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THE COPENHAGEN LETTER

Copenhagen, 2017

To everyone who shapes technology today

We live in a world where technology is consuming society, ethics, and our core existence.

It is time to take responsibility for the world we are creating. Time to put humans before business. Time to replace the empty rhetoric of “building a better world” with a commitment to real action. It is time to organize, and to hold each other accountable.

Tech is not above us. It should be governed by all of us, by our democratic institutions. It should play by the rules of our societies. It should serve our needs, both individual and collective, as much as our wants.

Progress is more than innovation. We are builders at heart. Let us create a new Renaissance. We will open and nourish honest public conversation about the power of technology. We are ready to serve our societies. We will apply the means at our disposal to move our societies and their institutions forward.

Let us build from trust. Let us build for true transparency. We need digital citizens, not mere consumers. We all depend on transparency to understand how technology shapes us, which data we share, and who has access to it. Treating each other as commodities from which to extract maximum economic value is bad, not only for society as a complex, interconnected whole but for each and every one of us.

Design open to scrutiny. We must encourage a continuous, public, and critical reflection on our definition of success as it defines how we build and design for others. We must seek to design with those for whom we are designing. We will not tolerate design for addiction, deception, or control. We must design tools that we would love our loved ones to use. We must question our intent and listen to our hearts.

Let us move from human-centered design to humanity-centered design. We are a community that exerts great influence. We must protect and nurture the potential to do good with it. We must do this with attention to inequality, with humility, and with love. In the end, our reward will be to know that we have done everything in our power to leave our garden patch a little greener than we found it.

LiveLoveManja is pro choice (to an informed choice to choose gmo vs non gmo foods) rather than choosing sides. We want our readers to understand that consuming GMO products is gambling with one's health. While a dollar is worth more than the next breath to some, others prefer health to profit. Cost and production wise, GMO may win temporarily. However, if one's health suffers in the long run due to GMO consumption ... this can end up being even more costly in the long run. Price does not refer just to the dollar ... it refers to the cost of life. 

The article linked above refers to GMO and genetically modified Soy. DNA in the soy was damaged and a new protein was introduced (a protein not present in non gmo soy). This new protein is not digestible for all and may be the cause for increased soy allergy cases within the USA.

The damage does not stop there. Increased use of herbicides are also provoking numerous allergies and symptoms within the country. The higher residue on GM crops are causing numerous health issues involving digestion, IBS, chronic migraines, itchiness, fatigue, nausea, and itchy burning skin. We as humans and mother nature were not originally created to digest residue at this level. For most, it has become a quite toxic epidemic.

To learn more about the argument, case study, facts, genes, and proteins please refer to the link provided above. Knowledge is power. Many thanks to Responsible Technology for taking the initiative to inform the people.