This project is aimed at the third world (moving it up from a 3 to a 2.5). The goal is to establish safe, self-sustaining communities in very poor countries. Although it would take a very large initial investment, the program would eventually reimburse investors, and greatly reduce the need for future donations to these areas.
Current well-meaning projects to improve life in the third world are doomed, because they are based on a false view of the world. Humans have been evolving separately for tens of thousands of years. This is obvious on the outside, and science has shown that our brains have not remained untouched either.
Project 2.5 will have three main stages:
1) Creating communities based on the locals' present talents. These will largely be farming, herding, mining, and fishing communities. This will allow small, relatively prosperous towns to spring up quickly, providing relief to suffering areas and better opportunities for the next generation.
2) Taking advantage of eugenics. It has a bad name, but our current policies are dysgenic. They encourage those with the least advantageous genes to have the most children. There are two ways for the human race to continue to improve: we can establish policies that encourage those who will pass on the most advantageous genes to have the most children, or we can let the children of those with the least advantageous genes die off, as was the rule prior to the last few centuries. By providing economic incentives and making it easier to choose how many children to conceive, we can shoot well above a 2.5 - within a hundred or so years, the Congo could be competing with China.
3) Making sure the young can reach their potential. This means appropriate schooling for all children, in addition to a safe community and good nutrition.
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