deceptively simple given the complexity, imbalance

confusion and uncertainty of the monetary-market system

that we all endure today:

a method I will point out as I go along

that is completely decoupled from the natural world, from human needs.

It exists as a mere abstraction floating in the air.

In Part Three: Objections and Projections

which will hopefully be a little bit fun

I will touch upon some of the more common criticisms of this direction

along with what we, those of us that identify with this

in a very sincere way, are likely to expect

as this direction gains more attention across the world.

I think it's really important we come to terms with the inevitable hostility

that arises when we broach the deep-seeded subjects that we do.

It's important to remember that we are all victims of culture

as has been pointed out by previous speakers

and while many people are indeed

coming to terms with the growing social problems

and do see the Zeitgeist Movement, the Venus Project and the Resource-Based Economy

as a viable solution, there are also many

that have a very powerful identification with the current model

and in all seriousness, view our work as an extreme threat

to their identity, and it's something that unfortunately I think will grow.

[applause] You're applauding that?

You're funny.

Then in Part Four, I will talk briefly about the transition

something that's also been alluded to very well.

I come at it from a similar angle although a little more general.

The complexity and lack of predictability it holds is often illusive

to those that immediately hear about this information

and ask the immediate question "How do we do it?" Changing the world is not easy

especially when the concept presented is probably the most radical

social shift this species has ever faced or considered.

But this is why we're here. The core interest of the Zeitgeist Movement is...

The defining interest is to put our heads together

to work together, to figure out how to actually get this done.

That's why we're here.

If anyone, by the way, is simply waiting for me to tell them what to do

or anyone else to guide their way, sorry you're going to be disappointed.

The Zeitgeist Movement is not a follow-the-leader movement.

The only way this movement will work is if each one of you in this audience

each one of you listening to this webcast or viewing this event archive

in the future, sees the merit of this and is prepared

to take the time and sacrifice to become an expert

on this material and be able to transmit it to your fellowman in a fluid way.

[applause] Thank you.

I've ended two of my previous films with "The Revolution is now" and I want to clarify:

The Revolution is a revolution of thought.

It's a revolution of creativity, of ingenuity, a revolution of consciousness.

I want to make it very, very clear that this

is an information-based movement. It's an enlightenment of understanding

what can be if we cared enough.

Part One: A Self-Generating Model

A wise man once said "The most profound understandings

tend to be the most obvious, yet overlooked."

I want everyone to keep that in mind as I run down the following section

for as elementary as what I'm about to point out may seem

these issues are far from being given the relevance they deserve.

You know that 'of course mentality'.

Those who say that tend to not understand what you are saying.

Natural Law:

A natural law is a property of what we call nature

or the whole of the physical phenomenon around us

to which we are symbiotically connected.

Classic example is the law of gravity.

[It] doesn't matter how much faith I have

to believe I can jump up right now and dance on the ceiling.

The law of gravity simply won't allow it.

Since the effects of gravity are also measurable and predictable

becoming a tool, this knowledge becomes the basis of inference

which we use to make more accurate decisions.

Once this law was discovered, all sorts of possibilities began to emerge

and the world became a little bit more intelligent about what was possible

and what wasn't, when it comes a phenomenon related to it.

It builds up upon... We build upon natural law.

As another example, before the germ basis of disease

was discovered by Louis Pasteur, there were many ineffective

and outright dangerous treatments for human sickness

(as anyone who studies medical history will know)

and we look back at these strange

suspicious and often superstitious methods

and wonder, how could we possibly have been so misinformed?

Yet, we seldom recognize this trend as a universal

and how it applies to us today. Most rarely consider

that many of our current modern practices might be in the same boat

to be looked back upon by future human societies which will wonder

"What the hell were they thinking?

Didn't they see the natural law referent for that issue?"

Etcetera.

The point here is that the evolution of scientific discoveries

discoveries which always originate from feedback

from the natural world, constantly refine our understandings

(if we're open to receive it, which is a conversation in and of itself).

It creates dependable, testable reference

that we can use to assist in our reasoning about the problems

solutions or even invention.

The process of transfer or reason from a given law

to an extrapolated conclusion

is called inferential logic

as if anyone's ever studied these things in college.

Nearly every man-made thing you see in the modern world

is essentially a product of this reasoning.

Everything. However there is a one area of human life

which we all have to admit goes virtually untouched

by the natural law 'reference'

and the extrapolation of this reasoning

and that is our Social System.

Somehow human organization is excluded here.

For some reason the social arrangement that we utilize goes untouched

as evolution continues as information.

