No religion. Any beliefs are considered as a preliminary stage of spiritual development, always transitory and never institutionalized.
People well know that there is nothing except the developing world, and the material and the ideal are the aspects of the same integrity. There can be no exaggeration of the material or the ideal side of the world, and people are not afraid to use both crude materialistic and religious metaphors to stress certain attitude - with complete confidence that the others will properly understand that.
No rigid distinction between art, science and philosophy. Creativity for everybody. Everyday life saturated by creativity, while any abstracted creativity oriented to the people's practical needs.
Any kind of creativity is socially acceptable, and there are no restrictions on the forms, or censorship of any kind.
More efficient ways of satisfying the organic needs leave more time for creativity.
Public discussion of any suggestion by those who is interested in that, using the global information network.
Decisions made by those whose interests are affected by the problem. No polling, no referendums. Neither minority can dictate its will to the majority of the people, nor majority can suppress the will of the minority. All the decisions made by common consent - otherwise they could not be considered sound enough.
Special network dedicated to the new ideas and projects of any kind, without personal references. Everybody may contribute to this archive, either introducing a new idea or developing somebody else's thoughts. Everybody may participate in in any project concerning any side of life or reflection.
Free access to any information or experience. Everybody may learn everything, and become an expert in it. No spiritual authorities.
No professions, and professional castes of artists, scientists or philosophers. No honorary titles, scientific degrees, certification etc. People do not waste their time on getting formal permission to do something — they just do it. Nobody will do something without due training, which is accessible to everybody.
Everything made to insure everybody's smooth run in any enterprise. One may try something to see whether it works and to choose the best solutions.
Universal education including common skills, practical directions and the training in reflection of any kind, including arts, science and philosophy. No specialization, individualized learning.
Permanent learning and self-education. No physiological, economical or social limitations.
No age differentiation. Competence is never linked to the age.
The habit of thought and investigation learnt in the early childhood already.
Computers will collaborate with humans in producing new knowledge from the already existing. The processing of knowledge contained in the global network system will be going on automatically without the necessity of directing it by humans. However, humans may sometimes add new logic to this processing, or experiences obtained through other channels.
Studying history, people are interested in the development of culture, both material and spiritual, rather than mere chronology of events. The life of the ruling classes is of less importance than the state of the productive classes and their creativity. The history of ideas is more important than the stories of individuals, however eminent.
Contributors
Ivan Efremov (USSR)
Etienne Cabet (France)
Pavel Ivanov (Russia)
Jon Will (USA)
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