From Science to Sci-Fi
On the question of membership; It should never in any way demand individuals have to break contact with their previous life or abstain from any particular belief. Nor shall membership demand oaths of arbitrary personal rules such as celibacy from individuals or indeed any physical marks or demands that act contrary to the civil laws or individual rights and freedoms of the nation they reside in.
The founding members should draw up a universal code of conduct within the institution. This constitution should consider respecting the civil liberties of the individual, but there should be a system of induction available for the community’s lifetime members.
To be clear, all individuals’ rights and freedoms are to be protected, but it is not a certainty that all people can become lifetime members; this is the same as any institution. Although I would hope all transitory visitors are allowed temporary access.
[present note: this is written directly from the notebook and shows how confused my original thoughts were, this is an incoherent mess of thoughts ranging from the institutional structure of moral standards to forms of induction into the community, it then goes on to talk about visiting transient members. Things do improve in later texts as the focus improves.]
Teachers training teachers will create an exponential growth of educators 3, 9, 27, 71, with each teacher teaching 3 students, who teach more. Therefore, students who have mastered a subject or even a topic within a graded subject at any level will be expected to assist in classrooms aiding others to understand. The primary goal of this is to have everyone as a teacher and a student.
To realise humility and build appreciation of other members it is vital to keep everyone in this cycle of education and learning.
It is a certainty that we all have our strengths, and a consistent churn of teaching and learning will avoid hubris, foster respect for other disciplines, and improve empathy and acceptance.
Also, it’s a truth that no subject exists in a vacuum. All sciences, to some degree, overlap, as do all artistic skills and creative abilities.
Overspecialization breeds weaknesses, and a holistic approach can greatly improve the retention of data.
In an ideal system, all people should work on what they are passionate about and share the chores they hate; however, this doesn’t occur in any sufficiently complex society or community. People must perform duties or work in necessary but unpleasant situations for the community’s good. The problem in larger groups is that these chores can become the sole responsibility of a single group, creating tension. In respect of this, the community must have some framework in place to share general tasks.
Regular routines such as exercise, meditation, study, training, waking, and sleeping times and a clear rotation of chores such as cleaning, cooking, and laundry, should be shared equally amongst all members and all levels of hierarchy within the community. To build equality and also a sense of communal connectivity daily.
Everyone has the capability to be a teacher, and we are all born as creative artists, despite what we may think. The community should foster all the qualities of their members, with every long-standing member being qualified (with a PGCE) and prepared to teach various topics. All members should also nurture their own unique talents in creativity, divergent thinking, brainstorming, and problem-solving, which should all be worked on as seriously as logic, mathematics, and science.
