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Author Archives: Brewster Kahle
An Answer from Bali? — Money as a Garnish
Up until the mid-20th century, the villagers of Bali mostly did not use money, or at least not for anything real. They used rice. Rice has the great characteristics that hording does not work (it rots), you can use it … Continue reading
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Heart Warming Graffiti in Bangkok’s Chinatown
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Is there a way to decrease total debt?
“Spend less, save more” is the advice for the individual to decrease debt, but what about thinking system-wide? What does it take to have less total debt in society? Counter-intuitively, the key to having less total debt is to have … Continue reading
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Non-Financial Endowments for Public-Benefit Organizations?
I would like to help the Internet Archive thrive for very long time. An endowment is one tool, but financial endowments have some issues, so what about exploring non-cash endowments? Non-financial endowments, if done correctly, appears to create longer term … Continue reading
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Encourage Hitchhiking Again?
A form of sharing can be reignited if we want it to. Although maligned, hitchhiking is a form of car-sharing, ride-sharing, and mass transit– things we think of as virtuous. Hitchhiking is part of the gift economy: you give without … Continue reading
Virtue in Failing the Credit Game?
I was turned down for an American Express card. Repeatedly. I have plenty of money and, when I enquired about my “credit score” I found it in the 700’s which they say is quite good. So why was I turned … Continue reading
GlobalInet talk notes of Jimmy Wales talk: Predictions for the Future of the Internet
#1: mass connectivity 2billion people access the internet easy parts are done $80 for smartphone in kenya: encouraging. developing countries are doing what we do on the internet: google/facebook/ etc #2: no one will notice when hollywood dies large scale … Continue reading
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Gave 2 Talks in 1 day: Russia and Massachusetts while being in San Francisco
I don’t know how the talks were to the participants, but I gave a talk at Wellesley College and then at an Internet Conference in Moscow, both via Skype. It certainly worked for me even though the Russian one was … Continue reading
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Self-Sufficient County
How about a competition, or a goal to bring counties to be as self sufficient as they can be? Local water, local power, local farmers, local schools, local furniture, local housewares, local building supplies. Local and proud of it. Local … Continue reading