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Questioning your path? College abstract? Tech school narrow? Discover a different way to learn and make a real impact.

For over a decade, the Global Village Construction Set has shown the power of open collaboration. Now, we're launching The School for Open Source Civilization.

Join 24 ambitious individuals on a mission: open source the blueprints for civilization. This four-year program teaches you to collaborate, design, and build a humane and efficient future.

Learn to be human, how to learn rapidly, and how to design a new civilization – all through hands-on building. We start with Seed Eco-Homes, learning design principles for a modular world. We tackle everything from homes and machines to energy and societal structures.

We cultivate your humanity, teach you rapid learning and systems thinking, and expose you to the core architectures of civilization.

The practical core: building Seed Eco-Homes two days a week. Our goal: a complete home in just five days. Achieve this, and we'll hire you at competitive pay – the heart of the OSE Apprenticeship.

We're solving housing with low-cost, high-performance designs, learning to build not just homes, but the tools and materials too. This leads to financial independence.

This is a unique opportunity to absolutely change your life through open collaboration and an abundance mindset.

Engage in radical collaboration, teaching others and contributing to open documentation. Experience productive and fun swarm builds.

Apply your skills in summer service projects, building affordable housing and developing leadership.

Achieve financial independence with earning potential based on your chosen responsibility and demonstrated skill.

By learning to build housing – the biggest expense in life – you secure your financial future.

Apply today. Our unique process starts with collaborative builds.

Redesign civilization through integrated learning across 20 build trades and design disciplines. Experiment hands-on on our Alpha Pad, even building your own microhouse.

Set your own pay based on your competency. Earn a guaranteed $75,000 starting salary as a skilled Integrated Builder.

Join a collaborative design lifestyle, gaining financial independence while contributing to a global movement for universal basic assets.

The School for Open Source Civilization. Build your future. Build a better world.

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Build Your Future: The School for Open Source Civilization

Narrator: Are you questioning the traditional path? College feeling abstract? Tech school too narrow? What if there was a different way to learn, to grow, to truly make a difference?

Narrator: For over a decade, you've seen us on the world stage with the Global Village Construction Set – proving that open collaboration can solve big challenges.

Narrator: Now, we're taking the next giant leap. Introducing The School for Open Source Civilization.

Narrator: We're looking for 24 ambitious young men and women ready to be part of a world-changing crew. Your mission? To open source the blueprints for civilization.

Narrator: This isn't just a school; it's a four-year journey where you'll learn to collaborate, design, and build a future that's both efficient and humane.

Narrator: Imagine a collaborative, transparent, open society – a level playing field for everyone. After nearly two decades of prototyping open collaboration, design, and building, this is our next big step, and you can be at the forefront.

Narrator: Our school teaches you how to be human, how to learn, and how to design a new civilization – all while getting your hands dirty and building.

Narrator: We start by building Seed Eco-Homes – not just to fund the program, but to learn fundamental design principles and understand civilization as a modular construction set. From homes and machines to energy, transportation, microchips, and even societal institutions – we tackle it all.

Narrator: First, we focus on you. We cultivate the essential human qualities: humility, character, possibility, an abundance mindset, moral intelligence, soft skills, and leadership.

Narrator: Then, we teach you how to learn. You'll master rapid learning techniques, develop accurate mental models, and understand integrated systems thinking.

Narrator: Finally, you'll learn how to design. Not just houses, but the entire technosphere. You'll be exposed to the working architectures of civilization – how nature, machines, organizations, and institutions truly function.

Narrator: The practical side? Two days a week, you'll be building Seed Eco-Homes as part of our intensive work-study program. Our ambitious goal? For you and our team to build complete Seed Eco-Homes in just five days.

Narrator: And if you can do it? We'll hire you at competitive pay. This is the core of the OSE Apprenticeship – learning radically collaborative and efficient ways to design and build.

Narrator: We're solving housing, providing an ample supply of low-cost, high-performance homes. This means learning to design-build not just the houses themselves, but the construction machines, power tools, and even the materials that go into them.

Narrator: But that's just the beginning. We'll also teach you financial independence – an inevitable outcome when you possess the fundamental skill of building a complete home.

Narrator: This is a unique opportunity to absolutely change your life.

