An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
Conspiracy Theory?
I don’t much buy into the ‘conspiracy theory’ nonsense. Give me rock solid proof, and I’m all over it. Speculate, without facts and I’m quite leery, although, occasionally curious. So, after watching these two videos, I, of course, had to look up The Club of Rome. Talk about some scary chit! Snoop around the site, you’ll see what I mean.
Systems Integration – As work proceeds on the five clusters, a parallel effort will focus on developing a better conceptual and practical understanding of the world systems within which they are linked and embedded. This will help to understand the linkages between trends, issues and actions and to identify the drivers of global change. The Programme will in this way recognize the immense complexity of world affairs.
Environment and Resources – This cluster relates climate change, peak oil, ecosystems and water. Radical and rapid social and economic transformations will be needed to avert runaway climate change and ecological breakdown.
Globalisation – This cluster relates interdependence, distribution of wealth and income, demographic change, employment, trade and finance. Rising inequalities and imbalances associated with the present path of globalisation risk the breakdown of the world economic and financial systems.
International Development – This cluster relates sustainable development, demographic growth, poverty, environmental stress, food production, health and employment. The scandal of abiding poverty, deprivation, inequity and exclusion in a wealthy world must be corrected.
Social Transformation -
- to clarify the goals of social transformation to create conditions for the re-orientation of societies and economies onto an equitable and sustainable path;
- to propose how the necessary changes in attitudes, values and behaviour can be encouraged in different cultural contexts;
- to recommend how governments and city authorities, business and financial institutions, education, the media and civil society can contribute to motivating the necessary social transformations.
Peace and Security -
- New concepts and policies for national security in an interdependent world where the security of citizens is at risk from new, diffuse threats;
- Building the human, social and institutional capabilities in the developing world for conflict prevention and resolution and the prevention of violence;
- New patterns of power and influence in a world community in rapid and profound transformation;
- New international partnerships, institutional arrangements and cooperation to face the security challenges of the 21st Century.
Now, I don’t know about you, but I don’t much cotton to the idea of a bunch of rich SOBs sitting around, deciding where I can live, what I can eat, or where I can go. I’d suggest they start probing their own orifices before poking around in someone else’s. 
Just sayin’.
