Project Synthesis - Markus Schneider - Humane Future Lab

PROJECT SYNTHESIS -
THE LONG OVERDUE, HUMANE "PLAN B" FOR THE PLANET – BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE DOES IT AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY TIME TO LOSE.
LET’S FIND THE MOST POWERFUL SOLUTIONS FOR THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS AND IMPLEMENT THEM TEST-WISE REGIONALLY - AND THEN ROLL THEM OUT GLOBALLY.
THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE "BEYOND ANY IDEOLOGY" TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY THAT PUTS HUMAN WELLBEING FIRST AND FOCUSES ON EXPONENTIAL INNOVATION
THROUGH SUPER-LEVERAGE POINTS, RADICAL SOLUTION TRANSPARENCY AND GLOBALLY COORDINATED TEAMWORK.
CORE TOPICS: WELL-BEING, REGENERATION, FREEDOM, DE-CENTRALISATION, CITIZEN-DRIVEN DEMOCRACY, TRANS-DISCIPLINARY HIGH-RISK/HIGH-ROI TOPICS,
RESEARCH AT THE FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE, PARADIGM-SHIFTING, IMPACT INVESTING
MARKUS SCHNEIDER, HUMANE FUTURE LAB
PROJECT SYNTHESIS, AUTHOR MARKUS SCHNEIDER, HUMANE FUTURE LAB 1

WHO AM I?

"THE 2020S WILL BE A BULL MARKET OF IDEAS TO INCREASE THE WELLBEING FOR ALL."
ABOUT ME: MARKUS SCHNEIDER, 55, INDEPENDENT SUPER-LEVERAGE POINT RESEARCHER, VISIONARY, REBEL WITH A CAUSE, SOCIAL CRITIC, COSMOPOLITAN (SPEAKS FOUR LANGUAGES),
HUMANIST, FATHER, HUSBAND, DEEP DIGGING FUTURIST & INFO-MANIAC, ALWAYS ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE NEXT BIG THING. HIPSTER, HIPPIE AND HACKER.
THE NAIVE AND BRAVE GUY WHO TOOK ON EXPEDIA, GOOGLE AND TRIPADVISOR (MOSTLY IN VAIN) IN THE LATE 90S AND EARLY 00S WITH NO REAL FUNDING, THE GUY WHO TRIED TO TURN
ADVERTISING AND FACEBOOK INTO A FORCE FOR GOOD (IN VAIN), THAT'S ME.
+20 YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, PROJECT AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, CONTENT ANALYSIS AND ONLINE MARKETING. "TOP PERFORMER" AT SAP.
MULTIPLE STARTUP CO-FOUNDER. STUDIED ENGLISH AND SPANISH LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE, TRAINED TRAVEL AGENT. CO-FOUNDER OF A FUTURISTIC INDIE DANCE RECORD LABEL AND
PART OF A WORLD-FAMOUS "COSMIC DISCO" DJ DUO. CURATOR OF A HIPSTER DJ MIX SERIES AND MULTIPLE UFO-EXPERIENCER.
I SEE MYSELF AS A DRIVING FORCE FOR A FUNDAMENTALLY RETHOUGHT AND BETTER FUTURE. AFTER VARIOUS PAINFUL, DEEP INSIGHTS ABOUT THE MARKETS AND THE STATE OF THE WORLD,
HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND THAT TOO FEW PEOPLE ARE COORDINATEDLY WORKING ON SOLUTIONS FOR THE ENTIRE PLANET, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THE BIGGEST LEVERS TO POSITIVELY
CHANGE SOCIETY SINCE 2016. THE RESULT IS THIS PRESENTATION, A HUGE AMOUNT OF DATA AND (HOPEFULLY) THE ACTIVITIES THAT FOLLOW.
MY RESEARCH FOCUS IS ON HIGH LEVERAGE IDEAS FOR A BETTER ECONOMY AND A HEALTHIER PLANET. MY MAIN GOAL WAS TO CREATE AN OVERVIEW OF BETTER IDEAS AND APPROACHES. THE
NEXT STEP COULD BE TO CREATE A NETWORK OF THOUGHT LEADERS THAT INSPIRES PEOPLE, CREATES NEW SOLUTIONS AND COMMUNICATES HOW CHANGE CAN BE MADE.
MY ULTIMATE VISION: TO CREATE THE LEADING INTERNATIONAL WELLBEING- AND HIGH-RISK/HIGH-LEVERAGE TOPICS FOCUSED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION OR COOPERATIVE THAT WORKS WITH
BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENTS, UNIVERSITIES, EXPERTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY TO ACCELERATE CHANGE TOWARDS A HEALING FUTURE.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN PEOPLE, THEIR IDEAS AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD.

WHY AM I DOING THIS?
THE FACT THAT I BECAME A FATHER MANY YEARS AGO, THAT I REALIZED MORE AND MORE OVER THE YEARS HOW MUCH WAS WRONG IN THE WORLD, AND THAT REALITY CONFIRMED ME, EVEN IF I WAS A FEW YEARS
AHEAD OF IT, AND AN ANXIETY DISORDER THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT SO EASY TO TREAT HAVE NOT LET ME STOP 
DISCLAIMER AND REALISTIC ASSESSMENT:
1. YES, I REALIZE THAT THIS IS FAR TOO BIG A TOPIC FOR ONE PERSON ALONE - HENCE THIS PRESENTATION, THAT WE CAN GO ON WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
2. YES, I AM AWARE THAT EVERY POINT IN THIS PRESENTATION CAN BE DISCUSSED AND OPTIMIZED FOR HOURS - BUT I HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE AND WANTED TO COLLECT AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE
SO THAT ANY DISCUSSIONS DO NOT COMPLETELY DEPRIVE US OF THE BASIS
3 -YES, I REALIZE THAT I HAVE OVERLOOKED THINGS - EVERY TOPIC TOUCHED ON OR PRESENTED ON A SLIDE DESERVES TO BE DESCRIBED IN DETAIL BY EXPERTS, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A START TO GIVE
NEWCOMERS AN INITIAL OVERVIEW
4. YES, I REALIZE THAT NO ONE CAN KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERY TOPIC, AND I DON'T THINK THAT OF MYSELF EITHER, BUT I THINK ONE OF MY STRENGTHS IS TO OPERATE ON A META-LEVEL AND USE KNOWLEDGE
AND INTUITION TO DECIDE WHICH TOPICS ARE RELEVANT AND WHICH ARE LESS RELEVANT - I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN ANY OF THESE TOPICS, JUST ON THIS META-LEVEL
5. YES, I AM AWARE THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE ALREADY WORKING ON SUCH TOPICS - BUT NOT ENOUGH OF THEM, NOT TOGETHER, NOT WITH ENOUGH FUNDING AND USUALLY WITHOUT
ANY REAL REASON TO IMPLEMENT THE RESULT AFTERWARDS. THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO HELP CHANGE THAT.
6 . YES, I AM AWARE THAT IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO IMPLEMENT SUCH PROJECTS WITHOUT BILLIONS OF EUROS - BUT WHO SAYS THAT IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE THESE SUMS IF THE NEED IS
RECOGNIZED?
7. YES, I AM AWARE THAT THIS WILL CREATE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS - THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS INTENDED, BECAUSE NOT ONLY THE MILLENNIALS WANT TO DO MEANINGFUL JOBS AND IMPROVE THE
WORLD.
8 . YES, I REALIZE IT WAS A CRAZY JOB - IN FACT, I THOUGHT I'D BE DONE AFTER A FEW WEEKS, BUT IT'S BEEN ABOUT EIGHT YEARS NOW, DURING WHICH I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT ON AND OFF, PUTTING OTHER
PAYING JOBS ON THE BACK BURNER. THE FACT THAT I BECAME A FATHER, REALIZED MORE AND MORE OVER THE YEARS WHAT WAS GOING WRONG IN THE WORLD, AND AN ANXIETY DISORDER THAT UNFORTUNATELY
WASN'T SO EASY TO TREAT DIDN'T LET ME STOP.
9. YES, I REALIZE THAT THE WORK MAY HAVE BEEN IN VAIN IF NO ONE IS INTERESTED AND NO ONE GETS INVOLVED - THAT WOULD BE A SHAME, BUT I HAD TO DO IT, AND NOW I'M LETTING MY BABY OUT INTO THE
WORLD TO BE ABLE TO ACT MORE FREELY AGAIN. KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED FOR ME AND FOR US.
10. YES, I AM NOT A DESIGNER AND MY FORMATTING SKILLS ARE MEDIOCRE, SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME AND THE LAYOUT OF THIS PRESENTATION.
11. YEP, IT'S TRUE, THIS PRESENTATION IS NOT FOR PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING IS TOO LATE ANYWAY, THAT MANKIND IS DOING AWAY WITH ITSELF ANYWAY, THAT IT "CAN'T WORK", THAT MANY THINGS
HAVE BEEN TRIED BEFORE AND DIDN'T WORK - IT'S NOT A PROJECT FOR YOU AND WE WON'T TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT BECAUSE OUR TIME IS TOO PRECIOUS. HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND, WE ARE DOING THIS FOR OUR KIDS
AND THE BIOSPHERE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL PLANET. AND FOR OUR PEACE OF MIND.
12. YES, IT'S TRUE, THIS IS A PRESENTATION FOR SELF-STUDY, MORE LIKE AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK WITH PICTURES AND SHORT SENTENCES THAN A LECTURE, BUT YOU'LL BE FINE WITH THAT.

