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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.33,0:00:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tangible problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.17,0:00:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always felt from as long as I can remember about the power of science,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.64,0:00:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it could be used to solve pressing issues, solve problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.41,0:00:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I studied Chemistry at Princeton it was so theoretical, unapplied.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.39,0:00:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought oh ok, maybe if I go into physics it will get better.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.66,0:00:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I did, and was grossly disappointed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.28,0:00:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were studying wave propagation, and I couldn't understand this one problem, this one equation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.87,0:00:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went to the professor and I said whats this about, where does this exist?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.71,0:00:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said well it actually doesn't exist, I just made it up.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.73,0:00:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, oh ok, so that's what we do here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.23,0:00:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was one of those turning points where I said, wow what am I doing here?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.27,0:00:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In an absolute abundance of resources, power,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.88,0:00:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human development and culture and everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.32,0:00:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still there's many issues. Mainly the resource conflicts. Poverty, war, depravation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.74,0:00:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Survival with the awesome technology that we do have today?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.21,0:00:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Survival should not take a lot of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.100,0:01:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you really think about it, all the wealth that we enjoy today for a modern standard of living
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.15,0:01:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relies on rocks, soil, sunlight, plants, water.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.58,0:01:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are all abundant.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.52,0:01:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet the productive mechanism of society is what makes it scarce, artificially so.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.66,0:01:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we could survive and thrive up to a modern standard of living,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.66,0:01:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not only that, at two hours a day of work, and from local resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.61,0:01:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How would that be?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.36,0:01:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most important part of Open Source Ecology is this idea that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.64,0:01:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a small amount of resources and a small amount of money,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.79,0:01:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anybody should be able to create a high standard of living for themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.52,0:01:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do it in a way that doesn't require a whole lot of time, a whole lot of money.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.38,0:01:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People can actually be empowered but he technology we're creating here,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.38,0:01:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so rather than a big corporation deciding what machines can do for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.33,0:01:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can decide how we want machines to work for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.01,0:02:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of relying on other people to make things that we need,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.67,0:02:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can make everything that we need for ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.04,0:02:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can do it better than Walmart can do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.62,0:02:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can do it better than slave labour in China can do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.46,0:02:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can make the productive capacity that we need to live the lives that we want
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.32,0:02:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our own back yards, and we can do it in a sustainable way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.50,0:02:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can make machines that we can use to create material abundance for ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.93,0:02:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we can show other people how to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.86,0:02:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have two-hundred people get together
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.87,0:02:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if they want to put together a self-sustaining community,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.74,0:02:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't have many options as far as coming up with the equipment and machines for doing that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.47,0:02:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thats where Open Source Ecology really comes in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.15,0:02:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The costs of building these machines is about ten percent of what you would buy it for commercially.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.14,0:02:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you take a full blown John Deer tractor,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.27,0:02:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's almost impossible for anyone to go out and try to build one of those for themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.19,0:02:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a vey custom machine.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.40,0:03:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you're able to take off-the-shelf engines and
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.94,0:03:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go down to your hardware store and buy steel and build it yourself, like the Lifetrac,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.25,0:03:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then that's much more realistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.41,0:03:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The benefits of a localised economy are that the power stays within the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.24,0:03:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of your money, the earnings, going all the way down river,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.16,0:03:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what if we can internalise that?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.84,0:03:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep that wealth in,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.88,0:03:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by having all that productive mechanism built in.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.29,0:03:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You produce the same, the wealth stays in, you don't have to work so hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.77,0:03:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you can have time for you family and kids, or whatever else is more important to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.80,0:03:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So its a lot easier and production wise to just have one super compatible module.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.36,0:03:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Powercube right now works with both the Lifetrac and the CEB Press,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.62,0:03:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a few other machines we have, like the Ironworker and the Coldsaw.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.82,0:03:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that provides a much simpler product ecology
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.20,0:04:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because one power unit serves multiple machines.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.85,0:04:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Theres one thing about just being able to look at machines that have been developed on site here,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.81,0:04:12.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and another thing to understand how the development process went through
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.71,0:04:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what kind of documentation there is for these machines,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.33,0:04:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such that can be replicated and improved on.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.48,0:04:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately we have that ability to have machine information in the digital format,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.59,0:04:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now we have telecom, the Internet, to relay that information and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.98,0:04:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have anyone just copy over the files,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.27,0:04:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have access to the model on their computer.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.04,0:04:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Open Source Ecology tries to capture the open source nature of development
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.59,0:04:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the fact that we're connected to Nature, to other people, to societal institutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.91,0:04:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That all has to be considered if we're talking about a paradigm to make a better world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.36,0:04:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Open source was clearly the emerging trend that was so powerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.26,0:05:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Demonstrated with open source software like the Linux platform.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.17,0:05:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When a sufficient number of people come together on a project,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.81,0:05:05.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that project simply becomes better than anything else.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.95,0:05:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're transitioning that into the hardware space.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.82,0:05:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would happen if people actually collaborated on making open source hardware?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.56,0:05:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have lots of technology out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.16,0:05:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to organise the technology in such a way that it's accessible,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.64,0:05:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without barriers to people, that is a very significant move forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.20,0:05:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it's there for the individuals to organise themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.64,0:05:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to really dig deeply, almost to what you would say a spiritual level.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.16,0:05:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To really change their attitudes, and to take advantage of what is there,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.55,0:05:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to move our civilisation forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.12,0:05:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm hopeful that human kind will arise to the occasion and seize the opportunity offered by this development.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.64,0:05:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Open Source Ecology is really about creating the next economy: the open source economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.92,0:06:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what does that mean? It's an economy that optimises not only production,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.78,0:06:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which the present economy is really good at,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.31,0:06:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's effective in production, but distribution is not so great.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.01,0:06:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how do you do that? And that is by opening...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.20,0:06:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so called giving away trade secrets for free,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.03,0:06:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or developing open source products for just about anything that we use.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.11,0:06:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So imagine a scenario where instead of corporations all competing, reinventing the wheel and so forth,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.90,0:06:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of competitive waste, what if everyone were to join together to make the best products,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.77,0:06:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most robust products, that are open source, that anyone has access to producing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.65,0:06:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we can run an economy in a collaborative way, instead of a competitive wasteful way.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.95,0:06:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A film by\NTristan Copley Smith