[p2p-research] Ponoko's Blog: Democratization Ruins Design?

[Ryan Lanham]

I suspect that it links to the discussion on the threat of networks...it's a
set of chic neo-ludditism by elites afraid they will be made redundant.
This time it isn't a guy with a saw or a wrench, it's a designer, an
architect, a doctor or accountant being threatened by machines and by p2p
networks that swarm data into self-improving algorithms.

One of the responses will be radical localism and agrarian luddite / hippy
revolt.  But as so many science fiction writers have suggested, I think the
real sway will be toward micro-tech innovations--garage shops of
super-computer driven biotechnology and engineering.  The future belongs to
the tinkerer.  It always has.

Ryan Lanham



On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I think there is a balance to be found between individual and collective
> creativity, but collective creativity can indeed go wrong, but most of the
> time, it's because of hidden toxic structures, and sometimes perhaps, poor
> facilitation. There's a lot fake participation and democracy, where people
> do not represent themselves but others, play all kind of games, and
> therefore the process is very flawed. On the other hand, passivity is bred
> culturally, and awakening is not a foregone conclusion. The key is freedom
> to use appropriate structures for particular situations.
>
> Michel
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:00 AM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Marc Newson: People don't know what they want...
>>
>>
>> http://blog.ponoko.com/2009/04/22/jonathan-ive-on-3d-printing-marc-newson-on-democratisation-of-design/
>>
>> In other words, we don't need no stinkin' p2p because we got pro's and
>> experts.
>>
>> Ryan Lanham
>>
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