Open Source Blueprints for Civilization

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vincentchau

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The Open Source Ecology project shares blueprints for sustainable infrastructure and equipment, sparking discussion around its potential impact and feasibility.

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pstuart

3 months ago

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such promise. such disappointment.

abdelhamidem

3 months ago

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why disappointment ?

ahazred8ta

3 months ago

They started the project about 20 years ago, they've gotten rave reviews, they've done TED talks, they talk about transforming society, but they've had almost no adoption of any of their tech tree. Remember how 3D RepRaps were going to go exponential, except they didn't?

https://permies.com/t/207426/OSE-GVCS-Global-Village-Constru...

ahazred8ta

3 months ago

More coverage via MIT https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45608189

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