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Yo, I'm gonna be trying to start a community on land that I own where people can live in rent-free living structures as long as they contribute somewhat to to that community, the environment, and/or human rights projects.
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Question, if you had to spend a minimum of __ hours per week on scientific research, development, or otherwise community related work to live there, how many hours per week is a reasonable minimum requirement?
Voting's complete! Not too many participants though, only 12, but half of the votes were for 20 hours, but if I were to average the results out, would probably end up being somewhere between 15-20 hours, which sounds about right to me.
So a week is 168 hours. The typical work week is 40 hours per week, with variable travel times, and variable overtime hours, which means you'd spend over a quarter of every week working to earn a paycheck, and if 8 hours was a healthy amount of sleep, that would be 56 hours of
Sleep per week, assuming you actually have a "proper" sleep schedule. That leaves you with with less than or equal to 72 hours per week of free time. Obviously, the variables of life reduces that time at the individual level, and may leave you stressed out and demotivated.
Consider the alternative I am offering. A bare minimum of 15 to 20 hours per week of work and/or research, a free living space that all but eliminates commute, and being a part of a community where everyone has common interests and goals, instilling a sense of motivation and...
Purpose, which also leads to less stress.
I don't like how things are in the world right now. I know I'm not the only one frustrated with past and current events, but we need to take individual action and bring about change ourselves. This is the action I'm taking.
I don't like how things are in the world right now. I know I'm not the only one frustrated with past and current events, but we need to take individual action and bring about change ourselves. This is the action I'm taking.
I hope that in doing this, I can help others take action, and inspire as well as educate even more people into how they themselves can take action. We can't hope for things to change for the better by relying on others.
One of the frustrating things about the system we have in place is that when you participate in it, you are forced to adhere to schedules and routines established by the system, and no matter how motivated or inspired you are, you can't bring it up to your speed.
Without getting too technical...
lets talk about fabricators.
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lets talk about fabricators.
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What do we know about fabricators? Upon hearing the term, you might think of a replicator in Star Trek, or perhaps you imagine a game like Subnautica, where you provide an input of materials, and it near instantly changes those base materials into a desired item. 2/12
But let's take away the special effects or particle effects, and look at what a fabricator does, and what it actually is.
A fabricator takes resources as its input, and provides those resources in a different form as its output. 3/12
A fabricator takes resources as its input, and provides those resources in a different form as its output. 3/12
Someone who weaves a basket is a fabricator. They take a base material and manipulate it into a desired shape. However, humans have developed machines that can also fabricate objects, and they can do it much quicker, and with levels of precision unrealistic for humans, 4/12
In addition to a wider range of potential materials to work with.
In very recent times, the 3D printer has been developed. The malleability of certain materials has made it so that 3D printers are more widely accessible and affordable to the general populace. 5/12
In very recent times, the 3D printer has been developed. The malleability of certain materials has made it so that 3D printers are more widely accessible and affordable to the general populace. 5/12
But what does a 3D printer do? A 3D printer takes resources as its input, and provides those resources in a different form as its output.
Same as a fabricator.
A Fabricator is a Universal 3D Printer. Universal in that in can work with any kind of material as its input. 6/12
Same as a fabricator.
A Fabricator is a Universal 3D Printer. Universal in that in can work with any kind of material as its input. 6/12
Obviously, there are technical details in fabrication that I haven't discussed yet, but we can probably boil down our limitations in developing fabricators as we dream them to 2 natural limitations, and 1 man-made limitation. 7/12
The 2 natural limitations are the available resources, and the energy it requires to transform those resources into something else. In addition, If we design the 3D printer to capture any particles it produces as a byproduct, we can prevent loss of our available resources 8/12
The man-made limitation is, you may have guessed, finance. In our current system, access to many resources is blocked by a paywall. If you want to 3D print an object, you have to pay for the resources, and you have to pay the energy cost involved in printing that object. 9/12
This limitation is deeply rooted in classism and racism, giving people and their descendants who have a history of exploiting others for personal gain an obvious advantage over others that has lasted for generations. It will continue to last unless there's a revolution. 10/12
The community I am developing is a form of peaceful revolution. It is a step towards breaking down the paywalls on scientific advancement, where resources are managed and distributed based on what is needed, instead of sold to the highest bidder. 11/12
So if you want to live in a world where fabricators aren't just science fiction, you might be interested in what I am offering. 12/12