IF NOT NOW, THEN WHEN?
IF NOT US, THEN WHO?

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE?

"TO CREATE A MORE ADVANCED SOCIETY, WE NEED TO DEFINE IMPOSSIBLE GOALS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE SOME OF THE POSSIBLE GOALS.
WE MUST BE BOLD ENOUGH TO SPECULATE AND DEVELOP SOCIAL THEORIES BASED ON PARTIAL KNOWLEDGE, RISKING THAT SOME OF THEM WILL
END UP BEING WAY OFF THE MARK."
NOAM CHOMSKY

WE CAN DO BETTER THAN OUR CURRENT MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS

GOAL:
WITH "PROJECT SYNTHESIS", WE WANT TO ACCELERATE THE TRANSITION TO A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE'S HEALTH AND
HAPPINESS COME FIRST.
OUR APPROACH:
WE DO THIS BY CO-CREATING A "PLAN B" FOR THE PLANET, CONDUCTING RESEARCH TO FIND “SUPER-LEVERAGE POINTS”
WHICH CAN ACCELERATE POSITIVE CHANGE EXPONENTIALLY, CREATING AN OVERVIEW ON EXISTING SOLUTIONS AND
SUPPORTING AND UNITING INNOVATORS AND THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO JOIN THEM.
FOCUS:
TO HELP PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD COME UP WITH AND APPLY WELL-BEING-FOCUSED SOLUTIONS MORE QUICKLY, WE
WORK
- TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT SUPER-LEVERAGE POINTS,
- INCREASE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT EXISTING SOLUTIONS,
- ENCOURAGE CO-OPERATION AMONG INNOVATORS AND LIKEMINDED,
- SIMPLIFY COMPLEXITY AND
- EMPOWER ENTREPRENEURS AND RESEARCHERS WITH MORE AND BETTER INFORMATION, NETWORKING, AND FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES.

STEP 1 – SOLUTION KNOWLEDGE: IDENTIFY, ANALYZE & AGGREGATE
TO RECOGNIZE THE SCOPE OF THE META-CRISIS
TO IDENTIFY THE QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ASK
TO IDENTIFY THE SKILLS WE NEED TO ANSWER THEM CORRECTLY
TO SET NEW PRIORITIES FOR OUR FUTURE SYSTEMS
TO IDENTIFY TOPICS THAT MIGHT BE THE HIGHLY IMPACTFUL SUPER-LEVERAGE POINTS
TO IDENTIFY POTENTIALLY EXISTING SUITABLE TOPICS AND SOLUTIONS
TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS AND TEAMS WHO ARE ALREADY CREATING SOLUTIONS
STEP 2 – SOLUTION WORKERS COMMUNITY: SHAPE, INFORM & UNITE
TO SET UP A “THINK AND DO TANK” TO PROACTIVELY ACCELERATE META-CRISIS SOLUTION RESEARCH (FOR NOW CALLED “HUMANE
FUTURE LAB”)
TO SET UP A COMMUNITY & NETWORKING PLATFORM FOR EVERYBODY WHO WORKS ON SOLVING THE META-CRISIS (FOR NOW CALLED
“THE HIT BUREAU”)
TO CREATE A LIBRARY AND SET UP “TOPIC-AI”S WITH ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE TO INSPIRE AND EDUCATE
TO GATHER, SHARE AND PROMOTE SOLUTION APPROACHES FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD (STANDARDIZED BEST PRACTICES)
STEP 3 – OWN PROJECTS: FUND, DEVELOP & IMPLEMENT
TO PROVIDE A PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO RECEIVE FUNDS FOR THEIR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
TO DEFINE A DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITH MILESTONES FOR THESE PROJECTS AND ENSURE THEIR SUCCESS ON A GLOBAL SCALE
TO DECIDE ON THE MOST SUITABLE LEGAL FORM OF ALL FUNDED START-UPS, CO-OPS AND NON-FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES

PRO: CONTRA:
DECENTRALIZATION TOTALITARIANISM
FREEDOM DICTATORSHIP
REGENERATION EXPLOITATION
JUSTICE INJUSTICE
IDEAS IDEOLOGIES
PRAGMATISM DOGMA
COURAGE FEAR
OPENNESS SECRECY
TRANSPARENCY TRANSFIGURATION
INDEPENDENCE LOBBYISM
HONESTY LIES & TABOO
MATURITY NAIVETY
TEAMWORK EGOISM
PEACE CONFLICT
RESILIENCE WEAKNESS
LOVE INDIFFERENCE
INCLUSION MARGINALISATION

SOME FICTITIOUS FUTURE EVALUATIONS OF MY WORK AT PROJECT SYNTHESIS / HUMANE FUTURE LAB ;)
"THE ULTIMATE OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, WHAT'S IMPORTANT NEXT AND HOW WE CAN ACT TODAY AND
TOMORROW."
"SCHNEIDER EXPLORES HOW REAL REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS AND NOVEL APPROACHES THAT SOUND LIKE SCIENCE FICTION ARE
ENTERING, CONQUERING, AND CHANGING OUR WORLD - A WILD BUT VERY GROUNDED MIX OF PASSIONATE THOUGHT LEADERS AND
DOERS, PRIVATE INVESTORS, NEW INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT, CIVIC TECH GEEKS, RENEGADE SCIENTISTS, UNITED GRASSROOTS
MOVEMENTS, MORE SOPHISTICATED MUTANTS, AND UNOFFICIAL GOVERNMENT BLACK OPS."
"A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE META-CRISIS AND HUMANITY'S MOST PROMISING INSIGHTS AND LEVERS TO TURN THE TIDE
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE."
"SO FAR THE BEST DESCRIPTIONS OF WHAT THIS NEW WORLD WILL LOOK LIKE - AND WHY."
"IF I COULD GET POLITICAL DECISION-MAKERS AND CITIZENS EVERYWHERE TO READ JUST ONE SLIDEDECK THIS YEAR, IT WOULD BE
THIS ONE".

WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS, THE MAJOR
TRENDS AND THE UPCOMING REVOLUTIONS FOR
WHICH SOLUTIONS ARE BEING SOUGHT?

