Changing the World

I have an extra-ordinary life! This site allows me to share the successes, failures and work-in-progress of the 100s of projects I have initiated over my lifetime. I hope this site will demonstrate that one person really can “Change the World”, but not without suffering many failures!

Some people will find many of parts of this site “unbelievable”. Indeed I find myself being credulous about what I’ve done. However, even the most cynical will have to agree that I have at least been a “Forest Gump”… being present when major changes happen.

Diversity

My projects cross a wide range of subjects: Communications, Financial Services, Consumer Electronics, Town Planning, Farming, Politics, Homelessness, Transport and many others, and scale: Local community initiatives to global business. It turns out that the processes of changing the world are similar, whatever the change you are seeking to make.

Philosophy

I have put a lot of thought into various levels of philosophy. From the meaning of life, through being “Human” to natural philosophy, complex systems in particular. at some point I will risk exposing these thoughts, which many (including me!) will find uncomfortable

“The Cursed Prophet”

Like any Prophet, I see Futures, (note the plural). With multiple futures, one can choose which ones you prefer and work to improve the probability of “your” future. Rarely can you guarantee an outcome, hence the probability phrase. The more time one has to influence, the more likely one will succeed. Thus you will notice that for many of my interventions, they are years ahead of when the changes become apparent, to the degree that many will think that my intervention was not significant. Indeed, one of the reasons I call myself “The Cursed Prophet” is the lack of connection between what I do and the end result. There are many other reasons for The Cursed Prophet” epithet. In my view the worst curse is where one sees a future, which you do not like, and know that you cannot change that future. Sadly, I believe the direction of human society is set, and its not a good outcome.!