The argument of mass production versus distributed production at this stage of the game, in my opinion, is a false dichotomy.  Personally, and ideologically, I lean towards distributed production, but I do not think that this has to be at the expense of mass production models of manufacturing.  Mass production will always have a place [...]

I finally got a chance to watch Rachel Boynton's excellent documentary "Our Brand is Crisis", a film I have been meaning to see since it came out sometime in 2006.  This one really set my wheels turning.   I don't have too much to say about the first 2/3rds of the film, as this is the [...]

After reading what Lucas has been brilliantly putting out over the past 48 hours or so, the picture becomes clearer...we're getting closer.  If anyone needs a quick catch-up, the real edge of the sword is the reprap machine.  As per this website: RepRap is short for Replicating Rapid-prototyper. It is [a] practical self-copying 3D printer... - [...]

If it's true that what we are doing, while it may help many of us mitigate the chain reaction effects of collapse, might be too little, too late, then we need to really think hard about what will change that circumstance. Lucas has been addressing this over at the Global Swadeshi Network, and I take many [...]

I've installed the Twitter Updater plugin for this blog, and am just writing this post to test it out.  Now, if only I could figure out how to get an RSS feed for Lonnie's nopanacea Stumbleupon page...