- The 'maker' movement of people customising and making their own devices, clothes etc. using the new technologies of 3D printers, computer-controlled lathes, Arduino boards etc. Here plans and expertise is often swapped freely without payment.
- Alternative currencies and value exchange systems that pass around value without involving traditional money (bitcoin, ripplepay, baby sitting circles etc.)
Weekend read – The trouble with words
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from Peter Radford Words are not ideas. They are our means to capture
ideas and make them tangible. The problem is that words are a porous net
that inevi...