White Paper on Open Collaboration

Abstract

Open Source Product Development has the potential to produce a historic transfer of wealth from fincance capital to production. Specifically, we propose Open Source Microfactories or Open Source Fab Labs as the production mechanism, based on global repositories of open source design. The distribution model is industrial productivity on a small scale and $100/hr revenue rate, thereby requiring 25% effort to fund a full life at $4k/month (2 hours of work per day, no more). The assumption is that collaborative development is better, faster, stronger than proprietary developmnent, and that it will result in robust supply chains and Circular Economies. This paper discusses the blocks to the deployment of such an economic paradigm. Specifically, what problem do we need to solve for to make wide collaboration possible? To answer this question, we gather 2000 of the top supercooperators in the world to deploy the Open Source Microfactory within 12 months, and report on the results of this experiment.

Timeline

1 year to gather people. 1 year to build.

The Open Source Microfactory

For industrial productivity on a small scale, a microfactory with critical production machines is required. The critical machines are:

1. 3D printers in plastic and metal with high temperature build chamber.
2. Laser cutter, CO2.
3. Plastic recycling to produce 3D printing filament from waste
4. CNC torch table
5. Industrial robotic arm for welding
6. Quick exchange tool heads
7. CNC Screw machine
8. Induction furnace and metal rolling, alloying, and wire drawing
9. Ball bearing grinder
10. Ironworker

Asking the Right Question

1. Why do people not collaborate on open source product development, if clearly the benefit is growing the pie for everybody?

Is that even the right question to ask? Maybe, why do people think they are collaborating, but are not really?

MJ Case

I had some breakthroughs on collaboration through coaching, in 2019. I got away from how do I have to do it, to how do we do it. Psychologically, the burden of Jesus lifts by saying this. It's enabled by full commitment to the answer, letting go of ego, and being vulnerable to saying that WE can do it, and that is based on full acceptance of post-scarcity thinking in that I believe firmly that there is more than enough for everybody. This is very logical from first principles, where absolutely no case can be made for scarcity, even if the population rises from few billion to one one trillion (I don't advocate that).

Survey

Let's start by surveying various people as to why they don't collaborate. Say they are working on projects. And they have the option to work with others. Do they look forward to it? What are the blocks?

Blocks

Let's list a few, and see if we can narrow it down to a few key ones.

1. Lack of clarity, experience, or execution ability on management.
2. I am already collaborating
3. My work is already open source.
4. I can get more done myself. Real answer is: I don't know what protocols can be used for wider collaborative dev.
5. It takes too much organizational effort
6. My ego is too big
7. I am too greedy
8. I don't know how to work with people
9. I am shy
10. I am a superstar, I don't need anyone else
11. I have a pet project, and I don't care about solving larger issues
12. My issue is superimportant, there is nothing more important than it.

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