This document discusses the transition from scarcity-based models of production and consumption to abundance-based models enabled by technological progress. It outlines how innovations over the past century in areas like energy, food, water and materials have made it possible to meet everyone's basic needs but these breakthroughs have not been universally accessible. The document argues that the way we currently account for risk and value through mechanisms like patents, profits and GDP-based metrics may be limiting widespread access to abundance. It envisions alternative non-scarcity models of sharing innovation, investment and production that could be enabled by connectivity and distributed manufacturing in a post-internet world.
10. 1884
FIRST WORKING
ELECTRIC CAR
1964
SUNLIGHT+WATER =
1983
WATER & SOIL FREE
2006
DIY WATER POWERED
UNLIMITED ENERGY FOOD GROWERS AIR CAR DEVELOPED
BY A 16 YEAR OLD KID...
amongst many other breakthroughs for a while now...
1904
FREE WIRELESS
ELECTRICITY
NOW
BIOLOGY INSPIRED 2008
SINGLE ELECTRON
WATER CAPTURE
SYSTEMS TO GROW TRANSFER NANO-
FOOD IN THE DESERT GLASS
AND MORE...
1931
ELECTRIC DRUG
NOW
FREE CURE-ALL
SELF-REPLICATING
NANO-MATERIALS FOR
ADVANCED BATTERIES AND
DISTRIBUTED DESKTOP
MANUFACTURING...
11. HALO IPT Induction Charging
Direct + Unbounded
Fujitsu Magnetic Resonance Transfer
15. Yet, the best of these either get acquired & shelved or can’t scale enough to be accessible! Why?
16. What does someone really get
out of patents and profits?
Security? Guarantees?
Influence? Choices?
Exclusivity of access?
17. When we can see risks or unknowns in
real time, does provisioning for the risk
of value creation by patents, ownership
and profits still make sense?
Can this real time risk view answer one of
the biggest burning questions of our times?
19. FOOD WATER ENERGY
Source: worldometers
FOOD WASTED IN THE U.S.A. ANNUAL WATER CONSUMPTION SOLAR ENERGY FALLING TODAY
118, 612 3,310,048 3.2 TRILLION MWh
TONS WASTED TODAY BILLION LITERS / YEAR WHEN WE USE 3.7 MWh/D
27,476 PEOPLE DIED 813,018,535 PEOPLE 281,224,798 MWh
OF HUNGER WORLDWIDE TODAY WITHOUT ANY SAFE DRINKING WATER NON-RENEWABLES USED TODAY
102% 4.3%
441 GALLONS = 9 BILLION
OF WATER REQUIRED 8X GALLONS OF WATER
TO PRODUCE JUST CONTAMINATED FROM
1 POUND OF MASS FRACKING EVERYDAY
PRODUCED MEAT 25% IN THE U.S. ALONE!!!
20. 30,000 +
OBESITY
DEATHS/YR
118, 612 27,476
TONS WASTED TODAY PEOPLE DIED
OF HUNGER TODAY
Source: worldometers
31. Hard work like this? $ 1.36/HOUR
+BENEFITS UNKNOWN PER WORKER
Delicious?
32. Oh, you meant more
educated work?
74.2% LITERACY YET 68.7% INDIANS
Delicious? LIVE ON LESS
THAN $2/DAY
33. No?
Working “Smarter”?
Really?
2012 GLOBAL PUBLIC DEBT1
-$48,747,641,930,769
Delicious?
2012 U.S. Account Balance (What the U.S. Owes the World)2 Each Employed Person in the U.S. owes3 How long it will take us to pay off4
-$561,000,022,016 $11,890,000 283 Years!
1. As of 5:15 PST 8/31/2012 | Source: Economist.com | 2. Source: Index Mundi 3 & 4. Factoring in per capita income of $47,200, Per capita public debt, 9.7% unemployment and assuming 0% inflation! | Source: Index Mundi
53. Fiction is defined as the form of any narrative or informative
work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events
that are not factual, but rather, imaginary and theoretical
—that is, invented by the author.
60. 1884
FIRST WORKING
1904
FREE WIRELESS
1931
ELECTRIC DRUG
ELECTRIC CAR ELECTRICITY FREE CURE-ALL
GLOBAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
EXPENDITURE ESTIMATED FOR THE
CURRENT DEMAND OF 14TWh+/YEAR
$550 1964 1983 2008
?
SUNLIGHT+WATER = WATER & SOIL FREE SINGLE ELECTRON
UNLIMITED ENERGY FOOD GROWERS TRANSFER NANO-GLASS
BILLION / YEAR
NOW
SELF-REPLICATING
NOW
BIOLOGY INSPIRED
NOW
DIY WATER POWERED AIR
WATER CAPTURE CAR DEVELOPED BY A 16
NANO-MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED YEAR OLD KID...
