Author Archives: Brewster Kahle

Tower of Babel Story Celebrating Monoculture or Diversity?

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Brewster Kahle

I started to question what I was taught about the Tower of Babel story, and it turns out I was not the only one.   Oxford Biblical Studies Online analyzes it and comes up a non-traditional and, from my point of … Continue reading →

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Are ‘Road-Trains’ Coming?

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Brewster Kahle

I think it could be a very good thing, and one that could evolve incrementally from existing technologies. I imagine ‘Road-Trains’ as made up of cars on highways that automatically adapt to what cars in front of it are doing, … Continue reading →

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“Change the World”, “Do No Evil”, what about something else– “Amplify Good” or ?

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Brewster Kahle

Maybe we should question mottoes and think of new ones. Steve Jobs would often say he was “Changing the World.”   Google’s founders repeated a motto of “Do No Evil.”   Mottos may seem trite, but they form part of the … Continue reading →

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Foundation Housing Talk at SoCap 2014

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Brewster Kahle

I had the opportunity to introduce Foundation Housing at the Social Capital Conference yesterday.    Fun.  This is a conference for people trying to figure out how to invest in things that have humanitarian benefits.     Foundation Housing may be a new … Continue reading →

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Creating Free and Open Societies

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Brewster Kahle

  Creating Free and Open Societies From Free and Open Source Software, to Non-profit High-tech Organizations, to Debt-free Affordable Housing  Brewster Kahle,  the club,  May 12, 2014,   cc-by    v3 msword pdf tl;dr summary:  Public Licenses Rule (in software and … Continue reading →

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Corporations are 1st Generation AI’s

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Brewster Kahle

Corporations are 1st generation AI’s Just as computers started out being made out of people, AI’s are starting out being made of humans humans to operate their processes, to be the actors of the Corporations But fewer humans are needed … Continue reading →

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Foundation Housing: Permanently Affordable Housing in San Francisco Pitch

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Brewster Kahle

I had the pleasure of meeting with a district supervisor of San Francisco, Jane Kim, and found the #3 priority on her whiteboard was “Non-Profit Displacement”, and #1 was “Balanced Housing”.    So Foundation Housing would fit in both categories.   I … Continue reading →

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Debt -> Obligation -> Expectation -> Opportunity

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Brewster Kahle

Unfortunately society as a whole seems to be going the other way– for mortgage/rent, for education, for cars– it is all debt, all the time.    I suggest we should reverse the trend. Debt gets you in trouble.   You owe, … Continue reading →

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Raw Cookie Dough without the Stomach Ache

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Brewster Kahle

My mother loved to bake cookies, and would make huge batches of cookie dough and freeze them.    This led me to develop a love of raiding the freezer.    While I could eat a dozen baked cookies, I would get a … Continue reading →

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When Market Rents Break People, Some Try Fixes…

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Brewster Kahle

We are very far from the local control and local ownership of housing that was the norm 100 years ago.   Not that everything was rosy then, but we can see the thorns of our current system.   Some are trying some … Continue reading →

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