Comments on: Micro-Libraries http://www.genomicon.com/2009/09/micro-libraries/ The Crowd-Sourcing of Intelligent-Design Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:08:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.genomicon.com/2009/09/micro-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-767 admin Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:57:59 +0000 http://www.genomicon.com/?p=2903#comment-767 Dunno... I come from a generation of children who's clothes were made by their mothers. I'm not seeing this as a tendency that's on the rise. There are a load of websites that are quite gushy about how "mass DIYism" is going to be the thing... but I keep thinking of sewing machines. It's all about stories. About buying into the Nike story; the Jaguar/BMW story. The Swarovski Story. What is that? I don't even know what that is. I can't even spell it - but people are spending millions for bit-part-roles in the Swarovski Story. It's like people are buying their way into the advert. That Oceans 13 is a classic - an entire world created out of the advertising you see at international airports... but without mentioning any actual products. So maybe one day people might be able to 3D-print their own toothbrushes, but something tells me that more is going to have happen than simply having access to the technology to do so. Dunno… I come from a generation of children who’s clothes were made by their mothers. I’m not seeing this as a tendency that’s on the rise.

There are a load of websites that are quite gushy about how “mass DIYism” is going to be the thing… but I keep thinking of sewing machines.

It’s all about stories. About buying into the Nike story; the Jaguar/BMW story. The Swarovski Story. What is that? I don’t even know what that is. I can’t even spell it – but people are spending millions for bit-part-roles in the Swarovski Story. It’s like people are buying their way into the advert. That Oceans 13 is a classic – an entire world created out of the advertising you see at international airports… but without mentioning any actual products.

So maybe one day people might be able to 3D-print their own toothbrushes, but something tells me that more is going to have happen than simply having access to the technology to do so.

]]> By: Shelley Noble http://www.genomicon.com/2009/09/micro-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-766 Shelley Noble Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:23:07 +0000 http://www.genomicon.com/?p=2903#comment-766 Love the tiny book necklaces. Everything handmade I predict will soon be highly prized, even things that are already quite available in mass produced forms at far less cost. Maybe the new coin will be human skill and attention. What Kevin Kelly called inimitable generatives. Love the tiny book necklaces. Everything handmade I predict will soon be highly prized, even things that are already quite available in mass produced forms at far less cost. Maybe the new coin will be human skill and attention. What Kevin Kelly called inimitable generatives.

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