Atoms vs Bits
Joel Johnson of Gizmodo doesn’t think Chris Anderson is onto anything. To that end he points out how Anderson needs China which needs the traditional factory model to achieve the scale that is competitive with traditional manufacturing practices.
Anderson doesn’t really delve into that because it’s irrelevant to him (and me). He’s treating China as just another machine that can be made obsolete by new machinery – a network of 3D printers for example.
So Johnson’s kinda right. We aren’t there yet, but I’m not sure that’s what Anderson was saying.
-Shlok
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