This post is a suggestion of ideas and ways that we could create a society that's based on bestowal, where we all seek to benefit others instead of ourselves. The goal is to increase the connection between us, foster cooperation, collaboration and unity, increase efficiencies and decrease costs, while focusing on our basic needs - food, water, clothing, shelter, healthcare, education etc. I'm sure you have your own ideas.
Here are some notes about FOOD:
- Have Community Dining Rooms:
- Meals: The dining rooms would serve all meals to the community, including breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.
- Options: You could make it an opt-in/opt-out service.
- Main Dining Rooms And Satellite Dining Rooms: You could have main dining rooms that have the widest selection of food (perhaps like a food court at a mall, combined with a buffet), then have smaller satellite dining rooms that offer a select menu. You don't want people travelling too far to get their meals. The closest dining room should be within walking distance.
- Chefs: You could have professional chefs demonstrate their talents, offering a wide variety of cuisine. This would mean the highest quality of food. Chefs could visit from other communities, bringing in new ideas and fresh recipes.
- Nutritionists: You could have nutritionist working in tandem with chefs, so all food has the highest level of nutritional value. Also, all special needs would have to be considered and met, for example people with diabetes, food allergies etc.
- Socially Conscious Managers: You could have socially conscious managers who ensure that all food sources are humane, environmentally friendly and not genetically modified.
- Simplified Selection: Instead of having many choices of the same thing, the selection could be simplified to have only the best items.
- Rides: You could offer rides to and from the dining room so people could be picked up and dropped off.
- Delivery: You could deliver food to people at home.
- Efficiencies: Efficiencies would be gained in several ways:
- Saves Money: The price of food would go down as people share food. Also people wouldn't have to spend money to equip their kitchens with kitchen utensils, tools and supplies.
- Saves Time: People wouldn't have to spend time going grocery shopping, preparing meals or cleaning up after meals. This would eases people's minds and give them more time to do other things. People may have a few snacks and drinks at home, but not a fully stocked kitchen of food.
- Saves Space: There'd be more space at home since there wouldn't be all the kitchen utensils, tools, supplies, equipment or food.
- Better For Nature: With few kitchen utensils and supplies being made, they'd be less of a drain on Nature.
- Other Advantages:
- Connection: People would become more closely connected. People who eat together stay together. We'd truly be one family.
- Outings: Going to the dining room could be an outing for people, a chance to meet up with others.
- Decreased Loneliness: People would have the opportunity to interact with others more frequently.
- Issues:
- Overeating: If food were readily available, would people overeat? Would obesity become an even greater issue? This concern would have to be resolved. Limits or other solutions would have to be put in place to ensure this wouldn't happen.
- Have Community Kitchens:
- Prepare Meals: You could have community kitchens where people could prepare their own meals.
- Learn How To Cook: People could use community kitchens to learn how to cook, under the instruction of a professional chef. This could be part of an educational system.
- Social Events: People could use community kitchens as a way to meet up, socialize and interact with each other.
What ideas do you have for building a new society that's based on cooperation, collaboration and bestowal? In everything we do, we should seek to benefit others instead of ourselves.
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