Have you ever felt like you are working harder and harder just to stay in the same place? Like the wealth of our beautiful Northland is being siphoned off while our roads crumble and our whānau struggle to keep a roof over their heads? This isn't just "bad luck" or "poor management." It is the intended output of an operating system we call Babylon. And if we want a future for our mokopuna, we have to do more than just complain about it—we have to disrupt it.

In the Quantum Whakapapa framework, "Babylon" isn't just an ancient city; it represents the colonial state and the economic system of Chrematistics. While Ekonomia is the art of managing a household for the well-being of its members, Chrematistics is the art of accumulating money for its own sake. The word Chrematistics was invented by the Greek philosopher, Aristototle, and I’m pretty sure he didn’t use it in a complimentary way.

Whānau have been asking what they can do to get involved and support the project. My response: the most vital things we can all do in the short term are:

1. Look after our own wellbeing and that of our whānau and neighbours

2. Upskill for the new reality

3. Start deconstructing Babylon in our own lives

I’ve decided to do a series of reflective insights on Item 3, explaining what Babylon is, how it started, why it exists in Taitokerau, who benefits from its existence, and why we might want to deconstruct it. We will then look at the "Tools of Babylon" and how we can counter them in our everyday lives. This series is based on my Research Report #224: The Tools Of Babylon - A Forensic Deconstruction And Counter-Strategy.