A crashcourse in DIY Survival by Gudjon Mar Gudjonsson from the Ministry of Ideas in Iceland at Dublin Exchange

1. CRASHCOURSE IN DIY SURVIVAL
GUDJON MAR GUDJONSSON EXCHANGE DUBLIN
GUDJON@MINISTRYOFIDEAS.IS FEBRUARY 24, 2011

2. GUDJON MAR GUDJONSSON
PROFILE
STARTED A FEW COMPANIES
FOUNDED GR SOFTWARE AT AGE 14
CHANGED THE NAME TO GR INTERNATIONAL 6 MONTHS LATER…
NOW, CEO OF MEDIZZA
iceland
KENNIS

3. THIS PRESENTATION
PRACTICAL
LAUNCH: VISIONING PLATFORM
ICELAND AS A LAB TIME
IDEOLOGY THE WISDOM OF CROWDS
POWER OF THE GRASSROOTS
THE BIG PICTURE
TIME TRAVEL
PHILOSOPHY

4. SHAPING THE
FUTURE
DOESNT NEED
TO COST
ANYTHING

5. From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: What would you like to see most in minix?
Summary: small poll for my new operating system
Message-ID: <1991Aug25.205708.9541@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki
Hello everybody out there using minix –
I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be
big andprofessional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This
has been brewingsince april, and is starting to get ready.
I'd like any feedback onthings people like/dislike in minix,
as my OS resembles it somewhat(same physical layout of the
file-system (due to practical reasons)among other things).
I've currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things
seem to work.This implies that I'll get something practical
within a few months, andI'd like to know what features most
people would want. Any suggestionsare welcome, but I won't
promise I'll implement them :-)
Linus (torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi

6. WIKIPEDIA VS BRITANNICA

7. 10.0 G FOOD-GRADE GUM ARABIC
OPEN SOURCE ML ORANGE OIL
3.50
COLA
3.00 ML WATER
2.75 ML LIME OIL
1.25 ML CASSIA OIL
1.00 ML LEMON OIL
1.00 ML NUTMEG OIL
0.25 ML CORIANDER OIL
0.25 ML NEROLI OIL
0.25 ML LAVENDER OIL

9. “OPEN SOURCE” DESIGNER CLOTHING

10. OPEN SOURCE GREEN VEHICLE

12. STARTED WITH A SPARK
OPEN MEETUPS
NON-POLITICAL
100% TRANSPARENT
PROCESS

13. HEARTBEAT
OF THE GRASSROOT
IN INNOVATION
52 BEATS A YEAR
52 STEPS CLOSER TO THE FUTURE

14. VISION
NEW WORLD WEEKLY
MODEL
OPEN
M
TFOR MEETUP
G PLA
IONIN
OP E N VIS
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25

15. G20
DEAR BARACK OBAMA,
WE HAVE A PROPOSAL

16. “MR. FOREIGN MINISTER
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VISIT
THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON THERE”

17. OUR GRANDPARENTS’ VISION
ELECTRICITY
OUR UNIVERSITIES
WATER UTILITIES
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
WORLD WIDE WEB

18. HOW DID WE GET TO THE
MOON?

19. WITH A SIMPLE
VISION

20. "...I BELIEVE THAT
THIS NATION
SHOULD COMMIT
ITSELF TO ACHIEVING
THE GOAL, BEFORE
THIS DECADE IS OUT,
OF LANDING A MAN
ON THE MOON AND
RETURNING HIM
SAFELY TO THE
MAY 25TH 1961
EARTH…”

