The argument is that, just as the marginal cost of communication has plummeted to near zero, so will the costs of transport and manufacturing, and that this will lead to a shift from integrated vertical corporations to a new form of organisation: a commons, with ownership by contributors.

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/nov/07/radical-new-economic-system-will-emerge-from-collapse-of-capitalism?CMP=share_btn_gp

via Winchell Chung.

Originally shared by Game Master Toolbox

For world builders.

It’s transparent to infrared, but not to visible light, which means it works as clothing – so long as nobody has an infrared camera, of course.

Originally shared by Andy Brokaw

I can’t imagine this would be enough to keep me from wanting AC, but it would certainly help more than my current gear.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/09/01/this-new-plastic-fabric-could-make-clothes-that-keep-you-cool/

Originally shared by Fred Hicks

“There is no national database of guns. We have no centralized record of who owns all the firearms we so vigorously debate, no hard data regarding how many people own them, how many of them are bought or sold, or how many even exist.

What we have instead is Charlie.”

http://www.gq.com/story/inside-federal-bureau-of-way-too-many-guns

A fascinating story with echoes in our own time. It’s particularly interesting how both contemporary political theory and Christianity were invoked to justify this person’s transition from male to female.

Originally shared by Deborah Teramis Christian

“The Incredible Chevalier d’Eon, Who Left France as a Male Spy and Returned as a Christian Woman

Celebrity, scandal, tell-all books, palace intrigue, political protest and more. “

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-incredible-chevalier-deon-who-left-france-as-a-male-spy-and-returned-as-a-christian-woman

Originally shared by Deborah Teramis Christian

The futuristic structure took only 17 days to print—resulting in an 80% reduction on construction costs, 60% on labor, and 60% on waste.

http://futurism.com/in-images-dubais-3d-printed-office-of-the-future-is-officially-open/