Monthly Archives: February 2018

2402, 2018

WWOOFing in Norway (from a non-random sample of 2)

debs/ February 24, 2018

Before I do a deep dive into specific incidents, stories, and my thoughts thereof… I convinced myself that I should do a general overview to give more context to the stuff that is (in my honest opinion) more fun to write later.

There are three core elements to WWOOFing:

  1. World-Wide: being in a particular place in the world.
  2. Opportunities for cultural exchange.
  3. Organic Farms: participating in manual labour on a farm!

I will say a couple words about each of these.

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1702, 2018

Thought Experiment: On Production and Distribution

debs/ February 17, 2018

I have a hunch that most of our “production problems” we have can be reframed as problems of distribution.

Here, I put this hunch of mine to the test against some iconic “problems of the world” in the crudest and most irreverent thought experiment ever, supported by no evidence whatsoever outside of what I can recall off the top of my head.

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