PROBLEM 1:
WE ARE IN THE BIGGEST
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
OF ALL TIME
According to the WHO's World Mental Health
Report published in early 2022, depression
and anxiety increased by 25% in the first year
of the pandemic, bringing the total number of
people living with a mental disorder to almost
1,000,000,000 people, including "due to
social stigma and discrimination".
Globally, the mental health workforce is not
able to meet the demand that this situation
creates. There is a shortage of millions of
skilled workers.
Source:
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/97
89240049338

PROBLEM 2: WE NEED THE
TOOLS AND SERVICES FOR
THE COMING HOLISTIC
HEALTH REVOLUTION
"The sixth Kondratieff is a health-related
cycle. This means that for the first time in
history, the focus of economic and social
development is not on a machine, a chemical
process, an energy or hardware technology,
but on people with their physical, mental,
psychological, social, ecological and spiritual
needs, problems and potential. We are
leaving the growth patterns of earlier
Kondratieff cycles behind us. Now the focus
is on people. This is the message of the sixth
Kondratieff: "Healing the human being is the
best program for the future": Sociostudies
Source: Leo Nefiodov: The
Sixth Kondratieff, 1996
Source: The long waves of
economic development Leo
Nefiodov: The sixth
Kondratieff, 2014

PROBLEM 3:
WE NEED THE TOOLS AND
JOBS FOR THE COMING
HUMAN REVOLUTION
The new paradigm:
People,
Planet,
Purpose,
Wellbeing for "The good future"
3 revolutions united in one movement:
Digital, sustainability, purpose
Years 2023, 2024: as in 1968
Source: Futurologist Gerd Leonhard "The good future: Why we can be optimistic", Keynote ProMarca Forum

PROBLEM 4: WE NEED
THE MARKET FOR THE
COMING MEANING AND
PURPOSE REVOLUTION
Consumers, young people and
employees are striving for more
meaningful goals, i.e. they want to buy
"good" products and work in "good"
jobs. Companies that do not fulfill
these goals will lose market share and
disappear over time.
Source: Futurist Gerd Leonhard 4 global paradigm shifts that will influence our future: Futurist Gerd Leonhard livestream

PROBLEM 5: WE ARE IN
A GLOBAL, NETWORKED
META-CRISIS
"(The meta-crisis is) a single phenomenon.
We can see it as an ecological crisis.
We may think of a psychological or spiritual
crisis.
We may see it as a cultural crisis and a
breakdown of the community, the family and so
on.
We may think it is a crisis of government,
economy and finance.
And it is all of these things. But it can't be
reduced to just one of them. That's why it's a
meta-crisis."
Terry Patten (philosopher, author, activist and social
entrepreneur)
Solutions must therefore be found and implemented
in all areas.
Sources:
A crisis of crises: What is the meta-crisis, by Kyle
Kowalski
Education is the meta-crisis by Zachary Stein, January
27, 2022
1. mental health problems such as
depression and anxiety are on the
rise due to financial insecurity,
work-related stress, social media
and the abolition of culture
2. erosion of democracy due to
money in politics, the role of the
media and increasing
authoritarianism
3. spiritual crisis, unanswered
questions of meaning vs.
existential meaninglessness
4. unfair and ineffective social,
economic and political systems
5. economic problems such as
rising debt, low economic growth,
job insecurity
6. ecological issues: climate
change, environmental pollution,
depletion of resources
7. social issues: social isolation,
interpersonal relationships, drug
addiction, homelessness
8. struggling journalism: media
distortion, fake news,
sensationalism
9 Technological AI disruption and
globalized competition threaten
jobs
10. cyber security issues: attacks
on critical infrastructure, loss of
privacy, spread of disinformation
11. immigration and cultural
changes in terms of gender,
sexuality and race lead to social
tensions and problems with
freedom of speech
12. the ageing of the
population is putting pressure
on social safety nets and
healthcare systems:

PROBLEM 6:
"THE MARKET" FAILS TO
SOLVE THE WORLD'S MOST
PRESSING "SOLVABLE"
PROBLEMS
Market power has its limits. Not every major
problem can be solved with one business
model.
80,000 Hours regularly publishes a list of the
world's biggest solvable problems, i.e.
unusually large problems that pose an
existential threat to future generations and
that can be positively influenced by
individuals.
At Project Synthesis, we have selected the
neglected issues that have the greatest
potential to have a positive impact on people
if these issues are properly addressed.
1. risks due to AI 2. development of effective
altruism
3. implementation of research on
global priorities
4. improvement of decision-
making (in important institutions)
5. strengthening the resilience of
civilization
6. reduction of the risk of
suffering
7. promotion of positive values 8. deepening and expanding
consciousness research (AI and
humans)
9. improving incentives and
governance for global public
goods
10. mitigating the risks of stable
totalitarianism
11. improvement of individual
thinking and cognition
12. democratization of space
administration

PROBLEM 7: OUR
SYSTEMS ARE NOT (YET)
DESIGNED FOR WELL-
BEING
What is essential for physical
survival?
We need economic and social
systems that fully support the
achievement of these goals for all.
Graphics: Maslow's pyramid of needs, human-
centered & social user interface design
Source 1: Fundamental Needs for Human-Centered Design,
Delft Institute for Positive Design - Desmet, P.M.A., &
Fokkinga, S.F. (2020). Beyond Maslow's pyramid:
Introducing a typology of thirteen fundamental needs for
human-centered design.
Source 2: Social design strategy, UX Mag

PROBLEM 8: THE "SOCIO-
ECOLOGICAL"
TRANSFORMATION LACKS A
LARGE PART OF THE
"SOCIAL" DIMENSION
In 2023, German politics focused on climate,
gender roles, immigration and the war in
Russia, while the classic issues of
transformation towards justice, a good life for
all and the displacement of power and
domination were clearly underexposed.
Source: "Four "adjusting screws" of the socio-
ecological transformation" - Parliamentary
Advisory Council on Sustainable
Development, German Bundestag, 15th from
March 2023
 Important suggestions:
 The ecological and social costs should be borne by the polluters and
should not be passed on to uninvolved third parties (no more
externalization of costs)
 What is needed is a value-based modernization concept with a
regulatory framework that promotes and accelerates technological
and social innovation in the service of the common good
 More opportunities for participation and representation are needed
 New mechanisms for democracies to commit themselves so that
binding targets can be agreed in the longer term without these being
constantly under discussion in day-to-day political business
 Main objectives:
 Recognizing and overcoming obstacles and opposing forces
 Removing obstacles to transformation: weak institutions and lack of
policymaking
 Ensuring a fair distribution of obligations and opportunities for action
 Important measures:
 Alliances of people, initiatives, parties, civil society organizations,
trade unions and companies as an essential prerequisite for
confronting the power that hinders transformation processes.
 Despite their different perspectives and backgrounds, these
alliances should work together to drive forward a socio-ecological
transformation.
 In addition, the role of civil society, including civil society
organizations and the church, is emphasized in order to take into
account the interests of disadvantaged groups.

PROBLEM 9: THERE IS A
LACK OF OVERARCHING
MEANINGFUL
COLLECTIVE GOALS
"ChatGPT, what would be the
12 things the global
community needs to achieve
for a new "Golden Age"?"
1. general free access to
education
2. sustainable,
regenerative
development
3 Innovation and creativity
for technological and social
progress
4. empowerment of
individuals and
personal growth
5. free access to
healthcare
6 Global digital
connectivity
7. preservation of
cultures
8. social justice
9. equality and
diversity
10. peace and security 11. financial security 12. free access to
resources for creativity
and pleasure

PROBLEM 10: WE ARE
NOT YET FOCUSING ON
EFFECTIVE LEVERAGE
POINTS TO CREATE
POSITIVE TIPPING
POINTS
According to Meadows: the series of general leverage points or "points at which a system can
be intervened in", ordered from greatest to least relative effectiveness:
 1. the mindset or paradigm from which the system emerged;
 2. the objectives of the system;
 3. the distribution of power over the rules of the system;
 4. the rules of the system;
 5. the flow of information;
 6. material flows and nodes of material overlap;
 7. drive of positive feedback loops;
 8. regulation of negative feedback loops;
 9. constants, parameters, numbers
More recently, examples of leverage points that can trigger positive tipping points in social-
ecological-technological systems have been referred to as sensitive intervention points
(Barbrook-Johnson et al., 2023; Mealy et al., 2023; Farmer et al., 2019; Hepburn et al.,
2020;) or social tipping points (Otto et al., 2020).
Source: Global Tipping Points, December 2023, https://global-tipping-points.org/

