corruption be reduced to the point where people trust the system and the system trusts the people?
How can businesses and people contribute to our common success, yet retain a competitive environment?

The paper then explores how we might adopt this new system, and transition from our current situation. It identifies blockers that might prevent transition, and behaviours that will make it easier. It also attempts to identify which of our current nations or institutions might lead the charge, and most importantly what individuals and organisations can do to help.

Could the EU, UN, CCP, US or a religion lead us into a global system? How long might it take? What responsibilities would be required of a citizen? How could businesses and other organisations play a part in the system and contribute to the species vision?

Too good to be true? Maybe. Have a read and then make up your own mind.

Read it, think on it, relax your own national and cultural bonds and become one with the species, even if it is only temporary.

Assumptions

There are a number of building blocks you will probably need to understand to make sense of this paper:

Cultures bind people into common groups of ‘Us’ which exclude ‘Them’.
A person can subscribe to many multi layered cultures.
Evolution and the nature of competition - Darwin’s ‘On the origin of the species’.
Law, money, nation, religion, border – these are all man made concepts that only exist because some of us agree they do.
The nature of our globe, its place in the changing universe, and our fragile existence on it.
The nature of a human, which is base animal, whose behaviour is shaped by genetic capabilities and education, morals, ethics and peer pressure.
Our personal understanding of the way things work is unique to each of us and is determined by mental models that are learned through life, become fixed with age, but can remain malleable with effort.

Language tags

“On the organisation of the species”. A proposal for a system of global human organisation

"De l'organisation de l’espèce" Une proposition pour un système d'organisation humaine mondiale

"Über die Organisation der Art" Ein Vorschlag für ein System globaler menschlicher Organisation

«Об организации вида». Предложение о глобальной системе организации человека

"Sobre la organización de las especies". Una propuesta para un sistema global de organización humana

"Sobre a organização da espécie." Uma proposta para um sistema global de organização humana

"Mengenai organisasi spesies." Cadangan untuk sistem organisasi manusia global

关于物种的组织，有关建立全球政府体系的建议ｨ瑒

Proposal for a system of global human organisation