Hi Bob, The link to the plan for Nords pas de Calais; http://www.accenture.com/sitecollectiondocuments/pdf/accenture-third-industrial-revolution-master-plan.pdf
Glad you find this interesting. So do I. Anna On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Bob Haugen <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Anna, > > This is turning into an interesting conversation. (To me, anyway...) > > Hope it is not too tiresome for you. I appreciate your substantive > responses to my poking-for-holes. > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Anna Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Perhaps what has so far not been part of the discussion is that Rifkin > has already helped to set up 5 areas > > where the principles of the Third Industrial Revolution (TIR) are > already being implemented, the latest being > > that of Nords-pas-de-Calais in France, in 2013. All the reports are > online, and can be read. > > Is this the best place to look? > http://www.thethirdindustrialrevolution.com/masterPlan.cfm > > > You are preaching to the converted about more labour intensive > agriculture and less mechanisation. > > Actually, I think more mechanisation is also possible in smaller-scale > labor-intensive ag, but it would be very different mechanisation. Not > much money in it for big ag. Organic farmers around us love 1940's > farm equipment, for example. And the pedal-powered lay-down work carts > Michel tipped me to recently. And the Amish hackers: > http://kk.org/thetechnium/2009/02/amish-hackers-a/ > > And what Steve Bosserman and his ecosystemic collaborators are working > on in Tanzania: > http://tip.webfactional.com/accounting/projects/ > > We got a farmer-inventor near us who is also dreaming about > small-scale cheap robots. > > > Now Roberto has given a much better explanation. > > Missed Roberto's explanation somehow. Where should I have seen it? >
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