TEDxKC - Marcin Jakubowski - Civilization Starter Kit

Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing a set of blueprints for 50 farming tools that can be built cheaply from scratch. Call it a "civilization starter kit." Declaring that, "We can lead self-sustaining lives without sacrificing our standard of living," Marcin Jakubowski believes that only by opening the means of production can we achieve abundance for all.

Though he has a Ph.D. in fusion physics, Marcin became dissatisfied with its remoteness, and turned back to the earth as a farmer and social innovator. He is the founder of Open Source Ecology, which is creating the Global Village Construction Set — the blueprints for simple fabrication of everything needed to start a self-sustaining village. At Factor e Farm in rural Missouri, he's been successfully putting those ideas to the test.

This year's TEDxKC program, If Only. Only If., examines how radical collaboration, transparency and an open-source mind-set are shaping our world. More information about TEDxKC can be found at: http://www.TEDxKC.org

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

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[diomedes39]

Were you even watching the video? How does this not get you excited?

[rlidrazzah]

Been watching his growth for two years. Huge progress in short time.

[Death2demons]

a geek like you aint gonna get yo ass out of the house to do this breh. it is though a contrast to the marketing of the modern age

[willy hung loe]

this is amazing ......don't mind my stupid youtube account name ...i am a fan of this ...i love that he built his own machines ...that look vary easy to build.

[8legsFreak]

who's "they"?

[veritaspk]

Świetny film...oby tak dalej kolego. To się może niedługo przydać :)

[MrZniviarz]

Pięknie kurwa :) Polak potrafi :)

[John V.R.]

This has the potential to completely undo every kind of repression that stems from creating artificial dependence that exists in both capitalism and communism.

The implications of this 4 minute video are unbelievable.

Complete self reliance in a modern society. I fucking love the internet.

[Nicolas Rouelle]

Certainement le truc le plus inspirant pour un geek comme moi, cette façon de ce réaproprier la technologie, c'est aussi une exellente methode contre l'addiction à la consommation...reprendre le contrôle. C'est grand mais fait de méchanismes et éléments simples, faciles à réparer ou remplacer. Ca me rappel les legos...et un petit peut l'univers aussi pour le peut que j'en connais.

[HumanLiberty]

They will pass laws against this and/or try to tax it into parity or out of existence. Not saying that will work... but that's where they'll try to go.

[chethebami]

i watch this video everyday and today i happen to comment :)