DO 301 - Open Source Civilization: Marcin Jakubowski of Open Source Ecology

About this episode

Marcin Jakubowski discusses his project to open source the blueprints for civilization, focusing on sustainable practices and community building.

When Your Tractor Breaks, Open Source the Whole Civilization Marcin Jakubowski, founder of Open Source Ecology, joins Ashley to talk about his 20-year project to open source the blueprints for civilization, starting with a broken tractor on a Missouri farm and expanding into a full Global Village Construction Set of 50 industrial machines. They get into the abundance vs. scarcity mindset, solar concrete, modular open source housing at $100K build cost, why proprietary design is a bad mental model, and how Marcin is now recruiting 75 people for his Future Builders Academy to finish the whole set by 2028. If you've ever been frustrated by planned obsolescence, right to repair, or the cost of building anything in America, this one's for you. https://www.opensourceecology.org/

People in this episode

Host: Ashley

Guest: Marcin Jakubowski

Topics covered

• open source
• civilization
• sustainability
• abundance mindset
• modular housing

Keywords

• open source
• civilization
• tractor
• Global Village Construction Set
• right to repair
• planned obsolescence
• solar concrete

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Open Source Ecology, Future Builders Academy

Places: Missouri

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