Circular economy. Every product can be used by others, provided that it reaches them. It is possible to promote a labeling system in AI that will control these products and provide them to anyone in need, while reducing the cost of living, empowering our lives, eliminating unnecessary waste, and creating a cleaner living environment.
The role of government in streamlining processes, ensuring that risks are addressed—licenses and insurance—and the establishment of state agreements support this. While today the 'bottleneck' for solving citizens’ problems is the government sector, the vision is to reach a situation where the government responds more quickly to citizens’ needs than business companies, through skilled human resources, advanced AI systems, and oversight that leverages errors and glitches and deters crime. As an example, we need to take the Lisbon agricultural wholesale market—where farmers meet traders and sell their produce without any intermediary fees, in an efficient way that reduces the costs of products for consumers. In Israel, due to its small size, there is an opportunity to build a technology system for marketing tailored exactly to the needs of consumers in a specific region, while saving on surplus supply, storage costs, and transportation. Think of a delivery service that learns our shopping habits, adapts to demand, and delivers most of what we need, exactly on time. The government has a particularly important role in ensuring information security. The government should invest efforts and allocate the most qualified personnel to this task, to enable the safe transition of the economy into the information age. The state also has the responsibility to conclude agreements with the countries of the region, in order to export Israeli products, attract investments, issue bonds, and obtain the raw materials and technologies needed.
From the ground to the high tech industry.
Farmers are the producers of our food. Importation of aggressive food from abroad is essentially an admission of the failure of our own good country to provide us with food. Israel has untapped land resources in the Negev region. It is time to sow all the available fields. At the same time, the decision-making authority over the lands should gradually be handed over from the central government to local government institutions, which will cultivate livestock, plant trees and gardens, and cultivate the land.
Israel's heavy industry also needs to develop. We have the business brain and the talent to improve production processes, and we are located in an extraordinary global trade zone where tens of percent of the world's products and materials pass through. We must import raw materials and manufacture Israeli products that are smart and adapted to the future lifestyle. Build flexible and autonomous factories for the production of new machines and the processing and recycling of raw materials. The Israeli industry will be synonymous with solid and durable products, smart and adapted products—the opposite of the perishable and 'just enough' Chinese product—Israeli products that balance high quality with affordable price. Let's be quiet that the maintenance of our vehicles, communication devices, production machines, and clothing—all of which fully meet our needs over time.
The cultural aspect. Capitalism was designed to enable material well-being; nowadays, the addition of well-being has become secondary. What is the fundamental difference between the iPhone 16 and the 17? Is a pasta dish priced at 50 shekels so much different from one priced at 90 shekels? The Israeli society should emphasize the love of others as a top value. Before buying a new car, helping the weak to live in a safe home, protecting them from the cold and hunger, and providing an education that builds a more productive and moral society.
Housing and employment. A home, a school, and a workplace are most of our lives. To lead a better life, with fewer traffic jams and better mortgage rates, we need to make a revolution. Expand into new areas in the country and establish high-quality educational institutions there. Build independent cities that support the spatial distribution of settlements of all types, and give us the opportunity to live according to our will. The cities will serve as hubs for employment, specialized services, and public transportation terminals, and the settlements will support peaceful, communal, and connected lives with nature.
The Israeli labor market needs to grow and improve. To save years and frustration in the corridors of academia for those who have difficulty doing so or are fed up with the current style, Israel must respect all forms of work. We must curb the 'escalation cycle' of the degree inflation crisis—and encourage citizens to turn to other fields and industries, thereby creating new jobs, increasing productivity, and contributing to the world. At the same time, we must promote a value change. We must promote a culture of selling not only in terms of the result—the salary paid for the value we have created—but also in terms of contribution, quality work, and one that suits our skills. With the acceleration of AI, technological work is disappearing, and this gives us the opportunity to honor the human works that require contact with people and include attention, kindness, and professionalism.
Human transportation. The existing transport systems and lines are quite efficient, but they can also be improved by merging terminals and connecting means between terminals, managing knowledge so that continuous transportation services can be provided regardless of arbitrary timetables. Starting with autonomous cars, shared vehicles, and urban vehicles, the Israeli citizen can be assured that they will arrive almost at the same speed to their destination even when using national transportation. In this way, we will reduce air pollution, the enormous costs of vehicle maintenance, and the parking shortage. On a cultural level, there will be peace of mind, making us feel that we have the freedom to move and the certainty that we will arrive.
In conclusion, the military component. Reflecting the cost of the equipment provided by the IDF to the soldiers, and conducting comparative tests between soldiers and similar units will enable healthy competition for the title of "the most equal soldier"- those who have saved the state the most resources. Regarding equipment management, the equipment should be stored in centralized digital management centers with transport capabilities, which will prevent waste of inventory and reduce bureaucracy. In terms of food, given the military's obligation to feed the soldier and maintain his fitness, alongside the uncertainty inherent in the security situation, it is likely that focus should be placed on preserved food products, redirecting surpluses to civilian markets while maintaining food safety and continuing to streamline the management of information regarding the locations and numbers of troops.
