William and His Windmill
Came across this story a few days ago and it made me think of what Stewart Brand’s been saying for a while now…. “given access to the information we need - humanity can make the world a better place.” In “Whole Earth Discipline” he also makes a counterintuitive case for why booming slums and squatter cities around Mumbai, Nairobi, and Rio de Janeiro breed innovation a la below.
Using scraps from a local junkyard in Malawi, William Kamkwamba created something that harnessed the wind - and changed his life.
