Visionary Manifesto for California and the Central Valley

Note from Author: So I wanted to write my thoughts down as a formal manifesto, and this is the draft. This is the draft version marked with notes, outlines, and unfinished sections, and once the polished version is done, those "drafting marks" won't be here anymore. I'll put it in an archive. 

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Keep in mind this is an unfinished draft so some things might come off in a way I don't mean them. If anything comes off as weird or unusual, jus message me and ask me about it and I can clarify

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Some parts may be a bit unclear because they're literally just notes and if so don't worry you can always message me to ask me what it means in the chat feature here. In an ideal world all my notes would be easily understandable but right now notes are pretty much me just writing whatever I can as quickly as possible so I keep my train of thoughts...haha.

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LOGLINE (Tentative...?):

For long, society has struggled, for long, urban capitals have dominated, and for long, Central Valley has had its face forgotten and land been overlooked. Thus, Central Valley has been left as a land uncharted. For Californians, Americans, and for all human beings, in order to chart this territory we must confront the past, confront the present, and encounter the deeper truth of humanity. 

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HOW I WILL APPROACH THIS:

1. Desire-good mapping. This is a term that just means "create a timeline that marks how all of everyone's desires involved progress as time passes, and how things got ACTUALLY better or worse over time."

2. Use the story structure of my book and the entire storytelling paradigm it uses—which I will write a visionary document for the TRoInvyncethian paradigm

3. Use story structure, specifically 3 Act structure (which the TRoInvyncethian structure is essentially ), and use act beats to break the manifesto

4. Use a logline

5. ​explore Solutions on multiple civilizational levels such as economic, governmental, etc.​

6. Plan and draft in a mix of a stream-of-consciousness style and use outline/structure, then  later evolve the piece and, flesh it out, and crystallize it.

7. There's more to add later

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   -  Zach

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ACT I

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​initial state/Ancient/mythos/origianl desire-good level 

Dormant desire

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We need .

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For the history of California, those society have considered the holders of the highest form of power have been the capitals upon which all of California, and by extension, the entire United States, have orbited.   

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​- In writing this I have to admit that I didn't know much about life in Cenrral Valley or literature.  Could only talk abstractly about it rather than inside. Had little visceral epxiernece of life in Central Valley eve though I'm a UC Merced student. This is ap problem reflective of our society ​​

- Think about it we don't really have stories about life in Central Valley and we don't really have a narrative about it

- I myself needt o look into the literature to understand the stories of people there, and the visceral life of people there, because story is life in its purest, most visceral form, need to understand the story of Central Valley.

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But has anyone looked East? Has anyone remembered the world does not exist in a one-dimensional line of the coast, but a three-dimensional realm of all California?

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​In life, there is one thing that is often the case—that which has been overlooked by us, that which has long lied outside the breadths and depths of our paradigms, that which has always been there, is precisely that which holds the key to pivotal, transformational shifts. Shifts in the entire narrative. ​

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Awakening of Desire

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Central Valley has often been seen as merely a place to drive through to get to the major hubs. The breadbasket of the world is known as California's drive-through lane. 

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Of course, while the coastline of California is truly remarkable, with hubs like Silicon Valley and Los Angeles driving the economy and on the frontier of culture and innovation, to dismiss Central Valley is absurd.

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It's been marginalized on many levels. Politically, reputationally. 

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For when in history has any land been considered nothing more than a mere journey to pass through? Only rare exceptions, such as deserts. Even nomads, who endlessly traveled, still lived and charted the paths to be lived while being walked through. The land still held its hand within the circle. For they sat upon nature and lived in it, appreciating everything as it was and was to them, building upon things as they went and walked. If we are able and willing to chart the Moon and the depths of the ocean, can we not chart the very heart of California—the Central Valley? 

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Poster moment/Commitment to Journey

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At first, I believed UC Merced and the Central Valley was too weak to help me. But then I questioned things. Now, I believe I was deeply wrong. 

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ACT II

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"Fun and games"/Enjoyment of Journey

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New discoveries within the adventure:

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Contrast with UCLA:

Personal narartiev: *food from food trucks world class food from UC Merced much better than expected

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Personal narrative: Discovery that UC Merced looks like Yosemite embodied in a university. 