Narrator: Experience truly open collaboration that levels the playing field. Embrace an abundance mindset – a rigorous discipline of efficiency unlocking radical productivity through distributed resources.

Narrator: Engage in radical collaboration – working with your 24 fellow students on design-build projects, teaching others, and contributing to open documentation every single day. Develop methods of swarm builds that are not only productive but also engaging and fun.

Narrator: Every summer, participate in two-week service projects, building subsidized, low-income housing for real clients. Here, you'll develop the crucial leadership skills to guide novice crews.

(Footage of students working on a community build project, interacting with future homeowners.)

Narrator: Our 2.5-month summer vacation offers you the choice to participate in an intensive Summer of Enterprise Build. We believe in Integrated Humans – focusing on your holistic development, not just technology.

Narrator: Achieve financial independence. Your advancement in work-study and earning potential isn't limited by a glass ceiling, but by the level of responsibility you choose, with corresponding pay.

Narrator: Housing is the single highest cost in anyone's life. By learning to build, you're not just constructing homes; you're building a foundation for your own financial freedom and addressing a fundamental human need.

Narrator: Apply today. Our application process is unique – we hit the ground running with collaborative builds right from the start.

Narrator: Redesign civilization. This means integrated learning – understanding how everything connects. Our program is designed to teach full build ability with proficiency in 20 build trades, alongside essential design skills and a comprehensive understanding of how the world works – a survey across all areas of civilization.

Narrator: Experiment hands-on on our half-acre Alpha Pad – a blank slate where you can build anything you imagine while learning to collaborate in the integrated design-build process. You can even build your own studio microhouse on site.

Narrator: Set your own pay. We don't limit your earning potential. You do – based on the competency you demonstrate. We guarantee a $75,000 starting salary from a plain Integrated Builder role if you meet our required competency for efficient, complete house builds. And you're welcome to move into management based on your build and organizational skills.

Narrator: Join a collaborative design lifestyle – a powerful effort of meaningful work cross-subsidized by efficient swarm builds. By knowing how to build a house, you gain financial independence while contributing to a global movement of open sector development – creating access to Universal Basic Assets for everyone, leveling the global playing field.

Narrator (voiceover): The School for Open Source Civilization. Build your future. Build a better world.

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If you have doubts about going to college or going to tech school - we've got a program that will absolutely change your life.

We've been on the world stage with the Global Village Construction Set for more than a decade, and now we are starting a school.

We're looking for 24 young men and women to be part of a worldchaning crew - with an explicit mission to open source the blueprints for civilization.

We are offering a 4 year program, where you learn to collaborate, design, and build - a civilization that is both efficient, and humane.

We're building a collaborative, transparent, open society – a level playing field for everyone. After nearly two decades of prototyping open collaboration, design, and building, this is our next big step.

Our school teaches you how to be human, how to learn, and how to design a new civilization – all while building. We start with Seed Eco-Homes to fund the program, learning design principles and treating civilization as a modular construction set. We tackle everything from homes and machines to energy, transportation, space, microchips, and even societal institutions.

First, we focus on you. We cultivate humanity – humility, character, possibility, abundance mindset, moral intelligence, soft skills, leadership, and more. Then, we teach you how to learn – rapid learning techniques, accurate mental models, and integrated systems thinking. Finally, you'll learn how to design – houses and the rest of the technosphere. You'll be exposed to most of the working architectures of civilization - how nature, machines, organizations, and institutions work.

The practical side means building Seed Eco-Homes 2 days per week as a work-study program. Our goal is that the 24 of you and me - build complete Seed Eco-Homes - on a time scale of only 5 days. We will hire you if you can do this, at competitive pay.

This is the core of the OSE Apprenticeship - your learn radically collaborative and efficient ways to design and build. We're solving housing, meaning providing an ample supply of low-cost, high performance housing. This means we learn not only to design-build housing, but to design-build construction machines, power tools, and the materials that go into a high performance home.

That is only the beginning. We teach you financial independence - which is inevitable if you can build a complete home.

unique opportunity - absolutely change your life

collaborative - truly open collaboration that levels the playing field

abundance - a rigorous condition of discipline and efficiency which allows radical productivity based on abundant, distributed resources

Radical collaboration - you collaborate with 24 students on design build, you teach others, and you contribute to open documentation in the day to day. Develop methods of swarm builds that are productive and fun - because with a team, you're not doing the same thing over and over.

