A NEW ECONOMY
New Economy: Good for People, Planet, Profit, and Peace.
Any innovation should be good for people, planet, profit, and peace. If it hurts people and profits, it is a nonstarter. And yes, peace! If we do not use innovations to maintain our national and industrial security, we are more vulnerable. That is, our peace and freedom are at risk. This New Economy is our challenge and mission.
Given the current global threats, AI evolving perhaps without guardrails, and the potential of quantum chips revolutionizing technology, we must accelerate the adaptation of useful innovation, develop industrial redundancy strategies, and strengthen the national security of our civilian sector. We must improve and demonstrate strategies to promote full-resource recycling, from the use of scare water sources, to the reduced foreign dependence for critical metals. This is what must be done – this is what the EcoPlex must accomplish.
Corporate America has already taken notice of the opportunities for positively impacting returns on investment, enhanced productivity, job creation, tax revenues, social and municipal services, foodstuffs, special events, and healthcare. Companies, such as, Adobe, Burberry, Colgate Palmolive, HP, Intuit, JLL, Mars, Novartis, Salesforce, and Unilever have made massive investments in sustainability to make better products and services. They do so to make their products more safe, profitable, and competitive.
“If the Center for Innovation and Solutions is the incubator, the Museum is the accelerator…to showcase and promote technology that has commercial applicability.”
–Innovate Fort Worth (Podcast)
Setting the Standard for Sustainability
EcoPlex’s futuristic building design – the “Star of Hope” or “Guiding Star” – will become a landmark for the region and a showplace for the world. But the building’s looks are not its most important feature. EcoPlex will accelerate the transformation of building techniques by bringing 2050 construction technology to bear today. The complex will use revolutionary building systems and techniques to generate and store all its own power, to recycle all of its own wastes, and manage full-cycle use of its own water supplies. By incorporating innovations into its grounds, construction, and exhibits, visitors will be able to view commercially practical, green technology in action. This demonstration complex will show architects, planners, developers, and builders how to construct a smart village with living areas that are affordable, attractive, futuristic, and off-the-grid.
The facility will have world-class research labs, collaborative workspaces, conference center, and demonstration center, where people can experience operating exhibits and technology and share ideas and lead into the future. We will overcome silos and inefficiencies. Most importantly, we will not be dependent on government grants and welfare. We will self-fund. We will not be controlled by any one individual or privileged group. And we will justify ourselves and be openly transparent on our operations.
Our ultimate goal is to make our country stronger and secure now and for future generations. . America will once again be the leader in technology. We did it before. We will do it again. Not because we want to, but because we have to.
