Patrick Kenji Takahashi
Book 1, SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Planet Earth, dealt with energy and the environment. SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Humanity provides ultimate answers for our society and beyond.
Ever wonder if there could ever be a way to end crime and war forever, or the prospects for immortality, or a better educational system, or the reality of extraterrestrial intelligence, or the future of religion? If all the above can be satisfactorily resolved, then, just in case there is no afterlife, where is the best place to live on Earth today?
Simple solutions, of course, are hardly that. How to end crime? What about three strikes and you're dead! Sure this should work, but it's not morally rational. The solution to war is incredibly simple. Just read the book and find out how.
Scientists are getting very close to determining a way to disarm our aging gene. When will this happen?
Our educational system is flawed. Be prepared to be shocked by the Stanford Marshmallow Study. Then find out that our terrible student scores relative to the developed world might not be worth all the anguish. The USA will prevail because of our superiority in....
Could the solution for world peace or curing cancer be streaming in from space? The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence could someday soon detect what would be the most monumental discovery since the invention of God.
How can religion overcome the immorality of purporting to promise an afterlife WITHOUT ANY PROOF? A Golden Evolution is suggested.
Are you one of those who largely wasted your life looking out only for yourself, family and friends? Could there be a higher calling? You, too, can make a positive difference. Rainbow Vision is explained to equip you with the tools to help save Planet Earth and Humanity.
Patrick Kenji Takahashi's professional life has been dedicated to working on energy and the environment for the benefit of society as a professor of engineering and director of the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute at the University of Hawaii. With Peak Oil and Global Warming looming, there is only satisfaction in helping lay the foundation for a future sustainable world. Combined with his assignments in the U.S. Senate and national laboratories, the result was Book 1, SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Planet Earth.
Book 2, SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Humanity, represents the rest of his career, for he was there at the beginning of genetic engineering, spent his whole life in various facets of education, worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence and was at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory when Star Wars was invented by staffers of Edward Teller, who sold the idea to President Ronald Reagan, which, in his estimation, might have been the straw that broke the back of the Evil Empire, ending the Cold War.
Religion has been of particular fascination and puzzlement to him. Why is he among the 10% of Americans who don’t believe in an afterlife? What in his upbringing or education made him different, but much closer to Europeans and people of the developed Orient? So the chapter on the Golden Evolution suggests a more enlightened pathway for the faithful.
Thus, in addition to saving Planet Earth, why not, also, for a progressive Humanity, with simple solutions for crime, war, immortality, education, religion and life. Rainbow Vision is provided to guide the conscientious reader help make a difference for our future.
FROM THE CHAPTER ON "TEACHING RAINBOWS":
The Stanford University
marshmallow longitudinal (retest over time) study was run by Michael Mischel, and remarkably demonstrated how self-discipline can lead to success. The beauty of this experiment is that any parent today with a 4-year old child can determine how she will score in her scholastic aptitude test in high school, and, how well he will succeed in life.
In the 60’s, four-year old children were taken one at a time into a room and shown a marshmallow. The child was told he could eat it now, or wait until the experimenter came back from an errand, when he could have two. Some ate it immediately, but others waited as long as 20 minutes until that person returned. Fourteen years later, these same children took the SAT test, and those that immediately ate (impulsive) scored 1052 combined on verbal and math, while those who received two marshmallows (impulse controlled) scored 1262, a 210 point difference! The adolescents were then observed to have the following attitudes and capabilities in high school:
1262 Group: assertive, could cope with frustration, worked better under pressure, confident, dependable, academically competent, eager to learn, and followed through on plans.
1052 Group: indecisive, overreacted to frustration, overwhelmed by stress, easily gave up, provoked arguments, poor students, impulsive, sharp temper, and still couldn’t delay gratification.
Of course, a quick check of student backgrounds might well have explained some of this, for, chances are that the impulsive came from a lower income group, where that was the prevailing mode of action. Of course, too, an individual who knows the child cannot conduct the test because there is generally some trusting relationship, and the subject will almost surely be swayed not to touch the marshmallow.
The whole point, though, is that we then try to train these impetuous individuals mostly how to read, write and do math, when what they really need is to learn the four other R’s. The notable lesson to be gained is that these one marshmallow children are NOT doomed. This is what education should be all about. What are the four new R's? Read on.
