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The Socially Oriented Innovation Society

Günter Valet



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Origin of the subsequent thoughts was the discussion around 2010 about the just redistribution of public income as opposed to the prior generation of more income by innovation and its redistribution afterwards. The document was made public on the internet 2014 following several contacts with political parties without visible consequences. The climate debate has finally prompted the realisation of more innovative concepts in recent years.

1. Presence
The lack of attractive goals fatigues the political enthousiasm of many citizens, while the emphasis on breakup oriented society goals contains the potential for enthousiasm and fascinaion.

Political lead ideas like social market economy or service oriented society optimise the existing, christian principles (CDU,CSU) are not imperative for everybody in a pluralistic society, social democratic (SPD) intentions aim at the fair redistribution of the surplus while being less concerned about its generation, liberal ideas (FDP) remained ambiguous over the years, leftist concepts (Die Linke) failed in practice, program development of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) and Freie Wähler (FW) is in progress, green (Grüne) visions with inhibitory tendency may lead to regression instead of the necessary progression in global competition which is required for the achievement of a higher integral surplus (technical and social) of the society.

2. Goals
The foregoing does not define goals for the advancement of the democratic society when facing new challenges, despite the well known importance of goals at the level of each individual. The orientation along future oriented but ideologically comparatively neutral goals may become an important motivator for a society. The "socially oriented innovation society" gains its surplus for the entire society by environment compatible, sustainable and resource saving innovations in a socially equilibrated way by progressing from the present into the future in conscience of past experiences.

The direction of innovations in a socially oriented innovation society concern the technical domain as driving force (industry 4.0, fabrication by 3D-printing or more efficient organisation structures) in close association with the social and interhuman domain. Compatibility of professional life with care for children and elderly, collegiality in the immediate working environment, with competition amongst working groups and companies increase personal satisfaction and efficiency, thus augmenting the productivity of the entire society.

The term socially directed innovation society 2011 was initially uncommon, then considered in social sciences (2014), (ref.1), while remaining unusual (2016) in the Anglosphere. Its potential derives from the closely associated technical and social inovation in an self-reliant european development. The some time ago negociated Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and Trade in Services Agreements (TISA) may lead to a "methuenisation" of Europe (Methuen treaty UK/Portugal 1703 -> from world power to decline) under a "win/win" strategy (ref.2) of the "roast and crumbs" type. European citizens should not be satisfied with crumbs, modify or reject such treaties and initiate themselves a trend-setting social innovation society.

3. Future
The German society liberates itself presently from the bonds of nuclear and fossile carburants. The ensuing society adaptations have the potential for an exemplary innovation phase.

Goals comprising the entire society have to inspire especially young people, like the announcement of the moon landing within 10 years by president Kennedy. Thousands of young people became engineers at the time to participate in this challenge.

The setup of a powerful european digital economy increases the economic potential and avoids externally imposed digital coordination and transnational synchronization.

The synthesis of affordable liquid fuels (ref.3,4) during the process of energy transition for example from electrolytically produced Hydrogen and waste CO2 from industrial processes like cement fabrication, from natural sources or from air ("kill the climate killer") can be advanced during this phase. The production of synthetic fuel would advance the development of fuel cell driven electro cars or more efficient and CO2 neutral combustion motor cars. Synthetic diesel (SynDiesel) could replace palm oil containing BioDiesel. Rain forests would be protected in this way from oil palm plantations. Such cars would need smaller batteries than those in present electro cars where electricity shortage, environmental problems during battery manufacturing, high weight and significant loading times may become limiting factors.

Fuel synthesis would be the starting point for new technical developments, provide work and ensuring the living conditions in former coal mining or steel factory areas hit by the disappearence of traditional industries. Furthermore, value cration would largely remain in Europe, an important consideration for the energy providing sector and society in total.

It seems of significant importance to liberate the society from the concept of economic growth by products with intentionally shortened lifetime (obsolescence). Such overreaching consommation societies (straw fire economy) enrich big corporations while people may sink into poverty due ever increasing buying requirements despite citizen's interest in a stable economy permitting the acquisition of real estate property for housing, optimal education for children, stable employment and sufficient retirements funds and care for the elderly. Such economy avoids the abuse of human work and innovation forces for straw fire goals, protects the resources of the planet and generates social coherence for the departure into a new european development phase.

A society aiming at future success will generate first its funds prior to spending them. Systematic distribution of savings by the government under aspects of egalitarianism increases discord for the giving ("too much") as well as for the receiving part ("not enough"). The potential for private investment like into maintenance of houses ("roof over the head") diminishes like in the real existing socialism of the late GDR (German Democratic Republic). This lead to substantial discontent within the society. As a consequence people will work increasingly according to the rules of foreign investors instead of shaping their society preferentially with national funds funds. Earning prior to distribution has the potential to prevent such developments.

The systematic acquistion of high technology enterprises, public and private housing, agricultural or forest land, hospitals, private medical cabinets by non european investors, as well as the take over of national planning competences by non eurpean thinktanks may lead to essential know-how loss, higher living costs (rents), enlargement of the low level wage sector, altered agricultural structures, medicine as business instead of help for human beings, substantial financial losses by profit transfers abroad as well as increasing heteronomy like society steering from outside by artificial intelligence, A healthy equilibrium of conditions has to be maintained in the various sectors.

The cultural diversity is a characteristic feature of Europe. The long term goal cannot be to generate a melting pot with a potentially uniform language. The challenge is, on the contrary, to succeed with the development of a stable union formed by a multitude of nations while maintaining at the same time the bundled cultural diversity. European projects for border security (Frontex), civilian aviation (Airbus), defense (airplanes, drones, ships, tanks) or space projects (Ariane, Galileo) will increase european technological innovation capacities.

The horrors of two world wars favoured the creation of the European Union. As the past gradually vanishes from the focus of present Europeans, the future potential of the European Union consists in the elaboration and realization of new concepts emerging from the intellectual diversity, characteristic for the people of this region. The realisation of these goals at a national level can be promoted by forward directed political parties like Deutsche Fortschrittspartei, Aufbruch für Deutschland or Europa as well as by existing parties.

References:
1. Jutta Schwengsbier, Mirko Schwanitz (2014). Der deutsche Wohlfahrtsstaat zwischen Lobbyismus und sozialer Innovationsgesellschaft. epubli Verlag, Berlin.
2. François de Callières (1716). De la Manière de négocier avec les Souverains. Amsterdam. S.160-172.
3. *external link Sunfire (2019), Dresden
4. Wei, J et al. (2017.) Directly converting CO2 into a gasoline fuel. Nat. Commun. 8, 15174 doi: 10.1038/ncomms15174.


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