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Designing for a better society: how tiny houses can have a huge impact
Interview with Ricardo Mayor on the role of designers and architects crafting our social tissue. We explore how the tiny house model was adapted to respond to the current refugee crisis. From how new production models can empower citizens and change our relationship with refugees, to ultimately changing the way we design cities.
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The vaccine for fake news? More fake news.
Interview with Ruurd Oosterwoud, founder of DROG, on how becoming a fake news factory can make us immune to the tactics behind misleading viral stories.
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How basic income can change the way we think about work (and money)
What would you do if you got 1.000 euros per month, no strings attached? Would you quit your job? Pay your debts? Save enough money to travel around the world? Would you start your own business? Would you do some volunteer work?
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BlockChain, The platform for trust and social scalability
How exactly is the blockchain expected to change our economy? It is less about removing the middleman than automating its function: providing trust. And coincidentally, it also challenges the existence of omnipresent brands.
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Concrete examples for utopian ideals: how the Sharing Cities movement is paving the way
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Cosmo-localization': can thinking globally and producing locally really save our planet?
Fablabs, makerspaces, emerging global knowledge commons... These are but some of the outcomes of a growing movement that champions globally-sourced designs for local economic activity. Its core idea is simple: local ownership of the means to produce basic manufactures and services can change our economic paradigm, making our cities self-sufficient and help the planet.
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Blockchain, degeneration of an ideal
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Nos vamos de barrios para enseñar a nuestros vecinos que el consumo colaborativo te puede cambiar la vida
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Post-capitalist Entrepreneurship: Reality or Fiction?
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New Study: "Listening to Sharing Economy Initiatives"
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From Henry Ford to Joe Justice : WikiSpeed, Manufacturing in the Age of Open Collaboration
WikiSpeed has been one of the projects that excited us the most at Ouishare in the Collaborative Production field. It is a social enterprise applying cutting-edge collaboration techniques borrowed from the software world, to rapidly solve problems for social good.
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Social Networks : face-to-face and online ties at Ouishare Fest
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