How to Save the World

By B SHAWN CLARK

THUMBNAIL: A wise man known as the Ancient One carries the weight of Planet Earth on his shoulders, imagining what he would do (if he were in charge) to save the world from one particular species that is hell bent on self-destruction, dragging everyone else down with them, by weaning humans off their propensity to engorge themselves in an orgy o

• Language: English
• Publisher: Aggregate Books
• Release date: Oct 31, 2023
• ISBN: 9798987917411

B SHAWN CLARK

Author of the Cli-Fi novel 20/20, attorney turned novelist B Shawn Clark shares his entry in the New Shape Prize competition in a hybrid work of literary non-fiction that proposes a framework for dealing with the impending doom of climate catastrophe that is poised to wipe Homo sapiens off the face of the planet once and for all, taking the rest of all living things down with them. Clark suggests the way forward to attempt to solve this planetary crisis is through use of a 12-step program known to lead humans off a path of self-destruction.

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B SHAWN CLARK

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How to Save the World – In 12 Easy Steps is a work based on an idiosyncratic form of verfabula (literary nonfiction) intended to make technical information more digestible to a broader audience.  Resemblances in this work to real-life people or historical events should not be regarded as factual. 

Opinions expressed in this book are those of the author as expressed by the characters he has created, and should not be confused with those of anyone else. 

ISBN: 979-8-9879174-1-1 (eBook)

Cover art by SRB McKenzie.

Book design by Aggregate Books.

First printing edition 2023.

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Contents

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FOREWARD

ABOUT THE NEW SHAPE PRIZE

I.  ABSTRACT

II. DESCRIPTION

III. ARGUMENTATION

THE TWELVE STEP PROGRAM

1. Declare World Citizenship.

2. Recognize Human Aspirations.

3. Grant Freedom to All World Citizens.

4. Give Voice to World Citizens.

5. Draft Founding Documents and Select a Situs.

6. Assemble the Founders.

7. Conduct a Census.

8. Convene the First World Congress.

9. Create Geo-Spheres.

10. Establish a Council for Each Geo-Sphere.

11. Assess the Members.

12. Empower Judicial Review.

THE OLD MAN & THE SEA

FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES

I. World Citizenship

II. Universal Human Aspirations

III. Self Determination

IV. The Voice of the People

ORGANIZATIONAL FOUNDATIONS

V. Foundational Documents & Situs

VI. The Council of Founders

VII. The First World Census

VIII. The First World Congress

FUNCTIONAL FOUNDATIONS

IX. The Geo-Spheres

X. Geo-Sphere Councils

XI. Assessments Per Capita

XII. Judicial Review

THE INQUISITION

Core Values

Capacity to Govern versus Abuse of Power

Effectiveness

Resources & Financing

Trust & Insight

Flexibility

Protecting Sovereignty/Preserving Equality

Accountability

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Front cover:  Interpretation of the Ancient One shouldering Pangea by artist SRB McKenzie (based on Atlas and the Hesperides by Singer Sargent, John (1925)(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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FOREWARD

In order to achieve completeness in our knowledge of nature, we must start from two extremes, from experience and from the intellect itself. ... The former method must conclude with natural laws, which it has abstracted from experience, while the latter must begin with principles, and gradually, as it develops more and more, it becomes ever more detailed.

Hans Christian Oersted, Danish physicist and chemist (1799)

"Lastly, we have three that raise the former discoveries