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Small Tech
Big Informality:
Informal Economies and Small Technology
Scott Smith
Changeist
@changeist

2.
Meta-unstable
http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/10/metainstability.html
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Complexity
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Thermodynamics
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Demographics
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Values
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Patents
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Growth
Functional
Innovation
Resilience

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Complexity
Informality
Formality
Simplicity

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13.
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14.
Pirate
P2P
Skunkworks
Austerity
DIY
Connected
Cultures
of
Informality
Lightweight
Tools
and
Pla1orms

15.
Opportunities
• Shift from capture and conversion to
co-existence and collaboration.
• Focus on adaptability and permeability
• Understand graceful decay
• Selective injection and open ports
• Light-touch enablement

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Thank you!
ssmith@changeist.com
@changeist
www.changeist.com