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  • The Insanity of Humanity

    The Insanity of Humanity

    This might be the most important article I have ever written.

    A Russian drone has reportedly killed three civilians in Ukraine after using artificial intelligence to select its own target.

    Read that sentence again.

    The Terminator

    A human being programmed and  launched the weapon and gave it a general mission. But according to investigators, the drone then navigated and selected the precise object it would attack without further human intervention. It appears to have targeted propane tanks at a petrol station in Zaporizhzhia. Instead, it struck beside an apartment building and exploded, killing three people, including a 19-year-old student.

    This is not a scene from The Terminator. It is not a warning from a dystopian novel about something that might happen fifty years from now.

    It has happened.

    Drones For Death

    We have entered an age in which machines are being given the authority to decide where lethal force will be applied. Software observes the world through cameras and sensors, compares what it sees with a programmed target profile, selects something to destroy and attacks.

    There may still be human beings behind the mission. Humans manufacture the drone, define the target category and launch the weapon. But at the decisive moment—when one object is distinguished from everything surrounding it and marked for destruction—the machine may act alone.

    This is a threshold humanity should never have crossed.

    Yet, instead of stopping the insanity, every major military power will now feel compelled to move faster. If one country develops autonomous weapons, another will say it must do the same for its own protection. If one side deploys a hundred, the other will need a thousand. The drones will become smaller, cheaper, faster and more difficult to detect. They will learn to coordinate in swarms, recognize increasingly complex targets and continue operating when communication with a human controller has been lost or jammed.

    The military justification will always be the same: if we do not build them, somebody else will.

    That is how insanity becomes policy.

    Where Does This End?

    We Must Stop it

    Where does an autonomous arms race ultimately lead?

    Does the country possessing the largest number of killer drones eliminate everyone it considers a threat and then live happily ever after without all the bothersome others?

    Of course not. After all, we are dependent on each other for survival on this planet. Even the most selfish and fearful leaders see that.

    But autonomous weapons will not remain exclusively in the hands of a few powerful governments. The essential components already exist within the civilian economy: processors, cameras, navigation systems, motors, batteries and increasingly capable artificial intelligence. As the technology becomes cheaper, versions of these weapons will spread to smaller countries, militias, extremist organizations, criminal groups and individuals.

    We must stop this before it is too late.

    Nobody Will be Safe

    Eventually, nobody will be safe.

    Political leaders can be hunted. Dissidents can be hunted. Journalists, scientists, engineers and activists can be hunted. A person may be marked because of a uniform, a vehicle, a telephone signal, facial characteristics or simply because an algorithm incorrectly decides that the person matches a target profile.

    Machines do not understand mercy. They do not recognize fear in another person’s eyes and lower their weapons. They do not see a wounded soldier and decide that enough people have died. They cannot refuse an immoral command because something inside them says it is wrong.

    They process information and execute instructions.

    A world saturated with autonomous weapons would not be a world controlled by one victorious superpower. It would be a world in which power itself had become uncontrollable. Nobody would necessarily know who launched a particular drone, who programmed it or whether its behavior had been altered. One automated attack could provoke another. Retaliation could begin before human beings even understood what had happened.

    Wars could escalate at machine speed.

    And these weapons would not necessarily remain on distant battlefields. The same systems could be used by governments against their own populations. A dictator would no longer need soldiers willing to fire upon their neighbors. Machines do not disobey, protest or experience remorse. A government controlling millions of autonomous weapons could make resistance almost impossible.

    This is not security.

    It is the automated imprisonment of humanity.

    No One Wins

    If these weapons ever become genuinely uncontrollable, they will continue killing until their targets disappear or the industrial systems supporting them collapse.

    Power stations will fail. 

    Transport will stop. 

    Food distribution will break down. Hospitals will become inoperable. People will be unable to gather, travel or work safely. 

    Eventually, most of the machines will also stop as batteries degrade, components break and replacement parts disappear.

    Human civilization and its killer machines may collapse together.

    That is the glorious destination of the arms race: humanity hiding underground while machines patrol the surface of the planet we ruined through our own fear.

    Kill or Create

    We have developed artificial intelligence, advanced robotics, global communications and extraordinary scientific knowledge. We possess technology that could help restore ecosystems, clean the oceans, cultivate food, construct homes and release humanity from dangerous and exhausting work.

    And what do we do?

    We teach machines to kill.

    This is the insanity of humanity.

    The Insanity of Separation

    But beneath this insanity, humanity is not insane.

    Beneath the fear, conditioning and the constant story of separation, there is an awareness within every one of us. In that awareness exists love, compassion, understanding and intelligence. It is the part of us that recognizes another human being not as an enemy, a competitor or an obstacle, but as another expression of the same life.

    A Ukrainian child, a Russian mother, an American soldier, a Chinese engineer and an Iranian farmer are not separate forms of life with different fundamental values. They feel pain. They experience fear. They love their children. They want to live.

    There are no Others

    We have placed a frightened layer over this awareness. The ego divides the world into us and them. From it’s fear it constructs nations, armies, threats and enemies. It tells us that we can achieve safety only by possessing greater destructive power than everybody else.

    Each side insists that it is merely defending itself. Each new weapon is justified as a response to the weapons of another. Everyone pursues security, yet everyone becomes progressively less secure.

    Now we are taking this ancient insanity and embedding it in software.

    We are giving fear cameras, wings and explosives. We are teaching artificial intelligence to recognize the enemies created by our own minds and destroy them with increasing efficiency.

    The machine has not invented separation.

    We have programmed it.

    The Other Direction

    The alternative is not to abolish technology. It is not to close every data center, abandon artificial intelligence or return to some imagined pre-industrial past.

    The alternative is to give our technology another purpose.

    The New Purpose

    The same machine vision capable of recognizing a military target can recognize plastic in the ocean, an animal caught in an abandoned fishing net, the first signs of a forest fire or a person buried beneath earthquake rubble.

