1. From
Unlimitedness to Limitedness Consciousness |
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This
end of the 20th Century, we live in the world that we need to start to
seriously consider the difference between the Unlimitedness and the
Limitedness. The 21stCentury is the century that human beings should
live in the civilization that we are forced to confront the limitedness
of the earth. |
Many important natural
resources, including fossil fuel, that are needed to sustain our
civilization. will be exhausted. Once we believed that our mother earth
provides us unlimited amount of resources we need. The 21st Century is
the age we can not avoid to realize the limitedness of the natural
resources. |
The Environmental
Problems are generated because of the limitedness of the earth. Since
Air and Water are limited, if we use them more than the nature can
purify, they can not avoid to be polluted. |
Human
beings has not considered the limitedness of the nature and has not
hesitated to exceed the limitation the nature can afford. We have used
an ideology that ignore the limitedness of this globe. This ideology has
pursued something faster, farther, more comfortable, richer and many
MOREs. We created the civilization that sought these MOREs. This idea
hit the wall in the 21st century. We need to process the "Limitedness
Consciousness" and to change our lifestyle in the coming 21st century. |
2.
The Era of the Great Change |
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in the
21st Century, it is clear that the Information Technology will
revolutionize the human life. In 1990s, we are experiencing the
beginning of the Information Age. Although it is not complete enough,
this World Congress can be Participated from any part of the world
through the Internet. As we discussed in the Congress, the electrical
money and the electrical trade are not Science Function anymore. This
means, in the Information Society, we can not business the same way we
have done in the past. Consequently we will face the fundamental
restructuring of the business structure system, the accounting system,
the settlement system and all aspects of business. Information
Revolution will influence not only business but also community,
government, education, health care and any sectors of the society. We
are living in the era that "the future is not on the same line of the
past." Creative Solution are needed for any fields of the society. |
3.
From "Discussing the Problem" to "Seeking the Creative Solution" |
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The 20th Century have been the era of problem finding. In this coming new
era, we need to seek the creative solution. We need to reconsider our
education for this coming century. Studying on the knowledge and
technology of the past has less importance. Students must train their
ability to find and implement creative solution. We do not want them to
be people who are manipulated by electrical media. We want them to be
people who can think with their own brain. Wisdom of the human beings is
the only thing that can solve our problems. Developing human resources
that can realize "the future and creativity", which is the theme of the
Congress, is one of the biggest tasks human beings have. |
4. The Era of Thinking
Paradigm Shift 代 |
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We are living in the era of "the future is not on the same line of the
past." In this kind of situation, we can not use our conventional way of
solving problems. We have used the Research Approach that try to solve
problems through researching on the past and the current and creating
the solution for the future. This conventional thinking has become less
effective in this uncertain world. Albert Einstein is supposed to have
said "We shall require an entirely new way of thinking, if we are to
survive." In the keynote speech of the Congress, Prof. Gerald Nadler
gave us a remark "Unless Your Thinking Changes, Nothing Will." The Shift
in Thinking Paradigm is needed for our next century. |
5.
The Global Village Realized by the Globalians |
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We need to consider a new style of global community for the 21st Century.
Development of information technology and transportation technology has
generated the global village. The world became much smaller than what
used to be. However, human beings still have a lot of conflicts based on
race, religion and ideology. It is clear that we should change our
behavior for creating the true global village. We need to respect the
uniqueness the other people possess. We should respect the uniqueness of
each race, religion, ideology and culture has. Then it will be
possible to co-create the true new global village. In the era of the
global village, relation between people would be more important than
relation between nations. We should seek to create the global community
that is rather Inter-People not just International. Inter-People
Globaian Movement should be promoted to create the new community for the
human beings of the 21st Century. |
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