This conversation covers the book, "Technocracy: The Hard Road to World Order" by  Patrick M. Wood," (https://amzn.to/44i1prQ) who argues that Technocracy, a system of governance by unelected scientists and engineers, is a historical and ongoing force behind seemingly disparate global issues. The author asserts that this movement, rooted in Scientism and Transhumanism, aims to transform economics, government, religion, and even humanity itself, replacing traditional Rule of Law with regulation and reflexive law. The text connects Technocracy to initiatives like Sustainable Development, Agenda 21, Smart Grid, and the actions of groups such as the Trilateral Commission and Council on Foreign Relations, suggesting a coordinated effort to establish a global, centrally-controlled society that monitors and manages all resources and individuals.

Technocracy - The Hard Road to World Order

Full and Fair Financing for Africa’s future

This story explores how sustainable development could be achieved through new models, more specifically passing from top-down commitments to a bottom-up delivery. The financing conversation must evolve to a local scale, and Resident Coordinators of the UN are playing a catalytic role in order to achieve this goal. Indeed, “the SDGs can be won at the last mile—but only if we start putting the first dollars where they matter most.”

Beyond Capitals: Financing the Frontlines of Sustainable Development

In the face of climate shocks and limited access to affordable finance, Jamaica isn’t backing down—it’s stepping up. With support from the UN, this Small Island Developing State is pioneering bold partnerships that are flipping the script on traditional development finance.

Jamaica’s Big Bet Turning Vulnerability into a Development Superpower

Guatemala is Rewriting the Rules of Inclusive Development

The audio is a debate on the urgency and method of globally implementing ethical alignment in AI, focused on the #UnityNet Wenelto project. Speaker A strongly advocates for rapid, decisive action to scale community-driven digital storytelling platforms (#StoryPods, Virtual Voice of Community Network) in order to embed values like human dignity, cultural plurality, and ecological regeneration before AI advances past the point of control. Speaker B emphasizes practical complexities—technology infrastructure challenges, the need for genuine community ownership, integrating indigenous governance, and transitioning from donation-based funding to self-sustaining enterprises—that require slower, more adaptive implementation. Both agree ethical digital alignment is vital, but stress it must balance urgency with deep, ongoing community involvement, intergenerational cooperation, and realism about resource limitations.

UnityNet Wenelto Urgent Global AI Ethics

The audio is a debate on the urgency and method of globally implementing ethical alignment in AI, focused on the #UnityNet Wenelto project.
Speaker A strongly advocates for rapid, decisive action to scale community-driven digital storytelling platforms (#StoryPods, Virtual Voice of Community Network) in order to embed values like human dignity, cultural plurality, and ecological regeneration before AI advances past the point of control. Speaker B emphasizes practical complexities—technology infrastructure challenges, the need for genuine community ownership, integrating indigenous governance, and transitioning from donation-based funding to self-sustaining enterprises—that require slower, more adaptive implementation. Both agree ethical digital alignment is vital, but stress it must balance urgency with deep, ongoing community involvement, intergenerational cooperation, and realism about resource limitations.

This article evokes the demystification of SDGs, observing the local scales of social empowerment.

2030 Is in Sight: 5 Myths About the SDGs and the Everyday Wins Proving Them Wrong

Transforming food systems and supporting environmental transitions in various contexts can be done with the right resources. UN teams on the ground contribute to the diffusion of equal rights for all. 

Keeping the Promise: From Commitments to Change on the Ground

At the closing of the Biennale Summit, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed addressed a distinguished international audience, emphasizing that today’s global challenges demand bold and transformative commitments. She called for greater coherence as the world prepares for the future moral imperatives of the Global Goals.

📖 Read her full remarks: https://bit.ly/4nwe431

UN Deputy Chief's remarks at the Biennale Summit

Bringing together the United Nations development system to deliver on the Global Goals for people and planet.

New tracks tagged #sustainable development