This paper evaluates the status quo of modern society and identifies the neglect of humanism as the root cause of many of today’s global challenges. Note that “smart cities” are not excluded from this indictment. The “Ptolemaic Universe” offers a means to restore our symbiosis with the environment. The ReSeT model is proposed as a tool to analyze the Ptolemaic Universe. Using ReSeT: Homo Sapiens becomes dependent on AI resulting in Homo Digitalis, with further evolution in concert with AI resulting in Homo Digitus. All of these stages are then analyzed in the context of global trusted dependability (GTD). The wellness domain, provides the design specification framework for Homo Digitus’ human-centered and resilient “smart city” ecosystem. This ultimately leads to a better world of increased wellness for Homo Hominus, with better smart cities emphasizing education and science, promoting wisdom and common sense, and rejecting violence. In summary, humanity has generated diverse social structures with erratic outcomes. On the other hand, technology provides a successful foundation for modern society especially in the Pandemic Era. However, technology’s contributions are generally not publicly acknowledged. The paper concludes with several initiatives designed to establish a trusted and resilient society.
First, I want to thank all of the invited and contributed speakers, panelists and poster presenters for your contribution to insuring our critical infrastructure dependability and enhancing homeland security. I would also like to thank the Steering Committee and the session chairs for volunteering their time and expertise. As usual, Bob Alongi and Linda Scott from the IEEE Boston Section Office have provided the critical logistic glue to make this the seventh successful conference in our series.Our goal for these conferences is to provide an open forum where government leaders and infrastructure operators, security practitioners, researchers and entrepreneurs can share information and ideas on how technology can enhance the security of people, global commerce and infrastructure. This year for the first time, we are offering our speakers and poster presenters the opportunity to submit a technical whitepaper on their work. In addition, we will provide all attendees with a CD-ROM containing the Powerpoint presentations. The global war against Jihadism is the most technologically intensive war in our history. President Bush has defined the nature of our conference in two recent signing statements:
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