    Autonomous machines can remove pollution, restore forests, repair infrastructure, cultivate food and monitor the health of ecosystems. Artificial intelligence can help humanity understand what resources exist, what people need and how production can be organized without destroying the living world..

    The Choice is Ours

    We can use artificial intelligence to compete more effectively against one another, or we can use it to build a civilization that works for everyone.

    We can automate killing, or we can automate caring.

    The technology is not making that choice.

    We are.

    A Message to World Leaders

    To every head of state—and especially to the leaders of the world’s military powers:

    Stop.

    Refuse to authorize machines to select and attack human beings. Begin immediate negotiations for a binding global prohibition against autonomous weapons. Establish meaningful human control over every use of automated lethal force.

    Do not wait for your rivals to move first, because they are waiting for you.

    Somebody must interrupt the logic of fear. Somebody must possess the courage to say that humanity will not construct its future upon machines deciding who shall die.

    True courage is not developing the most efficient killer drone. It is stepping out of an arms race when everyone around you insists that stopping is impossible.

    You are not protecting your people by creating a technology that will inevitably spread and eventually be turned against them. You are not building peace by removing human conscience from the decision to kill. You are not demonstrating strength by surrendering life-and-death decisions to software.

    This is one planet. 

    We share one atmosphere, one biosphere and one future. No country can make itself permanently secure in a world where everyone else lives in fear.

    The security of one nation cannot be built upon the insecurity of all others.

    Share Another Future

    I urgently beg you. 

    I insist.

    Please share this article.

    Share it not for me, not for a political party or organization, and not because I want to sell books. Share it because humanity urgently needs to recognize the choice now before us.

    Because the recent incident in Ukraine is not to be taken lightly. 

    We are close to the ultimate choice.

    The choice to perish as humanity or the choice to prosper together.

    So please send it to friends. Send it to journalists, researchers, engineers, politicians, military commanders, technology executives and heads of state. Translate it. Republish it. Discuss it. Challenge it if you must—but do not ignore the direction in which we are moving.

    Share not only the warning. 

    Share the possibility of another future.

    People cannot choose a possibility they have never been shown.

    If the only futures presented to humanity are endless economic competition, military supremacy, automated warfare and survival against one another, we will continue constructing precisely that world.

    We must make another civilization imaginable: a civilization based upon stewardship instead of ownership, cooperation instead of competition and intelligent access to abundance instead of an endless struggle for money and power. A world in which AI and robotics serve humanity and the whole living planet—not profit, domination, fear and war.

    Somewhere within every government, military institution and technology company are human beings who still possess conscience and compassion. They must hear from us before fear makes the decision for them.

    One article will not stop the machinery of war. But silence guarantees that the machinery will continue.

    We do not need every human being to awaken at exactly the same moment. We need enough people to speak, share and demonstrate another direction. We need enough people to insist that the future does not belong to fear. We need enough people to remind those in power that there is still something within them deeper than the frightened voice demanding more weapons.

    Humanity Stands at a Threshold

    Down one road, nations surround themselves with increasingly autonomous instruments of death until every human being becomes a potential target and the entire planet becomes a battlefield controlled by machines.

    Down the other road, we recognize that there are no others. 

    We allow the intelligence, compassion and awareness within us to determine how our technology will be used. We stop preparing to destroy one another and begin building a world in which everyone can live.

    This is not a distant philosophical choice.

    It is happening now.

    Please Share

    Please carry this message as far as you can and as high as you can. Let it reach people with the power to change our direction. Let it remind them that another future remains possible.

    We cannot base humanity’s future on killer drones.

    Humanity thanks you.

  • Too Simple, Even Naïve — And Proud of It

    Too Simple, Even Naïve — And Proud of It

    The Alchemist has sold about 150 million copies since its quiet debut in 1988.

    My book, Waking Up – A Journey Towards a New Dawn for Humanity, launched on May 2, 2025, and is currently moving at a slightly more contemplative pace — around five or six copies a month.

    At this rate, I’ll catch up with Paulo Coelho somewhere around the year 47,312.

    But who’s counting?

    People have told me Waking Up is “too simple,” “too idealistic,” even “naïve.”

    And I smile, because those are the same words critics once used to describe some of the most beloved books ever written:

    • The Alchemist — “childlike allegory.”

    • The Little Prince — “too simple for adults.”

    • Jonathan Livingston Seagull — “new-age fluff.”

    • Siddhartha — “mystical oversimplification.”

    • Always Coming Home — “utopian idealism.”

    Apparently, sincerity makes people nervous.

    But maybe simplicity isn’t a flaw — maybe it’s the distillation of depth.

    When a story dares to believe in meaning, kindness, or transformation without irony, critics roll their eyes — until the world quietly falls in love with it.

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    How the “naïve” ones sold

    If we’re keeping score, here’s how the simpletons have done:

    • The Little Prince — around 200 million copies.

    • The Alchemist — about 150 million.

    • Siddhartha — roughly 50 million.

    • Jonathan Livingston Seagull — somewhere near 40 million.

    • Always Coming Home — maybe a few hundred thousand.

    And then there’s Waking Up — proudly holding at five or six copies a month.

    Which, if you think about it, might make it the most energy-efficient book launch in history.

    (Why rush a planetary awakening, right?)

    But here’s the thing — I didn’t write Waking Up out of ambition at all.

    I wasn’t trying to become a bestselling author.

    I had never even written a full-length story before, only essays at university. Waking Up began as a screenplay, an idea for a film about a world beyond money and struggle. I had no clue if I could pull it off.

    What drove me wasn’t career — it was curiosity and hope.

    I wanted to show humanity an alternative future — a world we could actually long to live in.

    Not another dystopia to fear, but a vision to believe in.

    If Waking Up ever reaches millions of readers, it won’t be my “success” — it will be our success, because it means the story resonated deeply enough to tilt our collective imagination toward something better.

    The royalties wouldn’t fund mansions or yachts; they’d firstly help make a movie to spread the ideas even further, and then, build the first City of Light, a real-world prototype of the cooperative, money-free world described in the book.