PROBLEM 11:
WE ARE NOT YET
FOCUSING ON SUPER
LEVERAGE POINTS TO
CREATE POSITIVE
TIPPING POINTS
"Coordinated action by coalitions ... between politics, business
and civil society can bring about positive turning points in politics,
business, technology, culture and behavior.
A focus on 'super leverage points' ... "Given their ubiquitous and
disruptive nature, digital technologies have the potential to be
leverage points that promote positive tipping points across
sectors, as well as super leverage points capable of catalyzing
tipping points across multiple sectors and promoting the creation
of inclusive economies and high-prosperity societies." (S.351)
Global Tipping Points Study, University of Exeter, December 2023
The Breakthrough Effect

PROBLEM 12:
WICKED PROBLEMS
CREATE VICIOUS
CYCLES
For a proper sensemaking and to
find super-leverage points, we need
to take into account how
interconnected our main problems
are.
Source: Wicked7.org

PROBLEM 13: WE ARE
NOT YET USING OUR FULL
KNOWLEDGE POTENTIAL
 Ma

SOCIAL DESIGN
HOLISTIC HEALTH
CO-CREATION TRANSFORMATION
SOCIAL INNOVATION
CIVIC TECHNOLOGY
INTERDISCIPLINARITY
NOVEL SCIENCE
OPEN SOURCE
METAMODERNISM
REGENERATION
NOETIC SCIENCES
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
HIGHER STATES OF HAPPINESS
WELFARE ECONOMICS
FUNCTIONAL
ECONOMY
DECENTRALIZATION
GLOCAL KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
COLLECTIVE AWARENESS
SUPERINTEGRATION
HOLISTIC WORLD VIEW
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
POSITIVE DESIGN
SPACE FUTURE
MEANING SOCIETY
CONSCIOUSNESS SCIENCE
THINKING IN TERMS OF IDEAS AND
INTENTIONS
LONGTERMISM
OUTSIDERISM
REDISTRIBUTION POLICY
"SERVICE TO HUMANITY" - CULTURE
"EARTH-HUMAN" - TRIBAL THINKING
QUANTUM PHYSICS
TASTE EDUCATION
NEW THOUGHT PATTERNS
POST-SCARCITY
LARGE LEVER
MECHANISM
ULTRA-EFFICIENCY
COMMUNITY WORK
The mainstream is outdated. Many promising research areas have not yet
been sufficiently researched, their financial aspects are too unclear, they
are years ahead of the current mainstream ideologies or our science is not
yet able to grasp them.

TO OVERCOME THE META-CRISIS, HONEST, CORRECT
AND COMPLETE ANSWERS TO THE SIX CORE
QUESTIONS ARE ESSENTIAL

1. WHAT?
SOURCE: BRANDON NORGAARD, HOW TO
CLASSIFY PROJECTS AIMED AT TACKLING
THE META-CRISIS
 1.1 Ontology - What is the case? (Sensemaking)
How can we understand ourselves and the nature of the world
around us?
 1.2 Epistemology - What do we know? (Overviews)
This also includes creating maps and understanding the area if
necessary.
 1.3 Ideology - What do we believe in? (Belief systems)
We have deeply rooted ideologies that prevent us from reacting
to changes and challenges.
 1.4 Aesthetics - What do we design? (Innovation)
We continue to rely on design processes that have outlived their
usefulness and are suicidal.

2. WHO?
"We cannot solve our problems
with the same mindset with which
we created them".
Albert Einstein
2.1 Legitimacy (teams, experts) - Who should do it? Who has
authority and legitimacy in our lives and in our world? This includes
incoherence at the level of cultural agreements.
2.2 Identity (self-image) - Who are we? We need a greater sense of
"we".

3. WHY?
SOURCE: BRANDON NORGAARD
 3.1 Purpose - Why should we do all this? What is our purpose
in tackling these crises?
 3.2 Complexity (analytical breakdowns) - Why is all this
complex stuff happening? We are not able to cut through the
noise and move to a higher level of consciousness and think
at a high enough level of abstraction to be able to act.
 3.3 Imagination (creativity) - Why should anything ever be
different than it is now? Our imagination and creativity are
limited and are nipped in the bud.
 3.4 Communication - Why should anyone understand what we
are saying and why should they be interested in joining
forces? We are not in a position to talk about these existential
threats in public and to be understood and taken seriously by
very many people.

4. HOW?
 4.1 Skills - How can one of these crises be managed? What skills
do we need? This includes our inability to act intelligently at the
level of the world.
 4.2 Systems - How can we best reform our political, economic
and social systems? This also includes the dynamics of the world
system, through which our economic, political and social systems
are intertwined with psychology.
 4.3 Coherence (unity) - How can we understand our past (as a
human collective) and move coherently into the future? We have
different memetic strains (modern, postmodern, traditional) and
our historical understanding is deeply confused and we lack the
ability to move coherently into the future together.
 4.4 Education - How do we educate our children and our adult
citizens to be stewards of our world? Our education systems,
processes and skills are not able to adequately educate people
and prepare them for the changing world.

5. WHERE?
 "Broadly speaking, we are concerned with the entire planet
Earth, so our efforts must focus on the entire biosphere,
including every continent, every island, every ocean, every
lake and each of the Earth's many bioregions.
 Some projects are not geographically limited and therefore
have the potential to have a positive impact worldwide.
 Some projects are also targeted at specific geographical
regions, e.g. those based on regenerative financing or those
aimed at fundamental political reforms in certain countries
 We would like to see vibrant and regenerative projects
launched in all regions of the world.

6 WHEN?
THE THREE-HORIZON
MODEL
SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR
FUTURE STUDIES (IFF), DANIEL-CHRISTIAN
WAHL
The three-horizon framework is a foresight tool that helps us to structure our thinking about
the future in such a way that innovation emerges.
It consists of three horizons: "business as usual/world in crisis" (H1), "viable world" (H3) and
"world in transition" (H2).
H2 stands for disruptive innovation. Some are absorbed by H1 without significant changes,
others build a bridge from H1 to H3 and have regenerative effects - these should be
supported.

THE 9 SKILLS TO IDENTIFY THE PROJECTS, KNOWLEDGE
AND PEOPLE NEEDED

THE 9 SKILLS:
OVERVIEW
1
• Problem-solving skills -> Which priority 1 problems do we actually have and how can we solve
them?
2
• Inner maturity -> How can we achieve the awareness to recognize and resolve them all?
3
• Imagination -> What solutions can we come up with if we are super-creative?
4
• Transformation frameworks -> What transformation systems have we already created? What
gaps do they have? How can we fill them? How can we combine the different approaches?
5
• Meta-Crisis Solution Frameworks -> What systems have we already created to solve the
polycrisis? What gaps do they have? How can we fill them? How can we combine the different approaches?
6
• Ecosystems of social change -> What systems for social change already exist? What gaps
do they have? How can we fill them? How can we connect the different approaches?
7
• Strategies for social change -> What do we need and what should we do to implement
these solutions successfully and as quickly as possible?
8
• Change Topics & Projects & Funds -> Which topics are the most important, which
projects are the most promising, where does the funding come from?
9
• Change teams and stakeholders -> Which teams should be formed, who belongs to
these teams and how can they receive the necessary support?

REQUIRED SKILL 1:
PROBLEM-SOLVING
COMPETENCE
Source: World Economic Forum, Report on
the Future of Jobs 2020

REQUIRED SKILL 2:
MATURITY
"Inner Development Goals (IDGs) is a non-profit
organization for inner development. We research,
collect and impart science-based skills and qualities
that help us achieve the UN Sustainable
Development Goals.
Background:
In 2015, the United Nations presented us with the
Sustainable Development Goals, a comprehensive
plan for a sustainable world by 2030. There is a
vision of what needs to happen, but progress
towards this vision has so far been disappointing. We
lack the intrinsic capacity to deal with our
increasingly complex environment and challenges.
Fortunately, modern research shows that the inner
skills we all need now can be developed. This was
the starting point for the Inner Development Goals
initiative."