Service projects - Every summer is 2 weeks - where we are true to subsidized, low income builds - where you learn the leadership to lead novice crews while building affordable housing to real clients

Summer of Enterprise Build - we have 2.5 months vacation, and you can choose to Integrated Humans - we focus on you, not on technology

Financial independence. You advance in work-study and earning potential not by a glass ceiling, but by choosing the level of responsibility that suits you - with corresponding pay.

Housing is the single highest cost in anyone's life. By learning to build housing, you are setting yourself up for financial independence, and addressing the single largest cost in your life.

Apply today. Application process is unique - where we hit the ground running with collaborative builds.

Redesign civilization. This means integrated learning - how everything connects to everything. Our program is designed to teach full build ability with anywhere from basic to advanced profficiency in the 20 build trades - but you will also be exposed to design skill, and understanding of how the world words - a survey across all areas of civilization

Experiment hands-on - we have a 1/2 acre blank slate called the Alpha Pad - an experimental area, gravel foundation pad where you can build anything that you want - while you are learning to collaborate in the integrated design-build process - and even build your own studio microhouse on site.

Set your own pay. We do not set limits on your pay. You do- by the amount of skill that you can show competency in. We guarantee $75k starting salary from a plain Integrated Builder role if you pass the required competency of efficient productivity for a complete house build. But you are welcome to move into management - which is based on competency in build and organization.

Collaborative design lifestyle - join a collaborative effort of good work cross-subsidized by swarm builds. Knowing how to build a house, you gain financial independence from this valuable skill - while collaborating with a global movement of open sector development - developing access to Universal Basic Assets for everyone, to level the global playing field.

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Build Your Future: The School for Open Source Civilization (Video opens with dynamic shots of diverse young people collaborating on construction projects – from framing walls to operating simple machinery. Upbeat, inspiring music plays.)

Narrator: Are you questioning the traditional path? College feeling abstract? Tech school too narrow? What if there was a different way to learn, to grow, to truly make a difference?

(Quick cuts of blueprints, digital designs, and then back to hands-on building.)

Narrator: For over a decade, you've seen us on the world stage with the Global Village Construction Set – proving that open collaboration can solve big challenges.

(Footage of GVCS machines in action, perhaps a news clip or a photo of global impact.)

Narrator: Now, we're taking the next giant leap. Introducing The School for Open Source Civilization.

(Text overlay: The School for Open Source Civilization)

Narrator: We're looking for 24 ambitious young men and women ready to be part of a world-changing crew. Your mission? To open source the blueprints for civilization.

(Shot of a diverse group of young people looking determined and engaged.)

Narrator: This isn't just a school; it's a four-year journey where you'll learn to collaborate, design, and build a future that's both efficient and humane.

(Visuals showcasing collaboration – students brainstorming, working together on a design, then physically building.)

Narrator: Imagine a collaborative, transparent, open society – a level playing field for everyone. After nearly two decades of prototyping open collaboration, design, and building, this is our next big step, and you can be at the forefront.

(Drone shot of a potential campus or building project in progress.)

Narrator: Our school teaches you how to be human, how to learn, and how to design a new civilization – all while getting your hands dirty and building.

(Visuals of students working on a small, sustainable house – a "Seed Eco-Home.")

Narrator: We start by building Seed Eco-Homes – not just to fund the program, but to learn fundamental design principles and understand civilization as a modular construction set. From homes and machines to energy, transportation, microchips, and even societal institutions – we tackle it all.

(Montage of diverse topics: renewable energy systems, simple machines, computer interfaces, community gardens.)

Narrator: First, we focus on you. We cultivate the essential human qualities: humility, character, possibility, an abundance mindset, moral intelligence, soft skills, and leadership.

(Close-ups of students interacting positively, helping each other, showing initiative.)

Narrator: Then, we teach you how to learn. You'll master rapid learning techniques, develop accurate mental models, and understand integrated systems thinking.

(Visuals representing learning: students researching, discussing ideas, using diagrams and visualizations.)

Narrator: Finally, you'll learn how to design. Not just houses, but the entire technosphere. You'll be exposed to the working architectures of civilization – how nature, machines, organizations, and institutions truly function.

