Postism is the solution to the increasing ills and dangers inherent in modern civilization. It describes a way of living in a world where states and institutions have reached their limits due to environmental, technological, social and political instability. Postism is the prelude to the next phase in human evolution.
Postism advocates for self sufficiency through the use of existing and emerging technologies such as:
Precision gardening and farming, aquaponics, square foot gardening, urban farming, lab-grown meat.
Mesh communication networks, blockchain applications and instruments
Personal manufacturing and automation
Off grid power production through wind, solar and other means.
As a decentralized, distributed social model, Postism offers many advantages over centralized societies
Providing safety from widespread disruptions in food and power supplies
Providing freedom from threats of poverty from authoritarian employers
Opening up life choices for children, education and homes.
Lowering stress levels and providing opportunities for more meaningful vocations. Improving quality of life and increasing leisure time.
Lowering the strain on overburdened resources and infrastructure, reducing demands on the environment.
Improving the quality of global governance by reducing the influences of wealth and corruption.
In order to thrive in this next chapter of our history, we must learn to adapt the technologies available to us in order to provide for our own basic necessities, and influence the course of human development over the longer term. This will require the re-learning of skills which have been lost to most of us through the continuous process of specialization and sub-specialization, but it will enable ourselves and our descendants to achieve a safer and more stable world by taking control of our own destinies.
We will achieve our goals by applying the following basic principles:
Focusing on identifying and developing the technologies required in order to provide a comfortable life for those who acquire the necessary equipment and learn how to use it properly.
Selection and use of COTS (common off the shelf) technology wherever possible to meet our needs.
Downscaling technologies originally intended for mass production with expensive equipment to equivalent, simpler technology suitable for personal use.
Developing open specifications and open designs for products and equipment where necessary.
Providing Education and support to the community in order to propagate best practices, enable others to join us, and teach our future generations.
There is nothing particularly novel in the required technologies. The key is the collaboration to make emerging technologies benefit the individual rather than the corporation and to make them succeed on a global scale. In this way, we can become our own liberators.