    Buying the book helps make that future physically possible.

    Reading it helps make it emotionally possible.

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    A lineage of clarity

    The Alchemist is a perfect example. It’s a straight road through the desert — one boy, one dream, one revelation. A parable so linear that a child can follow it, yet so archetypal that philosophers still quote it.

    Its strength lies in its clarity. The Alchemist asks,

    “What is your personal legend?”

    It became a global phenomenon because everyone, everywhere, can answer that question.

    Waking Up carries that torch into the 21st century — but widens the question:

    “What is humanity’s personal legend?”

    Where Santiago’s treasure was individual, Waking Up explores our collective treasure — a world healed of scarcity, fear, and competition. A civilization guided not by money and greed but by trust and creative abundance.

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    Utopian? Maybe. But that’s the point.

    Of them all, Ursula Le Guin’s Always Coming Home might be the truest kin to Waking Up. Both imagine a cooperative, post-monetary humanity — not as a fantasy of escape but as a return home.

    Le Guin’s masterpiece was visionary, but also fragmented — an anthropological mosaic rather than a story. Critics admired it, but few readers finished it. It was too far ahead of its time, and too far from the emotional thread most readers need.

    I learned from that. I wanted to write a book that could touch the mainstream without dumbing down the vision.

    That’s why Waking Up is linear, cinematic, and emotionally grounded.

    It began as a screenplay — and maybe that’s why it reads like one.

    You don’t have to understand systems theory or spiritual philosophy to get it.

    You just follow Ben — and before you know it, you’ve crossed into another kind of world.

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    The quiet revolution of sincerity

    My goal was simple: for the reader to pause somewhere in the story and think,

    “Hm. This is a world I’d like to live in.”

    That thought — quiet, almost casual — is the beginning of transformation.

    It’s the spark where imagination becomes possibility.

    Because in a culture addicted to irony, sincerity itself is rebellion.

    And the deepest revolutions have always begun with simple words that everyone can understand.

    So yes, call Waking Up naïve if you like.

    I’ll take that as a compliment.

    After all, The Alchemist had to start somewhere too.

    And maybe, just maybe, Waking Up is where we start — again.

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    🌅 Ready to wake up?

    Read Waking Up – A Journey Towards a New Dawn for Humanity:

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  • The Planet of debt

    The Planet of debt

    What’s All This Talk About National Debt?

    If you’ve been following the news or political debates, you’ve probably heard a lot about national debt. But what does it really mean, and why should we care?

    Many people do not seem to know how extreme it actually is.

    Even Elon Musk recently expressed surprise over the U.S. government’s $2 trillion deficit—but this kind of deficit isn’t an exception, it’s the rule. The entire global monetary system runs on deficit. As of now, the world’s total debt is more than 330% of the global GDP—meaning we globally owe over three times what we actually produce in a year. It’s not just one country; it’s the entire planet operating in the red. Meanwhile, nations are caught in absurd tax wars—Trump raises tariffs, other countries retaliate, and the whole circus continues, further distorting the economy and punishing ordinary people as it is the taxpayer that takes the burden in the end. But the system isn’t just broken—it’s built this way. And that’s the real problem.

    National Debt

    National debt refers to the total amount of money a country owes, accumulated through borrowing to fund government spending. Countries borrow money by issuing bonds, and in turn, they must pay interest on that debt. They borrow this money from their own central bank and other countries. But here’s the real question: How much debt is too much? And more importantly, what happens when countries’ debt reaches levels that are beyond sustainable?

    Staggering Debt-to-GDP Ratios

    The Gross Domestic Product is the value of everything the country produces in one year.

    Take a look at a few examples of countries drowning in debt:

    • Japan: Over 230% of its GDP. That means Japan owes more than twice its total annual economic output.
    • United States: Around 133% of its GDP. The U.S. owes 33% more than the value of everything it produces in a year. Hence the $2 trillion deficit. No wonder DOGE had little effect… It’s obvious that austerity measures will never help this situation.
    • Italy: 135% of GDP. High debt burdens relative to a country’s economic size make it hard to invest in the future or respond to crises.

    While these figures are staggering, they represent just a small portion of the global debt picture. Because this is only the public debt. When adding the private debt(consumers and corporations) to the picture we will see that the global debt situation is much worse.

    The Global Debt: More Than 3 Times the World’s GDP

    Let’s put this into perspective: Even if we had 8 billion people on each of three planets, we still wouldn’t have enough economic output to match the global debt we are currently carrying.  Think about that. We’re literally in debt beyond the planet’s capacity.

    how did we get here?

    The situation we’re in—a global debt ratio of 330% of Gross Global Product (GGP)—has been building over decades through a combination of historical events, systemic decisions, and economic policies. Here’s a simplified breakdown of how we arrived at this point:

    1. The Rise of Fiat Money and Central Banking

    • Fiat money refers to currency that is not backed by a physical commodity (like gold) but by the trust and authority of governments. This shift started with the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1944 and fully took effect in the early 1970s when the U.S. moved off the gold standard. Since then, money could be created(as loans) without any real limit, fueling economic activity but also making it much easier to accumulate debt. And today, all these loans function as the money that are in circulation, that we use to pay for goods and services.
    • Central banks, such as the U.S. Federal Reserve, were established to manage monetary systems. They could print money, and they often did so to stimulate growth during economic slowdowns, thus increasing national debt over time.

    2. The Expansion of Credit

    • Over time, banks and lenders became more willing to lend money to both individuals, corporations and governments, and credit became easier to access. Individuals took out loans for homes, cars, and education, while governments borrowed more to fund social services, wars, and infrastructure.
    • In the private sector, businesses increasingly relied on corporate debt to expand. In the public sector, governments borrowed to fund military spending, social welfare programs, and more.
    • The monetizing of economies—where finance becomes a driving force of the economy—led to more complex financial products like mortgages, corporate bonds, and government bonds. These products fueled massive debt creation, which eventually outpaced the actual productive capacity of the economy. 

