ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Marcin Jakubowski - Farmer and technologist
Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing a set of blueprints for 50 farming tools that can be built cheaply from scratch. Call it a "civilization starter kit."

Why you should listen

Declaring that, "We can lead self-sustaining lives without sacrificing our standard of living," Marcin Jakubowski believes that only by opening the means of production can we achieve abundance for all. Though he has a Ph.D. in fusion physics, he became dissatisfied with its remoteness, and turned back to the earth as a farmer and social innovator.

He is the founder of Open Source Ecology, which is creating the Global Village Construction Set — the blueprints for simple fabrication of everything needed to start a self-sustaining village. At Factor e Farm in rural Missouri, he's been successfully putting those ideas to the test.

More profile about the speaker
Marcin Jakubowski | Speaker | TED.com
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Marcin Jakubowski: Open-sourced blueprints for civilization

Marcin Jakubowski 談文明的資源共享藍圖

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TED 成員 Marcin Jakubowski 利用維基及數位組建工具共享了五十種耕作機器的製作藍圖, 任何人得以藉此從無到有地建造出自己的拖拉機或收耕機. 而這僅僅只是打造自給自足村落的起步(起始資金為一萬美金).
- Farmer and technologist
Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing a set of blueprints for 50 farming tools that can be built cheaply from scratch. Call it a "civilization starter kit." Full bio

