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| '''Nathan Wilson Cravens''' <br>
| | Nathan Wilson Cravens is a professor by conduct currently pursuing a position at Hull College, Yorkshire, England. |
| [https://twitter.com/nwcrav @nwcrav] | [mailto:knuggy@gmail.com Contact] | Nathan's Music at [http://www.mixcloud.com/MercuriusBrittanicus/ Mixcloud] & [https://soundcloud.com/user885444511 Soundcloud] | Founder [https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCIQFjAAahUKEwi9o6mZv_bHAhXCuRQKHcKkC14&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fforum%2Fopenmanufacturing&usg=AFQjCNGH0eNGqmJVq5jC9Q1ebrM70mTXBA&sig2=8Kamg3bnW6mcmgZ7mANpgQ Open Manufacturing Discussion]<br><br>
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| Most recent publications: [https://medium.com/@nwcrav/the-humanoid-machinist-or-what-is-art-42efd72cdcec#.gdnj65o2j The Humanoid Machinist. . or, What is Art?] | [https://medium.com/@nwcrav/from-big-to-small-open-fabrication-modular-production-programmable-matter-d276277b17e#.97rzq9jnq From Big to Small: Open Fabrication, Modular Production, & Programmable Matter]<br> [https://medium.com/@nwcrav/a-quest-for-greater-freedom-aed8f8aa785#.10g9milby An Ode to Platform Cooperativism: The Quest for Greater Freedom] | [https://medium.com/@nwcrav/a-rescue-package-for-refugees-b35b1c03999#.oa86wb91e Introducing a Rescue Package for Refugees]<br><br>
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| New to P2P thinking? See: [http://www.shareable.net/blog/top-10-p2p-trends-of-2015 Top 10 P2P Trends of 2015] by Michel Bauwens
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| ==Reading Lists==
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| *[https://docs.google.com/document/d/14CLhIOeUI1MZpGDZB7mZ2Q6Ap0zqsLP0bIllZtf5Ld8/pub List of Words I Like]
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| *[http://robertdavidsteele.com/publications/books-chapters-reviews/book-reviews/ Non-Fiction Book Lists by Intelligence Expert and Radical Open Source Advocate, Robert Steele]
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| *[http://qz.com/602956/these-are-the-books-students-at-the-top-us-colleges-are-required-to-read/ Required Reading by Top US Universities. Source: Open Syllabus Project]
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| *[http://mashable.com/2016/01/11/david-bowie-top-favorite-100-books/#bFNF0YW3Caq7 David Bowie's top 100]
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| *[https://www.foreignaffairs.com/anthologies/2015-12-14/best-books-2015 CFR Foreign Affairs 2015]
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| *[http://uk.businessinsider.com/warren-buffett-favorite-books-2015-10?utm_content=buffer6a2e6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer?r=US&IR=T Warren Buffett's Favorite Books]
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| *[http://blog.invisionapp.com/reading-list-for-designers/ For Designers]
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| *[https://royalsociety.org/awards/science-books/ For Science]
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| ==Timelines==
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| * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_timelines List of Timelines. Wikipedia]
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ucCsi6vDfnU9k3N6h7UQrLfV9r4jbbWrpdA5C3CmeVw/pub From Prehistory to Plato]
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1_5pgvIOpTS_L5X6-au6p_kzKsz4mxM2Hl_eevklbkxY Anti-Capitalist Dictionary: People]
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1yBlQcDDVtDEJ_R_gOHj7rYijfEXUE3kD5VKRWeMubpk How The Web Was Born]
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1f7uKVhclVAtqFcfuMIbI_DHJGxo_A9V5jCXPKVW3jmA London. A Biography.]
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| =Recommended Books=
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| Below, a Curated Selection by Your Occupy Librarian. (Last stationed 2011-12 in London)<br>
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| Publishers showing support of the movement via book donations included Zed, Verso, Pluto, AK, and Freedom Press.<br>
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| The highest praise and support should go to The Radical Grandmother Brigade. They are the Life Blood & Heart of Revolution.<br><br>
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| Ordered accordingly.
