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Re:First Urban ‘Agrihood’ in America Feeds 2,000 Households ... by toomuchtodo on Thursday February 02, 2017 @12:00PM (#13552080)
> Raw materials may be abundant and "free", but labor, investment, and capital are not. They're they product of blood, sweat, and tears. Hardly free.

Renewable energy and automation are free once bootstrapped. Its the initial investment that requires concessions to give it away.

Given enough of both, I don't need your labor nor capital.

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Re:First Urban ‘Agrihood’ in America Feeds 2,000 Households ... by djrogers on Thursday February 02, 2017 @12:05PM (#13552117)
Ever heard of maintenance?
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Re:First Urban ‘Agrihood’ in America Feeds 2,000 Households ... by TeMPOraL on Thursday February 02, 2017 @12:32PM (#13552411)
This. I think it's actually an important issue that's not being talked about - to actually create the automated future of surplus, we need to significantly reduce the effort that goes into maintaining things. We need to start creating self-maintaining systems.
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