21. “MY WORK IS TO GET
A MAN TO THE MOON…”
SAID THE BOOKKEEPER AT NASA

22. US INVESTS IN SPACEPEN
CO$T MILLIONS
FISHER AG-7 SPACE PEN

23. PENCIL!

24. FUTURE
IS
ART

26. THE FUTURE IS LIKE
JAPANESE
MARTIAL ART!

27. USE THE
FORCE
IN OUR
AIKIDO
THE WAY OF UNIFYING WITH LIFE ENERGY
ADVANTAGE

28. WHAT ABOUT
THE FUTURE ?

29. “I THINK
THERE IS A
WORLD
MARKET FOR
MAYBE FIVE
COMPUTERS.”
THOMAS WATSON
CHAIRMAN, IBM, 1943

30. “WE DON'T LIKE THEIR SOUND, AND
GUITAR MUSIC IS ON THE WAY OUT.”
DECCA RECORDING
REJECTING THE BEATLES, 1962

31. “COMPUTERS IN THE
FUTURE MAY WEIGH NO
MORE THAN 1.5 TONS.”
POPULAR MECHANICS, MARCH 1949

32. RECEIVED
C IN MUSIC
IN SCHOOL
IN EIGHTH GRADE

33. BEETHOVEN'S MUSIC TEACHER:
“AS A COMPOSER,
HE IS HOPELESS.”

34. ALBERT
EINSTEIN
FAILED
HIS
UNIVERSITY
ENTRANCE
EXAM
LEARNED TO READ 7 YEARS OLD

35. WE ONLY HAVE
[ STILL ]
ONE

36. PLANET NEEDS
US
UK

37. TODAY
EACH
OF
US
LIVES
SEVERAL
HUNDRED
YEARS
IN
A
DECADE

38. OUR GLOBAL VILLAGE AT
NIGHT

39. WALT DISNEY WAS FIRED FROM HIS EARLY JOB FOR
LACK OF IDEAS AND HAVING NO IMAGINATION
YOUNG WALT DISNEY'S FIRST BUSINESS
THEN WENT BANKRUPT
BEFORE HE AND HIS BROTHER FOUNDED THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

40. ICELANDERS
ARE RISK TAKERS
AT HEART

41. IT STARTS WITH AN IDEA.
AN INSPIRATION.
A NEED TO CHANGE.
A NEED TO INNOVATE.

42. THOMAS EDISON
TOO
STUPID
TO
LEARN
ANYTHING
SAID
HIS
TEACHER
ONLY HAD 3 MONTHS OF FORMAL SCHOOLING

43. GENERAL ELECTRIC 327.000
ICELAND 319.756
GENERAL ELECTRIC HAS A VISION
ICELAND’S VISION ?

44. VISION OF A NATION
WISDOM OF CROWDS
N AT I O N A L A SS E M B LY

45. 9 AREAS x 9 GROUPS x 9 MEMBERS x 2

46. VISION PLANNING SESSION
1.500 PEOPLE

47. CAPTURING THE HEARTBEAT OF THE NATION'S CREATIVITY

48. WE ALL HAVE
OUR PLANS FOR
THE FUTURE

49. PRIORITIES
PRIORITIES
PRIORITIES
PRIORITIES
PRIORITIES
PRIORITIES
PRIORITIES
PRIORITIES
PRIORITIES
ACTIONS
ACTIONS
ACTIONS
ACTIONS
ACTIONS
ACTIONS
ACTIONS
ACTIONS
ACTIONS
ADMINISTRATION
OPPORTUNITIES
SUSTAINABILITY
ENVIRONMENT
EQUAL
RIGHTS
HEALTHCARE
EDUCATION
ECONOMY
FAMILY
PUBLIC
VA L U E S
INTEGRITY EQUAL RIGHTS RESPECT JUSTICE

50. CHANGE IN SOCIETY
GAP!
ABILITY OF THE SYSTEM TO ADAPT
TIME

56. AS WE ALL
THINK
WHY NOT THINK
BIG

57. THE ICELANDIC OPPORTUNITY
ICELAND WORLD
OPPORTUNITY
HAS NEEDS

58. THE ICELANDIC OPPORTUNITY
INSPIRATION
FOR A NEW
WORLD MODEL

59. WORLD
ICELAND
... ON A DIFFERENT FREQUENCY

60. ICELAND HAS
ENERGY

61. TINY IN POPULATION
300
THOUSANDS

62. INFRASTRUCTUR
E
THE
BASIC
PHYSICAL
AND
ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURES
NEEDED
FOR
THE
OPERATION
OF
A
SOCIETY
OR
ENTERPRISE,
OR
THE
SERVICES
AND
FACILITIES
NECESSARY
FOR
AN
ECONOMY
TO

63. PROTOTYPE A ON ELECTRIC CARS
PROTOTYPE B ON DATA CENTERS
PROTOTYPE C ON BATTERY CHARGING
PROTOTYPE D TRANSPORTAION BUSINESS MODEL
PROTOTYPE E ACTIVE DEMOCRATIC
PROTOTYPE F ON REALTIME CURRENCY
ALL YOU NEED
FOR A GOOD
LAB

64. THANK YOU
PS.
THE DIY MANUAL
FOR MAKING YOUR OWN
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
IS OPEN SOURCE AND
AVAILABLE. JUST CONTACT
ME AT:
G U D J O N @ M I N I S T R YO F I D E A S . I S