Technology and Cooperation

I was talking to Andre' last week about carbon sequestration and i defined a program where little nanobots build synthetic diamonds, carbon atom by carbon atom - powered by energy from breaking other chemical bonds. This morning i read that british researchers have a molecular thin sheet of graphite that holds together. The technical advance has to do with symmetry using a gold lattice - things are starting to click in my inorganic mind. Green chemistry should involve biomimicry - adapting process to the needs of the times, but creating value for future use in the down time, rather than using consumption to drive economy.

Now that the local bio-alternative cooperative has been formed, there is a local mining cooperative on its heels. The cooperatives ought to build internal competitions to keep people competitive, with target prizes for production, like the $25 million dollar prize for carbon sequestration. People compete with each other in all aspects of life, but working together in big groups is not one of the aspects that most people enjoy. Enjoying together in big groups - well that's a rock concert or Burning Man or any excuse for a party. But working groups that function to actually accomplish things come in increments of four beginning with two: 2, 6, 10, 14. Not 300,000,000.