We are faced with situations around the planet and in our daily lives that involve life and death.
In the developed economies the frequency of events is increased but the sense urgency to act is reduced due to technology and machines. Machines speed things along so we do not notice how much energy and leverage is applied in our behalf. The automobile gives us great mobility and personal freedom. It is not considered a lethal decision to drive one until a collision occurs, then hopefully only reminding us of the force that is always present when we enlist the leverage of machinery. This awareness helps us make our decision to follow the signs and rules of the road so that we can zoom about within feet of another vehicle traveling the opposite direction in disregard for our safety while focusing on more abstract concepts, such as picking up a loaf of bread or effecting lives thousands of miles away by sharing our investment portfolio in a sort of mutual fund of good intention.
Creative solutions in material and machinery are needed to respond to the Millennium Goals
The structures that comprise our cities are made possible by machinery, by raw material, and by the economy of our commitment to use them.
When addressing impoverished populations without secure tenure machines designed to construct structures in an orderly secure population are inadequate to deal with the speed or robustness required to establish and maintain civil order and public support.
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