[Vince Ferrer]

Facinating interview. Both men have a pretty good grasp of the implications of the technology. But I think they both got close to, but have missed, the wider ramifications of regulation. The true facist/communist state was impossible before the industrial revolution, because the industrial revolution collectivised and commoditized manufacturing to the point where it could be captured and regulated.

Additive manufacturing short circuits this and does an end around both big industry and big government. It puts power back into the ordinary citizen's hands in ways that it hasn't been since the industrial revolution. This is the genie that is out of the bottle.

[Manta]

Instead of Jefferson’s “yeoman farmer” we’ll have “yeoman manufacturer” ?