REQUIRED SKILL 3:
IMAGINATION &
CREATIVITY
"The biggest crisis is the crisis of lack of
imagination".
"The fantasy sundial" by Rob Shorter
is a heuristic or creative tool for how we can
intentionally and skillfully rebuild the
imagination of people, organizations or
nations.
This is based on the conviction that we are
living in a time of declining imagination, at
the very moment in history when we need
our greatest imagination.
Improving imagination comes first, then we
explore all potential areas for positive
change.

REQUIRED SKILL 4:
ANALYSIS OF
TRANSFORMATION
FRAMEWORKS
Catalist Network's LIFT project (version 2022) is
a "meta-framework" for 50+ interconnected "big
picture frameworks" from around the world with
principles or goals for transformation - all "new"
ways of looking at the world, analyzing it and
finding solutions.
It encompasses mental models for new ways of
looking at the world - far beyond the issues
supported by governments and investors.
These include, for example, Theory U, Maslow's
hierarchy of needs, the doughnut economy, the
UN Sustainable Development Goals, the 8
forms of capital and much more.

REQUIRED SKILL 5:
ANALYSIS OF
SOLUTION CONCEPTS
FOR THE META-CRISIS
Here are +30 solutions for the
meta-crisis listed, explained and
categorized
Two thirds are classified as
"integrative / metamodern", which
represents the highest level of
personal development. They are a
key focus of the Synthesis project.
Source: Brandon Norgaard
https://medium.com/@brandon_29259/comparing-
approaches-to-addressing-the-meta-crisis-
9393e6ee17d7

REQUIRED SKILL 6.1:
ANALYZE NOVEL
ECOSYSTEMS OF
SOCIAL CHANGE
"We sense that a new ecosystem, or an
ecosystem of ecosystems, is emerging.
A growing number of people, organizations
and initiatives are pursuing alternative
approaches to social change.
These differ from and go beyond the more
established spaces of civil society and the
social economy.
The focus is on internal change, cultural
change and system change.
Another focus is on complexity, systems and
emergence, development models, spirituality
and practice, sensitization, different forms of
knowledge and global-local activism. Other
commonalities include an interest in
decentralized governance, new narratives,
alternative social imaginaries and
regenerative culture.
Source: Life Itself Life itself

REQUIRED SKILL 6.2:
IDENTIFY RELEVANT
NEW APPROACHES TO
SOCIAL CHANGE
This ecosystem has a novel
approach to social change:
one that is simultaneously
paradigmatic, integrated and
committed.
Source: Life itself
What is new about the approach to social change?
The combination of paradigmatic, integrated and committed is important and unmistakable.
Paradigmatic
It strives for a change in the entire social paradigm both at the system level and at the
"ontological" level (worldview and narratives). This is in contrast to approaches that seek
either simple reform, e.g. improving market liberalism, or profound but single-issue
transformation, e.g. reshaping our economic structures of production and ownership, while
leaving intact the fundamental assumptions about who we are and how we relate to the
natural world.
Integrated
It highlights the need to integrate methods and pathways to change that span a variety of
domains and "places" (e.g. personal, cultural, institutional, etc.). A central and fundamental
BeiGame common to most (if not all) actors is the belief that inner and outer transformation
must go hand in hand. In terms of integralism, this is an "all-quadrant concept" that
prioritizes the neglected "inner" quadrants in particular.
Committed
Participants actively engage with wider society for the purposes of social transformation.
This distinguishes them from groups that do a lot of inner work but do not directly and
explicitly link it to broader social change, such as certain parts of the spiritual,
developmental and psychedelic communities.

REQUIRED SKILL 6.3:
ANALYZE, PRIORITIZE, MAP,
SUPPORT AND COMPLEMENT THE
NEW SOCIAL CHANGE ECOSYSTEM
New core features:
1 Post-individualism means
a) incorporating the positive characteristics of
individuality into group-centered thinking
and
b) an ecosystem-wide commitment to
networked and cooperative behavior.
2 Wholism - a more general holistic view, evident
in the use of terms such as metacrisis or
polycrisis. It leads to a problem analysis that
focuses on a larger whole, which leads to poor
social outcomes.
3 Counterculture is the desire to go beyond the
prevailing norms and narratives, to create new
norms and narratives, surprisingly also beyond
the rules of the progressive movement. It is
about changing the foundations, worldviews and
assumptions of our current order. In this sense, it
is a form of "cultural creation".
Source: Life itself
"We have defined ten main themes, each of which is
represented by a circle within the larger circle/theme of
social change. Below is a brief description of each
theme:
•Arts and culture - the role and use of arts and culture in
promoting social change.
•Community - The role of community in human life and in
promoting human well-being and approaches to building,
sustaining and leading communities.
•Development and growth - promoting personal
development and growth in emotional, psychological,
social and other inner skills.
•Ecology and the environment - questions about the
environment, including climate change, but also about
nature in general and man's relationship with it.
•The future of work - innovation in the world of work,
including new methods and approaches for corporate
and organizational management.
•Governance & Institutions - Development of new forms
of governance and institutions to support alternative
social paradigms.
•Politics and economics - analysis of existing political and
economic systems, development of political concepts
and development of new approaches to politics and
economics.
•Spirituality & religion - a world beyond the material and
rational.
•Technology & Blockchain - using technological
innovations, including blockchain, to promote social
change and support new social systems.
•Well-being and health - improving quality of life through
the physical, psychological, environmental and social
determinants of health and well-being".

REQUIRED SKILL 7:
FIND SOCIAL SCIENTISTS
TO IDENTIFY THE
NECESSARY ACTIVITIES
FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
Source: Civic Leadership Initiative
Online from Minnesota Campus
Compact

REQUIRED CAPABILITY 8:
FIND SOLUTION
ANALYSTS TO
IDENTIFY RELEVANT
ISSUES AND EXISTING
SOLUTIONS FOR ALL
LEVELS OF REQUIRED
CHANGE
Source: Research database of
the project synthesis

REQUIRED SKILL 9:
FINDING CREATORS - THE
PEOPLE WHO CREATE
THE SOLUTIONS AND
THEIR SUPPORTERS
Source: metacrisis.xyz

WHICH NEW FOCAL POINTS MAKE SENSE?

NEW FOCUS 1:
INDICATORS OF WELL-
BEING
THE NINE DOMAINS AND
33 INDICATORS OF THE
GROSS NATIONAL
HAPPINESS INDEX
SOURCE
GRAPHICS
7 dimensions: Economy, environment, body, mind, work, social, politics
The GNW/GNH Index is a global
framework for measuring
development that was published in
2005 by the International Institute
of Management in the United
States.

NEW FOCUS 1: INDICATORS
OF WELL-BEING
EXAMPLE:
BRUTTONATIONAL-
GLÜCKSINDEX BHUTAN
GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS, (GNH; DZONGKHA: ལ་
ཡོངས་དགའ་ ིད་དཔལ་འཛམས།) SOMETIMES CALLED GROSS
DOMESTIC HAPPINESS (GDH), IS A PHILOSOPHY THAT
GUIDES THE GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN. IT INCLUDES
AN INDEX WHICH IS USED TO MEASURE THE
COLLECTIVE HAPPINESS AND WELL-BEING OF A
POPULATION. GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS INDEX IS
INSTITUTED AS THE GOAL OF THE GOVERNMENT OF
BHUTAN IN THE CONSTITUTION OF BHUTAN, ENACTED
ON 18 JULY 2008.[1]
QUELLE
PROJEKT SYNTHESIS, AUTOR MARKUS SCHNEIDER, HUMANE FUTURE LAB 50

NEW FOCUS 2:
DIMENSIONS OF WELL-
BEING
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN FOR STUDENTS
SOURCE

NEW FOCUS 3:
SCIENTIFIC
INVESTIGATION OF THE
FACTORS OF WELL-
BEING
SOURCE: UNIFIED THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
(UTOK)
ALSO RELEVANT: THE 2024 MERGE PROJECT

