The Silocon Valley of Agriculture

 
My brother Tom listed a Facebook article on the remarkable amount of fruits and vegetables being exported from Netherlands, a tiny country. It is from National Geographic and is a most promising development.

I propose that we allow peoples around the world to individual-live more than group-live, and train the young to self-realize, and then these microcosms of growth, wealth, ingenuity and expanded technology and ideational innovation would set up by the hundreds and thousand around the globe. This could be an important, vital cultural shift in paving the way to local culture developing into a high civilization.

There are three thoughts that come to mind. First, it is a most impressive accomplishment. Second, it gives me hope that these bastions of micro-agriculture will be able by 2050 to feed our population of 10 billion people. Third, it is another example of pockets of ingenuity in diverse populations. For example, some island peoples in the Caribbean love baseball, so their native farm teams provide a disproportionate number of players of professional baseball on the mainland. If only we could excite those in Puerto Rico or Haiti to develop some local brilliance and expertise that would lead humanity in new discoveries while at the same time generating jobs and wealth for the local people.