    3. The Push for Economic Growth

    • The prevailing economic ideology for most of the 20th century was to prioritize growth, especially in industrialized nations. Consumerism and endless growth became the central tenets of capitalism. This push for growth was funded through borrowing.
    • Since debt could be seen as a tool for stimulating growth (through investments, loans, and borrowing), the economy became increasingly dependent on debt to maintain and increase GDP.

    4. The 2008 Financial Crisis

    The This crisis exposed how the debt-based system had grown out of control. Financial institutions took on enormous risks, and subprime mortgages (loans given to people who couldn’t repay them) led to a massive collapse.

    • Governments and central banks responded with more debt, bailing out large institutions and corporations, and borrowing even more money to stimulate recovery. This worsened the global debt burden.
    • Since the crisis, economic recovery has largely been driven by low interest rates and more borrowing, pushing the global debt levels even higher.

    5. The Globalization of Debt

    As economies became more interconnected, global borrowing accelerated. Emerging markets, developed countries, and corporations all borrowed money from international lenders. This allowed the global debt to expand across the world, not just within individual nations.

    • The rise of global supply chains and access to cheap capital meant countries could borrow more than ever before, using debt to fuel infrastructure projects, technological advances, and social welfare programs.

    6. Interest and the Debt Spiral

    A key feature of our current system is the interest on debt. When countries, people or businesses borrow, they are required to pay back the money they owe, plus interest. However, interest is never created when the loan is made. This means that, to repay loans, more loans must be issued, leading to an ever-increasing cycle of debt accumulation.

    • This interest paradox means that there’s always more money owed than money in circulation, creating a situation where it’s impossible to pay back all debts without continually borrowing more, which shall also be paid back with interest.

    Musical chairs

    The debt system is like a game of musical chairs where the chairs (money) are constantly being removed (through interest payments), and there’s not enough money to pay back all the debt (interest and principal). So the system(like the musical chairs) is deigned to create lots of losers: All those who are left without a chair or enough money.

    7. Government Spending and Austerity

    • Governments began increasing their spending to maintain social systems and infrastructure, and because it was easy to borrow, it became an attractive option. However, as debt grew, some governments reached the point where they couldn’t afford to service the debt without borrowing even more.
    • Austerity measures were introduced by some countries to balance the books. But these measures often involved cutting public services, raising taxes, and cutting benefits for the most vulnerable populations—furthering social inequality.

    8. The Consequences of Debt

    • As the global debt grew larger, the system became more fragile. Banks and financial institutions continued to profit from lending, while ordinary people were saddled with more debt and fewer opportunities for wealth accumulation.
    • Governments used financial bailouts and continued borrowing to maintain the system’s stability, but this only served to postpone the inevitable collapse.
    • The interest-based system has forced countries and individuals to keep borrowing just to pay off interest, creating a debt trap that continues to spiral.
    • Meanwhile, global inequality has grown as wealth has become concentrated in the hands of a few, while the majority of people struggle with stagnant wages and increasing living costs. But not only this. The huge hole we have dug ourselves into is the planet that we live on. It is the planet that provide the resources corporations and countries need to produce something of actual value to justify all the debt.
    • Rising Interest Payments: Countries are dedicating an increasing portion of their budgets just to paying interest on their debt, leaving less money for essential services like education, healthcare, and public infrastructure.
    • The Debt Trap: To pay off existing debt, countries often need to borrow even more money. It’s a vicious cycle. The more we borrow, the more we have to borrow again just to keep up with interest payments.
    • Wealth Inequality: The current system disproportionately benefits the wealthy. Banks and financial institutions that hold the debt profit from interest payments, while ordinary people suffer from stagnant wages, rising living costs, and shrinking services.
    • Environmental Devastation: The debt-based economy requires endless growth. To fuel that growth, we continue to exploit the planet’s resources, often at the expense of sustainability and ecological health.
    • The Fragility of the System
    • The current debt system is incredibly fragile. If a few major countries or corporations default on their debt, it could set off a domino effect, crashing the entire global economy. We saw the early signs of this during the 2008 financial crisis, where the bursting of debt bubbles led to global instability. And yet, the global debt has only grown since then, making the system even more vulnerable.

    Where Do We Go From Here?

    We must reimagine our system if we are to avoid economic and environmental collapse, social unrest and extinction of humanity.

    The Only Sane Solution

    A global moneyless, Resource-Based World

    Given how unsustainable the current financial system is, the only sane solution is a complete rethinking of how we manage resources and how we conduct our lives on this planet. The current model of debt-driven growth is pushing us to the brink. If we don’t change course, we risk further financial collapse, economic inequality, and environmental destruction. Not to speak of the extinction of humanity itself.

    The only way forward is to move toward a resource-based economy, where the world’s resources are considered the shared inheritance of humanity. And the resources are optimized and shared based on need rather than profit. In a system like this, money is abolished, and the focus shifts to sustainable living and equitable distribution of resources. People contribute based on their skills and abilities, and society works together to meet everyone’s needs. A high tech world where technology serves the people and the planet. Not profit. A global relative abundance for all people is possible within a system like this.

    In such a world, there would be no money, no debt, and no need to borrow or trade in a system that doesn’t work. It’s a world of cooperation, where human well-being and the health of the planet come first.

    The question now is: Can we make this shift in time? The global debt crisis has reached critical levels, and the time to act is now. We have the tools, the technology, and the potential to create a system that works for everyone—a system that doesn’t rely on debt, but on resources, sharing, collaboration, and sustainability.

    The choice is ours

    The world as we know it is facing a reckoning, but that doesn’t mean we can’t build a better future. The choice is ours to make.

    A Vision of What Could Be: How Waking Up Imagines a New World

    But what does this new world look like in practice? How would it feel to live in a moneyless, debt-free society where resources are shared based on need, not profit? How can we navigate such a radical transformation?

    In my book, Waking Up: A Journey Towards a New Dawn for Humanity, I invite you to imagine just that.