NEW FOCUS 4:
MEDTECH, BETTER
EDUCATION & HOLISTIC
HEALTH SERVICES
- Trends:
- Healthcare & healing, no more
"sick care" (Gerd Leonhard)
- Pharma & Tech alone: USD 600
billion market
- Source: The Medical Futurist
https://medicalfuturist.com/infogr
aphics/digital-health-trends/

NEW FOCUS 5: HIGH
LEVERAGE "UNDERDOG"
SECTORS
SOME OF THE SECTORS WITH THE
GREATEST LEVERAGE FOR POSITIVE
SOCIAL CHANGE ARE THOSE ON WHICH
WE HAVE NOT FOCUSED ON MUCH
FINANCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY OR
POLITICALLY TO DATE
An initial assessment of the prioritization of sectors
for maximum positive impact through project
synthesis:
Green:
Priority 1 High-leverage areas previously severely
underfunded and neglected
Yellow:
Prio 2 areas in which large investments have already
been made and which can play a key role in
supporting the Prio 1 areas.
Silence:
Priority 3, essential for the transformation, but not
necessarily a central part of the project synthesis
Source: The Encyclopedic Table of Societal Sectors
by
Catalist Network (version 2022) is a comprehensive
framework for categorizing and teaching the sectors
of social change.

NEW FOCUS 6: THE 13
BASIC NEEDS
Needs are the basic prerequisites
for our functioning. Humans can
only fully develop if all their basic
needs are satisfied (at least to
some degree), whether they are
consciously valued or not, and none
can be neglected without significant
negative consequences. Human
needs form a solid foundation for
positive experiences created and
delivered through design and
technology.
Source: https://diopd.org/need-
typology/

NEW FOCUS 7: PEOPLE-
AND PLANET-CENTERED
MARKET TARGETS
Orientation models of products
and services using the example of
drinking water brands and
products.
Source: Ted Hunt, Orientation
Matrix, 'Orientation Matrix' by
@_Ted_Hunt is licensed under CC
BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Philanthrocapitalism - innocent - 10% of profits go to charity
- Decentralized - Milk - Heavily standardized yet broken into numerous components
- Distributed - Water Companies - Delivered as public goods but systemically run as corporations
- LEMONAID - Charity - Not for profit
- Mutual Aid - Community Well, dug by a community for a community
- BREWDOG - Carbon negative brewery offsetting emissions by planting trees
- Ayahuasca - Indigenous psychoactive brewed drink traditionally used as shamanic spiritual medicine.
- Holos Kombucha - Trend based low-sugar, alcohol-free drink appropriating culture of fermentation
- Degrowth - Refilable Water Bottle Reusable from any source of drinkable water

NEW FOCUS 8:
WELLBEING-CENTERED
TRANSFORMATION
OBJECTIVES
Source: Project Drawdown, State of the
Climate

NEW FOCUS 9:
GOALS FOR A NEW,
HUMANE MAINSTREAM
Technological, social and individual
change of heart towards a good society
with human action and emancipatory
technology.
Source:
George Por, My Circle Playground of
2023/24

WHO IS NEEDED TO CREATE THESE SOLUTIONS?

NEW PEOPLE: THE
"12 TRIBES" OF
TRANSFORMATION
This type of person is needed to
bring about a paradigm shift:
"Each cluster focuses on a
specific active ingredient that is
important for social change,
including its internal/external
and individual/collective aspects
and their interfaces."
Jonathan Rowson, Perspectiva
Source
1. attention
finders (those who
generate "attention")
2. (injured) activists
(those who have a strong "will"
to act)
3. cautious futurists
(those who develop new
"technology")
4. smart companies
(that put the "purpose" at the
center)
5. media
ecologists (those
who dig for the "truth")
6. reflexive investors
(those who are prepared to
invest in the new "future")
7. renegade scholars
(those who use science as
"epistemology")
8. political revisionists
(those who go beyond
"ideology" and work for the
common good)
9. cultural democrats (whose
"bourgeois virtues" are good for society)
10. integral facilitators
(whose "interaction" breaks down
silos and barriers)
11. metamodern
pioneers
(Whose "integration" includes the
best of everything)
12. spiritually
capable (whose "love"
unites all religions)

SYSTEM THINKER
"It is very easy to fall into the trap of
seeing social change as a linear process:
Identify a problem, propose a solution to
that problem, implement the solution
(usually in the form of a project or
program).
Sometimes this can be effective, but
most of the time the challenges we are
trying to solve are much messier and
more complex than this.
Systems thinking requires a change of
mindset, away from the linear view and
towards the bigger picture.
A systems thinker uses this way of
thinking to penetrate and unravel the
complexity of social change."
Source: The Social Change Agency
PROJECT SYNTHESIS, AUTHOR MARKUS SCHNEIDER, HUMANE FUTURE LAB

RADICAL
COOPERATIVE
Seven practices for radical
collaboration, from "Radical
collaboration for the
transformation of social
systems", Adam Kahane
Source
Do's:
- Play your part
- Find the allies you need
- Build collective power
- Work on your differences
- Take care of yourselves
- Discover ways forward
- Share hopeful stories
Don't's:
- Ignoring interdependencies
- Stay comfortable
- Forcing your way
- Request consent
- Push further
- Drive straight ahead
- Assuming a common language

WHO IS ALREADY DEVELOPING THESE SOLUTIONS?

IT IS CURRENTLY
EMERGING
WORLDWIDE:
THE "NEW
ENLIGHTENMENT"
NEW VALUES, NEW EXPERTS,
NEW TEAMS, NEW INSTITUTIONS
Thousands of projects have
already begun to update our
existing worldview and systems
(markets, governments,
institutions, communities) to
make them fairer and more
efficient, with both new additions
and entirely new solutions.
"Make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time,
through spontaneous cooperation without ecological damage and without
anyone being disadvantaged." Buckminster Fuller's world game from the
1960s, source: Schumacher Center for a New Economics Global Systems Literacy Initiative - buckminster fuller's world game
workshop

THE GLOBAL SYNTHESIS - THE
YET INVISIBLE,
UNCONNECTED NETWORK
Tens of thousands of people around
the world are already working on
new solutions.
Until now, they have often been
invisible, some even neglected,
isolated, underfunded or
marginalized.
Some of them are not aware of the
importance of their projects, they
are not aware of similar projects on
the other side of the world, they are
not yet networking, pooling their
resources or sharing their findings.
These people, their knowledge and
their ecosystems should be the
focus of the next steps of Project
Synthesis which aims to accelerate
and support their development.

HAS ANYONE ALREADY STARTED WITH SUPPORT
MEASURES AND CENTRALIZING SOLUTION KNOW-HOW?

SIMILAR PROJECTS 1:
THE DELPHIC CUBE
(2019-)
Goals: Fixing the climate crisis,
democracy and education with a
new human narrative and a three-
dimensional mindset using the six
sides of the Delphic Cube:
1. sustainability as a priority
2. on the basis of democracy
3. improved through education
4. enlightened through inner
transformation
5 Driven by science and technology
6 Inspired by art
& Triggered by integration
At the World Human Forum in Greece in 2022, the Delphic Cube was presented as a new tool for finding
meaning and a "new interdisciplinary holistic approach and methodology based on collective intelligence".
It "aims to trigger a different way of thinking" and "strives to move us from fragmentation to integration,
breaking down silos and proposing a holistic, interdisciplinary approach where life is always at the center".
It is the result of a collective intelligence process developed by the participants of the 3rd Delphic Meeting of
the World Human Forum in April 2019. Funding: unknown.

