Author Archives: Kasper Souren

Boutique Trash-Chic

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Kasper Souren

Since we moved into our big house I wanted to make a give-away shop. We did. It’s a great use of space (we have lots of it in our house), fun at parties, and just convenient for travelers or people … Continue reading →

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Post Scarcity Blog now has dofollow comments

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Kasper Souren

Good comments should be rewarded with link juice. So I turned off rel=nofollow on links in comments. This will probably increase the number of spam but it might also increase the number of comments. Beware that I will remove anything … Continue reading →

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What will the economy of the future look like? – freely downloadable book

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Kasper Souren

The Lights in the Tunnel is a book about the future: advancing technology, job automation, outsourcing and globalization. Plus, it’s freely downloadable. Which is a great move for both marketing and reach. Making the book available for free download will … Continue reading →

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Post Scarcity in the GNU Manifesto

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Kasper Souren

I don’t want to spend too much time thinking about post scarcity. I prefer sticking to shorter blurbs. That should not withhold you from from joining this blog and writing down your more extended thoughts. I want to collect interesting … Continue reading →

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OpenID enabled

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Kasper Souren

I enabled OpenID on this blog. So you don’t have to remember any passwords if you want to log and create posts or leave comments.

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The Whuffie Bank

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Kasper Souren

In a world where reputation is wealth, only those who do good and well unto others are the richest. Welcome to The Whuffie Bank. Sounds good, right? Especially if you’ve read Doctorow’s Down and Out. Accounts are based on Twitter, … Continue reading →

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Post scarcity hospitality exchange

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Kasper Souren

A to me unknown person raises the issue ofthe sustainability of hospitality exchange (at OpenCouchSurfing). I’m going to analyze the main points. So far hotels and hostels were a economical model that worked well for centuries, not just because there … Continue reading →

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H+ magazine about post scarcity – and Belgian ride share system

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Kasper Souren

Googling for post scarcity I came across First Steps Towards Post scarcity: or Why the Current Financial Crisis is the End of the World As We Know It (And Why You Should Feel Fine) in H+ magazine.  An interesting title … Continue reading →

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Starting off

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Kasper Souren

I decided to try out WordPress 3.0 for the Post Scarcity Foundation blog. It’s definitely quicker than setting up a blog in Drupal and it still won’t be hard to move it to Drupal in the future later on. Erga … Continue reading →

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