Basic Idea of the Proposal

Using conversation and consciousness, we think we can establish a benign and sound evolutionary trajectory for life on this planet. We think it probable this trajectory is basically what everyone wants. Moreover, we think we have identified the missing factor in realizing it. Once this factor is established in our institutions, a great deal will follow more or less inevitably.

The missing factor is an applied theory of natural language conversation, heretofore undeveloped. We think this development can begin by assembling its important components on a single platform. The components are

1. Publicity and public relations, art and performance in particular;

2. Scientific testing of the behavioral theory of consciousness;

3. Development of a superintelligent conversation engine and its smartphone effectors.

If humanity starts to look like it has become comfortable with itself on the astral plane, we think terrestrial evolution will have reached an important equilibrium point, and future history of a very different sort will have been made secure.