Author Topic: Civilivzation "starter kit" (Read 5044 times)

wisconsheepgirl · « **on:** May 17, 2012, 04:00:36 PM »

http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski.html

Ascetik · « **Reply #1 on:** May 19, 2012, 03:26:33 PM »

Very cool :)

Sigismund · « **Reply #2 on:** May 19, 2012, 07:26:28 PM »

Very cool indeed!

Catholic Samurai · « **Reply #3 on:** May 19, 2012, 11:21:09 PM »

I hope they show you how to make the tools required to construct all those pieces of machinery. I pretty sure Black&Decker aint gonna be around after the 3DD.

Personally though, I think a lot of people need to learn how to dig a hole in the ground, plant seeds, irrigate, and harvest by hand before they even think about getting machines to do it for them. A lot of the agricultural machines in use today are for the most part unnecessary in a sustainable operation anyway.

Having said that, I think this project is awesome!

Iuvenalis · « **Reply #4 on:** May 20, 2012, 12:08:28 AM »

Catholic Samurai, I don't think the project is thinking of reconstructing from doomsday (or post 3DD for that matter), but more coming up with affordable, DIY-able machines for places like Africa. Rich in scrap and labor, but poor in heavy machinery etc.

Elizabeth · « **Reply #5 on:** May 20, 2012, 08:55:12 AM »

Brilliant SheepGirl.

I love how Marcil calls it "artificial scarcity",( and also his funny self portrait of a poor sharecropper.)

Imagine, he made 1,000 bricks from the dirt beneath his feet in one day!

s2srea · « **Reply #6 on:** May 20, 2012, 08:59:35 AM »

This was really neat. Made me think of the video Planned Obsolecence video posted by RC1953; I wonder how these big companies will figure out to sideline and skew any really potential this project has... pay him off most likely.