The Commons and The Helpfulness Machine

Our senses have in many cases been augmented by inventions. Telescopes help us see great distances, reading glasses help with everyday vision. The microscope does what the telescopes does, but for small things instead of far away things... We've created communication tools like radio and the Internet to help us interact. And houses to keep out the weather... The inventiveness of human kind seems limitless.

But the areas of life that revolve around controlling conflict and violence remain unassisted with their cause still much in question. We do have very sophisticated social structures, families, communities, countries and their respective mores and laws, but conflict and violence still prevail and take up much of the air time in our news.