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| ==Reference Shelf==
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| * The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization. Martin Parker, Valerie Fournier, Patrick Reedy
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| * Dictionary of Latin Phrases. Jon R. Stone
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| * Engineers Databook. 4th Edition. Clifford Matthews
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| * Architect’s Pocket Book. 4th Edition. Charlotte Baden-Powell
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| * Programming Robots with ROS. 1st Edition. Morgan Quigley. Brian Gerkey. William D. Smart
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| ==Futures Studies==
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| * Superforecasting. Philip E. Tetlock. Dan Gardner
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| * Singularity is Near. Raymond Kurzweil
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| * Foundations of Futures Studies. Volumes 1&2. Wendell Bell
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| ==U.S. Politics==
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| * Democracy for the Few. 9th Edition. Michael Parenti
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W-I-XpJGH52dtDNZrzbxpz49QNlZu6JW2-sqWZ5Dn00/pub 935 Lies. Charles Lewis]
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| * Griftopia. Matt Taibbi
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| * Hoodwinked. John Perkins
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ECMGqkRAt0jQch4pkEqeBv7cnTj3YvqYIEr8xpDKQxE/pub Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire. Niall Ferguson]
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| * The WikiLeaks Files: The World According to The US Empire. Julian Assange
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| * Clinton Cash. Peter Schweizer
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| ==Finance==
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| * All the Presidents' Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power. Nomi Prins
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| * How to Make a Million Dollars an Hour. Les Leopold
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| * All the Devils are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis. Bethany McLean. Joe Nocera.
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| ==Automation==
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bgD69RpHe2DzRFj5jYtciD0L1TIX6v3V7sVktsM0RR0/edit?usp=sharing The Glass Cage. Nicholas Carr]
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| * The Second Machine Age. Erik Brynjolfsson. Andrew McAfee
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| * The Internet Is Not the Answer. Andrew Keen
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| * Rise of the Machines. Martin Ford
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| ==Pre-Automation / Ephemeral Labor / Gig Economy==
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| *Remote: Office Not Required. David Heinemeier Hansson. Jason Fried
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| ==Executive Studies==
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| *Zero-to-One. Peter Thiel
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| *[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m1uDzf0D0CmlyrIiEcHrg0ZR2VvFWnM2303BvY73l34/edit?usp=sharing Exponential Organizations. Salim Ismail et al.]
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| *Made in America. Sam Walton
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| *[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rtYxkBP9ve4beV9s0h30-nFpYoYCmUSwI8NuZli2LFg/edit?usp=sharing BOLD: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World. Peter Diamandis & Steven Kotler]
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| *[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m8L6CyAXG3Fqv3coLGRegVsqAhj0kj41FDe_oqBghPs/edit?usp=sharing The Hard Thing About Hard Things. Ben Horowitz]
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| *[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nrSd02FfZEsa6VkTmTk68XBPFbIwejV_NN7Jyaa_8ho/edit?usp=sharing The Lean Startup. Eric Ries]
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| *Power: Why Some People Have It—and Others Don't. Jeffrey Pfeffer
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| * Speakrets. Ruth Sherman
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| *[https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/kanban Kanban]
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| ==Right Society==
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| * The Soul of Man under Socialism. Oscar Wilde
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v4chyRmfZqlD5cXgCeAjwzx5-UBMwNtwohMPhElpj5k/pub PostCapitalism. Paul Mason]
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| * Critical Path. Richard Buckminster Fuller
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1v_rGAcH9YeaTMCJMXclgTb9iYzXMeaZzp1fA5S96oeo Kevin Smith. Free is Cheaper]
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=15ncwoRfEUd4OVfb7KWC1E-p2auz37J1RNONI6b1-GwM Kropotkin. Colin Ward. Workshops Tomorrow]
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1CuxjqrVYvMu-GcSkmFM8krXhbddxf8N2mJ5Qn-Vo2vA Envisioning Real Utopia]
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| ==Economics==
