This is because consumer lead socio-economies had little need for productive activity or economic leadership from most people, this is because most productive decisions are made by large organisations (private and governmental) and most people's role is to consume what is 'broadcast' to them over TV. Currently the only other way to drive demand (with really only short term gain)(and long term catastroph) is military spending.
The economy will soon shift away from big factories producing everything (and China will be the last place of that old style industrialization) to smaller more local fabbers and 3D printers.
I can't wait to download from a design wiki the blueprints for new fuel celll and supercapacitor powered car, fit my own skin design over the top, customise a few points, maybe spray it with a titanium oxide based solar voltaic booster and email the design to my local 3D printers (if I am not rich enough to print out my own 3D printers).
But until that starts happening Web 2.0 youtubing and flickring is as good as it gets. But shared ideas are powerful too.
Actually scrub the car idea, I'll first fab a one-way rocket to pioneer Mars in my retirement.
This is because consumer lead socio-economies had little need for productive activity or economic leadership from most people, this is because most productive decisions are made by large organisations (private and governmental) and most people's role is to consume what is 'broadcast' to them over TV. Currently the only other way to drive demand (with really only short term gain)(and long term catastroph) is military spending.
The economy will soon shift away from big factories producing everything (and China will be the last place of that old style industrialization) to smaller more local fabbers and 3D printers.
I can't wait to download from a design wiki the blueprints for new fuel celll and supercapacitor powered car, fit my own skin design over the top, customise a few points, maybe spray it with a titanium oxide based solar voltaic booster and email the design to my local 3D printers (if I am not rich enough to print out my own 3D printers).
But until that starts happening Web 2.0 youtubing and flickring is as good as it gets. But shared ideas are powerful too.
Actually scrub the car idea, I'll first fab a one-way rocket to pioneer Mars in my retirement.