# Green Foundation Ireland - The Future of Europe (2)

> One source from the archive of Vinay Gupta's work at guptaoption.com, as plain text for AI agents: [393]. Vinay Gupta, exponential humanitarian. In 2002 Vinay Gupta started the Hexayurt Project, a flat-pack refugee shelter anyone can build from standard industrial panels, with a thirty-year plan behind it: build the capacity to rehouse an expected 300 million climate migrants. Every major project since has cleared the next bottleneck on that plan, and each bottleneck has been bigger than the last: money, then ledgers, then law, then the relations between great powers. Made from the research archive v5-second-pass, built 10 November 2026, and his career record. The map of the whole archive is https://guptaoption.com/llms.txt, and any source [id] is at https://guptaoption.com/texts/<id>.md. This file's connections are below, then his passages.

## Where this source sits

- Source: video, 2012-11-17 (YouTube upload date), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA. Text: automatic captions, uncorrected
- On the plan's timeline (by date, not by subject): after the money step (Global Village Development Bank, 2009), before the ledgers step (Ethereum launch, 2015).
- How it fits the plan (the research build's reading): Context recording.
- Career works it belongs to:
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  - ConsenSys (2015): Strategic architect at ConsenSys after the Ethereum launch. (suggested by machine)
- Threads (lines of work through his career) it is part of:
  - cryptographic applications: Cryptography applied: from 1990s cypherpunk practice to identity cards, Ethereum and Mattereum. (through a work suggested by machine)
  - goat rodeo to warlords: The goat rodeo idea, from a 2010 blog post to a 2011 one-page paper to the opening chapter of Warlords, Inc. (2015). (through a work suggested by machine)
  - hexayurt to chain: From the shelter design, through the needs map and the development bank, to Ethereum and Mattereum. (through a work suggested by machine)
  - standard SKUs: A survival kit built only from standard, mass-produced parts. (through a work suggested by machine)
- Topics: Open government & anti-corruption (58%)
- Distinctive terms here, against the whole archive: Future of Europe (1 here; 2 sources in all, earliest dated 2012); Ireland (3 here; 36 sources in all, earliest dated 2006); citizens (2 here; 63 sources in all, earliest dated 2006, 3 undated); Scotland (1 here; 29 sources in all, earliest dated 2010)
- The earliest dated source in this archive for (undated sources may be earlier): Future of Europe
- Importance: core-text score 0.15 (1.00 is the top), number 430 of the 729 sources it scored, the research build's measure of substance, importance and innovation
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## Reading it

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Cite as: Green Foundation Ireland - The Future of Europe (2), video, 2012-11-17, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA; in Vinay Gupta's archive at guptaoption.com, source [393], https://guptaoption.com/texts/393.md.

Other speakers' passages are removed, so there can be gaps.

## Passages
[0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA&t=0s) about that prospective chancer mer said to propos another Constitutional Convention on the future of Europe an idea which attracted only luk supportting others and it does have obvious drawbacks it couldn't be undertaking in time to reestablish a common public space let one that could cope with the current crisis it would involve consideration of major reforms life to be controversial life have to to different including etc etc um if the new if a new Constitutional Convention to be anything like the American constitutional building process that inspired the society it would have to involve the public both directly and through public debate and I don't know if any of you read the wonderful papers that were written on both sides of the ARs in 18th century United States the fist papers and the anti fist papers and really fantastic and these were published the social media of the day discussion points and Broad sheets and then brought together in single Publications now was C done and I take inspiration from Ireland's recent constit Iceland's recent sorry Constitutional Convention which um I Heard the man who was on the committee one of the Committees which set up respond to Conference of Scottish parli earlier this year and I was inspired by how he described how really participative it was and how really inclusive it was and um as we heard earlier the internet was a huge help and social media were a huge help in the process of um toiv these constitutional proposals from the public and with our proposals they asked the public what they wanted in the Constitution and then they sort of um grouped the proposals together and got something out of it um now they also of course had to deal with the problem that Jo mentioned that Wes was 5% of people in Iceland are not on the internet but they had alternative methods of seeking theirs um so it can be done but can it be done time and