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| * [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg2jzdft_236cskmncd6 Lewis Hyde. The Gift]
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| * The Enigma of Capital. David Harvey
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| * [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg2jzdft_346cv9phjhm Carlota Perez. Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital]
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1Sabxn8sE-lcYi1Mzz6BmIM4Of3pxXXaVkoUon6-7pIc Raj Patel. The Value of Nothing]
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| * [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg2jzdft_119gcjqnmgx Robert Theobald. The Guaranteed Income]
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1f7oLuMwoiShggdu1sUK4Y29ovqdxePE3loq5BRDPas8 Robert Freedman. Marx on Economics]
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| ==Inequality==
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=12wTKNfQNlKegVFBt6Kmv-xkdWvNp4ayrdKbrqexa3JA Spirit Level]
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| * The Divide. Matt Taibbi
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| * Wealth and Poverty of Nations. David S. Landes
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| ==History==
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| * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Civilization The Story of Civilization. Eleven Volumes. Will & Ariel Durant]
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| * Empire: Rise and Demise of the British World Order and Lessons for Global Power. Niall Ferguson
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| * A History of Modern Europe. Albert S. Lindemann
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| * Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism. Peter Marshall
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| * Communal Luxury: The Political Imaginary of the Paris Commune. Kristin Ross
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| * The Robber Barons. Mathew Josephson
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| * [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/openmanufacturing/0o1ovwviJP8 Paul Clark & Julian Freeman. Design]
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1PTa93vkQwCMdS0ym595S0Xr6OuCSAfAWeIP7VZnqcrc Paul Lafargue. Evolution of Property]
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1FyUbkzCDEGRllQoPgtqVm6OfP2Ir43yRzL76pAoYHKE David Petegorsky. Left-wing Democracy in the English Civil War: Gerrard Winstanley and the Digger Movement]
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1wEb859Kk5XqRA2c91uFY8yrbXrMQW_9cndnMGKnZSuM Martin Cohen. Political Philosophy: From Plato to Mao]
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1oLVRjnJO8IyGtVDfhXtAoO6GIA2ZLhyaFG94uhxZ6nE Anthony Hall. Earth into Property]
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1eBAAbkbsd8d1ma72Me46vkEi2nL8-hQ3q76YFOpvfeY Noam Chomsky. Occupy]
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| ==Peer Production==
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| * Network Society & Future Scenarios for a Collaborative Economy. Michel Bauwens. Vasilis Kostakis.
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| * Wealth of the Commons. David Bollier (Ed). Silke Helfrich (Ed).
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| * Governing the Commons. Elinor Olstrom
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| * [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg2jzdft_197gff727c8 Clay Shirky. Here Comes Everybody]
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| * [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg2jzdft_193cj5qz6hj Chris Anderson. The Long Tail]
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| * [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg2jzdft_187gpbqzsgf Matt Mason. The Pirates Dilemma]
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1QQk0Iw80juWo7enf-OGXBF-Km2PisDPqPrvDXVtHG7c Richard Sennet. Together: Rituals, Pleasures, and Politics]
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| ==Innovation==
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| * FAB. Neil Gershenfeld
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| * Regenesis. George Church
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| * Telomerase Revolution. Michael Fossel
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| * Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization. Vaclav Smil
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| * The Master Algorithm. Pedro Domingos
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| * How We Got to Now. Steven Johnson
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| * The Quest for AI. Nils J. Nilsson
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| * [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg2jzdft_188gkbrgfdm Marvin Minsky. Emotion Machine]
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| **[[CSAIL. Marvin Minsky. Emotion Machine]]
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=15qqHUjrDvuIeV2XpM0O3V9lIqpi4OPrD1MxzxrYnnjM Steven Johnson. Where Good Ideas Come From]
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1ixdl_yavGsG_TJ2hLsSxAII46VHkteEQXF6htxEgcy0 Atul Gawande. The Checklist Manifesto]
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| ==Inspiration==
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| * Jazz Guide: 1001 Best Albums. Brian Morton. Richard Cook.