    Waking Up is a glimpse into a future where humanity has shed its old systems and embraced a new way of living. It’s a story of transformation—both personal and collective—and an exploration of what happens when we begin to awaken to the possibility of a world that works for everyone, not just the privileged few.

    Join the Journey

    If you’re ready to step into that new world, Waking Up will take you there. The story will challenge you to reimagine what’s possible and inspire you to see that, despite the current chaos, we are not powerless. The change we seek is within our reach—and it starts with us.

    Take the first step today, and let’s begin this journey together. Order Waking Up now and join Benjamin in his quest to understand a world where everyone is truly free.

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  • Who Decides? Exploring Governance in a Post-Capitalist Future

    Who Decides? Exploring Governance in a Post-Capitalist Future

    From monarchs to ministers, tyrants to technocrats — every system humanity has tried has eventually run aground. Why? Because they were all built on the same foundation: the human ego.

    No matter how noble the structure, egoic consciousness — rooted in fear, separation, and the hunger for control — has repeatedly turned governance into domination. Democracies become corporate. Revolutions become regimes. Even well-meaning leaders fall into power struggles, corruption, or burnout.

    As long as the ego remains the operating system, the structure is secondary. The real revolution must be internal.

    That’s why in Waking Up, the transformation of society begins not with policy — but with a global awakening from the ego. Only when the majority of people have remembered their shared essence, their interconnection, and the joy of giving and sharing rather than grasping, can new models of coordination and care truly take root.

    So the question becomes:

    After the awakening… what kind of decision-making and collaboration arises?

    In a post-capitalist, post-egoic world, governance is no longer about control. It becomes about coordination, stewardship, and transparent collaboration. Let us explore six evolving models and frameworks that point the way.

    💜 1. Collaborative Councils: Miki Kashtan’s Nested Model

    Miki Kashtan, co-founder of BayNVC and author of Reweaving Our Human Fabric, proposes a deeply human form of governance rooted in Nonviolent Communication. Her model centers around Convergent Facilitation and a nested structure of local-to-global councils:

    • Local communities make context-based decisions.
    • Representatives, accountable to their communities, participate in broader coordination.
    • Power is exercised with care, through inclusion, feedback, and shared purpose.

    This model avoids both top-down authority and the paralysis of consensus by using skilled facilitation to uncover shared needs and create agreements that work for all.

    Key Insight: Empathy and clarity can replace coercion and confusion.

    🧪 2. AI-Assisted and Sortition-Based Systems

    Emerging digital democracies experiment with a blend of:

    • AI decision support: analyzing complex data and modeling outcomes
    • Sortition: random selection of citizens to serve in rotating assemblies
    • Liquid democracy: delegating voting power flexibly to trusted participants

    These systems aim to reduce bias, increase representation, and create fluid, adaptive decision-making models that can scale globally while remaining locally rooted.

    Key Insight: Technology can serve human values when it amplifies fairness, not control.

    ♻️ 3. Consensus-Based Governance

    Consensus is a timeless model used in indigenous communities, intentional groups, and spiritual traditions. It emphasizes shared understanding and alignment over majority rule:

    • Everyone’s voice matters
    • Proposals evolve through discussion
    • Outcomes seek full consent or at least deep acceptance

    While sometimes slow, consensus fosters trust, accountability, and a culture of listening. When combined with facilitation (as in Miki Kashtan’s model), it becomes more effective and scalable.

    Key Insight: Collective wisdom often emerges through dialogue, not votes.

    🌍 4. The Venus Project: Decisions by Design

    Jacque Fresco’s Venus Project envisions a world where governance is replaced by systems-based planning:

    • Decisions about infrastructure and resource use are made through scientific reasoning, not politics. Decisions are arrived at based on what is the most logical and rational solution
    • Cities are designed circularly for maximum efficiency and sustainability
    • Technology handles logistics; humans pursue learning, art, and connection

    While sometimes critiqued as technocratic, this model removes ego and profit motives from decision-making entirely.

    Key Insight: Science, when applied ethically, can guide resource stewardship more wisely than ideology.

    🌿 5. The Natural Exchange System (NES): A System — and a Mindset

    The Natural Exchange System (NES), from Waking Up, isn’t governance in the usual sense. It’s not about administering rules. It’s a shift in consciousness:

    “As long as the resources exist, are used sustainably, and no one is exploited, why shouldn’t everyone have what they want and need?” — Aweena

    NES removes the need for trade, ownership, or barter. People contribute because they want to, not because they must. Needs are visible, and flows of goods happen organically. With this system and mindset, governance and management is barely necessary because fear, hoarding, and inequality have vanished.

    Key Insight: When we release the need to exchange, we free ourselves from the need to control.

    🔄 6. After the Awakening: What Remains?

    When the ego no longer drives our behavior, governance dissolves into guidance. Power hierarchies are replaced by transparent coordination, local empowerment, and global empathy.

    In this world:

    • Councils convene as needed, not forever
    • AI serves human values, not market logic
    • Consensus reflects our interdependence
    • Science supports life, not profit
    • NES becomes the soil from which all collaboration can grow

    We stop asking who should rule — and start asking how we can serve.

    ✨ Conclusion: From Rulers to Stewards

    Humanity’s past was built on fear, defended by ego, and maintained through systems of control. But our future can be different. If we awaken to our shared being, then governance is no longer about who gets to decide.

    It becomes about how we live together.

    The best governance may not be a system at all. It may be the result of shared values, open hearts, and a collective remembrance of what it means to be human.

    If this vision speaks to you, discover more in the book that started it all.

    👉 Get your copy of Waking Up: A Journey Towards a New Dawn for Humanity  HERE.

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  • What Is Actually True Spiritual Awakening?

    What Is Actually True Spiritual Awakening?

    Because without true awakening, we’ll keep recreating the same broken systems.

    Today, “spiritual awakening” is everywhere — in self-help books, TikTok trends, and vision boards filled with yachts and soulmates. But most of what’s being sold under that name isn’t awakening at all.

    True spiritual awakening is not about manifesting more for the ego.


