INTELLIGENT DESIGN MITIGATES COLLAPSE

by Michael Douglas Carlin

A common thread seems to be running through my life right now. Having the greatest impact with the least amount of inputs is the theme of this chapter of my evolution. One of the people I have interviewed recently calls this intelligent design.

Applying all human knowledge to any complex question yields the most intelligent answer. I was contacted by a NASA Space Shuttle Engineer, who has a solution on how to feed the world and end starvation for billions of people. I drove to Houston, Texas, a few days before his job ended at NASA. He took years of scientific study that had previously applied to long-term space missions and he applied that same science to famine-stricken regions. His blueprint is estimated to feed 2,000 people with a 2,000 square foot print.

My time at the Buffalo Bank in the Philippines was proof that much could be done with very few resources. Farmers there, who were previously living in abject poverty, have harnessed the power of a single water buffalo to live a more productive life and have extended their knowledge of nature to create farms that produce an amazing amount of food–so much so that they now are able to sell off the surplus to earn money that provides them with many comforts and access to education that was previously unattainable.

Now, I have added to my education the tour of a few properties that have been designed as an escape pod from normal civilization, yet these properties are so intelligently designed that an investment would almost immediately earn a twenty percent return and over time continue earning eight to twelve percent annually because of the enormous amount of interwoven systems and methods that are being harnessed. The investors who have funded this thus far are not interested in their return on investment as much as they are interested in having a place to go should the building blocks of civilization begin to crumble.

Does this sound farfetched? Consider the near global meltdown at the end of 2008. Our financial system was at the brink of financial collapse and would certainly have failed without swift intervention by the U.S. Government.

Now, we see more storm clouds on the horizon. Europe is struggling to contain a few pockets of financial implosion from taking the entire world down the financial drain. China has cracks within its economy that may never amount to anything significant but could also create a financial inferno.

How long after the supply trucks quit bringing groceries into a city like Los Angeles would the riots begin? How long could twenty million people survive? There would be a window of opportunity for escape as long as the power was on and fuel supplies held out. Having a place to go is the only viable insurance policy that would pay off under those circumstances.

I have been asked to keep the location of the properties I visited secret, but what I can share with you is the many elements that make this a veritable Garden of Eden, where the maximum amount of food is created with the minimum amount of human labor.

One of the properties that I visited has been transformed from the last time I was there about ten years ago. Back then, it was mostly a vacant piece of property. The owner took me on a tour and told me his plans. Ten years later, the front pond is just where he said it would be. When we walked through the newly-built garage, he grabbed a handful of food and threw it out to the trout. Many large fish broke the surface to feed, which gave me a glimpse of what could be a viable protein source that could be caught and cooked with very little effort.

On this property are literally hundreds of food crops in symbiotic interleaving spaces that nutrify each other while providing just the right pockets of direct and indirect sunlight and shade where appropriate. Fruits, berries, flowers, nuts, vegetables, and herbs all work together to create the maximum amount of food with the minimum amount of human labor. Call it Shangri-La, Eden, Paradise, or Nirvana, but also understand that nothing has been done here that cannot be done in other parts of the world to feed people without onerous toil.

What I saw with my own eyes employs the law of threes in intelligent design that says three is two, two is one, and one is none. Every element must comply with this law of threes. Electricity is harvested from the sun, it is coming from the power company, and it comes from strategic generators that are available to supply backup energy. Water comes from available rain, springs, and wells that can pump 200 gallons per minute located strategically throughout the property.

The property has an 80-acre alfalfa ranch that is one of the staple crops to make this work. To give you an idea about the intelligence of this, an electrified fence corrals a number of cattle within these 80 acres. Ten minutes per day of human labor is needed to move the grazing area for the cattle. The animals move willingly to the new area, because they prefer the ice cream or new shoots of alfalfa to the older, stockier ones. Two days later, chickens are run through the same area that is loaded with two-day-old cow patties. The chickens pick apart those cow patties to get to the maggots that they love, and the result is that, doing what they love to do, the chickens are employed to spread the patties and fertilize the fields. One more example of intelligent design is a tree that drops seeds to feed free range chickens on one side and trout on the other side, so that protein sources eat mostly without the need for human labor.

There are literally thousands of such innovations built into the properties that make this an improvement over 17th Century Plantation Style Farming. Corn, wheat, orchards, potatoes, legumes, nuts, berries, and vegetables are all available to create the most amazing dishes to keep our pallets satisfied. Add to this; beef, pork, chicken, turkey, and fish to provide protein sources that continue to be the staple of amazing meals with friends and family.

No one knows if there is going to be a life-altering event any time soon, but, if history is any indicator of the future, at some point we are in for a shock. Why not change the way we all live to prepare for the worst, but live in the most comfort with the least amount of toil for the future of humanity?

Today, humanity is struggling with an identity crisis. We don't know what comes next. Well, this is it! Intelligent design is the future of humanity. Pushing the limits of science will create an ever-expanding empirical knowledge base to improve upon this in every corner of the globe.

Whether we employ 2,000 square foot facilities dotted around the planet, we employ the lessons learned through the Buffalo Bank, or we craft properties that all produce food with the minimum amount of labor, one thing is clear. We have the ability to do it all better than we have ever done it before. Being intelligent about the design can provide A Prescription for Peace: Create jobs, feed every man, woman, and child alive, give them a place to live, an education, and a purpose.

Hopefully, we will all learn these lessons before humanity gets pushed beyond the brink of collapse. Hopefully, intelligent design is the way out of what seems to be an impossible enigma for humanity. Being able to feed people with the minimum amount of human labor will free up our time for higher purposes. Intelligent design will employ resources locally instead of bringing them from half a world away. Our intelligently designed future will continuously and easily reduce our footprints.

Michael Douglas Carlin is a filmmaker, author, and journalist. American Federale is available on iTunes, Amazon, and GooglePlay. Rise a Knight is available on Amazon. Peaceful Protests and A Prescription For Peace is available on iTunes.

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