Genie 101


The Back Story


In 1984 an agricultural research chemist in St. Louis named Tim Cimino had an idea. He believed that a chain reaction of peace and empowerment might spread around the world using ongoing support structures. These learning structures would better help people more efficiently reach their  goals and change. He began working on the idea and two years later he quit chemistry to start the chain reaction.  Over the next 22 years he started 14 programs, wrote five self-published books, and created seven websites. They all failed to produce a chain reaction of empowerment, yet he continued to work toward his global vision.

He continued for three reasons. First, he believed that humanity and conventional organizations were making a completely inadequate response to growing problems. Second, he believed that individual empowerment would lessen problems and create more wherewithal to address a variety of problems. In other words, people who can learn more efficiently can better learn time management, money management, health skills and other habits. These in turn would allow them to do much more for themselves, others and the world. The third reason he continued on was that he had had several other huge ideas. Many of these are described on the Current Projects page. Three of the projects each have a potential impact of over half a trillion dollars a year in the good they can do.

Group Genie is the set of people who believe that many of Tim Cimino's ideas have a huge potential to do good. They are volunteers who are interested in creating a better world for themselves and for the rest of humanity. They think it would be very macho, very cool and very loving  to launch three multi-billion dollar projects in one year, not to mention a new Golden Rule and a better vision for humanity than peace on Earth.  (See the Ai Sakai project and other projects.) They are participating for many of the following benefits...



Why Participate?  – Benefits You Can Receive 

*  We are doing very high-leverage good.  Why do something to help five or ten people when you can be part of something that can ultimately help millions or hundreds of millions of people? Group Genie participation is something you can be proud of.

*  You can use some of our tools to improve your own life.  We've developed over 30 life-enhancing tools, methods or programs. You can also help us field-test tools in development, such as Wide Wealth or parts of Proof Through the Night.

*  Optimism.  By learning about our major upgrades, and by passing them on to others, you will have solid reasons to feel more optimistic about the world.

*  A sense of connection and power. Small amounts of your time go a long way. People who join the FARN can help us with short five- or fifteen-minute projects.  (Surveys, networking requests, proofreading, etc.)

*  You'll be a star in our real-life adventure drama.  Each week we plan to make an Action Signal video to highlight volunteer efforts and progress on our projects. Each video will be a new episode in our unfolding drama.  



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For the organizational structure of Group Genie, see "Join Us."

For an article that gives a more in-depth assessment of our work, comparing it to another approach, see Lester Brown's Plan B 4.0 versus Group Genie's Mighty Plan. We recommend this article to those wanting to an in-depth introduction to our work.