A lot of it was based on kind of ethnic beliefs about civilization.

And what is required is a combination of physical capital, institutional capital, human capital and security, of course, is critical, but so is information.

What happens in one place very quickly affects everything else.

It was the government that made law function finally.

local, action based partnerships and cross scale institutional innovations, where local actors, together, can deal with the global commons at a large scale.

So I'm going to talk about some projects that have explored these ideas.

And you hear the words scarce resources a lot when people talk about economics.

Aristotle has a point.

And this is very important.

I think the first point to make is that we need to recognize natural capital.

Where do they get their water? Where do they get their shelter?

The province is relatively rich in mineral resources.

Then there is the whole northern India, which is going to be the bulk of the future demographic dividend.

The region is relatively rich in mineral resources.

That area is relatively rich in natural resources.

My goal is to build one city that entirely selfsustains,

That was one of those turning points where I said, wow what am I doing here?

If an economy grows at the current average of 3 , it doubles every 23 years.

And if we have abundant energy, we also have abundant water.

It's just cash.

And economics is very interested in scarcity.

Resources.

And if you look at the species level, you saw about fish.

Growth of use will consume any energy or resources saved through conservation.

A modern market is more than a website it's a web of interoperable marketplaces, back office mechanisms, regulatory regimes, settlement mechanisms, liquidity sources and so on.

It is a system of direct exchange of goods.

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In America, political will is a renewable resource.

In order to restore the bond, we need to utilize regional resources.

This documentary will investigate and explain this ever changing system, and the impact it has both on a national and international level.

One Solution, Revolution!

An analogue would be the growth of bacteria in a petri dish.

They are the happiest place.

So I asked the Minister over dinner,

It's cruel to millions of people.

So Bill Gates, as he was staring out at the audience, he said,

And it can be done.

It's your resource it's not somebody else's.

Well, because there's a lot at stake.

Then we were victims of Don Porfirio.

Other nations must be poor, so that rich ones can be rich.

The flat horizon that we've evolved with has been a metaphor for the infinite unbounded resources and unlimited capacity for disposal of waste.

If the communication takes away your advantage, there's no need for you to learn that kind of communication.

That country has natural resources.

Japan is poor in natural resources.