Open Source=Unemployment and this Rocks! from SXSW Interactive 2014

Sarah M Worthy

Genius, Entrepreneur,

Technologist, Leader,

Runner, Nerd, Mother,

Architect and Designer of

Awesome, Humble, Open

Source

open source will lead to our

salvation as technology eats

the job market.

Capitalism Doesn’t Scale, so We

Need a New Economic System.2

1 Define Open Source

3What You Can Do to Prepare for

the Future!

Warning - Walls of Text Ahead!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source

… open source promotes:

universal access via free license to a product's

design or blueprint

universal redistribution of that design or blueprint,

including subsequent improvements to it by anyone

What Do You Mean by Open

Source?

Open Source is Open Collaboration:

"any system of innovation or production that relies on

goal-oriented yet loosely coordinated participants,

who interact to create a product (or service) of

economic value, which they make available to

contributors and non-contributors alike”.

“People Working Together to

Create Economic Value”

(like jobs? ;)

https://www.versioneye.com/statistics

https://www.versioneye.com/statistics

> 316,000 open source projects

Capitalism isn’t scaling

globally…

We need a new, world-wide

economic system.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism

** sometimes referred to as “free enterprise” or “private enterprise” for

PR purposes.

“Capitalism is an economic system in which

trade, industry and the means of production

are controlled by private owners with the

goal of making profits in a market

economy.”

What is Capitalism**?

Competition

Wage

Labor

3 Capitalist Economic Elements

Private

Ownership/Wealth

Accumulation

vs.

U.S. Wages Are Flattening.

statistics source: worldatwork.org

* not to scale :)

The Wage Market Then…

{Wages are slowly equalizing around the globe.}

Vs Now…

http://www.ted.com/talks/chrystia_freeland_the_rise_of_the_new_global_super_rich

The Wage Gap is Increasing.

Henry Blodget

“Hate To Say It, But If Companies

Don’t Start Paying People Better,

We May Need Unions.”

http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/24/jobs-robots-capitalism-inequality-and-you/

Why Software’s Eating the

WorldCheap to Produce and Scale with fewer people. Users love

the personalization/customization

Handcrafted

Printing

Press/Cotton

Gin

Assembly

Line/Canned

Foods

Digital

Web/Software

Humans

Requiredfew many some one

Cost high low medium free

Lead Time small large medium none

Self-Service medium none some lots

Customizatio

nhigh none some lots

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/what-jobs-will-the-robots-take/283239/

Robots Are Taking Your Jobs

Competition

Wage

Labor

Is This Still Capitalism?

Private

Ownership/Wealth

Accumulation

Digital

Automatio

n/Robot

Labor

Capitalism Doesn’t Scale

http://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/world-bank-sees-stronger-global-growth-account-firming-activity-high-income-countries

Job Security isn’t What it Used to Be

3 Billion More People by 2050!

Scientists Believe the Earth can

Support About 10 Billion People.

We Compete with Technology

Capitalism Socialismvs.

Is This the Only Alternative…?

Community

Determines

Production and

Market Needs

Skills-Based

Labor

3 Socialist Economic Elements

Community

Ownership/Wealth

Accumulation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharing_economy

An economic system built around the sharing of human and

physical assets. It includes the shared creation, production,

distribution, trade and consumption of goods and services by

different people and organizations.

These systems take a variety of forms but all leverage

information technology to empower individuals, corporations,

non-profits and government with information that enables

distribution, sharing and reuse of excess capacity in goods and

services.

Ta-Da! The Sharing Economy

Elements of The Sharing

Economy

“Fluid”

Collaboration

Trust & Shared

Values

Distributed

Ownership/Shared

Wealth

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/03/07/millennials-in-adulthood/

http://www.ted.com/talks/yochai_benkler_on_the_new_open_source_economics

Yochai Benkler Agrees.

http://www.ted.com/talks/yochai_benkler_on_the_new_open_source_econ

omics

http://www.ted.com/talks/yochai_benkler_on_the_new_open_so

urce_economics

Technologies of Today Using the Sharing Economy

Your Call to Action

Seriously, Dude.

Go Do This Stuff

Now.

Find Your Community

http://karenmcgrane.com/2014/01/13/the-mobile-content-mandate/

Educate Your Community

Start a Community Event

Be a Friendly Competitor

I recommend beginning with Isaac

Asimov’s Foundation Series.

Consume

Sci-Fi.

Scott Winship, author “For the Last Time,

Robots Do NOT Cause Unemployment.”

“If technology reduces demand for

labor by a quarter, that might

translate into everyone working 25

percent less rather than

unemployment rising by one-

fourth...”

What Do You Think?

http://doriansly.deviantart.com/art/Disney-Robin-Hood-130057660

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Thank you.

http://slideshare.net/sarahmworthy

Resources aka “where

does she get all these crazy

ideas from”?

Algae Colonies

‣ Eukaryotic Cells (like ours) with

mitochondria, nucleus with DNA, and cell

walls

‣ As colonies grow, cells specialize and

form unique functions inside smaller

“organ-like” communities.

‣ Communication between cells is well

documented showing cooperation and a

level of intelligence

Algae Colonies and

Collaboration

Open Source.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9246724/Open_source_challenges_a_proprietary_Internet_of_Things

Download:

http://bit.ly/OS-economics

Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharing_economy