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- reframing, new perspectives, paradigm shifts, new approaches

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The Reputation of Central Valley

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We must ask ourselves: what is it about "farmland"? And when we say farmland, what are we even referring to in the first place—pastures? Long grids of orchards and canals? Or just wide patches of grassland? Is farmland actually boring—or is it just the view of farms from the highway that is boring?

Let’s consider this from the perspective of those who have grown up on and lived in farms for their whole lives.

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Farms are not empty—they are alive. They are where the heart of the nation is formed. A place like the Central Valley is where people are deeply in touch with the land. They're not just making produce. They're forming families, communities, legacies. They're watching the sunrise with the crops, breathing with the land, moving with the rhythms of nature, of sowing and harvest.

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Farming is what once defined America. It was what made us. People left England to live and own a farm of their own—a pasture to live fully. To bond with horses, to raise gardens, to walk amidst creation and build a life from it. As The Land That Was Everything, it reshaped the Western principle of life into something new, unpredictable, and dynamic. This was anything but boring—it was the cusp of the land, the harvest of identity, and the altar of a new kind of human flourishing.

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The Central Valley of California has been systematically exploited—economically, environmentally, and sociopolitically—for well over a century. This isn’t just a tale of greed or mismanagement; it’s a sprawling, almost mythic saga of a promised land warped into a machine. A fertile Eden reduced to a resource colony. The Central Valley—one of the most bountiful regions on Earth—has been squeezed dry not just for profit, but as a casualty of a deeper civilizational failure to cherish what sustains us.

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Let’s unpack this layer by layer, with an eye toward both the wreckage and the whispers of redemption.

I. The Central Valley: Eden Turned Engine Stretching over 450 miles between the Sierra Nevada and the Coast Ranges, the Central Valley is a geological marvel—an alluvial cradle enriched by millennia of sediment. Its climate is a rare alchemy of sun and water. Today, it’s a global agricultural titan:

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• 25% of America’s food grows on less than 1% of its farmland.

• 40% of U.S. fruits, nuts, and table foods—almonds, grapes, tomatoes, pistachios—come from its fields.

• In 2023 alone, agribusiness generated over $50 billion—more than the GDP of many nations.

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But this abundance is no accident—it’s the fruit of relentless human engineering. The Valley was once a mosaic of wetlands, rivers, and grasslands teeming with tule elk, grizzlies, and migratory birds. By the 19th century, it was reimagined as a breadbasket. The wildness was tamed by levees, canals, and plows. Prosperity was born—but at a staggering cost.

 

II. Economic Exploitation Land Ownership and Labor Inequity: The Valley’s wealth was built on consolidation and exclusion. Railroad barons and land speculators in the 1860s seized land grants meant for small farmers. By the 20th century, corporate agribusinesses like J.G. Boswell dominated.

And who worked the land?

• Chinese laborers in the 1800s, barred from citizenship.

• Dust Bowl refugees of the 1930s.

• Migrants from Mexico and Central America in the modern era—many undocumented, all underpaid.

“They feed the world but struggle to feed their families.”

Extractive Industry Mindset: The Valley is treated not as a homeland, but a factory. Mendota—once the “cantaloupe capital of the world”—has a poverty rate over 40%. Delano lacks clean drinking water. This isn’t stewardship. It’s plunder.

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III. Environmental Exploitation Water Wars & Drought: The Valley’s lifeblood is water, and its theft is a defining sin. Massive projects rerouted rivers to serve LA and Silicon Valley. Agribusinesses grabbed the lion’s share.

• Over 1 trillion gallons of groundwater overdrafted annually.

• Land subsidence of 30 feet.

• 1 million acres went fallow during the 2012–2016 drought.

Toxic Burdens: Over 85 million pounds of pesticides leach into groundwater yearly. Air pollution ranks among the nation’s worst. The Valley’s own productivity poisons its people.

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IV. Sociopolitical Neglect To Sacramento and the coastal cities, the Valley is invisible. It props up California’s economy yet is left behind:

• Majority-minority districts have low representation.

• Crumbling infrastructure, poor transit.

• Underfunded schools. Lacking healthcare. A single underfunded research university: UC Merced.

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V. A Biblical Pattern “Woe to those who join house to house and add field to field until there is no more room…” (Isaiah 5:8)

The Central Valley echoes this ancient cry. A land of milk and honey devoured by greed. But scripture doesn’t stop there—it always offers redemption.

