OSE Whitepaper on the Open Source Economy

• Lifetime design produces 10x value for example when something lasts 5 years versus 50 years such as a skid steer
• In production, technological recursion allows 50% cost reduction by substituting open knowhow for purchased goods.
• For production cost of design is open and social production is used, then the resulting price is is perhaps 1/3 to 1/5 of the cost if we use open design
• In a universal basic asset and fresh structure, the cost to produce materials from the waste stream is about five times lower than virgin stock.
• Digital fabrication yields production at zero marginal cost over the value of the materials themselves . This is under the assumption of efficient, optimized design
• With a construction set approach for product ecologies we can further expand the usability of products by factor of 5 or 10