Moving Forward with a Shared Benefit, Growing in Peace and Wisdom.

When I first learned of the machine a year and three months ago, the state of Japan was in a drastically different place.  The machine intrigued me, but I resented its allure.  For Japan was smack in the middle of two crisis: the task of cleaning up the nuclear meltdown in my home prefecture of Fukushima, and finding a clean, sustainable source of power to fuel our economy so that we could forego nuclear power once and for all.  I was passionate about these two issues, and I was fearful that the allure of the machine would distract our government from accomplishing these two goals.  If we didn’t find a new source of energy fast, then the government would be forced to open more nuclear power plant which to many fellow countrymen, and myself, seemed like the worst possible solution to our power crisis.  At this time, the machine seemed like one giant distraction, impeding the timely completion of important projects.  Shockingly, the machine turned out to be the direct solution to the two issues that were so pressing we now had access to limitless clean energy and we were also able to use the machine to dispose of the nuclear waste left over from the meltdown.  After that, I was sold.  As far as I could understand, the machine was capable of unlimited good.  Blinded my the excitement of what had already been accomplished I argued passionately for more research, and more development of the machine.  If all this good has already come about...What’s the worst that could happen?
Now, look at what happened.  The very machine that I once believed to be our salvation annihilated just about half of our planet: men, women, and children.  With the exception of Japan, we lost the entire population of asia, including the russian north, and Europe.  Personally, I lost an entire branch of my extended family that lived in China.  I will forever morn this loss, as will billions across the globe.  The Others made it seem like this was a good thing when they announced the severing one year ago.  But how can such a loss be interpreted by any other emotion then pain and sadness.  I suppose yes, we are the lucky ones.  But all I feel is guilt.  Guilt for forcing a process that clearly our planet was not ready for.  If I have learned one thing from the severing, it’s that nothing is worth doing unless everyone is one board and everyone shares the benefit.  If we wanted to we could have shared certain information with the EU, Russia, and, China that would have brought them onboard with the accord and the world we live in would be much different than the one we live in today, for the better.
We can only bemoan our losses for so long before we put it behind us and begin to move forward.  I think now is that time.  The last words that we heard from the Others one year ago today were: GROW IN PEACE. GROW IN WISDOM.  The Others gave us the opportunity to start over and take mankind to the next level. I’m not just referring to the original members of the accord who were in support of the machine.  I’m talking about the entire population of human beings now left on this planet.  I’m talking about Canada, the United States, South America, Australia, and yes, Africa.  In order to move forward we need to get everyone on the same page.  Economically, we need to focus on just distribution of resources and income, globally.  No longer will giant corporations thrive at the expense of the poor.  We should suspend any further development of the machine until all global parties share the same benefits and quality of life.  This means we need to help the remaining third world countries in Africa and South America catch up, bringing them up to our speed technologically, economically, in education, healthcare, and overall quality of life.  All the members of the global community need to be on board with the bettering of quality of life for those who need it.
Some things that need to be accomplished in order for this plan to be successfully implemented are making clean water and a stable food supply available to every person on the planet, and allowing the technological benefit from the machine to be shared by third world nations as well by making micro-manufacturing and broadband accessible for all.  Until these tasks are accomplished I would not recommend any further development of the machine because we are all aware of the damage that can come of it.  We should not do any more with it until everyone shares equal benefit and equal quality of life.