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A Letter to Global Citizens: The Dawn of Special Coordination

Fellow Global Citizens,

We stand at an unprecedented moment in human history. For the first time, our species possesses both the technological infrastructure and the collective wisdom necessary to coordinate across all boundaries—physical, cultural, linguistic, and economic. Around the world, cultural mythologies tell us of a time when we thought we could unite as a species, but our earliest dreams of Earth arranged by our ideas were based on limited knowledge and experience of the planet's physics.

The people of Earth went separate ways to colonize and explore the planet, mastering all there was to be learned. Today, the internet's global reach and cultural hegemonization show us the diverse societies of Earth have all but mastered this planet, and the dream of special unity is still alive. The question is no longer whether we can achieve special coordnation, but how we will choose to implement it.

Special Coordination

I'm not sure there is a word to describe what I mean by special coordination. The word "special" in English typically means "better, greater, or otherwise different from what is usual". While the human species certainly does fit that narrative among the Earth's creatures, I'm using it to describe something internal to the human experience-- something "of the species,".

While other creatures of Earth have what we call instinct, we have culture. Cultures establish our instincts for intra-special interaction, and cultural authorities have had the difficult task of creating stable societies. As the world continues globalization, that task is only growing more difficult.

History shows our species on a trajectory toward personal responsibility. Culture, once distributed from chiefs and monarchs now emerges from collective bodies-- boards of directors, councils, common initiative groups, congresses, parlaments and other representative groups. These became increasingly prevalent in the 1770s, based on the communicative abilities of postal systems and international trade.

The internet makes international trade precise-- we may know who needs what and where they need it and when. It makes information exchanges possible between every member of the species, and allows us to develop cultural context for exchange on peaceful terms.

At NTARI, we envision coordination systems that transcend pre-internet limitations. When operated by international global citizens—individuals who think beyond borders and embrace our shared humanity—these systems become powerful instruments for collective flourishing and healing old wounds, through the realization that all we do is not for ourselves or neighbors alone, but for every member of the species on the planet.

No single entity can create special coordination-- no national or or international network or government-- not NTARI. This vision requires every human-- the individuals who collectively revision and build tools that serve planetary need rather than artificial scarcity.

This isn't utopian thinking—it's network science applied to culture. We already see this principle working in open-source software development (Github), scientific research collaboration (Wikipedia), and decentralized humanitarian response. NTARI's mission is to scale these proven coordination models to species-wide implementation. We're not proposing the elimination of any culture, rather a system of systems accounting for every contribution to planetary life.

The Technical Foundation

NTARI develops the open-source coordination protocols that make this vision practical. Our systems incorporate:

Privacy by Design
Democratic Participation
Adaptive Resilience
Universal Accessibility

Your Role in Special Coordination

Every global citizen has a role in this emerging coordination network. Whether you contribute through:

Technical development of coordination protocols and tools
Cultural bridging across linguistic and regional boundaries
Educational outreach that builds coordination literacy
Local implementation of global coordination principles
Governance participation in cooperative decision-making processes
...or something else!

Your participation strengthens the entire network and expands what becomes possible for our species.

The Choice Before Us

Will we structure digital coordination systems to extract value from rivals, or ones serving the cooperative potential of our special network? The commercial platforms that dominate today's digital landscape demonstrate coordination's power—but they extract value rather than distributing and surveill rather than protect.

NTARI's approach offers an alternative: we are a nonprofit facilitating, developing and distributing coordination systems owned and operated by the global citizens who use them-- those who envision a future for our species beyond what we have always known. The real work begins when global citizens like you help build systems, adapt them to your contexts, and contribute to their continuous evolution.

Join us in building a culture worthy of our species' full potential. Honor one another as you honor yourself.

Stay Connected,

Jodson B. Graves