[2:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA&t=150s) would it be too complicated in a public space that is the size of 27 countries of the European that discuss our last speaker for this session's the chief of the green European Journal invitation there thank you for the ination I had that I want I want also to quot H uh because it's really a symbol symb of public space and it shows that we cannot have any progress on the Democratic level without public spes and good functioning public spaces what we are trying to do on a very L level in the foundation is to develop a mean Europe public space and the public space for other Progressive and Progressive act and we do it inther articles throughout Europe different languages and translating them and I a fer because it's really important to show you it's very important that you visit this website and that uh you will articles that you articles and like in the the other discussion it's also important that we discuss because I'm very convinced that the social medias are really important but we also need to meet physically we also we also need to discuss face to face uh in order to have a real debate I think a real debate needs the presence of of the speakers on on the social

[5:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA&t=300s) media it's another debate it's also a good mean of course so I have a small title for my for my speech it is provocative so European federalism and solidarity why do we need the Federalist egg and the Hand of solidarity uh I me there is a link between solar and federalism and I will try to raise some questions and to expose some convictions on the base of my experience and also on the base of my personal history uh I was born in I don't know who knows is a small town on the German Belgian German border uh and AR is part of what we call the joh speaking Community you may you might know that in Bel we have French speaking French speakers this minority is often presented as one of the best protected minority in the world they are their own government they are their own and I think they deserve this because they suffer of his story and they suffer of imperialism not only the germanism and they did not have the right to express their opinion on this this decision of the of the superpowers of the European super super powers and I think there was a kind of feeling in Belgium after the second world war and so there was a Consciousness that it was important to respect this minority and uh this minority benefited mostly of the of which was a

[7:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA&t=450s) uh but now I also very also very important of of this person that you are purchasing but it's also kind of of that you can make that you can produce

[10:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA&t=600s) but other person can give you back the present that you receive so when we speak of solidarity inside the European Union or inside Belgium we should be very cous with the symbolic aspect of this solidarity the possibility to the to the people way and currency has been designed has encouraged the competition between member states [Music] uh there is a problem [Music] reform of Labor in Germany theform of sociality system responsible of this imbalances of these internal imbalances Andy we organize the debat on the CES and that of very that

[12:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA&t=750s) [Music] also the generation what we feel for granted is not granted anymore and then we need to answer to this feeling of Injustice my my conviction is that we need both we need those who need another another social the the promise of the social Europe of

[15:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA&t=900s) the '90s was lost was not was not kept and we need to come back on this promise of social Europe and we need to give a concrete content to the European solidarity so we we I found this week a very interesting text of Belgian philosopher phip uh we are going to translate it was it's a comment on the agenda 2010 of agenda 2010 uh where he criticizes the the mistakes of the Euro and of the unique European market uh what what stresses is that we not need a transfer union inside Europe inside the Euro Zone know you do not need only a financial solidarity between the member states or between the regions but we also need is an interpersonal Sol a system of interpersonal transport that gives a content conrete content to this interpersonal solidarity in Europe and this proposal is a European citizens basic in very low but consistent enough to give the feeling to all the Europeans that they Bel only to the same Society it's not enough but it's something more than aat I don't want here to come back reasons why need it's important sometimes to repeat it uh see what be how can how can the United Kingdom alone succeed in regula the financial sector we cannot

[17:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA&t=1050s) succeed in the stand alone position it's impossible it seems so obvious it seems so obvious to and we can only that we can only convince the people if we increase the Justice if we reinforce the Justice inside inside the European Union and therefore we need PR compromises and we I share the questions that you raised on this institutional discussion which is very important of course but this has to be discussed but have the opportunity to create this feeling of solidarity solity andity I didn't mention but it's also important very important and yes my fin conviction we are just in the starting phase that we are to be very aware of the enormous challenges that we are facing but for some people it's dramatic but it can be also [Applause] um if people don't mind because we did start quite late we have aous allocation time for you know next 15 minutes or so be okay to some questions and again i' like to very simp I have never heard an person say

[20:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA&t=1200s) we only see we see Europe as a place structural fund of cap and we've never embraced the idea of individuals part of this wonderful idea of unity across Europe and you ask where he from I am from the United States of America and I think the you had a chance set to individual and you could do that that we as individuals rather St to reach out to us individuals and tell us what all um I did it was first in the for people said they were fighting for California or Texas and um the interstate relations in the United States were always called international relations the relations across the state boundaries inter um and it's really as suppos it it was quite a long time before the overarching understanding of yourself as American took place you Virginia your Tex you're um I wherever else um I think in um in in the United Kingdom at least in the Great Britain part of it um it is true that not we might call themselves that on

