Comments on: "We can't draft a new world and print it out" http://www.dezeen.com/2013/02/07/sam-jacob-on-3d-printing/ architecture and design magazine Tue, 21 May 2013 15:54:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: longarche http://www.dezeen.com/2013/02/07/sam-jacob-on-3d-printing/comment-page-1/#comment-1121373 longarche Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:21:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=288852#comment-1121373 Ummm... yeah. Disruptive technology 3D printing, meet disruptive technology Graphene. A disruptive technology creates an unpredictable path of change, a synergy of materials and imagination that can be a juggernaut launching society into another age. The printing press created the renaissance (or directly enabled it) and the 3D press will create a new paradigm as well, whether it's in the hands of a few or the many. It seems that since the maker community (and the internet that enlivens and informs it) is continually coming up with newer and better versions of 3D printers, there is no "putting it back in the box". It's here to stay and the the details of the construction is available to anyone with a connection to the internet and the will to learn. 3D printing is not macrame, decoupage or CB Radio. We've gone from stonemasons to on-demand manufacturing in less than 150 years. With the manifold advances in materials science, there is no way of predicting where this goes in the next 30 years. Ummm… yeah. Disruptive technology 3D printing, meet disruptive technology Graphene.

A disruptive technology creates an unpredictable path of change, a synergy of materials and imagination that can be a juggernaut launching society into another age. The printing press created the renaissance (or directly enabled it) and the 3D press will create a new paradigm as well, whether it’s in the hands of a few or the many.

It seems that since the maker community (and the internet that enlivens and informs it) is continually coming up with newer and better versions of 3D printers, there is no “putting it back in the box”. It’s here to stay and the the details of the construction is available to anyone with a connection to the internet and the will to learn.

3D printing is not macrame, decoupage or CB Radio. We’ve gone from stonemasons to on-demand manufacturing in less than 150 years. With the manifold advances in materials science, there is no way of predicting where this goes in the next 30 years.

]]> By: Josef http://www.dezeen.com/2013/02/07/sam-jacob-on-3d-printing/comment-page-1/#comment-1114412 Josef Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:28:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=288852#comment-1114412 "Reactionary!" "Progressive!" Guys, it's not the early 1900s anymore and none of you are members of Comintern. Please find (or create, better yet) a philosophy that's relevant to the world today. Warning: this may require thinking for yourself. “Reactionary!” “Progressive!”

Guys, it’s not the early 1900s anymore and none of you are members of Comintern. Please find (or create, better yet) a philosophy that’s relevant to the world today. Warning: this may require thinking for yourself.

]]> By: CAP http://www.dezeen.com/2013/02/07/sam-jacob-on-3d-printing/comment-page-1/#comment-1111846 CAP Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:16:47 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=288852#comment-1111846 There are other arguments about the political potentialities of 3D printing: <a href="http://millenniumjournal.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/rumpala-additive-manufacturing-as-global-remanufacturing-of-politics.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://millenniumjournal.files.wordpress.com/2012...</a> There are other arguments about the political potentialities of 3D printing: http://millenniumjournal.files.wordpress.com/2012…

]]> By: Aaron B. Brown http://www.dezeen.com/2013/02/07/sam-jacob-on-3d-printing/comment-page-1/#comment-1110153 Aaron B. Brown Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:53:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=288852#comment-1110153 Yeah, I remember hearing Malcolm Gladwell make the same kind of argument about social media. The author apparently believes that since he can't imagine how 3D printing will drastically change the world, no one else could either. Smart people often let their arrogance blind them; it's an all-too-common affliction. And the older generation often have difficulty embracing change and recognising the future. We make allowances for them. Yeah, I remember hearing Malcolm Gladwell make the same kind of argument about social media. The author apparently believes that since he can’t imagine how 3D printing will drastically change the world, no one else could either. Smart people often let their arrogance blind them; it’s an all-too-common affliction. And the older generation often have difficulty embracing change and recognising the future. We make allowances for them.

]]> By: e. thomas fuller http://www.dezeen.com/2013/02/07/sam-jacob-on-3d-printing/comment-page-1/#comment-1109733 e. thomas fuller Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:32:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=288852#comment-1109733 Exactly. Exactly.

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