into politics, into the military, into other countries social hierarchy, and keeping everyone focused and together. I don't mean us in this room, I mean our followers."
Zoe gave me a strange look and said, "Our followers?"
"Yep. Looking at the problem we face, there is no way we can do this ourselves. It just isn't possible. We need to start adding people to our ranks, people who have the same goals that we have."
Mom put up her hand slightly and asked, "And what are those goals?"
I gave her a smile and said, "To make the world a better place. To make this a place where people think of the welfare of others, as much as the welfare of themselves."
I stopped to see if there were more questions and then continued, "This isn't going to happen overnight. What we need to do is start getting people to follow our cause. We will need a banner for people to gather around, and that can't be a person."
"My thought was that we create a charitable organization, and use that as our rallying point, the thing that people gather around. Keep in mind that this is a long term plan. We need to get the resources to make this work. I am trying to do some of that through the company I started with Marcus and Ted, but we need to look for other ways to get together the resources to build something like this. That is something I want everyone to think about."
"Have you thought about what you want to call this organization?" Vicki asked.
"I have, in fact. I wanted to call our organization, 'Evolve, '" I replied, smiling at her. "I will start having Jonathan put it together now, but it will be a shell until we get real resources to put into it."
"There have to be a couple of ground rules for this though. The biggest one is we can't alter everyone we bring on board. In fact, nearly everyone who joins should not be altered."
"Why?" Alex asked, almost shocked.
"A couple of reasons. People altered through blood transfusion don't actually move the genes forward, since we don't think it passes through offspring. So that means there isn't a pressing reason to actually do it. More than that is, some point in the future, the population at large is going to find out about us. The change caused by blood transfusion is something you can test for. Considering the personality changes that we think are happening, we will be accused of brainwashing our supporters."
"No, we want nearly all of our followers to be normal. They need to support us because they believe in doing what's right. They believe in helping their fellow man."
I saw several heads nodding around the room, although Alex still looked skeptical.
"Alex, we need to build this on the right foundation. Spiking the blood supply to make everyone loyal to me, and I know that thought crossed your mind, would set us up on a foundation of mistrust and lies. People would fear us, and our whole effort would be wasted."
"The next question is, how do we go about building followers. For now, we do that retail. We start going out and trying to help people. Right now, it will be local, people that we see that need help. Eventually, when we have the resources, we can expand. We'll go beyond that and help people elsewhere, and then help people wholesale."
"Again, I am not talking about helping people by altering them, although I am sure that will sometimes be what is needed. There are lots of ways to help: money, support, even physical labor. Everyone we find that needs help will have a different situation. What we need to do is keep our eyes open to find people that need help, and step in when they do."
"And of course, we need marketing," Tami said, smiling.
"Huh?" I asked cleverly.
"If we are building followers for this new thing, we can't just help them and disappear into the night. They have to know who helped them. We have to give out cards, or flyers, or ... I don't know, something."
"Hmm, that is a good point. I guess now we are at the point where we can start assigning jobs. You take that
Zoe gave me a strange look and said, "Our followers?"
"Yep. Looking at the problem we face, there is no way we can do this ourselves. It just isn't possible. We need to start adding people to our ranks, people who have the same goals that we have."
Mom put up her hand slightly and asked, "And what are those goals?"
I gave her a smile and said, "To make the world a better place. To make this a place where people think of the welfare of others, as much as the welfare of themselves."
I stopped to see if there were more questions and then continued, "This isn't going to happen overnight. What we need to do is start getting people to follow our cause. We will need a banner for people to gather around, and that can't be a person."
"My thought was that we create a charitable organization, and use that as our rallying point, the thing that people gather around. Keep in mind that this is a long term plan. We need to get the resources to make this work. I am trying to do some of that through the company I started with Marcus and Ted, but we need to look for other ways to get together the resources to build something like this. That is something I want everyone to think about."
"Have you thought about what you want to call this organization?" Vicki asked.
"I have, in fact. I wanted to call our organization, 'Evolve, '" I replied, smiling at her. "I will start having Jonathan put it together now, but it will be a shell until we get real resources to put into it."
"There have to be a couple of ground rules for this though. The biggest one is we can't alter everyone we bring on board. In fact, nearly everyone who joins should not be altered."
"Why?" Alex asked, almost shocked.
"A couple of reasons. People altered through blood transfusion don't actually move the genes forward, since we don't think it passes through offspring. So that means there isn't a pressing reason to actually do it. More than that is, some point in the future, the population at large is going to find out about us. The change caused by blood transfusion is something you can test for. Considering the personality changes that we think are happening, we will be accused of brainwashing our supporters."
"No, we want nearly all of our followers to be normal. They need to support us because they believe in doing what's right. They believe in helping their fellow man."
I saw several heads nodding around the room, although Alex still looked skeptical.
"Alex, we need to build this on the right foundation. Spiking the blood supply to make everyone loyal to me, and I know that thought crossed your mind, would set us up on a foundation of mistrust and lies. People would fear us, and our whole effort would be wasted."
"The next question is, how do we go about building followers. For now, we do that retail. We start going out and trying to help people. Right now, it will be local, people that we see that need help. Eventually, when we have the resources, we can expand. We'll go beyond that and help people elsewhere, and then help people wholesale."
"Again, I am not talking about helping people by altering them, although I am sure that will sometimes be what is needed. There are lots of ways to help: money, support, even physical labor. Everyone we find that needs help will have a different situation. What we need to do is keep our eyes open to find people that need help, and step in when they do."
"And of course, we need marketing," Tami said, smiling.
"Huh?" I asked cleverly.
"If we are building followers for this new thing, we can't just help them and disappear into the night. They have to know who helped them. We have to give out cards, or flyers, or ... I don't know, something."
"Hmm, that is a good point. I guess now we are at the point where we can start assigning jobs. You take that
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