Radical thought: The last mile should be designed for larger, durable household goods more than people. That’s how we get to a high-reuse consumer economies with low replenishment rates and slowest path to landfill.
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How does that relate to the slogan, “Localize production, virtualize everything else”?
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Are those large, durable household goods generally small-scale productive capital?
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I don’t buy that slogan. Almost all process industries should be relatively centralized.
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The garbage truck could address this space if you were able to signal to waste mgmt inc. that "hey, I'm moving - please make sure my stuff is recycled or reused". On the day of move, they come over with a pallet to pick up your shit and transfer to warehouse.
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That's not the sort of thing I had in mind or the authors of the slogan did rather they had in mind the low-entropy, information and design-heavy integration and customization part in the last stretch of production. Might be more compatible with your concept but I'm not sure yet.
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