national idea month

Keeping in mind that innovation can solve the ills of mankind, the citizenry of the Glorious Republic of Grigovia declared the second moon-cycle of each year to be National Idea Month. More than 90% of the voting population approved the measure via referendum. During February, anyone with an idea and at least three dozen signatures can attend one of the many ideas-summits being held in cities all across this small, landlocked nation. (Two-thirds of the signatures gathered must be from persons other than blood relatives.) While there, persons are invited to sleep in a bunkhouse and eat in a communal cafeteria, which will be located close to the halls of summit. With food and shelter taken care of, persons can engage in lively debate and constructive human interaction freely and without stress.

Dr. Rendlo Afthogar of the Grigovian Ministry for the Interior (GMI) said: “After analyzing dozens of studies conducted in countries around the world, we discovered that persons who are given time to think things through, who get together in groups in order to hash things out, and who can do these things without having to worry about when they are going to eat and where they are going to sleep, that such individuals tend to come up with clever and effective solutions to problems, issues, dilemmas, conundrums, and difficulties.” (Funding for National Idea Month will come in part from GMI and in part from a nation-wide financing drive organized by Orange Ladder, a native humanitarian aid organization.) “I like the idea of getting together with other Grigovians from different part of our land in order to seek answers to the questions and concerns we all face,” said 19 year-old engineering student Veria Ordest. “By loosely copying a Silicon Valley model of problem-solving, we hope to improve the lives of all Grigovians and tighten the bonds that connect us.”

The Interior Ministry released part of an official statement it is preparing for National Idea Month. The following is an excerpt. “Since we started experimenting with free market capitalism after the fall of the Soviet empire, the Grigovian people have seen much of the common wealth of tens of thousands become concentrated in the hands of a few hundred. We rely on each other for survival, Happiness, and cultural and societal progress; the path of rational egotism violates the notions of Liberty and human worth, and, therefore, we shall cease to follow it. [The fundamental idea of Liberty is not that people do as they please without regard to Nature or one another but that we focus instead on positive development, working tirelessly to improve our own lives by first improving the lives of our fellow homo sapiens.] By giving freely of our time, ability, knowledge, blood, sweat, and treasure, we the forward-thinking and compassionate citizens of the Glorious Republic of Grigovia can shine the light of Progress into the darkest recesses of human suffering. We shall meet together, sit together, speak together, and think together in People's Congresses located in cities large and small, searching for answers to our common problems and exploring solutions to our persistent challenges. Alone, we live exposed to a harsh and volatile world; together, we can accomplish anything.”

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