SYSTEMS TO GROW
BATTERIES AND DISTRIBUTED FOOD IN THE DESERT
DESKTOP MANUFACTURING... AND MORE...
Source: IAEA.org
61.
62. Do we still have to operate within the fiction of scarcity?
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75. PRE INTERNET
R&D +
MANUFACTURING
UNIVERSITY +
NON PROFIT R&D
SUPPLIERS &
WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT
INSTITUTIONS FOR PROFIT
CORPORATION
INVESTMENTS
MARKETING
Contracts FEEL GOOD & ADVERTISING
PHILANTHROPY
Donations
LOGISTICS &
SUPPLY CHAIN
Research
Innovations
MASS MARKET
CONSUMERS
Products DISTRIBUTION
& RETAIL
Reports
76. PRE INTERNET
R&D +
MANUFACTURING
UNIVERSITY +
NON PROFIT R&D
SUPPLIERS &
WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT
INSTITUTIONS FOR PROFIT
CORPORATION
Opacity
INVESTMENTS Blind spots for each entity
Secrets Protect Interests
MARKETING
Contracts
FEEL GOOD & ADVERTISING Mistrust & Manipulation
PHILANTHROPY
Donations
LOGISTICS &
SUPPLY CHAIN
High Margins
Unforeseen Risk Mitigators
Research
Ownership Equals Cost Controls
Increasing Overheads per Entity
Innovations
Products
MASS MARKET
CONSUMERS
DISTRIBUTION
Consistency
& RETAIL Capital Controls Value Chain
Reports Barriers Keep Out Competitors
Consistency “Feels” Stable
79. Eco Friendly 25%
less plastic bottle
much more than
we can manage...
Image Courtesy: Flickr
80. POST INTERNET
3RD PARTY R&D +
MANUFACTURING &
CROWDSOURCED
???
2-WAY
EDUCATION + INNOVATION
NON PROFIT R&D
FREE AGENT
SUPPLIERS &
WORKFORCE
MICRO-EQUITY
SHAREHOLDERS
CROWDFUNDING
+INSTITUTIONAL AGILE/MOBILE
INVESTORS FOR PROFIT EMERGENCE
CORPORATION OF ADDITIVE
MANUFACTURING
CONTRACTS
SOCIAL MEDIA & BIG DATA
Investments + CROWDSOURCED
EMERGING SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE
ENTREPRENEURS
Donations + TRADITIONAL
PHILANTHROPY LOGISTICS &
HELD TO HIGHER SUPPLY CHAIN
ACCOUNTABILITY +
Research DISTRIBUTED
RETAIL
Innovations
NETWORKED
Products CO-CREATOR
CO-INVESTOR
CO-PRODUCER
CO-PROMOTER
Reports
CONNECTED
PROSUMER
81. POST INTERNET
3RD PARTY R&D +
MANUFACTURING &
???
2-WAY CROWDSOURCED
EDUCATION + INNOVATION
NON PROFIT R&D
Overshooting Capital
Requirements to
Justify Valuation.
Overhyping Exit
Opportunity to
FREE AGENT maintain Credibility
SUPPLIERS &
WORKFORCE
Cost of Market Valuation
MICRO-EQUITY
SHAREHOLDERS
CROWDFUNDING
+INSTITUTIONAL AGILE/MOBILE
FOR PROFIT EMERGENCE Value Lost to Long Tail
INVESTORS
CORPORATION OF ADDITIVE
MANUFACTURING
Connectivity
CONTRACTS Suppliers & Workers are Free Agents
Privacy & Patents Opened & Shared
SOCIAL MEDIA & BIG DATA
Investments + CROWDSOURCED Collaboration is Advantageous
EMERGING SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE
Donations
ENTREPRENEURS
+ TRADITIONAL
PHILANTHROPY
HELD TO HIGHER
LOGISTICS &
SUPPLY CHAIN
Low Margins
ACCOUNTABILITY + Duplication is Increasingly Easier
Research DISTRIBUTED
RETAIL Ownership Becomes a Liability
Low Quality Copies Erode Value
Innovations
Products
NETWORKED
CO-CREATOR
Disruption
CO-INVESTOR Lower Cost for New Entrants
CO-PRODUCER
Reports CO-PROMOTER Network Value is Capital Agnostic
CONNECTED
PROSUMER Enforcement is Difficult & Expensive
84. POST INTERNET
3RD PARTY R&D +
MANUFACTURING &
???
