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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.39,0:00:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tangible problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.57,0:00:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always felt from as long as I can remember about the power of science,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.72,0:00:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it could be used to solve pressing issues, solve problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.24,0:00:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I studied Chemistry at Princeton it was so theoretical, unapplied.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.84,0:00:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought oh ok, maybe if I go into physics it will get better.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.06,0:00:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I did, and was grossly disappointed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.88,0:00:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were studying wave propagation, and I couldn't understand this one problem, this one equation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.22,0:00:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went to the professor and I said whats this about, where does this exist?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.61,0:00:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said well it actually doesn't exist, I just made it up.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.73,0:00:34.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, oh ok, so that's what we do here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.100,0:00:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was one of those turning points where I said, wow what am I doing here?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.98,0:00:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In an absolute abundance of resources, power,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.48,0:00:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human development and culture and everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.13,0:00:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still there's many issues. Mainly the resource conflicts. Poverty, war, depravation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.42,0:00:56.21,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: 0,0:00:59.89,0:01:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you really think about it, all the wealth that we enjoy today for a modern standard of living
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.72,0:01:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relies on rocks, soil, sunlight, plants, water.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.31,0:01:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are all abundant.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.94,0:01:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet the productive mechanism of society is what makes it scarce, artificially so.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.14,0:01:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we could survive and thrive up to a modern standard of living,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.30,0:01:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not only that, at two hours a day of work, and from local resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.29,0:01:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How would that be?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.94,0:01:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most important part of Open Source Ecology is this idea that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.30,0:01:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a small amount of resources and a small amount of money,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.79,0:01:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anybody should be able to create a high standard of living for themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.19,0:01:46.21,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: 0,0:01:46.21,0:01:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People can actually be empowered but he technology we're creating here,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.12,0:01:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so rather than a big corporation deciding what machines can do for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.49,0:01:58.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can decide how we want machines to work for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.27,0:02:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of relying on other people to make things that we need,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.98,0:02:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can make everything that we need for ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.55,0:02:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can do it better than Walmart can do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.22,0:02:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can do it better than slave labour in China can do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.97,0:02:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can make the productive capacity that we need to live the lives that we want
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.32,0:02:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our own back yards, and we can do it in a sustainable way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.10,0:02:22.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can make machines that we can use to create material abundance for ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.97,0:02:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we can show other people how to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.12,0:02:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have two-hundred people get together
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.20,0:02:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if they want to put together a self-sustaining community,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.18,0:02:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't have many options as far as coming up with the equipment and machines for doing that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.12,0:02:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where Open Source Ecology really comes in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.77,0:02:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The costs of building these machines is about ten percent of what you would buy it for commercially.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.86,0:02:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you take a full blown John Deer tractor,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.16,0:02:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's almost impossible for anyone to go out and try to build one of those for themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.31,0:02:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean that's just a very custom machine.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.71,0:03:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you're able to take off-the-shelf engines and
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.39,0:03:07.25,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: 0,0:03:10.06,0:03:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The benefits of a localized economy are that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.93,0:03:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the power stays within the community, the economic wealth.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.36,0:03:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of your money, the earnings, going all the way down the river,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.78,0:03:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what if we can internalise that?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.83,0:03:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep that wealth in,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.02,0:03:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by having all that productive mechanism built in.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.86,0:03:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You produce the same, the wealth stays in, you don't have to work so hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.51,0:03:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you can have time for you family and kids, or whatever else is more important to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.17,0:03:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So its a lot easier and production wise to just have one super compatible module.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.22,0:03:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Powercube right now works with both the Lifetrac and the CEB Press,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.62,0:03:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a few other machines we have, like the Ironworker and the Coldsaw.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.58,0:03:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that provides a much simpler product ecology
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.61,0:04:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because one power unit serves multiple machines.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.85,0:04:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is one thing about just being able to look at machines that have been developed on site here,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.51,0:04:12.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and another thing to understand how the development process went through and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.71,0:04:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what kind of documentation there is for these machines,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.78,0:04:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such that can be replicated and improved on.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.11,0:04:25.59,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: 0,0:04:29.98,0:04:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have anyone just copy over the files,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.06,0:04:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have access to the model on their computer.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.78,0:04:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Open Source Ecology tries to capture the open source nature of development and the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.95,0:04:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're connected to Nature, to other people, to societal institutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.09,0:04:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That all has to be considered if we're talking about a paradigm to make a better world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.30,0:04:56.26,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: 0,0:05:02.81,0:05:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that project simply becomes better than anything else.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.30,0:05:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're transitioning that into the hardware space.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.82,0:05:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would happen if people actually collaborated on making open source hardware?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.06,0:05:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have lots of technology out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.51,0:05:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to organise the technology in such a way that it's accessible,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.33,0:05:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without barriers to people, that is a very significant move forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.74,0:05:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it's there for the individuals to organise themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.64,0:05:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to really dig deeply, almost to what you would say a spiritual level.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.52,0:05:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To really change their attitudes, and to take advantage of what is there,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.33,0:05:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to move our civilisation forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.12,0:05:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm hopeful that human kind will arise to the occasion and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.00,0:05:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seize the opportunity offered by this development.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.12,0:05:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Open Source Ecology is really about creating the next economy: the open source economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.61,0:06:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what does that mean? It's an economy that optimises not only production,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.67,0:06:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which the present economy is really good at,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.31,0:06:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's effective in production, but distribution is not so great.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.61,0:06:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how do you do that? And that is by opening...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.94,0:06:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so called giving away trade secrets for free, or
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.03,0:06:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,developing open source products for just about anything that we use.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.18,0:06:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So imagine a scenario where instead of corporations all competing, reinventing the wheel and so forth,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.68,0:06:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of competitive waste, what if everyone were to join together to make the best products,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.77,0:06:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most robust products, that are open source, that anyone has access to producing them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.42,0:06:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And therefore we can run an economy in a collaborative way,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.82,0:06:39.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as opposed to a competitive wasteful way.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.16,0:06:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A film by\NTristan Copley Smith