Shareable

I hope everyone (at least in my hemisphere) is enjoying the full-blown summer, and if you're trying to stay cool, try these sharing-related links from around the web.

• How can the richest nation in the world be about to go broke? David Korten for Yes Mag takes a look at a new report on the US economy and Wall Street.
   
• If design is about creating more stuff, how can be designers be of use in a world with too much stuff? Chappell Ellison thinks it's by being problem-solvers.
   
• The movie industry has spent a lot of money demonizing file-pirates, but they also did some research into those pirates' buying habits. And then suppressed the report.
   
• If your house always seems too small, maybe it's worth looking at a little bit of international comparison.
   
• Google has seen a good early reception to their social networking platform, but its full capabilities aren't understood yet. One possibility: could the "hangouts" be new hackerspaces?
   
• Putting real-world objects on the web is a crucial step to sharing them across networks, Cisco takes a look at the "internet of things."
   
• What's the cheapest way to get a house? Try adverse possession, this guy did.
   
• Designing furniture is hard, as is reusing old clothes. If only there were a way...
   
• And lastly for a cheap, fun, and especially clean DIY project for kids: microwaving soap bars.