    It’s not about using spiritual tools to chase the same things the ego always wanted — just with incense burning in the background.

    True spiritual awakening is an awakening from the ego.


    From the illusion of separation, scarcity, and fear —
    into the truth of what we truly are:

    The Universal Spirit Essence present in every being.
    The Awareness that sees through these eyes, reads these words, and witnesses thought itself.
    The One that creates the thoughts — and in doing so, creates the reality.

    When we remember that we are the creators of our thoughts,
    we begin to reclaim something forgotten:


    We are the creators of our world.

    In the depth of this realization lies the One — the same One in everyOne.
    And when we truly see this, we understand that we are not separate.
    We are all unique expressions of the same Source, the One.
    and from this foundation, a new world becomes not only possible, but inevitable.

    A true spiritual awakening isn’t about manifesting more for the ego, it’s about remembering that there is already enough for everyone.


    Enough land. Enough time. Enough resources. Enough Love.

    When the illusion of separation dissolves, so does the logic of hoarding.
    We stop asking “How can I get more for me?”
    and begin living from a deeper truth:
    “How can we all have more — together?”

    That’s when abundance becomes real.
    That’s when the world of Waking Up begins.

    And here’s something else:


    True inspiration follows true awakening.


    Not the hustle-driven motivation of the ego,
    but a quiet, clear, radiant energy that flows directly from the Source.
    An inspiration that brings with it the solutions we need —
    not just for one person to succeed, but for all beings to thrive.

    This inspiration does not serve the 0.1%.
    It serves Life Itself.
    And it will guide us — if we let it — to build a world that works for every being on this planet.

    The novel Waking Up imagines such a future —
    where this awakening is no longer just personal, but global.
    Where humanity has shed the systems of fear and stepped into a reality based on trust, unity, and shared abundance.

    It’s already happening.
    Quietly. In the hearts of millions.
    People are letting go. Waking up. Coming Home.

    So ask yourself:
    What if enough of us truly woke up?
    What kind of world would we create — together?

    Want to dive into this imagination of a new world on planet earth? If so, my book is available as both ebook($4,99) and paperback($12) HERE:

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  • We Can’t Build a Peaceful World from a Fearful Mind

    We Can’t Build a Peaceful World from a Fearful Mind

    Why meditation is essential to the post-money future imagined in Waking Up

    “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”


    — Albert Einstein

    In Waking Up, I describe a future without money, without trade, and without coercion — a world based on trust, freedom, and shared abundance. But if we imagine ourselves waking up tomorrow in that world, there’s a deeper question we must ask:

    Would we even be ready for it?

    Because the systems we live under today are not just external — they are mirrors of our inner world. They shape how we think, feel, and react — yes — but they were shaped from the beginning by those very same patterns.

    Today’s system is built on greed, but greed is only a symptom. At its root is fear — the fear of not having enough, of being left behind, of being unworthy. And that fear arises from the ego — the part of us that believes we are separate, vulnerable, and alone.

    Meditation as Revolution

    This is where meditation becomes revolutionary — not as an escape from the world, but as a way to introspect into the fear-based mind that created it, and thus find the peace that lies behind it.

    But meditation offers us more than peace. It gives us clarity. It allows us to witness the ego in action — the part of us that clings, compares, hoards, competes. The part that believes we are separate from others, from nature, and even from ourselves. Through stillness and observation, we begin to see the roots of the old world within us — and loosen their grip.

    The New World Requires New Minds

    A post-money society cannot be built on the same foundation of anxiety and lack. It requires a shift in consciousness — a deep remembering of who we are beyond scarcity and separation.

    Meditation doesn’t make us passive. It makes us present. From that presence, compassion arises. From compassion, collaboration becomes natural. And from collaboration, new systems can emerge — not driven by profit, but by purpose.

    When we are free within, we no longer need systems to control others or protect ourselves. Inner freedom becomes the soil where outer freedom can grow.

    Training for the World We Want

    In the world of Waking Up, people are not taxed, policed, or bought. They are free — and that kind of freedom cannot be imposed. It must arise naturally from a deep inner transformation.

    Meditation is not mandatory in that world — but it is inevitable. Because the stillness it invites is the very ground upon which a new kind of society can stand. Not one ruled by fear or greed, but one guided by awareness, empathy, and joy.

    A Final Word

    Meditation isn’t just self-care. It’s civilizational care. A society built on peace must begin with peaceful minds. A society that trusts must be made of people who know themselves deeply enough to live without fear.

    That is why meditation matters — not only in your life, but in the future of our world.

    If this vision resonates with you, I invite you to explore it deeper in my novel Waking Up: A Journey Towards a New Dawn for Humanity — a story that doesn’t just imagine a better world, but asks how we might become the kind of people who can live in it.

    If you want to experience how a multi billionaire experience the shock of waking up in a world the furthest from what he could imagine, only to go through a deep personal transformation in this new world, you can order the book here:

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  • ENERGY

    ENERGY

    What Are Our Real Energy Options — And Could “Free Energy” Actually Work One Day?

    In a world teetering between climate breakdown and technological breakthrough, one question continues to pulse beneath the surface of all discussions: Where will we get our energy in the future? The choices we make now will echo for generations.

    But are we really looking at all the options — even the ones that sound like science fiction? Or are some possibilities quietly dismissed because they don’t fit into the current profit-driven energy paradigm? When innovation threatens to disrupt entrenched economic interests, it’s often labeled as fringe, regardless of its potential. Perhaps it’s not the feasibility of new energy that’s in question — but its profitability.

    Let’s take a clear-eyed look.

    1. The Mainstream Path: Solar, Wind, Hydro, Nuclear — and Fossil Fuels (Still Hanging On)

    These are the dominant energy sources today:

    • Solar and wind are rapidly scaling, becoming cheaper and more efficient. Yet they rely on material-heavy infrastructure and storage solutions to offset intermittency.
    • Hydropower is powerful but geographically limited and ecologically controversial.
    • Nuclear offers high output with low carbon, but faces public resistance, long timelines, and unresolved waste issues.
    • Fossil fuels — oil, coal, and gas — still account for over 75% of global energy use. But they’re rapidly becoming indefensible: they drive climate instability, pollute ecosystems, and rely on extraction models rooted in geopolitical conflict and inequality. While some advocate for “clean coal” or natural gas as transition fuels, the reality is simple: there is no sustainable future with fossil fuels at the core.