[22:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA&t=1350s) then so these things are are not not IM mutable and they're very fluid they depend onal circumstances and and and so on so I I wouldn't say it actually matter the other point I just wanted to make know po just he never felt European but he did the first time he felt Europe went to the United States and I realized that we was different theels and it's funny because BRS does not under know to integrate Europe inels so I'm working on daily Bas with people of other European countries and I and it's really interesting for me because I'm experiencing far the no it's true how far the are from Europe uh and I think we should really much more support the presence of the Europe institution as a real opportunity for us on the cultural level it's it's improving for the there are a lot of projects that we should Dev much more integration of persons in Europe and what what we what the you commission the Europe decided

[25:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA&t=1500s) foundations it was a very important step it was a small step but I see I thees in 18 one have Noti from The Exchange mention the yor farm able to I wonder would be able to languages and just wonder the lack of the lack of foreign language education in the UK and um listened today about solidarity think is very important solidarity mention for inst weend a f participation democracy active citizenship I work with young people in college I find I've also had very interestingly deeply um they about the European generation and did I find that the north young people actually know very about Europe and I'm not particularly concerned about Europe partly maybe because Europe has failed to explain itself to its citizens and my question is what are we what would you advise that we do in order to get young people to participate more effectively because I think that you know maybe disfranchise from politics and particularly from electoral politics how you can get people to commerci vote

[27:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA&t=1650s) because European election that's is relatively low I think at best is % sometimes 30 to 40% so how do you have democracy and Democratic it's also the case there a l of of history of teaching history in Belgium too it's a debate that start now how to better teaching history in school I think sometimes there is an interest that the people have m not to know what in the past sometimes so this is May for me really was me yesterday we feel the presence of this story everywhere here because expain I think so it's much more living here for the reason teaching a political issue for and I TR AG you there should be much [Music] [Laughter] I

[30:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA&t=1800s) and um then very similar things happen atal headquarters students there now I don't know whe those sub visits are available only to University students or whether other young people um Can can visits can be organized I must say if you're one of their teachers a bit of a nightmare because you have to go to bus from Bo so because you got to be with just off let come I our students enjoyed so learned a lot and enjoyed themselves I do think the language a serious problem been one in the United Kingdom for a very long time I think since the time and reduced um the requirement for language learning at school and I think we've always missed of having it Tau forign languages taught from primary school age and I do think May Ireland and maybe Wales and maybe West Northwest of Scotland have Advantage there is a linguistic theory that once you the first second language the next French I think it's very important feeling of being on the other people

[32:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA&t=1950s) Cho and the truth is and the not as asual change what we mean the meaning of all of our constitutions I think that's a very interesting question resp was talking about governments to fit the scope of activity and I think I think

[35:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA&t=2100s) um you have a level of governance covering the world because that function has to be world and it may that corporations we might think governments with majorate properties and corporations give us the opportunity to discussion [Music] the that differentiate that make difference in the [Laughter] last [Laughter] [Music] [Laughter] next

[37:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA&t=2250s) [Laughter] [Music] [Laughter] house

[40:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA&t=2400s) of has done it job the job now in Europe and our societ is redistribution is that the public provision of many the goods and services that we need rather than the climate how can we separate use from ownership it's what I call my AC work partipate buting or what happen in iand Rec constitutionalization their rebooting of their democracy in the manner that they did and why is it B provocative haven't been enough provocative so far why we hear soand in Europe in Ireland it's very difficult in the mainstream press to find out what exactly and how they've done what they've done and is the model that we can actually follow but does seem to be the finish that it's rather appropriate I think to um go back to the issue of culture and narrative and the

[42:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA&t=2550s) importance of I think poets finished by WB he said the best of conviction and the worst passionist intensity Things Fall Apart the C kind of and that seems to be that expressive and the similar time that Gates was talking about 100 years ago idea that I mentioned the beginning about this is how do we think and act and turbulent times and we Show discount the PO the cultural Renaissance the resources that we can find yes there policies technical issues of legal and constitutive problems but at the end of the day it is gent here said it's about people and people not we have AER affection stories is that issue how can we create a compelling and hopeful story that this particular that we're experiencing we down to posterity IDE ever how can we C our way to growth how can we put our way this crisis Al alter does a social green Europe that's you know repository of Republican ideas of solidarity of lunch is downstairs it is now free we did ask some people for a small charge earlier and some people did pay they can num now I think hopefully we'll all get lunch downstairs free um but we would however donation to G we are an En

[45:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4rXYUQzPA&t=2700s) organization still craing as I say we've made tremendous efforts to put on

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End of [393] Green Foundation Ireland - The Future of Europe (2). Its connections are at the top of this file; the map is https://guptaoption.com/llms.txt.
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