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VI. The Redemptive Possibility Exploitation isn’t the final word. Resilience burns here—from César Chávez to local churches. The Valley whispers of glory yet to come.

Imagine:

• Regenerative agriculture.

• Rebuilt towns as livable, walkable hubs.

• Students and workers as community-builders and future leaders.

This isn’t utopia. It’s revival. God always chooses the overlooked—Bethlehem, Galilee—maybe now, Fresno.

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VII. The Legacy and the Tractors In The Grapes of Wrath, we see tenants evicted by faceless owners, driven out not by men but by machines—tractors steered by hired hands who themselves are powerless. What was once personal became mechanical. Relationship turned into rent. Soil turned to numbers.

But farming is not just production. It is memory. It is story. It is family. Farming is watching generations rise, barefoot in the fields, learning the weight of work and the joy of rain. Farming is knowing the names of your cows, knowing when the peaches are ready by touch. Farming is heritage—not a relic of the past, but a cornerstone of the future.

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VIII. Rebuilding Family Hubs What if we took this heritage and re-centered it? Built family hubs—not just nuclear families, but relational communities, rooted and nourished. Shared homes on shared land. Organic connection over algorithmic noise.

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IX. From Farmers Markets to Civilizational Healing How many of you have been to a local farmer’s market? That food is healthier, fresher, more alive. We’re told to eat local and non-processed. The Central Valley embodies this possibility.

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What if—building up to it slowly, not forcing a quick solution—what if within the Central Valley lies the key to:

• Solving the meat crisis.

• Replacing overprocessed food and industrial red meat.

• Reducing dependency on cheap, unhealthy fast food.

• Reimagining fast food itself into something healthful and sustainable.

What if the Valley could:

• Reduce obesity.

• Heal our broken food culture.

• Restore the land and the body at once?

X. Synthesis of Nature and Technology We have lost our sense of nature. The modern age, obsessed with industry and speed, made us forget. But nature is not the opposite of technology. It is its partner. Nature should move with infrastructure, not against it.

Ask anyone who truly grew up on a farm—it is not boring. It is full. It is hard. It is beautiful. It is rhythmic. And it can be the very place where technology meets humanity again.

XI. The Architecture of Renewal How many people say, "My dream home is a cabin in the forest"? This longing is real. We desire the integration of nature in our lives. The Central Valley can provide that. Why?

• The land is flat—easier to build, less disruption.

• Bureaucracies are not yet fully established—meaning flexible innovation is still possible.

• The farmers matter—and they know the land.

Here, we can address climate change. Combat lifeless architecture. Build Lifescapes. Minecraft visions made real. Here, we can show that humanity is not against nature—but entrusted with it.

Genesis 1:26–28 calls us not to dominate nature for gain, but to steward it in love.

XII. Recycling as Reabsorbing And let’s rethink recycling—not just bottles and cans, but as a paradigm for life itself:

• Time used wisely is time recycled.

• Relationships restored are hearts recycled.

• The Central Valley, too, can be recycled—redeemed, reabsorbed into the story of civilization.

What if the Valley, long treated as expendable, became the seedbed of renewal for California—and for the world?

Not just a place of crops. But a place of hope. Of restoration. Of glory.

That’s the Central Valley I see. And that’s the future we’re called to build.

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* UC Merced should go beyond simply saying that it serves underserved regions. Serving underserved communities is crucial but is a very far cry from UC Merced's true potential.

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Metaphors: ​

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Then I realized that it was like Yosemite. 

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The light shone off. The same Sun that shines off the fall in Yosemite to create the fire fall. It was incredible. I knew that it was beauty that you would encounter by being there—to see it by observing, experience it by walking, and beauty that you could live by becoming as it becomes, and your path could shape as it shapes.  

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With hidden treasures, the . 

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Metanarratives: 

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First seeing it as . Just concrete buildings

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Then seeing it as deeply extraordinary

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Yosemite is just one hour to the East of Merced. Merced is literally called the gateway to Yosemite because it is that close by. And shouldn't a gateway also reflect what it enters? Have you ever seen the wall of a kingdom? 

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Deeply personal/human narrative ecosystem: My narrative, narrative of colleges . collegification , consuermrism and materialism, .

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Metanarrative Evosystem: ​​​

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How we treat people and faces.

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* As a Christian

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​- Pretty sure more Christians are in Central vallye. If this ist rue then perhaps God is doing something? Perhaps it says something about Central Valley?

