If I were in charge of humanity, my first priority would be to slow us down—not in progress, but in tempo. The world runs like a machine that forgot what it’s making. Everyone’s rushing, competing, optimizing, and burning out. I’d hit pause long enough for people to remember what it means to be.
Then I’d redirect the world’s resources away from ego-driven industries—status tech, vanity consumption, endless military buildup—and pour them into three things: regeneration, education, and synthesis.
• Regeneration: Heal ecosystems, reforest, clean oceans, and restore biodiversity as if our lives depend on it—because they do.
• Education: Replace rote schooling with a global network of creative labs where people learn how to think, feel, and build with consciousness, not just logic.
• Synthesis: Unite science, art, and spirituality into one evolving human discipline. Not religion, not STEM, but something new that treats wonder as data.
Economically, I’d move us toward post-scarcity models powered by automation and renewable abundance. Socially, I’d dissolve the notion of nations as ownership zones and keep them only as cultural regions—no borders, no immigration bureaucracy.
And philosophically, I’d shift the world’s guiding story. Right now, humanity sees itself as a swarm of individuals climbing toward personal success. I’d rewrite that story: we’re a single organism trying to wake up.
If you were in charge, what would you do with us?