The Root Bug Intro - A Four-Letter Word

Like a faulty operating system, our current economic systems have a fundamental bug, as a result of which supply has never really met demand as it should. Instead of fixing this bug, we are stuck in fighting over which symptoms to treat - most notably trying to create work just so that everyone could participate in it, which is possibly the most ridiculous idea in the history of mankind.

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CREDITS FOR THIS VIDEO:
Music, FX and sound editing:
Joonas Kaski
Golden Shoe Productions

Animation:
Juan Duarte Regino
Matias Piiparinen

Script, narration and cut:
Tuure Parkkinen

Referenced TED Talks:
Buettner, Dan, 2009, "How to live to be 100+", http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_buettner...
Kuriyama, Cesar, 2012, "One second every day", http://www.ted.com/talks/cesar_kuriya...
McAfee, Andrew, 2013, "What will future jobs look like?", http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_mcafe...
McAfee, Andrew, 2012, "Are droids taking our jobs?", http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_mcafe...
McGonigal, Jane, 2010, "Gaming Can Make a Better World", http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonig...
McGonigal, Jane, 2012, The game that can give you 10 extra years of life
http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonig...
Priebatsch, Seth, 2010, "The game layer on top of the world", http://www.ted.com/talks/seth_priebat...
Romer, Paul, 2009, "Why the world needs charter cities", http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_romer.html
Sagmeister, Stefan, 2009, "The power of time off", http://www.ted.com/talks/stefan_sagme...

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