SIMILAR PROJECTS 2:
GAME B (2020-)
"Game A is everything mankind
has done in the last ten thousand
years. Now we are reaching its
hard limits. The existing order is
collapsing.
Game B is what comes next."
Self-promotion:
 "The various systems we have tried in the twentieth century are not able to cope
with the new crises we are facing.
 We urgently need to develop new solutions while retaining the best of the old.
Many options are already being tested (albeit often without sufficient funding and
broad support).
 Concepts such as cosmolocalism, new economic zones, the regeneration
movement, charter cities and an understanding of game theory can point the way
to the future, but need to be tested.
 In the Game B community, we experiment with these and other things.
 Nobody really knows yet what will really work or how the next world order will
develop. We have to try out every good idea, find out which one actually works and
then expand it. We have already started.
 Come and game with us as we learn and get smarter together. "
Watch the movie Game B: https://www.gamebfilm.org/
Read the introduction to Game B:
https://www.gameb.wiki/index.php?title=An_Introduction_to_Game_B

SIMILAR PROJECTS 3:
Source: Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere (MAHB), a Stanford University initiative that brings the best science to civil society,
connecting activists, scientists, humanitarians and civil society to promote global change through "foresight intelligence" (Wikipedia).

WHAT IS THE APPROACH OF PROJECT SYNTHESIS?

THE AIM OF PROJECT SYNTHESIS IS FIRSTLY TO RESEARCH, ANALYZE AND PRIORITIZE TOPICS AND SECONDLY TO IDENTIFY SUITABLE
SOLUTION PROVIDERS. OPTIONAL NEXT STEP: ASSISTANCE IN NETWORKING, PROMOTING AND FINANCING EXISTING AND RESULTING NEW
PROJECTS IN CIVIL SOCIETY, IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, AT THE FOREFRONT AND AT THE FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE, IN START-UPS ETC.
IT ENCOMPASSES AN ECLECTIC RANGE OF PIONEERS WITH GREAT LEVERAGE BEYOND CONVENTION AND THE MAINSTREAM.
Well-being &
Health
Politics &
Economy
Governance
& Institutions
Education Culture & Art
Community
Spirituality
Cosmos
Ecology &
Environment
Science &
Technology
Development
& growth
Awareness
Purple: Spiritual
Blue: Systems
Red: Individual
Green: Collective

THE FOCUS AREAS OF
PROJECT SYNTHESIS FOR
HUMAN INNOVATION AND
TRANSFORMATION
• "Social Imaginary" upgrade
• Sociology
• Listening Societies
• Co-creation & collaboration
• Collective sensitization
• Regeneration
•Entrepreneurs for social and environmental
impact
•Good economics and good business:
regenerative, cooperative, decentralized,
circular, open source, non-patentable,
Bcorps
•Psychology
•Attention, awareness
•New Individualized Education &
Learning
•Personal talent development
•Meaning: Sense and purpose
•Mental and energetic health
•Beneficial foods, diet and lifestyle
•Art & Skills
•Systems thinking and complexity
research
•Performance dynamics
•Metamodern politics
•Regenerative incentives
•Transdisciplinary research
• Experts in peer-to-peer networks
and AI
• Non-competitive mindset
•Consciousness & science united
•Focus on noetic, proto- & indigenous
sciences & psycho-technology
•Ancient and modern wisdom studies
•Off-Worlds & "Other Dimensions"
research
Spirituality,
Cosmos &
Consciousness
(Spiritual)
Business,
governance and
science
(Systems)
Environment,
community and
culture
(Collective)
Well-being,
health and
education
(Individual)
Knowledge transfer with (civic)tech and digital tools
Purple: Spiritual
Blue: Systems
Red: Individual
Green: Collective

State of research:
+1500 already identified
candidates offering solutions
(identified via Twitter)
Source: Research database of
Project Synthesis
Purple: Spiritual
Blue: Systems
Red: Individual
Green: Collective

HUMANE FUTURE LAB RESEARCH & DATA COLLECTION IN NUMBERS (JUNE 2016 - MARCH 2024):
 +3000 (e-)books - Library
 +2000 Expert profiles (X)
 +5000 Saved notes
 +700 topics
 Ongoing tasks March 2024 - x
 Completion of the presentation & overview
 Topic and data clustering & overview
 "Tightening"
 Roll-Out
 Volunteer and supporter search
 Financing / Foundation
 Expert surveys
 Topic-specific „Humane Future“ CHAT-GPTs with
embeddings (books, websites, notes, documents, etc.)
(customGPT, GPT4ALL)

HOW IS PROJECT SYNTHESIS STRUCTURED?

WHY PROJECT SYNTHESIS?
GOALS:
MORE TRANSPARENCY
MORE COMBINED EFFORTS
BETTER RESULTS
SOME MAIN PROBLEMS WHICH CAN BE ADRESSED BY PROJECT SYNTHESIS :
- No overview: Which projects already exist?
- Wrong priorities: solutions are developed according to the preferences of funders and founders, not according to
global urgency (market niche potential vs. potential for positive mass change)
- Lack of coordination: no one is driving the transformation process forward, creating networks, collecting information
and data (competition vs. non-rivalry)
- Invisibility = inaccessibility: Thousands of great topics and projects are completely invisible to the general public
and potential supporters because there is no media that has the people to find them, evaluate them and make them better
known (visibility)
- "Loner" pioneers: Exotic indie projects are "left alone" and try to find solutions. Researchers and founders have to "do
everything themselves" and work for free most of the time. (Nerd power vs. groupthink)
- "Goodwashing" / "Greenwashing" / "Controlled Opposition" / "Somebody is already doing
this" excuses: As part of greenwashing activities, token projects similar to those needed at a global level are set up by large
companies or lobbyists, but are often vastly underfunded and implemented without clear goals or public progress reports or
are plain „alibi“ projects (e.g. the 1 Billion Trees project)
- Hidden ecosystem: niche projects there is no complete overview of related activities worldwide, their status, their
experiences, their success factors, the people behind them, etc.
- Lack of manpower: Projects have no permanent employees and teams or opportunities to find employees
- Unfunded research and development: Projects do not have sufficient funds to conduct research (including at
meta level), develop, test and professionally market their results.
- Educational gaps: The projects have no access to relevant literature, scientific papers, etc.
- Silo thinking and acting: When a project is funded by one source, it usually stays in their silo to complete the
project.
- Fear of Change: The human well-being, interdisciplinary and/or paradigm-shifting potential of their research often
makes it even harder for them to obtain funding

5 PROJECT TYPES
FOR HUMAN
INNOVATION AND
TRANSFORMATION
Based on the idea of "from Game
A to Game B"
Game B
Optimization
projects
Game B
Development
projects
Game B
"New ideas"
projects
Game A-to-B
"Conversion to
Game B"
projects
Game A-
Projects to
improve the
quality of life
Type 5:
Optimization
Type 4:
Creation
Type 3:
Brainstorming
Type 2:
Adaptation measures
Type 1:
Damage minimization
All new GameB
models,
infrastructures,
solutions and
applications that are
already in operation
All new models,
infrastructures,
solutions and
applications that are
already under
development
All new models,
infrastructures,
solutions and
applications that
need to be developed
from scratch
Modernization of Game A
companies so that they fit
into Game B (let others
die out)
Minimizing the damage of
Game-A companies and
their negative impact on
the world
Goals:
- Work on the
continuous
improvement of
the solution
- Adaptation to new
technological
requirements
- Integration of
newly developed
similar
approaches
- Thoroughly
develop and test
- Adaptation and
integration of new
and emerging
findings
- Launch of the
project on the
market
- Global
mainstreaming
- Identification of
key topics for a
positive impact on
society
- Imitations of
Game A market
leaders
- Coordination with
all thematically
similar groups
- Financing
- Identification of key
issues and candidates
for retrofitting
- Evaluation of
adaptation potential
and costs with a high
leverage effect
- Coordination with all
other groups
- Determination of the
worst gamers of game
A
- Development of
solutions with a high
leverage effect to
reduce damage
- Coordination with all
other groups
Tasks
- Everything with
great impact, high
leverage and high
wealth potential
- Solutions invented
from scratch
- Infrastructure,
production,
frameworks, etc.
- Taxation to finance
Game B
- Friendly handover of
teams, patents and
companies
- B Corps
- Cleaning up the sea
and land
- Reforestation
- Food for the poor
- Healthcare
Types:

