Quotations

OSE
"The mind-blowing thing about this project is that anybody who wants to start a similar community can do so virtually for free on the outskirts of many cities in the United States... I say to all those who are actually taking up this opportunity, all the power to you. The idea is, if you can generate the money to create the system, you will reap the benefits forever." - Arthur Magazine
 * "Open Source Ecology is one of the most visionary and intelligent efforts I've yet come across. It's a logical and comprehensive approach to thoroughgoing social and economic transformation. I find their whole approach very exciting." - Juliet Schor, Professor of Sociology, Boston College, author of Plenitude: the new economics of true wealth.
 * "Resilient Community Construction Set," an advanced industrial economy in a box that can be deployed inexpensively anywhere in the world.- Permakent

Philosophies

 * The cripping of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparationn for his future career. - Albert Einstein


 * Cyberpunk - near-future post-industrial dystopias, but tend to be marked by extraordinary cultural ferment and the use of technology in ways never anticipated by its creators ("the street finds its own uses for things").