Contents contributed and discussions participated by Kurt Laitner
Crowding Out - P2P Foundation - 1 views
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The curve indicates that while workers will initially chose to work more when paid more per hour, there is a point after which rational workers will choose to work less
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"leaders" elsewhere will come and become your low-paid employees
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At that point, the leaders are no longer leaders of a community, and they turn out to be suckers after all, working for pittance, comparatively speaking
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The SunFlower: James Cameron's Open Source Solar Solution! | Spirit Science - 0 views
Is Open Source Hardware for People or for Businesses? | Open Electronics - 1 views
Surviving the Ups and Downs of Social Movements | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views... - 1 views
On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs - STRIKE! - 1 views
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financial services or telemarketing, or the unprecedented expansion of sectors like corporate law, academic and health administration, human resources, and public relations
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provide administrative, technical, or security support for these industries, or for that matter the whole host of ancillary industries (dog-washers, all-night pizza deliverymen) that only exist because everyone else is spending so much of their time working in all the other ones
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It’s as if someone were out there making up pointless jobs just for the sake of keeping us all working. And here, precisely, lies the mystery. In capitalism, this is exactly what is not supposed to happen
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The Link Economy and Creditright - Geeks Bearing Gifts - Medium - 3 views
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Online, content with no links has no value because it has no audience
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News Commons used Repost as the basis of a content- and audience-sharing network among dozens of sites big and small in the state’s new ecosystem
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Huffington Post and Twitter can get thousands of writers — including me — to make content for free because it brings us audience and attention.
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Are you ready for 3-D printing? | McKinsey & Company - 0 views
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But patent expirations and new entrants in Asia should apply downward pressure over the next ten years
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The cost of materials ought to drop in the long term as third-party firms become credible alternative powder suppliers and as increased demand for powder enhances scale efficiencies more generally
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Throughput rates are expected to increase on the back of growing laser power, higher numbers of lasers, and better projection technology. All of that will serve to reduce expensive machine time
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Overly focused on additive 3d printing (the ecosystem of automated fabrication (ie fablab scale) and its exponential cost decreases are far more interesting). The expiration of patents in the space is also a key feature of the current transformation, and should prompt discussions of dysfunctional IPR. Comments on costs trends are also supportive. No mention of the next big thing which is cradle to cradle desktop manufacturing.
Digital Reality | Edge.org - 0 views
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When you snap the bricks together, you don't need a ruler to play Lego; the geometry comes from the parts
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first attribute is metrology that comes from the parts
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digitizing composites into little linked loops of carbon fiber instead of making giant pieces
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Owning Together Is the New Sharing by Nathan Schneider - YES! Magazine - 0 views
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VC-backed sharing economy companies like Airbnb and Uber have caused trouble for legacy industries, but gone is the illusion that they are doing it with actual sharing
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Their main contribution to society has been facilitating new kinds of transactions
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The notion that sharing would do away with the need for owning has been one of the mantras of sharing economy promoters. We could share cars, houses, and labor, trusting in the platforms to provide. But it’s becoming clear that ownership matters as much as ever.
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