{"id":1631,"date":"2018-04-20T16:27:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T14:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/investinpeace.tssef.se\/?p=1631"},"modified":"2018-04-20T16:27:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T14:27:57","slug":"explainer-a-safe-and-dignified-house-for-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investorsinpeace.com\/?p=1631","title":{"rendered":"Explainer: A safe and dignified house for humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of us would like to think that people taking important decisions – ones that affect our lives deeply \u2013 would be basing their judgement on deep criteria. We hope that they are being reasonable and rational, balancing long-term and short term, what is fair and what is equitable etc. What many might suspect, however, is that decision-maker\u2019s logic is more ruled by the economics of the situation and the budget covering just the domain of their decision. Indeed, many social experiments like the Stanford Prison Experiment<\/a> show how authority and social pressure alter decision making.\u00a0Of course economics are important but should they be the trump card that overrules compassion, equity, decency and plain common sense?<\/p>\n

What is the business of life?<\/h2>\n

What if we use the thinking of business and economics, but for one moment put aside money? What if we put peace as the main objective of human activity \u2013 our shared project \u2013 and designed our economy around that? This is the main thrust of Invest in Peace. The economics of peace if you will.<\/p>\n

In the business of life, who is the customer?<\/h2>\n

The first question we would ask then, is who is the customer and what is their situation?<\/em>
\nThe answer is humanity and the situation we shall resolve is the lack of peace. Following on from this we can ask what are the needs we need to fulfill?<\/p>\n

How can we understand the customers’ needs?<\/h2>\n

The way to discover needs is to look at factors that if they are not fulfilled then real suffering \u2013 life threatening – will occur.
\nEach and everyone of us must ask these questions but what is offered here is a start.<\/p>\n

Dehydration \u2013 need for drinking water
\nStarvation \u2013 the need for food
\nSuffocation \u2013 the need for pure air to breathe
\nExposure \u2013 the need for shelter
\nDepression \u2013 the need for inclusion
\nPeace \u2013 the need to feel peace
\nSustainability \u2013 the need to be able to maintain the above within the budget of working hours in the day and resources from nature<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0A main product of the\u00a0 business of life is a safe house<\/h2>\n

The overall vision, then, of Invest in Peace is a safe house for humanity that is built to fulfill the requirements above. One way of illustrating the concept is below:<\/p>\n

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