FOOD and EDUCATION: The building blocks of the conscious machine, and the pillars of social change

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THOUSANDS OF YEARS from now, social interactions and exchanges may greatly differ, but human action will always center on understanding and influencing one’s surrounding environment—these are evolved, natural processes of the conscious machinery.

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The human organism and the cosmic environment are in a dance with each other, where both influence the other. Humans consciously interact with and alter their physical environment through individual and collective action, which results in “social change” that is seemingly different from the cosmic change occurring over the past billions of years. The emergence of consciousness has added an element of free will to a largely deterministic universal picture.

The brain builds a conscious experience based on the perceived physical environment in a similar fashion to which it regulates the internal environment, and this process tends to result in waves of change reverberating though the physical universe—change that can have ranges of consequences, some that are known, unknown, or even accumulating across generations.

Modern civilization now results in more complex and intense social change, which will soon extend beyond earth.

It is unclear how to mitigate the risk of negative consequences, though, it is critical to strive, as a society, to improve this understanding.

Indeed, solving global dilemmas, brought about by social change on a local and planetary level, will be the central concern playing on the fate of the human species for generations.

The best opportunity to actualize positive outcomes comes from ensuring the conscious machinery producing social change is supported and growing in the most optimal way.

There are two foundational pillars that constitute the formation and maintenance of the conscious machinery and influence all subsequent processes for physical and mental growth:

 
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Sustaining a progressive trajectory of social change over time depends upon maintaining the strength of these two pillars of the conscious machine.

The detriment of these two pillars, for billions of people across the world, indicates vast social opportunity cost—we all lack the potential benefits that are possible from all people actualizing their full potential.