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;[[Out of the Box]]: Working out of the box is often evoked, never explained. | ;[[Out of the Box]]: Working out of the box is often evoked, never explained. | ||
;The [[Last Renaissance Man]]: Are you the last Renaissance man? | ;The [[Last Renaissance Man]]: Are you the last Renaissance man? | ||
;The [[Politics of Science Fiction]]: Politics and science fiction mirror image each other. | ;The [[Politics of Science Fiction]]: Politics and science fiction mirror image each other. | ||
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;Why [[Communes Fail]]: If our lunar settlement is to survive, we must have a good business model. | ;Why [[Communes Fail]]: If our lunar settlement is to survive, we must have a good business model. | ||
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;[[Modular Brain Theory]]: What new brain science is available to us. | ;[[Modular Brain Theory]]: What new brain science is available to us. | ||
;[[Meme Theory]]: Can we change people's deep seated ideas? | ;[[Meme Theory]]: Can we change people's deep seated ideas? | ||
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| + | ===Organizing our Effort=== | ||
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| + | ;Understanding [[Cascade to State Change]]: Why complex systems do what they do. | ||
| + | ;Can we use [[Serendipity]]?: Maybe we can get lucky. | ||
| + | ;[[Predicting the Future]]: Predicting the future is amazingly hard. | ||
| + | ;Achieving a [[Tipping Point]]: When you cross a certain point, it is down hill from there on. | ||
| + | ;[[Level 1 Requirements]]: Formally figuring out what we are doing. | ||
| + | ;What we are [[Not Doing]]: To know what you are doing, you must know what you are not doing. | ||
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Revision as of 04:42, 17 March 2007
Contents
Purposes List
Lunarpedia has many purposes. Here are some pages to help work out some of them.
Building Community
We must build a community of people with a shared vision who are in action.
- Community Building
- Community building concepts we can use.
- Out of the Box
- Working out of the box is often evoked, never explained.
- The Last Renaissance Man
- Are you the last Renaissance man?
- The Politics of Science Fiction
- Politics and science fiction mirror image each other.
- Why Communes Fail
- If our lunar settlement is to survive, we must have a good business model.
Building Buy-in
We need to invite people to buy into our vision of returning to the Moon.
- Buy-In Explained
- What buy-in is and how do you can generate it.
- Modular Brain Theory
- What new brain science is available to us.
- Meme Theory
- Can we change people's deep seated ideas?
Organizing our Effort
- Understanding Cascade to State Change
- Why complex systems do what they do.
- Can we use Serendipity?
- Maybe we can get lucky.
- Predicting the Future
- Predicting the future is amazingly hard.
- Achieving a Tipping Point
- When you cross a certain point, it is down hill from there on.
- Level 1 Requirements
- Formally figuring out what we are doing.
- What we are Not Doing
- To know what you are doing, you must know what you are not doing.
Doing Some Business
A lunar settlement will succeed or fail as a business.
- Business Management
- Can business ideas help us?
- NASA Exploration Strategy
- NASA's exploration strategy and architecture.
Getting Ready
The way to do something is to start doing it.
- Calgary Demonstration Habitat
- Hands on practice in harsh conditions
- Your Ideas Here
- Yes, we mean you.
