June 3, 2004

“MichaelOoi’s Concept”

*long post. might be boring to someone …or might be a good idea for your university thesis… whatever*

Our world is becoming smaller as each day advances. Why ? Because we humans keep having sex and duplicating … and the land area remained the same. The end result is inevitable - that the place we all live in …is going to be crampy .. and we’re gonna spend more time cussing inside the traffic. Government officials are too stupid to be able to think of something better .. and it’s a problem that seemingly can’t be solved at all.

But they are all so wrong. There’s a way out to it. I had that epiphany when I was taking a dump on my porcelain throne today. Not any simple insight.. but one that’s probably gonna change the world. One that’s going to make our world a better place to live. I’m gonna blog about it here so that no one could take the credit away if it comes true…. .Here’s how it will work. It’s called “MichaelOoi’s Concept”.

If you want to get a better grasp of what “MichaelOoi’s Concept” is all about, you’ll have to drive yourself out to the nearest expressway/highway in the wee hours of the morning. 3 am should be perfect. Park your car/bike at the side of the expressway’s emergency lane. Take a good look at your surrounding. What do you see ? Nothing. …. …

No life nothing. A blank road and with occasional drunk drivers passing by. Now, what does that mean ? In industrial term, it is called “idling”. That means, something is not put to a good use here. Roads are built for vehicles to travel upon … and when it’s left idle like this, that means, it’s losing efficiency.

“But everyone’s sleeping at that hour !” - some may say. But that’s not the point. Why do we leave our roads blank for the period of 7 - 8 hours to sleep … and then everyone fucking jam/congest it in the next 16 - 17 hours ? If this were to happen in a production line, that would meant — all of us will have to wait at least a few months just to buy a tv … and demands will overcome supply. Inflation will soar … and we won’t be able to afford even a 12 pack condom from 7-11. Why ? Because basically there will be no 24 hours production shift in the entire world to supply whatever that we need to grow !

And if you got what I meant — this is exactly what’s happening to our world today. It’s been part of our everyday life and we didn’t realize it. Why banks and post offices only open at office hour when everyone’s working ? How are they gonna go to bank if they have to work ? Take their time off from work to go to bank ? That would mean - lost of productivity … then … THIS IS EVEN WORST THAN WHAT WE ALL THINK OF !!

The problem with the world today - is that we lose too much time and resources living our life at the same shift pattern. Roads were left blank after midnight … and heavily congested during the day. Banks were open during office hour … and closed when workers are off work. And lots more.

How to solve this ? Staggered time plan. Just like the shift pattern in a factory. To maximize our limited 24 hours. Our time should be divided into 4 quadrants of 9 hours each. Each quadrant then overlaps one another by 3 hours - which makes 24 hours of the day. Then, to assign industrial sector (and all it’s direct support businesses) in one of the quadrant, then the commercial sector in the following quadrant. Then followed by government or private services (like post office, immigration, advocacy, prostitute rings, etc) in the subsequent quarter — and the last quadrant to be assigned to agricultural sector. Each sector will operate within it’s respective quadrant time range (as the basic reference point)… get the picture ?

This way, the population would be balanced out across the same piece of land, occupying every single minute of our planet with maximum efficiency. We don’t have to worry about the common “office hours” problem. We can just go to banks or post office right after work, before we sleep. The society works in circle … supporting each other moving the economy forward. No shit … that it will be a bliss for any country’s economy if this idea were to be practiced.

Advantages ? here they are
- 75% decrease (approximate value) in traffic anywhere in the country.
- maximum efficiency of working force(eg. banking after working hours, banks to operate at full capacity, etc)
- reduction of unemployment rate (government sector will require more workforce to support bigger range of “administrative hours” in country)
- reduction in vice activities (due to increase of efficiency in administrative sector as highlighted above)

and much more that probably I myself have yet to foresee.

Implementing this won’t be easy … as mankind has been following the sun all their life … and it will be very difficult to change the habit. But hey, if it’s easy, they won’t have to waste so much money building subways to cope overcrowding.

Shoot me questions if you want.

I have spoken.

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