2028
About
2028 may be a big year in human history. When Global Democratic Decline began in 2006, we started Factor e Farm - the permanent land base of the open source ecology experiment. Our Roadmap calls for completion of the Global Village Construction Set by 2028. That would mark the point when a civilization starter kit is made available to everyone on earth, with the ability to regenerate any economy from scratch. In practical terms, that means economic transformation to a peacetime economy based on a new culture of global and local collaboration on the overall economic process.
Currently we believe that with about $50M of open source product development of key technologies that drive civilization (manufacturing, construction, agriculture, steel, concrete, engines, fuels, microchips) - we can produce a kernel of Degenerate, modular technology which allows any community to gain full prosperity in its economy. This implies much improved human relations both locally and globally. In practice, this means that civilization will have achieved self-determination, founded on efficient productivity that allows for universal financial independence. Thus, the beginning of a universal possibility of critical thinking, moral intelligence, and freedom from political manipulation.