Fascinating concept, if a bit inconceivable at this point for me. I’ll have to reflect on how this might work in K-12 education. Nevertheless, fascinating….

• Global Guerrillas: OPEN SOURCE ECONOMIES

  • Open source warfare is in the process of revolutionizing war by enabling communities of small autonomous groups to successfully fight much larger foes.

  • The effectiveness of open source warfare might also apply to another area of intense competition: economics.  Simply, would it be possible for a community of small groups and/or a plethora of individuals within an open source economy to decisively outcompete the dominant global system?  I’m pretty sure the answer to that question is an unqualified yes.

  • An open source economy, a place where ideas are free from ownership, would gain a decisive competitive advantage over a traditional economy very quickly.  

  • open source economies would have a rate of innovation far in excess of traditional economies due to the speed at which innovation percolates through the system.  With each successive cycle, innovation upon innovation, the process accelerates until dominance is achieved.

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