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He came to the U.S. from Poland as a child. He graduated with honors from Princeton and earned his Ph.D. in fusion physics from the University of Wisconsin, after which he found himself useless in solving wicked problems, so he started a farm in rural Missouri - the birthplace of the Global Village Construction Set. | He came to the U.S. from Poland as a child. He graduated with honors from Princeton and earned his Ph.D. in fusion physics from the University of Wisconsin, after which he found himself useless in solving wicked problems, so he started a farm in rural Missouri - the birthplace of the Global Village Construction Set. | ||
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Marcin Jakubowski, Ph.D. is the founder of Open Source Ecology, an open collaborative of engineers, producers, and builders developing the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS).
The GVCS is a set of 50 most important machines that it takes for modern life to exist - everything from a tractor, to an oven, to a circuit maker. Marcin is producing open source blueprints - so that anyone can build and maintain machines at a fraction of what it costs today. His goal is to create a life size LEGO set of powerful, self-replicating production tools - that can decentralizew production - to build modern prosperity in local economies. He imagines the raw power this gives to people - to tap autonomy, mastery, and purpose - towards rebuilding their communities and solving wicked problems.
Marcin believes that true freedom - the most essential type of freedom - starts with peoples' individual ability to use natural resources to free themselves from material constraints - to unleash human potential.
He founded Open Source Ecology in 2003 in order to make closed-loop manufacturing a reality. The mission of Open Source Ecology is to create a collaborative economic platform that optimizes development, production, and distribution - via open source collaboration - to accelerate innovation to unprecedented levels. These ideas are being tested at the Factor e Farm (e as in the mathematical constant) in rural Missouri.
Marcin has been recognized as an Innovation Stuntman, Disruptive Hero, a member of the Enrich List, 2012 TED Senior Fellow, as a 2013 Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow, and a 2013 White House Champion of Change. The Global Village Construction Set was recognized in Time Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2012.
He came to the U.S. from Poland as a child. He graduated with honors from Princeton and earned his Ph.D. in fusion physics from the University of Wisconsin, after which he found himself useless in solving wicked problems, so he started a farm in rural Missouri - the birthplace of the Global Village Construction Set.
Questions
- Does this answer why GVCS is important?