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Hi你好, my name名稱 is Marcin馬爾欽 --
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嗨,我的名字是Marcin
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farmer農民, technologist技術專家.
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是個農夫,也是技術專家
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I was born天生 in Poland波蘭, now in the U.S.
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我在波蘭出生,現在則在美國
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I started開始 a group called Open打開 Source資源 Ecology生態.
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我創立了一個名為Open Source Ecology的團隊
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We've我們已經 identified確定 the 50 most important重要 machines
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我們已經鑒別出維持現代生活運轉
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that we think it takes for modern現代 life to exist存在 --
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所需五十種最重要的機器
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things from tractors拖拉機,
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諸如拖拉機
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bread麵包 ovens烤箱, circuit電路 makers製造商.
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烤麵包機, 電路製造機
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Then we set out to create創建
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然後我們創設了資源共享,
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an open打開 source資源, DIYDIY, do it yourself你自己 version
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DIY, 自己動手做的版本
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that anyone任何人 can build建立 and maintain保持
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也就是任何人都能建造
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at a fraction分數 of the cost成本.
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並以少數花費來維護的機器
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We call this the Global全球 Village Construction施工 Set.
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我們稱這為全球村建構集
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So let me tell you a story故事.
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讓我來說個故事
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So I finished my 20s
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在我二十歲時
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with a Ph博士.D. in fusion聚變 energy能源,
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獲得了融合能源的博士學位
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and I discovered發現 I was useless無用.
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我了解到我根本一無是處
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I had no practical實際的 skills技能.
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我沒有任何的實質技能
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The world世界 presented呈現 me with options選項,
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世界給了我不同的選擇
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and I took them.
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我也接受了
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I guess猜測 you can call it the consumer消費者 lifestyle生活方式.
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我想你們可以說那是消費者的生活方式
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So I started開始 a farm農場 in Missouri密蘇里州
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所以我開始在密蘇里當起了農夫
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and learned學到了 about the economics經濟學 of farming農業.
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並且學習經營農場的經濟學
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I bought a tractor拖拉機 -- then it broke打破.
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我買了台拖拉機, 然後它壞了
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I paid支付 to get it repaired修復 --
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我花了錢將它修復好
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then it broke打破 again.
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然後它又壞了
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Then pretty漂亮 soon不久,
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沒多久
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I was broke打破 too.
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我也跟著沒錢了
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I realized實現
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我瞭解到
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that the truly appropriate適當, low-cost低成本 tools工具 that I needed需要
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我需要真正合適, 低成本的工具
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to start開始 a sustainable可持續發展 farm農場 and settlement沉降
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來打造出一個還不存在的
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just didn't exist存在 yet然而.
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永續農場和住所
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I needed需要 tools工具 that were robust強大的, modular模塊化,
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我需要堅固的, 模組化的
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highly高度 efficient高效 and optimized優化,
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高效率並最佳化
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low-cost低成本,
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低成本,
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made製作 from local本地 and recycled回收 materials物料 that would last a lifetime一生,
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以當地可回收材料做成的工具
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not designed設計 for obsolescence報廢.
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而不只是設計用來作為過渡用
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I found發現 that I would have to build建立 them myself.
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我瞭解到我必須自己建造它們
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So I did just that.
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而我也就這麼做了
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And I tested測試 them.
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並且測試它們
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And I found發現 that industrial產業 productivity生產率
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我瞭解到工業化的生產效率
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can be achieved實現 on a small scale規模.
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是可以小量的達成
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So then I published發表 the 3D designs設計,
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所以我在維基創立3D設計,
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schematics原理圖,
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解析圖,
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instructional教學 videos視頻 and budgets預算
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操作指南影片
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on a wiki維基.
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和預算
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Then contributors貢獻者 from all over the world世界
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而之後世界各地的贊助者開始出現
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began開始 showing展示 up, prototyping原型 new machines
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並在造訪我們的計畫中
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during dedicated專用 project項目 visits訪問.
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創造多種新的原創機器
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So far, we have prototyped原型 eight of the 50 machines.
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到目前為止, 我們的五十種機器中有八項是原創設計
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And now the project項目
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而現在這個計畫
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is beginning開始 to grow增長 on its own擁有.
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正開始自我茁壯
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We know that open打開 source資源 has succeeded成功
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我們知道資源共享是藉由軟體的使用
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with tools工具 for managing管理的 knowledge知識 and creativity創造力.
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來駕馭知識與創意而成功
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And the same相同 is starting開始 to happen發生 with hardware硬件 too.
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而相同的事正開始發生在硬體上
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We're focusing調焦 on hardware硬件
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我們著眼在硬體
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because it is hardware硬件 that can change更改 people's人們 lives生活
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因為正是硬體設施這樣實質形體的事物
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in such這樣 tangible有形 material材料 ways方法.
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能改變人的生活
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If we can lower降低 the barriers障礙 to farming農業, building建造, manufacturing製造業,
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如果我們能降低耕作, 建築, 製造的成本
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then we can unleash發揮 just massive大規模的 amounts of human人的 potential潛在.
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我們就能釋放出人類大量的潛能
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That's not only in the developing發展 world世界.
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這不僅僅只發生在開發中國家
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Our tools工具 are being存在 made製作
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美國的農夫, 建築業者, 企業家, 生產者
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for the American美國 farmer農民, builder建設者, entrepreneur企業家, maker製作者.
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也建構出我們的機器
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We've我們已經 seen看到 lots of excitement激動 from these people,
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我們看見了這些人
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who can now start開始 a construction施工 business商業,
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因能開創一個建構事業
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parts部分 manufacturing製造業,
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或者是製造業
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organic有機 CSACSA
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有機 CSA
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or just selling銷售 power功率 back to the grid.
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或僅僅販售這些機器而感到開心興奮
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Our goal目標 is a repository知識庫 of published發表 designs設計
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我們的目標是一份已知設計的知識寶典
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so clear明確, so complete完成,
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如此的簡單, 如此的完整
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that a single burned DVDDVD
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只要一片DVD
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is effectively有效 a civilization文明 starter起動機 kit套件.
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就收錄著文明開創的成套設備
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I've planted種植的 a hundred trees樹木 in a day.
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我曾在一天中種了一百顆樹
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I've pressed壓制 5,000 bricks磚塊 in one day
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我曾在一天中將我腳下的土
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from the dirt污垢 beneath下面 my feet
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壓製成五千塊磚頭
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and built內置 a tractor拖拉機 in six days.
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並在六天內建造出一台拖拉機
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From what I've seen看到, this is only the beginning開始.
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在我眼裡, 這些都只是個開始
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If this idea理念 is truly sound聲音,
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如果這點子真的管用
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then the implications啟示 are significant重大.
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那它的影響一定十分重大
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A greater更大 distribution分配 of the means手段 of production生產,
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製造的意義將能有更好的分佈,
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environmentally環保 sound聲音 supply供應 chains,
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聽起來更環保的供應鏈,
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and a newly relevant相應 DIYDIY maker製作者 culture文化
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和一個全新價值的DIY製造者文化
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can hope希望 to transcend超越
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期望能優於
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artificial人造 scarcity缺乏.
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過往過度工業化的製程
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We're exploring探索 the limits範圍
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我們正探索著
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of what we all can do to make a better world世界
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藉由硬體科技資源共享
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with open打開 hardware硬件 technology技術.
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使世界更好的極限
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Thank you.
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謝謝
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(Applause掌聲)
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(鼓掌)
Translated by Arch Chang
Reviewed by Coco Shen

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Marcin Jakubowski - Farmer and technologist
Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing a set of blueprints for 50 farming tools that can be built cheaply from scratch. Call it a "civilization starter kit."

Why you should listen

Declaring that, "We can lead self-sustaining lives without sacrificing our standard of living," Marcin Jakubowski believes that only by opening the means of production can we achieve abundance for all. Though he has a Ph.D. in fusion physics, he became dissatisfied with its remoteness, and turned back to the earth as a farmer and social innovator.

He is the founder of Open Source Ecology, which is creating the Global Village Construction Set — the blueprints for simple fabrication of everything needed to start a self-sustaining village. At Factor e Farm in rural Missouri, he's been successfully putting those ideas to the test.

More profile about the speaker
Marcin Jakubowski | Speaker | TED.com