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- so much space

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solve homelessness crisis 

- so much space for food

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- What if ​

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We need more universities and institutions and of all kinds to invest in the Central Valley. 

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There is none greater, however, than UCLA. 

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If suddenly we are back in the stone ages and we ahv to rebuild civilization from scratch then UCLA is best. (write blog post about this)

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- Universities could bring their massive resources to Central Valley and of them have most direct and comprehensive civilizational development capability. 

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For any human civilization to exist, it must holistically have every element, none excluded, none deprioritized, all prioritized in synthesis. 

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It must be strong in its

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Foundational worldview

 

Moral character and relationships

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Philosophy and story/narrative

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The arts, culture, music, the heart

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Common language and exploration of languages in all its forms whether nonverbal, visual, symoblic-verbal, in its syntax, semantics, 

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Engineering, programming, technology, artificial intelligence, 

 

Science

 

government  and collective law fraemworks

 

structures of personal-collective forth-pushign. 

 

natural studies

 

crafts

 

infrastructure development

 

take care of physical body on micro and macro levels 

 

exploration of the unknown, like space and the deep ocean

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UCLA has all except perhaps #1. But if you count the number of Christians and Christian organizations there, then it also fulfills #1 on at least some level. Reaslitically in this life we will not have any all cilvizatoin-stakeholder building without having a diverse number of faiths. So it is the role of the Christians to ensure that it glorifies God and advances His Kingdom in a broken world, not to assert a sole inherent right to any aspect of civilization over unbelievers to the extent doing so would not inadvertently allow an inherent moral of human conscience to be broken or result in significant harm such as many drugs prodcued, just as separation between church and state, also separation between church and entertainment industry. 

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- Central Valley and UC Merced represents a chance for integrated efforts across all universities. 

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- Imagine Merced is the center of the bow, UCLA and UCSD are the bottom two parts, UC Berkeley and UC Davis is the upper part of the bow, 

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- UC Berkeley and Stanford could too, bringing the most high tech and for political movements. But UCLA has the essential development for civilization comprehensively. 

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Let's take a look at some examples of universities to see why UCLA is such a particularly strong fit for UC Merced.

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Universities are all civilizational powerhouses. However, they mostly bear specific names. Other universities excel in specific areas.

 

Oxford represents the roots of where Western civilization came from. It bears forth a great mantle, the mantle of Western civilization—the continuous spirit that built Europe and America. Oxford's academic strengths lie particularly in philosophy, theology, and liberal arts. However, all of this is only one mantle, only one narrative that carried forth Europe through history. It has fully grown into that mantle already, as the ships set sail throughout history and carried forth the great realm of Oxford to its full. It may be stronger than UCLA in individual strengths like philosophical and theological depth, but it's womb has borne many children already—it would struggle to hold more.   

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UCLA, in contrast, is world class across a wide range of areas, and strikes the perfect harmony between establishment and youth—it is not too young to lack depth and identity, yet not too old to lack innovativeness. Unlike Oxford, and virtually every other university, UCLA suffers far less from significant disparities between different, complementary civilizational strengths. And unlike Oxford, UCLA is not so bound to a particular mantle that it would struggle to bear a new one.

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At its very core, UCLA is a unified, dynamic, and flexible ecosystem, capable of growing in every individual direction, while flourishing in all of them at once. In its environment, it also strikes an incredible synthesis of many ends of university spectrums. 

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UCLA is very fertile, ripe with potential. It stands within a very dynamic realm, a relatively new place of LA that exists within a very emerging trend of globalization and diversity. This is much more ripe to incubate  a holistic civilizational strength. 

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Here's a detailed, evidential forensic argument on all the claims made here.

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It's possible to argue that Oxford would bear civilization forth more. But 1. theological hot air versus lived life and 2. UCLA is still much more fertile, and God can use far more and raise up significant depth in UCLA too, the body of Christ is not limited to Oxford as it exists in the whole world. and 3. Oxford could play a different role than UCLA, still crucial but different. 5. UCLA still has many churches. 6. (in a hypothetical Dr. STone scenario where yu must choose which university to rebuild first) Oxford professors could just bring themselves, their students, and their books to UCLA. 

