CHAPTER 3

Bits and Bytes

Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual. I wonder if I’ve been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I’m not the same, the next question is “Who in the world am I?” Ah, that’s the great puzzle!

Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

LIKE MANY STARTUPS, LIVING PLANIT WAS MORE THAN A BUSINESS. It was a community of like-minded people who were passionate about building the future. In January 2011 Steve Lewis, Johanna Weigelt, Rosy Lokhorst, and a few others moved into sleek condominiums at the Vale Pisão resort after their quinta caught fire and nearly burned to ...

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