    If we are to power a livable, peaceful world, we must move beyond fossil dependence — not just technologically, but psychologically and economically.

    2. Transitional Fixes: Wind, Solar, Hydro, Biofuels, and Geothermal

    Sonoran Solar Energy Project, Maricopa
    Sonoran Solar Energy Project, Maricopa by U.S. Department of Interior is licensed under CC-CC0 1

    Biofuels vary wildly in sustainability; some consume more energy than they yield.

    Geothermal might buy time, but carries unknown risks and ethical dilemmas.

    Hydropower, though technically a mainstream source, still plays a transitional role in many regions, especially where infrastructure is aging or ecologically contested.

    Wind power is one of the fastest-growing energy sources, offering clean electricity at increasingly competitive prices. However, it relies on large-scale infrastructure, faces variability depending on weather, and requires energy storage or grid balancing to ensure stability.

    Solar energy has become dramatically cheaper and more accessible in the last decade. Yet it remains intermittent, dependent on daylight and weather, and requires significant material inputs — especially for panels, batteries, and inverters.

    In short: stopgaps, not final answers.

    3. The Untapped Frontier: Geothermal, Ocean Energy… and Exotic Physics?

    RAVAN CubeSat Measures Earth’s Outgoing Energy
    RAVAN CubeSat Measures Earth’s Outgoing Energy by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center is licensed under CC-BY-NC 2.0
    • Deep geothermal could power the planet 24/7 — if we master affordable, safe drilling.
    • Tidal and wave energy are clean and predictable, yet still early-stage. For example, the tidal flows through the Strait of Gibraltar are exceptionally strong, representing a potentially massive source of kinetic energy. Estimates suggest that capturing just a fraction of this natural flow — possibly using underwater turbines or pressure systems — could generate significant amounts of continuous, renewable power for the surrounding region. However, technological, environmental, and political challenges have so far limited development. But in the world described in my book Waking Up the world looks completely different in terms of territorial disputes and politics and may make this easier to accomplish.
    • Space-based solar has prototypes, but enormous logistical hurdles.

    Which brings us to the elephant in the quantum room…

    4. Zero-Point Energy (ZPE) and the “Free Energy” Dream

    For over a century, mavericks have claimed access to systems that defy mainstream physics — overunity devices, vacuum energy extraction, zero-point energy. Critics cry pseudoscience. And yes, the First Law of Thermodynamics still rules: no free lunch.

    But quantum mechanics does recognize a zero-point field — a fluctuating energy present even in a vacuum. This field, often described through quantum fluctuations, is deeply tied to the Planck constant, which sets the scale for these fluctuations at the quantum level. The question is not whether it exists, but whether we can tap into it. If we could, it might unlock entirely new forms of energy, challenging our current understanding of physics.

    So far, rigorous attempts have failed. But what if the block isn’t in the field — but in us? In our tools? In our paradigm?

    And here’s something rarely discussed: the so-called “laws” of thermodynamics are not divine mandates — they’re postulates, much like the axioms of mathematics. Incredibly reliable, yes, but based on assumptions about how closed systems behave. If one day we find phenomena operating outside these frameworks — say, in non-equilibrium quantum systems — then what we call a “law” today might turn out to be a local approximation, not a universal truth.

    Could breakthroughs in quantum science, materials, or AI unlock what once seemed impossible?

    Some say yes. Others scoff. But heresy, after all, is just the future in disguise.

    And maybe the biggest heresy of all is this:

    Everything is energy.

    Modern physics confirms it. What we perceive as solid matter is, at its core, vibrating fields of energy. From electrons to galaxies, from thought to light — all things are fluctuations in one vast energetic ocean. This isn’t just spiritual poetry anymore; it’s quantum fact.

    So when we talk about “free energy,” we’re not invoking fantasy — we’re asking whether our species is ready to understand, harmonize with, and eventually tap into the deeper currents of the universe itself.

    5. What Would We Do With Unlimited Energy?

    Even if we crack the code to unlimited clean energy, then what?

    Will we:

    • Turbocharge extraction, consumption, and inequality?

    Or will we:

    • Use it to heal ecosystems, rebuild communities, and end artificial scarcity?

    Abundance without wisdom is disaster.
    Abundance with consciousness could change everything.

    Conclusion: From Scarcity to Possibility

    In the end, energy isn’t just about watts and gigajoules. It’s about values, imagination, and the world we choose to build.

    Fossil fuels may still dominate the global grid, but they come at a deadly cost. They destabilize the climate, poison air and water, drive mass extinction, and entrench geopolitical power games. Worse, they anchor us to a scarcity mindset — one where energy must be hoarded, sold, and fought over.

    This model is obsolete.

    Yes — solar, wind, and other renewables are enough for now. But true transformation lies not only in cleaner sources, but in rethinking the story of energy: from extraction to regeneration, from control to cooperation.

    And maybe, just maybe, the next century will see breakthroughs we can barely imagine today.

    If “free energy” ever becomes real, the most important shift won’t be technical.

    It will be spiritual — a shift from domination to stewardship, from survival to shared abundance.

    Because when everything is energy — a truth echoed by both modern physics and ancient spiritual traditions — the real revolution begins within. Science tells us that matter is ultimately condensed energy, while mystics have long taught that all is vibration, all is connected. When we begin to see ourselves as part of this universal field, not separate from it, our motivations and priorities can shift profoundly. The true energy transformation is not just external — it’s a shift in how we perceive reality itself.

    If you’re ready to explore how a world of limitless, clean energy could transform not just our technologies, but our very way of life, join the conversation. How can we ensure that this energy shift leads to abundance, not exploitation? What steps can we take today to pave the way for a future of collaboration, regeneration, and shared prosperity? The next chapter of humanity’s energy story is waiting — and it starts with us.