(Animated graphics showing interconnected systems – natural ecosystems, mechanical systems, social structures.)

Narrator: The practical side? Two days a week, you'll be building Seed Eco-Homes as part of our intensive work-study program. Our ambitious goal? For you and our team to build complete Seed Eco-Homes in just five days.

(Fast-paced time-lapse of a Seed Eco-Home being constructed rapidly.)

Narrator: And if you can do it? We'll hire you at competitive pay. This is the core of the OSE Apprenticeship – learning radically collaborative and efficient ways to design and build.

(Shot of a completed, attractive, and functional Seed Eco-Home.)

Narrator: We're solving housing, providing an ample supply of low-cost, high-performance homes. This means learning to design-build not just the houses themselves, but the construction machines, power tools, and even the materials that go into them.

(Visuals of students designing and potentially even fabricating simple tools or components.)

Narrator: But that's just the beginning. We'll also teach you financial independence – an inevitable outcome when you possess the fundamental skill of building a complete home.

(Text overlay: Financial Independence Through Building)

Narrator: This is a unique opportunity to absolutely change your life.

(Text overlay: A Unique Opportunity to Absolutely Change Your Life)

Narrator: Experience truly open collaboration that levels the playing field. Embrace an abundance mindset – a rigorous discipline of efficiency unlocking radical productivity through distributed resources.

(Visuals emphasizing teamwork, shared resources, and efficient processes.)

Narrator: Engage in radical collaboration – working with your 24 fellow students on design-build projects, teaching others, and contributing to open documentation every single day. Develop methods of swarm builds that are not only productive but also engaging and fun.

(Dynamic shots of a team working seamlessly together on a building project, laughing and communicating effectively.)

Narrator: Every summer, participate in two-week service projects, building subsidized, low-income housing for real clients. Here, you'll develop the crucial leadership skills to guide novice crews.

(Footage of students working on a community build project, interacting with future homeowners.)

Narrator: Our 2.5-month summer vacation offers you the choice to participate in an intensive Summer of Enterprise Build. We believe in Integrated Humans – focusing on your holistic development, not just technology.

(Visuals of students pursuing personal projects, engaging in creative activities, or exploring new skills during their time off.)

Narrator: Achieve financial independence. Your advancement in work-study and earning potential isn't limited by a glass ceiling, but by the level of responsibility you choose, with corresponding pay.

(Graphics illustrating a clear path of skill development and increasing earning potential.)

Narrator: Housing is the single highest cost in anyone's life. By learning to build, you're not just constructing homes; you're building a foundation for your own financial freedom and addressing a fundamental human need.

(Powerful image of a student standing proudly in front of a home they helped build.)

Narrator: Apply today. Our application process is unique – we hit the ground running with collaborative builds right from the start.

(Text overlay: Apply Today at [Website Address])

Narrator: Redesign civilization. This means integrated learning – understanding how everything connects. Our program is designed to teach full build ability with proficiency in 20 build trades, alongside essential design skills and a comprehensive understanding of how the world works – a survey across all areas of civilization.

(Visual montage showcasing a wide range of skills and knowledge areas: carpentry, plumbing, electrical, renewable energy, digital design, etc.)

Narrator: Experiment hands-on on our half-acre Alpha Pad – a blank slate where you can build anything you imagine while learning to collaborate in the integrated design-build process. You can even build your own studio microhouse on site.

(Exciting shots of students experimenting with different building techniques and designs on the open lot.)

Narrator: Set your own pay. We don't limit your earning potential. You do – based on the competency you demonstrate. We guarantee a $75,000 starting salary from a plain Integrated Builder role if you meet our required competency for efficient, complete house builds. And you're welcome to move into management based on your build and organizational skills.

(Text overlay: Guaranteed $75,000 Starting Salary (with competency))

Narrator: Join a collaborative design lifestyle – a powerful effort of meaningful work cross-subsidized by efficient swarm builds. By knowing how to build a house, you gain financial independence while contributing to a global movement of open sector development – creating access to Universal Basic Assets for everyone, leveling the global playing field.

(Final shot of the diverse group of students working together, smiling, and looking towards the future. Uplifting music swells.)

Narrator (voiceover): The School for Open Source Civilization. Build your future. Build a better world.

(School logo and website address appear on screen.)