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People describe UCLA as having enough collective integration of its parts to have integrated holisticness, but unlike Stanford, it leaves room for distinct parts to form rather than having too much pressure to have everyone do everything. This is the 

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Many universities have literary and cultural and philosophical prowess. But not all of them still have a strong artistic and entertainment and tech and infrastructure and scientific and urban development and environmental and health side too.

 

UCLA has the unique capacity to not only be incredibly strong in these realms of mind, but to fully make these aritsitic, abstract visions a reality. While many are interdisciplinary, merely combining two or three disciplines is not enough. It is far different from the holistic unification of many dimensions of civilizational strengths that UCLA embodies. UCLA fulfills every Jungian archetype and every MBTI type embodied in a single university. UCLA is the holistic synthesis of every Jungian archetype in a single university, institution, community, gathering, network. They are the wise wizard guide, the young child of exploration, and the carefree artistic wanderer of nature and the tough builders of the castle and the smart inventor of many small gadgets and the guards of the castle and the brave knight hero who steps out to the adventure all in a single university. 

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- need to elaborate how exactly it is a syntehsis.

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- UCLA has every cultural . Cultures represent different archetypes and different.

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- UCLA is positioned . Being in LA, which itself is not too old or too young. 

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- UCLA's organic growth. Unlike many other universities that, UCLA originated as a . 

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- UCLA is like Superman

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This gives UCLA a unique role and power in holistic civilizational growth.

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UCLA is by far the single most powerful builder of holistic civilization. 

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- If UCLA realized this identity, then . Oftentimes it is seeing one's reflection elsewhere wherein oneself fully becomes. Perhaps in UC Merced it could see that reflection. If the light of UCLA, and the light of every aspect of it refracted through the prisms of the Central Valley and through grand, glorious mountains of Yosemite, then UCLA itself could emerge transformed.

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And this would create a dual synthesis transformation where both transform each other, and transformed versions of each other in turn continue to transform each othe

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Why Central Valley needs UCLA

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Remember how UCLA would be the single best university out of all for rebuilding civilization if hypothetically we are and have to restart all human civilization from scratch? Central Valley and the rest of California is an opportunity to rebuild human civilization from scratch through redemption and new paradigm. To rebuild a new vision paradigm of civilization and how we live life. To live it with intentionality of the true nature of humanity. 

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So think about what Central Valley and the rest of California aside form the Coast needs. IT's uncharted territory.  And no better to chart an uncharted territory it than the ultimate builder of holistic civilization. And no better to chart and fill the heart of California than the place of holistic humanity, with the strengths to reach out in every direction to every UC and university and land and person, not merely one direction. 

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Then with UCLA we can. 

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* Return to earlier Proposition: UCLA-UC Merced Long Term Partnership​

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This is why we need 

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Common UC Merced stereotypes addressed:
- Lacks culture? Bringing UCLA's cultural depth and creativity and foster dialogue with natives of Central Valley and Merced to create something new and wonderful .

- Lacks art?
- Lacks humanities? Use UCLA's strength to bring everyone together to study them more, and with UCLA's holistic strength, we can engage in humanities in much more powerful ways than mere abstract rigor.

- Lacks fun things? UCLA's urban development can create incredible fun things and bring out the most of all the potential. And of course, arts and culture and the literal fact its the whole ENTERTAINMENT industry, having #1 student life, being so close to so many influencers means UC Merced in such a collaboration is going to be in for a whole WORLD of fun

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​Unique Strenghts

- New digital revolution

- Better digital infrastructure that matches the depth of relationships here

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- Relate to Sadako redemption arc because it can cover themes and explore new technology

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- Redeem urban development and civilizational infrastructure

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Raise the Stakes

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This is where we get to civilizational leap.

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* Homelessness of SF and LA resolved through developing Central Valley infrastructure and homes,

 

* housing crisis resolved similarly, reduced overreliacne on Silicon Valley and LA

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* LA glamour contarsted with Central Valley...something Idk how to describe. Humility? Authentcitiy?

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* Silicon Valley transience and materialism contrasted with Central VAlley stability, close-knigt, intentionality o fliving.

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* media

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*AI revolution can be done here

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* REvolutionize industry. 

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* Imagine new urban development 

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*an age of 

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* AI done with that. Lifescapes Integrated Model and Democratic

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Confrontation with Evil, fundamental Sin nature/Bobby runs away

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This is where we know no civilizational leap is lasting without Christ.

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Proverbs, Eccleseiastes, Job.