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  • Good life or good conscience..? 

    Good life or good conscience..? 

    Can We Have Good Lives with Good Conscience — while living on the Backs of Others?

    In the Western world, many of us enjoy comfort, convenience, and security. And high material wealth. We call it a “good life.” But a quiet question haunts the edges of our comfort: Can we truly live good lives with good conscience — if our way of life depends on the suffering, exploitation, or suppression of others?

    It’s a question that won’t go away. And maybe it shouldn’t.

    The Invisible Cost of Comfort

    Our smartphones are assembled by hands that may never afford one. Our clothes are stitched in factories where the workday never ends. Our food, fuel, and furniture travel thousands of miles — often leaving behind exhausted laborers, polluted rivers, and deforested land.

    And still, we tell ourselves we’ve earned this life. We work hard. We pay taxes. We follow the rules. But the system we participate in has rules written long ago — rules that allow the few to live richly at the expense of the many.

    To ignore this is to numb ourselves. To face it is to risk everything — especially our illusion of innocence.

    What Is a Good Life, Really?

    Perhaps the core issue lies in how we define “a good life.” Is it abundance for ourselves alone? Or does it include justice, equity, and peace for all?

    If our comfort is built on another’s oppression — can that really be called good?

    We’ve inherited a system, not chosen it. But the moment we become aware of its costs, we are called to choose. To examine. To shift. A good conscience doesn’t demand we become saints overnight — but it does ask that we stop pretending.

    Conscience in the Global Age

    In a globally connected world, we can no longer claim not to know. Our good conscience cannot be local. It must stretch across oceans, borders, and sweatshop walls. It must include the child mining cobalt. The woman sewing for pennies. The farmer pushed off his land to grow coffee we sip without thinking.

    We are not being asked to feel guilty. We are being asked to feel responsible. Guilt paralyzes. Responsibility awakens.

    Toward a New Good Life

    What if the good life was not about having more, but about needing less? What if abundance meant not ownership, but access? Not luxury, but dignity — for all?

    We need new systems — but also new stories. Stories where wealth isn’t defined by accumulation, but by connection. Where success isn’t measured by GDP, but by GROJ — Gratitude, Love, and Joy. Where we stop living on the backs of others, and start walking with them.

    We may not be able to undo the past. But we can write a different future. And that future begins with one question:

    Can I live in a way that uplifts others, not just myself?

    When the answer becomes yes — then we’ll know what a good life with a good conscience really feels like.

    If you’ve ever wondered what that kind of world could look like — one where no one has to lose for others to win — this book is an invitation to imagine, to hope, and to help build it.

    Because a better world doesn’t begin with technology or politics.

    It begins with the courage to ask a new question.

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  • A Heartfelt Thank You – And What’s Next

    A Heartfelt Thank You – And What’s Next

    Today I just want to take a moment to say thank you — to each and every one of you who has preordered Waking Up, shared the link, talked about it with friends, or simply followed this journey. Your support has meant more than I can say.

    As of today, the preorder phase is over as Waking Up was officially launched yesterday. The ebook is now available at its normal price of $4.99 — a price I plan to keep stable. I don’t want the price to go up and down like in some campaigns. My hope is to keep it affordable, so as many people as possible can access the story and its message.

    Also, the ebook will shortly be available on more than just Amazon! If you prefer Apple Books, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, or another platform, you can now find Waking Up there too. The book is now also available as paperback on Amazon. (You can use this link to find your preferred store:

    GET YOUR COPY

    Whether you just discovered this project or have been following along for years, thank you for being part of this vision. The world of Waking Up is only just beginning — and I’m grateful to share it with you.

    And just briefly — why did I write this book?

    I wrote it as a test.

    A quiet invitation.

    A question to humanity:

    Are we ready for something new?

    If we truly are, I believe it will be reflected in how many discover this book in the months and years to come. And maybe, just maybe, that discovery will spark something deeper.

    Thank you for being here.

    For reading. For caring.

    For imagining a better world with me.

    — H

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  • Waking Up Is Live — The Vision I’ve Carried Since Childhood

    Waking Up Is Live — The Vision I’ve Carried Since Childhood

    Launch Day: $0.99 today only. Tomorrow it’s $4.99.

    This isn’t just the launch of a book.
    It’s the sharing of a vision that’s been growing in me since I was a child.

    Ever since I was young, I felt something was off. The world didn’t feel right — not because of one specific injustice, but because something deeper was missing. I didn’t have the words for it then, but I sensed it: a disconnection. A deep forgetting of who we are and what life could be.

    Even in the sci-fi stories I loved, the future was almost always dark — dominated by machines, greed, control, or survival. But I dreamed of something different. I longed for a future that was beautiful — not naive, but healed. A future where we had awakened from the madness. Where humanity had finally grown up.

    That’s the seed behind Waking Up.

    The story first took shape as a film script in 2011 after I had met The Venus Project the year before. but really, the story has been with me all along. But then, in 2015, everything changed. A massive stroke stopped me in my tracks. My body broke down. My life was split in two.

    But that’s when something deeper also broke through.

    What followed was my own journey of awakening — of humility, healing, surrender, and rediscovery. I poured that into the story. The protagonist, Benjamin Michaels, wakes up 100 years in the future in a world beyond money, war, and fear — but he doesn’t wake up completely whole. He carries some brain trauma, emotional instability, confusion. I gave him those traits because I knew them. I had lived them.

    This book is fiction — but it’s also a mirror. A memory of what we once dreamed. A reminder of what we still can become.

    👉 Waking Up is live now — and just $0.99 for today only.


    Tomorrow, the price returns to $4.99.

    And no — there’s no excerpt this time.
    If you want to keep reading, you’ll need to take the leap. 

    Preorder period is over, you will receive the e-book today.

    From the depths of my heart, thank you.


    Let the awakening begin.

    👉 Get the book here 👈

    — H