THE ECOSYSTEM
(DRAFT)
1. COLLECT NEW DATA:
Project Synthesis Part 1
2. POOLING OF NEW EXPERTS AND
ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW
NETWORKS:
HIT BUREAU
(HIT = Human Innovation &
Transformation)
3. CREATE NEW SOLUTIONS,
SCIENCE AND TEAMS:
Project Synthesis Part 2
 PROJECT SYNTHESIS PART 1: COLLECTION OF NEW DATA
A comprehensive overview of existing wellbeing-focused niche topics, knowledge, research,
projects, approaches, teams, applications, solutions, books, documents and a corresponding
library
In a further step: an AI-driven online knowledge platform, films, podcasts & an online learning
platform.
 HIT BUREAU: POOLING NEW EXPERTS AND BUILDING NEW NETWORKS
Global expert network made up of people involved and interested in supporting high leverage,
wellbeing-oriented niche projects.
Goals:
 Building networks of like-minded people interested in co-creating faster change and
strengthening the dissemination of glocal know-how
 Disseminate the knowledge of diverse groups of innovators, scholars, business leaders,
technologists, scientists, inventors, philosophers, scholars, researchers, creatives, investors
and artists
 Creating global spaces for change on a personal, social, local, political and organizational
level.
 PROJECT SYNTHESIS PART 2: CREATING NEW SOLUTIONS (Humane Future Lab)
Building on the work of the to be established Humane Future Lab, the Project Synthesis team is
working with the HIT BUREAU community to identify, source, fund, develop and establish
wellbeing-oriented projects.
By combining the forces of all three, new insights and new business opportunities emerge every
day, and we can discover and exploit untapped potential for positive innovation and change
much more easily.

POTENTIAL FURTHER
OBJECTIVES OF
PROJECT SYNTHESIS
"High Leverage Niche" Accelerator -
360° support for pioneers in all
suitable niches around human
healing and wellbeing to create new
solutions faster
SOLUTION RESEARCH, GLOBAL NETWORK OF EXPERTS:
- Proactive creation of transparency on relevant topics, solution approaches, experts &
ecosystems: Overview of relevant activities worldwide, apps, platforms, communities and
their status, lessons learned, success factors, people behind them, etc.
- Organization of local and global events, podcast series, expert panels
COORDINATION SERVICES:
- Organization of the processes and everything necessary before the start of the projects
EDUCATION PLATFORM:
- Library & AI: curated, well-organized and constantly updated access to relevant
literature, scientific papers, specialized AI tools, project documentation, etc.
- Online courses & how-to's, also for local implementation of project knowledge
FINANCING:
- Financing of research & development, roll-out & mainstreaming
- Add-on funding to break silos: If an external project is funded by another source, add-on
funding enables the formation of a joint add-on project to achieve a better result.
RECRUITMENT PLATFORM:
- Recruitment platform: a place where current and future projects can be found and where
interested people can add their areas of expertise and interests to find new projects to
participate in

POSSIBLE COOPERATION
CLUSTERS
"PROJECT SYNTHESIS"
SAARLAND UNIVERSITY
Well-Being / Body, Mind & Spirit:
 Philosophy, social science research on Europe (sociology) > How do we want to live, how could we live?
Metamodernism. Integral social development.
 Psychology, biophysics, religious studies > new consciousness, spirituality scientifically: opportunities in
borderline sciences, fear vs. well-being, critical thinking, integral personality development
 Medicine, human and molecular biology, nutritional medicine, biotech, bioinformatics > Regeneration,
anxiety/well-being, enhancements
 Historically oriented cultural studies, history, archaeology > Ancient Wisdom Sources, Sanskrit etc
Systems:
 Economics > New "good" capitalism
 Law, comparative European research (political science) new initiatives, new laws (which may already exist
elsewhere), new governance, metamodern politics
 Business informatics > New processes for administration
Technology:
 Information Technology, Computer Science > "Civic" Platform Solutions, "Civic" AI
 Educational Technology > Information for the public
 Comparative literature, evaluation > Source research and analysis
 Physics (international) > UAP Tech & Science
 Materials Science, Materials Chemistry, Chemistry > Meta-Materials (Stanford)

PROJECT PHASES
HOW WE MULTIPLY & SUPPORT
WORLDWIDE EXPERTS WHO ARE
ALREADY WORKING ON SOLUTIONS
The preparatory phase of the Synthesis project
lasted 7 years. The result is a unique collection
of expert profiles, book references and notes on
almost all relevant topics.
In phase 1, which begins now, this data is
analysed, clustered, visualized, described and
cross-referenced to create an overview. This
facilitates communication, helps with the
formation of global teams, the formulation of
hypotheses, the allocation of tasks and the
definition of product development goals.
In phase 2, the global teams work on
scientifically or practically proving the
hypotheses of phase 2 or developing and
implementing prototypes for the reality check.
In phase 3, the successful projects are rolled
out worldwide.
Phase 1: Data
Collection
•Topic and expert identification and clustering
•Data analysis, completion and prioritization
•Product design hypotheses and objectives
Phase 2: Project
implementation
•Establishment of R&D project teams (2-3
competitive teams per topic)
•Scientific research
•Prototype development and test run
Phase 3: Global
Market Launch &
Mainstreaming
•Worldwide implementation of winning projects
•Continuous improvement
•Global introduction of mass media and education
Continuous
addition
of
newly
emerging
topics
2
0
2
4
2
0
2
6
2
0
2
5

COLLECTIVELY
CONSCIOUS
CO-CREATION &
IMITATION INSTINCT:
1. VISIONARIES
2. IDEAS
3. VISIONS
4. FEASIBILITY
5. GREAT POTENTIAL
6. PROOF OF CONCEPT
7. CONSISTENT CONSIDERATION
8. NON-COMPETITIVE IMPLEMENTATION AT
LOCAL LEVEL:
- LESSONS LEARNED, BEST PRACTICES
- SUCCESS FACTORS
- PRODUCT FUNDAMENTALS
9. EXCHANGE OF TEAM MEMBERS

PROCESS OVERVIEW
PROJECT SYNTHESIS:
USE OF EXISTING
ALTERNATIVES
WORLDWIDE
By radically and thoroughly
analyzing the current systemic
factors and then comparing them
to our ideal goals and the existing
alternatives, we can define a
process to create the solutions we
want as a global community.
Identification of all relevant
topics: "What most
determines how we live"
(investments)
Identification of all systemic
determinants:
"what makes them so
dominant today" (shareholders,
lobbyists)
Formulation of new ideal system goals:
"What should prevail tomorrow?" (well-
being)
Option 1: Upgrading existing
main solutions
Option 2: Improvement of
existing alternative
approaches
Option 3: Development of
new alternative approaches
Evaluation of all existing options
& Definition of new potential alternatives
for the new objectives (project synthesis)
Fail-safe development: development and
testing of at least 2 functioning alternatives
at local level
Mainstreaming the better option
Prioritization of topics and possible
solutions
Forming teams and covering resource
requirements
1. analysis
of the
status quo
2. suggestions
for improvement
3. market analysis &
needs assessment
4. product definition,
financing and team
building
5. product development
and local tests
6. product launch

9 STEPS TO SUCCESS
SUSTAINABLE SUPPORT FOR THE
TRANSFORMATION
By seamlessly integrating all key
development stages of Project
Synthesis products, we ensure
that the maximum number of
products will be successfully
launched and accelerate the
transformation worldwide.
At least 1, but ideally 2 or 3
competing teams are supported
for each topic.
Courage and
awareness
Research and
education
Topics &
potentials
Ideas &
specifications
Financing
(1-3) Teams Creation
Market launch
Transformation
Orientation Projects Products

POTENTIAL
ORGANIZATION CHART
85
Data
Analyses &
Summary
Project Co-ordination
Topic Co-ordination
Research Co-ordination
(Academic)
Board of Directors
Advisory Board
Marketing, PR &
Communications
Volunteers
Content Licensing
Innovator Co-ordination
(Market, Non-Profit)
Fundraising
AI Development
Ecosystem & Community
Finance & Accounting
Web Development

Contact:
Markus Schneider, Humane Future Lab,
humanefuturelab@gmail.com

Project Synthesis - Markus Schneider - Humane Future Lab

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