It exists as one of the most dated practices of organization I think we have left.

I can break off into many different areas from this point

in regard to how provably ineffective and archaic

the whole of human social management is conducted

from our prison systems

to the banking oligarchs that we blindly accept

to the grand distortion that I literally could talk for hours on end

and if you hadn't seen my prior presentations, 'Social Pathology'

I strongly suggest them, but that's not the point

of what this presentation is about because I want to hone in.

I want to narrow it down to one thing

and that is universal human needs.

Many, throughout modern history, have been trying

to find a universal distinction for what we call human nature

a very open word these days used almost flagrantly by the population.

The question becomes "What traits are universal

across the whole of the human species?" You really can't define human nature

without that essentially being the case.

Rather than speculate, which is what the great majority of public does

(and I'm going to talk about it later as an argument that moves against us.

People often bring this up.) let's actually think about

what we actually know.

Human nature in a general sense is at least

a set of immutable human needs

that run through the species without exception.

Needs which not only govern our physical health (which is the first thing

most people think of when they think of a human need such as food)

but can actually also trigger different predictable behavioral

and physiological tendencies that are quite elusive in the organism

that are not readily apparent in the sense of causality

that we typically think of.

Furthermore, it isn't just those needs must be met

in a traditional 'input' sense. There's also the very real need

for all of us to have protection against other forms of stimulus

that can corrupt and distort us.

As will be touched upon in a moment, certain environmental or social stressors

for example, can create profound

yet initially unnoticed consequences in human development

and it's a very misunderstood and underappreciated fact.

Needless to say, if I don't get proper nutrition: water, air

I will cease to exist over time.

If I'm exposed to substances that are chemically toxic

to my biology, such as ingesting mercury

I will likely get very sick or have permanent brain damage.

If I suffer serious vitamin deficiency as a child

there's a predictable detrimental outcome for my personal health

such as stunted growth or immunity deficiencies.

Human needs do not stop at that basic level.

Humans are bio-psychosocial organisms

meaning we are affected by our environment, symbiotically

in very subtle and complex ways.

and before I continue... Who's water is this? It's mine? Beautiful.

(Audience member) It's all ours.

[applause]

For instance

if a mother in the late stages of pregnancy

suffers extreme emotional stress

flooding her system with cortisol (a stress hormone)

the nervous system of that child could be predictably compromised

in a negative way for the rest of his or her life

for the fetus is in a stage of learning about what the world actually is.

It's a natural evolutionary adaptability of the growing organism

and it's extremely important at the earliest stages, including in utero.

This goes through infancy and early childhood as well:

a critical developmental period where the organism is literally being programmed

adapted to the possible nature of the world they exist in

an impression which has been found to carry again

for the entire life of that person in certain ways.

If that critical period is met with severe negative stress

(suffering, pain, abuse) that child's development

as we all know intuitively could develop into predictable

tendencies of behavior from what science has been able to teach us

propensities such as addictions

and violence in later life.

The point here with respect to human need

is that the physical, mental and emotional health of a person

can no longer be considered an isolated temporal affair.

We are socially and environmentally connected

and in an extremely real way, multifaceted.

The historical absolute notion of freewill

(which was touched upon earlier) a blanket assumption

which is at the core of our legal system

can only be a myth when this understanding is observed.

While genetics has its obvious place (which I will touch upon a little bit later)

there is little denying now that the variation

that we see in human health, disease and human behavior

appears to be significantly the result of our social

and environmental conditioning, highlights

through human needs being met or not being met.

While it's obvious that there's cultural conditioning happening

when it comes to our bare needs and the spectrum of those

it's accentuated

when those impressions are met or not met

when we do not get what we need or we are imposed upon

by something that we should not be imposed upon.

The life-cycle itself (the pre-programming, pre-learning we have

as an organism) has throughout the cycle

different responses to those needs.

Naturally the younger you are, the more the effect

will pertain and continue for the rest of your life

the more severe the effect.

The problem of course is that there is a overall lack of acknowledgment

of the bio-psychosocial context of human need and its profound effect on us.

It goes essentially unnoticed overall by our educational system

the prison system, not to mention its contrast to

a competitive economic world

driven by a mentality of independence and self-interest.

I would even go so far to say that the core idea of being responsible

and caring towards each other

or even the environment on many levels, is actually held in hostility

and contempt by many that have been conditioned by the current model.

Little in the world we have created today seems to reflect

these very real fundamental needs. They are denied

by the social institution.

The bottom line here is that if we as a society actually care about

the well-being of each other and the symbiotic natural law aspects