As we stand at the crossroads of unprecedented technological innovation, humanity faces a profound choice. We can continue to pour resources into designing more efficient ways to destroy one another—or we can harness that same creativity to architect systems that elevate life.
Buckminster Fuller once proposed that if we focused on “livingry”—the tools and technologies that sustain and improve life—rather than “weaponry,” we could fundamentally shift the trajectory of civilization. A shift towards abundance. The scarcity-driven mindset that has fueled war is now obsolete. Technology is by nature, deflationary and offers us the means to architect abundance for all, if we dare.
This is the real boundary layer—the liminal space where destructive, outdated systems clash with the potential for radical, cooperative innovation. Our energy should no longer be wasted on how best to blow each other up. Instead, we must turn our focus to systems that amplify cooperation and build resilient networks of peace.
The future belongs to those who collaborate with their fellow man, and design better ways to live, ensuring that we thrive together.