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| * [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg2jzdft_88ccpwjxz9 Alan Watts. In My Own Way]
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| ==World Order==
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| * World Order. Kissinger
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bQ-G8-UVUzmKO9QG-ThsquqqJEb7q1mIHc4akRjaorQ/pub World as It Is. Chris Hedges]
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| * [http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg2jzdft_164k4pcsqft World Systems Analysis: An Introduction. Immanuel Wallerstein]
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/d/129kBPGbT36KEAXxZvYhloHAs9xl6MwgqU0ZlqqK2YnU/pub Trouble in Paradise. Slavoj Žižek]
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| =Life Systems=
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| Help people help themselves.
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| ==Management==
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| *[https://www.wevolver.com/about/ Wevolver. Open Hardware Incubator]
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| *[http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/100-makers-eco-hack-future-prototypes-fossil-free-zero-waste-society.html?utm_content=buffereb71b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer POC21: Over 100 "makers" develop 12 off-grid technologies]
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| *[http://www.envienta.com/ Envienta Open Source Ecology]
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| *[http://www.qetema.org/en/ Qetema Smart City]
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| ==Food==
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| *[https://grovelabs.io/ Grove: Indoor Auquaponic Gardening System]
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| *[http://mitcityfarm.media.mit.edu/ MIT City Farm]
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| ==Housing==
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| * Tiny House Movement
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| * Wikihouse
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| *[http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/new-brick-technology-recycles-landfill-produces-no Eco-BLAC: Bricks made from landfill without emissions]
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| ==Energy==
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| *[http://billionsinchange.com/news/energy Pedal Power Generation]
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| *[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/homebiogas-turn-your-waste-into-energy#/ HomeBiogas]
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| * OSE Solar
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| * Zenman energy
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| * Solarflower
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| ==Communications==
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| *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqz11jdtsag&feature=youtu.be Owncloud on the Raspberry Pi Zero, Super small Personal Cloud Storage Server]
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| *[http://koruza.net/ Koruza: Free Space Optical hardware for 1Gbps mesh networking up to 100 meters]
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| *[http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/29/not-so-loony-now-is-it/ Google Loon: Providing Internet to all of Sri Lanka]
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| *[https://watson-pi-demo.mybluemix.net/ IBM Watson Personality Insights service]
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| ==Augmented Reality==
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| *[http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/30/scopear-beams-an-expert-to-you-through-augmented-reality/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&sr_share=twitter ScopeAR Beams An Expert To You Through Augmented Reality]
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| ==Computer Hardware==
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| * 128gb flash drive for $20
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| * [http://www.kurzweilai.net/open-source-gpu-could-push-computing-power-to-the-next-level?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=6186799282-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-6186799282-281924893 Nyami Open Source GPU]
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| *[https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/pi-zero/ The $5 Computer: Raspberry Pi Zero.]
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| *[http://www.nvidia.com/object/jetson-tx1-module.html Jetson TX1. 256 CUDA cores delivering over 1 TeraFLOPs of performance.]
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| *[http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/28/intel-3d-memory-1000-times-faster/ Intel & Micron: 3D XPoint: 1,000 faster than modern storage]
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| ===Robotics===
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| *[http://www.therobotreport.com/news/co-bots-on-the-move Co-bot Round-up]
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| *[http://digg.com/video/mit-human-reflex-robot Actuated Telerobotics "Researchers from MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering have designed an interface that takes advantage of a human's split-second reflexes allowing a humanoid to maintain its balance and complete tasks."]
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| ==Automation==
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| *[http://www.techrepublic.com/article/chinese-factory-replaces-90-of-humans-with-robots-production-soars/ Changying Precision Technology Company factory in Dongguan "...production per person has increased from 8,000 pieces to 21,000 pieces. That's a 162.5% increase. The increased production rate hasn't come at the cost of quality either. In fact, quality has improved. Before the robots, the product defect rate was 25%, now it is below 5%."]
