poverty-made-history

The story of poverty MADE history

Kut i , 2025

I am a 30 years old male from Africa.I live in a rural village.

We thrive.

We ar e a l l on e

Humans are beginning to understand thatwe are all one. A flower can't be a flower

without water, earth and sunlight. We can't exist without air and soil and solar energy.

Every act i on conn ects

Whatever we do contributes to the WEB of LIFE. Every individual action feeds into

the continuous unfoldingof life.

I am because of YOU.

Networks

First were tribes. Then societies.Then kingdoms and empires.Then political democracy.Then came NETWORKS.

Shar i ng

It all began for the natural urgency of people to SHARE. No intermediaries.

Just YOU and ME (and whoever wants).

Soc i a l Network i ng

Social networking was born. Information started to become shared.COOPERATION started to become

the enabler of competition.We all got closer.

Quantum Theory

At quantum level, we have non-locality.With networks, we got non-local communities.

Global connection in local embedding.

Work for l i f e

This enabled us to workfor what and who we want.Independently of location.

P2P F inanc i ng

For my local renewable energy business,I posted our project onto the P2P financing platform.

People all over the world invested in our business.

Now we enjoy clean energy, boosting our local economy. Investors get rewarded through units which can be redeemed

for energy anywhere else.

P2P Proj ec ts

Our energy generating facilities have beendesigned by contributors scattered over

the continents. Open co-design facilitated it.They also get paid in units.

Open Sourc e

Much information we retrieved through selected repositories of open source technologies.

Accessible to everybody. Contributed to by anyone.Information is pervasive.Education for everybody.

Food s ecur i t y

All the information is there -Organic Agriculture

PermacultureHydroponics

Rainwater HarvestingEcological Architecture

Whatever we need...

P2P Fabr i cat i on

With our Fab Lab we have been ableto locally produce all high-tech parts we needed, through personal fabrication. Of course we fed back our experiences tothe community. Other Fab Labs around

the world can now reproduce our infrastructure.

Fab Lab

They allow us to even locally print“ ”computing devices: portables, handys,...

A global network of such production facilitiesreduces costs and improves the products.And we are connected to the world.

Global and Loca l

All this technology is available to everybody on the planet.

Nevertheless, local customs, languages,trees, animals, nature, allow us to

cultivate our own culture.

Poverty MADE h i s tory

As we the people took control,instead of waiting for governments,

poverty has been made history.

We produce for our own needs mainly.We trade only surpluses.

Curr enc i e s

It's sometimes confusing, to get alongthis plethora of currencies.

But we got used to.

It allows every community, even virtual ones,to maintain control over their RESOURCES

and their economies.

Distr i but ed En ergy

As the example of ourbusiness shows, communities generate

their own energy. When infrastructureinvestments are amortized, surplusescan be diverted to community needs.

Distr i b ut ed Commun i t i e s

I am a member of the local chess group,the international fab lab research group,

I have been on various cities for an exchange...We have been hosting Americans,

Europeans, Australians...

Distr i but ed Government

As communities have control overtheir resources, we are self-determined.

Every citizen can participate in governance of our issues.

We federate for higher level issues.

True Democracy

Democracy is the rule by the people.Finally it became reality.

Distr i but ed Commun i t i e s I I

Communities follow protocols to interact with others. Behind their“entry points , communities manage”

their internals themselves.Every community can thus decide

how much it wants to interact with the world.

Hol i s t i c Sc i e nc e

Science does not follow selfish goals;is not driven by profit;

it serves humanity;it serves life;it SERVES

Love

Holistic science shows that we are all one.

Therefore our relationshipsare fed by love.

Peac e

As we source what we need locally;as there is no conflict for resources;

as everybody can cover needs;we can live in peace.

Globally.

The Power i s i n Us

WE the PEOPLE have ALL what it takes.