One of the ideas which sprang from our discussions around the future of waste was that of “System Upcycling”. System Upcyclers look at how existing infrastructures and technologies can be put to better use, they look to take the elements of our “legacy systems” which are broken, wasteful or social destructive and buy them up […]
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The Future of Money Project
Image via Wikipedia In Fail Safe, a documentary made by Gabriel Shalom about the fail conference. I made some balls out statements about playing a new game, and needing someone to play with. The “game” I was of course referring to, was the existing economic system. Our subscription to the collective myth of money is […]
Chaordination, and the emergence of the collective will
In February we participated in a modest event at Betahaus sponsored by jovoto who kindly provided a budget of 500 Euros for some food and material costs. The event fostered a community, and a documentary, as well as numerous products and experimentation, which generated hype, which in turn generated another community. But it didn’t stop […]
Parallel process collaboration
Whilst chaordinating (a word I keep slipping into sentences, and nobody even flinches, I hope they’re not hearing coordinating, or they’re missing the point) a truly epic event (which I really should write something about) with Gabriel Shalom (I should note we have 22 other collaborators, but this particular discussion was between the two of […]
What businesses can learn from terrorists
A terrorist cell acts autonomously, with little communication. It acts according to a strong intrinsically motivated belief system, with a clearly defined objective – terror and disruption. It matters not how the objective is achieved, only that the objective is achieved. Knowledge is shared and innovation encouraged. What has this got to do with business? […]
Expanding the concept of literacy
Why do we place so much value on reading, writing and arithmetic? We have created a cultural imperialism through our schooling systems that applies focusses our skills and abilities on 2 forms of communication – that which is described in words, and that which is described in numbers. This limits our expressive capabilities, our receptive […]
Bioplastics – the quest for Open Source material production
Chris, Mendel and myself have been involved in a bit of bioplastics experimentation over the past few days, which appears to be generating some interest. http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/371-laser-cutting-bioplastics.html#c2047 We’re doing the research/experimentation for a couple of reasons 1. It’s fun 2. Imagine how cool it would be if you could make plastic products from scratch in your […]
Industries that should definitely not be part of the capitalist system
Capitalism as a whole encourages psychopathic organisational behavior as illustrated very well in “The Business”. This is not conspiracy only logic. The economic system dictates behavior, our behavior (due to our understanding of this system) is often driven by money. Where there is no longer a market, a market needs to be created. There is […]
Getting Real
That’s a lovely idea, but it’s just not how things are is it? People aren’t like that, life isn’t like that. Oh dear. Hold me back. There are many myths that we need to dispel. Our “reality” is based around myths of how people are and how they behave. Some of these myths are based […]
Talk to Me Bubbles update
What started as a laptop experiment, is proving to be a great technology for events. Please use the hashtag #lbubbles to add your own stories to the talk to me bubbles experiences. Talk to me bubbles have now been successfully tested at several conferences and business events including: Deutsche Telecoms Innovation Day – Will men […]
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