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| ==Fabrication==
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| *[http://mayku.me/ Mayku Desktop Fab Beyond 3D Printing: From Headphones to Smartphones]
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| *[http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/2016/01/a-new-way-to-print-3-d-metals-and-alloys.html 3D printing metals without lasors]
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| *[http://www.3ders.org/articles/20150724-voxel8-raises-12m-to-launch-their-electronics-3d-printer-by-end-of-2015.html Voxel8: 3D Printed Electronics]
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| *[http://3dprint.com/82963/ldm-wasp-extruder-ceramics/ WASP: LDM Extruder: 3D Print Ceramics]
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| ==Sensors & Scanning==
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| *[https://arrayofthings.github.io/ Array of Things]
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| *[http://diy3dscan.com/ 3D Scanning Forum]
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| *[http://www.123dapp.com/catch 123D Catch: Make 3D Models with Photos]
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| *[https://all3dp.com/matter-form-prepare-new-3d-scanner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=matter-form-prepare-new-3d-scanner Bevel: $49 3D Scanner]
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| ==Modeling==
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| *[https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/accurate-map-brain/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=rrssOpenMind 3D Brain Model]
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| ==Software==
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| *RISC-V
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| ==Transportation==
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| *[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2015/07/17/heres-how-much-a-self-driving-car-could-save-you-on-car-insurance/?tid=sm_tw Autonomous Vehicles: Insurance Rates Would Plummet]
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| ==Common Stores==
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| *Freeshops
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| *Tool Librarys
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| =Social Enterprise=
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| *[http://www.greenpathfood.com/ GreenPath Food: Helping smallholders sell internationally]
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| *[http://www.protoprint.in/ Protoprint: Recycled plastic into filament for 3D printing]
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| =Learn to Code=
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| *[https://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ Learn to (Ruby) Program by Chris Pine]
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| *[http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/ Learn Python the Hard Way by Zed Shaw]
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| =Nathan's Writings=
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| ==Articles at Medium==
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| *[https://medium.com/@nwcrav/what-do-we-need-from-technology-ourselves-2563135640ac What Do We Need From Technology & Ourselves]
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| *[https://medium.com/@nwcrav/the-telerobotic-fulcrum-5f73da9d291f The Telerobotic Fulcrum]
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| ==Benevolent Technocracy==
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| *[https://docs.google.com/document/d/113XgA345Df5K3mbd2zwGSAxAwd3FoP9VVXJk6VLOXgs/edit?usp=sharing Public Resource Mechanics]
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| ==Political Economy==
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| *[https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1zG2I4k0NN9bxA7rH-2ONtR2QiH9KjPb7DfbMcM3VwKA The Sixth Revolution?]
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| *[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/openmanufacturing/YUITZBwhWgs An Urban Singularity: The Combining of Global Cities as a Unitarian Architectural Project]
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| *[[A Universal Commons Code of Ethics]]
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| *[[Hard Takeoff]]
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| *[[Free Markets and Free Use Commons]]
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| **[[Financial commons]]
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| *[[Effortless Economy]]
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| *[[Mutually Assured Production]]
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| ==Technology==
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| *[[Public Resource Network]]
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| *[[Automated Distribution Systems]]
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| *[[Global Localization and Manipulation Engine]]
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| *[[Open Manufacturing]]
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| *[[The Holistic Problem of Manufacturing]]
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| *[http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Universal_Grid_Computing Universal Grid Computing]
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| *[http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ATsf-IaJ1pQxZGcyanpkZnRfMzI3cHh3NW1oZnY&hl=en General Manufacturing Robotics]
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| ==Business==
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| * [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gKk8KewNjpDX5euv5gxLq_wLO7-fKvrnlAziNEOgabw/pub The Supremist Corporation Manifesto]
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| =Interviews=
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| ==Text==
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| *[http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/09/occupy-london-library Occupy London's library provides shelf help]
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| =Child Education=
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| *[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bLadw_NCLOVUfOVLFIIApszDoWEi1m5_6EMf4rWqkbk/edit?usp=sharing Child Home Education]
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| =User Contributions=
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| *[http://p2pfoundation.net/Special:Contributions/NathanC User Contributions]
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