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* But will this be enough? The wise one is overlooked . They are poor. Ecclesesasites small town where a wise but poor man saves his town with wisdom from being conquered by the king but soon everyone forgot about him and no sought to thank him because he was poor and he was  overlooked. 

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Can we udnrsatnd California and see its face if we cannot see the face of humanity? We are humanity. But no one can see their own face How can we see our face without a mirror?

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* Can the currents of the ocean of this world be pushed back, except with another ocean, an ocean far greater and deeper?  

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Meta narrative Yosemite is the place of natural, divine glory, Merced is the gateway. Central Valley brings it to everywhere.

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As the land of redemption, that which carries the solution to the .​

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If UC Merced represents the gateway ultimate nature of human reality, the societal-scale road to redemption of historic systemic wrongs to humanity, then the natural conclusion is to suggest that the two.  (should this go in Raise the Stakes, in Confrontation with Evil, fundamental Sin nature/bobby runs away, or someplace in Act III)

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We need new voices. Many of  the voices we have already are critically important. But they have already spoken. We must let the new voices have a chance to speak. All music is beautiful, but take away one category of instruments, and it will never be the same. All orchestras must not have a hole in the middle. My band teacher would always say you need that. And you need the conductor too. 

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Why has this happened? How have we come to the place where we have painted the ? Where we have ventured along the side and outer decoratives, but not the center? Where we have seen the jaw and beard, but neglected the mouth, nose, cheeks, and eyes? Why when we see other land, we rush to claim it and build empires of it, but when we see Central Valley, we merely see it as a realm of blandness and concrete—concrete roads to the so-called "real land?"

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​We as a society must come to terms with how our sinful nature. And the Central Valley, and the rest of California, isth perfect opportunity to live that. The perfect microcosm. The perfect narrative point of civilizational confrontation. The road that reveals all civilizational threads lead to one the inevitable and universal and ultimate narrative of the reality of human fallenness.

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ACT III (don't know exactly where the act II break is and it becomes Act III)

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Central Valley is the place of unbridled. Of a sense of a "pure world" not in the sense of moral purity but as in far less touched by systemic wrongs, that it is not caught up in the world's mess the way Silicon Valley and LA are. The mirror . The reset. The place to encounter deep human reality. The magnet that when plugged in gives structure to what appears to be a disorganized bunch of fragmented parts.

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Journey to Resolution/Revelation of God

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We need God. We desperately need Him. But in our nature, we are sinful and condemned to hell. That's why all this happened to Central Valley. Because our sinful natures did that.

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Christians aren't just getting their principles from nowhere. They get it from Jesus. This is why God sent Jesus—because there is no way humanity can bridge the gap between us and God. We are fundamentally broken. We need God Himself to do it for us by becoming one among us. So, God sent Jesus. Jesus is God in human form. God sent Jesus to die on the cross for our sins, so we can have a relationship with Him, and know Him, and love Him. 

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- Christian perspective of God and Jesus as necessary, the Gospel, and visionary reflections.

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What if this a new era in which we all discover the Central Valley?

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Resolution and Revelation of God

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A time of great. We are in a new age. There is a new industrial revolution, quantum computing revolution, artificial intelligence revolution, globalization and integration revolution.

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With so much, what would hold it all together? Will these be many warring nations? Where is the Sun for humanity right now? Can the solar system with all its diverse celestial bodies be held together without the Sun? 

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The history of fallen man has disillusioned us, and we are now in an age of searching.

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The gateway to Yosemite.

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Yosemite represents the divine. Central Valley and MErced is the gateway to Yosemite. Everyone goes sees Yosemite. Yosemite is reflected everywhere. Silicon Valley and LA. And globally.

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The beginning of a new civilizational leap in Christ. An era of profound tranfsomration. And most importantly, an era where we all confront our own brokenness, where we all confront what it truly means to be human. An era where we advance the kingdom of God not just in terms of how many locations we are at, but to have the kingdom of God and the Gospel permeate through every layer and aspect of human civilization. To have every aspect of human civilization be united as one, as we each embody different manifestations of those different aspects. And as we are one under Christ, those aspects will be one under Christ. And as those aspects are one under Christ, we will be one under Christ. 

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As Christians, we can take this opportunity. Let us all unite. Let us all look towards each other. As we already are through on the sides. But this time, through the middle too. And in California, that middle is the Central Valley. And through the Central Valley. 

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