What Happens Next

WHICH great challenges and social problems should the EVOKE Network tackle
next?

I believe that it is time to eliminate the monetary system and that we should have at least one EVOKE Mission that imagines all the problems
that could be solved if we eliminated money, especially if we
replaced it with a resource-based economy. For that mission, EVOKE
could post links to Jacque Fresco's The Venus Project and Zeitgeist
movies, as well as other movements that look for an alternative to
the monetary system. A lot of those movements are “back to the
land” movements. It would be interesting to see what kind of ideas
people could come up with incorporating modern technology but without
monetary constraints.

Maybe we could add for the next season an EVOKE that will take more than a week or each week an evoke about designing the future of our society,
the future of our educational system, the future of our means of
transportation, the future of our resources. I also think we should
address the end of certain things that have become obsolete in our
societies such as private property, borders and private health care,
private education, etc.

WHERE in the world should the network try to build up new EVOKE communities?

I think that EVOKE doesn't need to have a specific central location. It's best to let EVOKErs find each other and get together in their
towns and communities to share information and ideas about EVOKE.

WHO would you encourage to play Season 2

I saw a speech on TED about a guy in India who placed computers with free internet access in remote villages and the results were
impressive. After a few months, the kids had mastered how to use a
computer and navigate the web and were on to projects like learning
English. I would encourage EVOKE to start a similar program and ask
the kids in developing communities to participate in EVOKE. Also, it
would be interesting to see an EVOKE KIDS for geared towards younger
children so that the next generations grow up learning how to solve
problems and be validated for their efforts by earning their
diplomas.

HOW would you change the game for Season 2?

As I mentioned in the first question, I would change the focus of some
of the activities to ask people to think about the root of the
problems they are facing, and not just the remedies. I feel in this
EVOKE that we were being asked to look at crisis without having to
look at the cause of them, for example with the Water Crisis and Food
Security. By addressing the root of the problem, the remedy will be
a stronger, more permanent one. While it's important to imagine the
future, many people are unaware of who is really shaping the present.
Some of the links were difficult to read in the sense that they
seemed to be catering to The Man. The link about how much the World
Bank gives to fight hunger? 1.2 billion. I looked up a link that
showed how much the US Defense budget is: 925 billion. All of these
charity groups and concerned organizations are from countries that
maintain their standard of living at the expense of the exploitation
of people in the developing world. This gross unbalance is part and
parcel of the problems that EVOKE asks us to try to solve. If EVOKE
wants to really make a difference, it has to talk about reality and
not play politics. The intention is good, but if you can't talk
about the root of the problems because you're afraid of insulting
your funders, then you're never going to eliminate hunger, or solve
the water crisis, or develop sustainable agriculture. Too many
people are making too much money at the expense of human beings,
natural resources, the environment. Perhaps we should do an EVOKE
Nemesis where we identify some of the causes of the problems you are
asking us to solve.

WHAT new tools would you want as an EVOKE agent?

I would like to see a connection with Jacque Fresco's the Venus Project and the Zeitgeist movement in the next EVOKE.

WHY would you come back for a second Season? What more would you want
from the experience?

I would come back to participate more in the community of EVOKE. I joined it late in the game and had to spend my time and efforts
trying to complete tasks and didn't have as much of a chance to look
at other people's posts or to make friends and contacts. I also
would come back because of the range of information that EVOKE has
given me access to. EVOKE has been a great source of information for
me to learn more about urgent challenges in the world.