2-WAY CROWDSOURCED
EDUCATION + INNOVATION
NON PROFIT R&D
Overshooting Capital
Requirements to
Justify Valuation.
Overhyping Exit
Opportunity to
FREE AGENT maintain Credibility
SUPPLIERS &
WORKFORCE
Cost of Market Valuation
MICRO-EQUITY
SHAREHOLDERS
CROWDFUNDING
+INSTITUTIONAL AGILE/MOBILE
FOR PROFIT EMERGENCE Value Lost to Long Tail
INVESTORS
CORPORATION OF ADDITIVE
MANUFACTURING
Connectivity
CONTRACTS Suppliers & Workers are Free Agents
Privacy & Patents Opened & Shared
SOCIAL MEDIA & BIG DATA
Investments + CROWDSOURCED Collaboration is Advantageous
EMERGING SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE
Donations
ENTREPRENEURS
+ TRADITIONAL
PHILANTHROPY
HELD TO HIGHER
LOGISTICS &
SUPPLY CHAIN
Low Margins
ACCOUNTABILITY + Duplication is Increasingly Easier
Research DISTRIBUTED
RETAIL Ownership Becomes a Liability
Low Quality Copies Erode Value
Innovations
Products
NETWORKED
CO-CREATOR
Disruption
CO-INVESTOR Lower Cost for New Entrants
CO-PRODUCER
Reports CO-PROMOTER Network Value is Capital Agnostic
CONNECTED
PROSUMER Enforcement is Difficult & Expensive
92. 3
INDIVIDUAL MANAGES PERSONAL
AND NETWORK ALLOCATIONS
FOR OPTIMIZED RESOURCE
MATCHING INTELLIGENCE
BENEFIT
2
MARKET REDUCES PRICES
WITH ON & OFFLINE
GROUP PURCHASING
& CROWDFUNDING
PRICE
1
COST
ENTERPRISE REDUCES
COSTS WITH ON & OFFLINE
INCUBATORS, OPEN IP &
CROWDSOURCED
INNOVATION
95. 4
COLLABORATIVE
ENTERPRISE
(OPERATE)
3
SOLVE & DEVELOP
(IMPLEMENT)
Iterative on and
offline integrated
innovation process
development
gamified into the
2 business rules of
the system itself
SOURCE & PROTOTYPE
Virt (DESIGN)
ual
Leverages existing
relationships with INVESTORS PLATFORM
(Funds & Knowledge (Digital
transformative co- Resources) Network Tools)
creative enterprises
on the ground
1
SEED IDEA
(CONCEIVE)
PROJECTS INNOVATORS
(Physical Labs (Experts & Crowds)
& Production)
Connects to leading
Phy online resource
sica
l matching/sharing
and crowdsourcing
solution platforms
360˚ OPEN INNOVATION
ON & OFFLINE INTEGRATED CO-CREATIVE TESTBED & LABORATORY CAMPUSES
96. MY IMPACT
GAINS GIVES ELEVATION +/-
618
TODAY’S GAINS
SOCIAL INFLUENCE
IMPACT INSIGHTS
NETWORK INTELLIGENCE MONITORING DATA PRODUCTS & SERVICES
97. CROWDSOURCING SOCIOECONOMIC & SCIENTIFIC
CHALLENGES
WHILE CURATING A COLLECTIVE VISION FOR
THE ABUNDANCE ACHIEVABLE RIGHT NOW
98. 360˚ OPEN INNOVATION
ABUNDANCE
I N T E G R AT I O N
NETWORK 6 ON & OFFLINE INTEGRATED
CO-CREATIVE TESTBED &
LABORATORY CAMPUSES
CO-CREATIVE OPEN
COLLABORATIVE
4
5
ENTERPRISE IMPACT INSIGHTS NETWORK
MANAGEMENT INTELLIGENCE MONITORING
DATA PRODUCTS & SERVICES
CROWDSOURCING
SOCIOECONOMIC &
SCIENTIFIC CHALLENGES
WHILE CURATING A
COLLECTIVE VISION FOR
THE ABUNDANCE
2 3
OPEN SOURCE DIY
KNOWLEDGE SHARING &
MANY TO MANY EDUCATION
ACHIEVABLE RIGHT NOW
APPLICATIONS & WEB
SERVICES TO MONITOR &
MANAGE INDIVIDUAL
ALLOCATIONS FOR
1 1-CLICK CONNECT
PROJECT GAINS & TO INNOVATORS &
PLEDGE GIVES MARKETS THAT
BENEFIT MORE BY
CO-CREATION
PERFORMANCE DATA
DASHBOARDS MONITOR
IMPACT INTELLIGENCE
FOR INVESTORS