TechCrunch: There Is No Reason For Any Individual To Have A 3D Printer In Their Home
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jason gessner
Oct 6, 2012, 3:56:49 PM10/6/12
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http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/06/there-is-no-reason-for-any-individual-to-have-a-3d-printer-in-their-home/
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Actually, this is fairly thoughtful for TechCrunch.
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Pete Prodoehl
Oct 6, 2012, 5:48:49 PM10/6/12
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Well, I am a "passionate artists/hobbyists" I guess.
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Ed Hagopian
Oct 7, 2012, 2:39:27 AM10/7/12
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There are always people against whatever new thing happens to be coming along. If it's not because they don't get it, then it'll be because they'll draw page views for being "those people who poo-poo'd it". People like that tend not to see evolution until it's run them over flat.
Royce Pipkins
Oct 7, 2012, 11:41:27 AM10/7/12
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If we looked, I'm sure we could find a nearly identical article from the 60s or 70s. Just swap "3D Printer" with "computer".
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Shane
Oct 7, 2012, 12:57:10 PM10/7/12
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Or from the early 1900's...who the hell needs their very own "car"?
On Oct 7, 10:41 am, Royce Pipkins <royce.pipk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If we looked, I'm sure we could find a nearly identical article from the
> 60s or 70s. Just swap "3D Printer" with "computer".
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> On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 1:39 AM, Ed Hagopian <edhagop...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > There are always people against whatever new thing happens to be coming
> > along. If it's not because they don't get it, then it'll be because they'll
> > draw page views for being "those people who poo-poo'd it". People like that
> > tend not to see evolution until it's run them over flat.
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> > On Saturday, October 6, 2012 4:48:54 PM UTC-5, Pete Prodoehl wrote:
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> >> Well, I am a "passionate artists/hobbyists" I guess.
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> >> On Oct 6, 2012, at 2:56 PM, jason gessner <ja...@multiply.org> wrote:
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On Oct 7, 10:41 am, Royce Pipkins <royce.pipk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If we looked, I'm sure we could find a nearly identical article from the
> 60s or 70s. Just swap "3D Printer" with "computer".
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> On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 1:39 AM, Ed Hagopian <edhagop...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > There are always people against whatever new thing happens to be coming
> > along. If it's not because they don't get it, then it'll be because they'll
> > draw page views for being "those people who poo-poo'd it". People like that
> > tend not to see evolution until it's run them over flat.
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> > On Saturday, October 6, 2012 4:48:54 PM UTC-5, Pete Prodoehl wrote:
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> >> Well, I am a "passionate artists/hobbyists" I guess.
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> >> On Oct 6, 2012, at 2:56 PM, jason gessner <ja...@multiply.org> wrote:
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> >> individual-to-have-a-3d-**printer-in-their-home/<http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/06/there-is-no-reason-for-any-individua...>
Dont let google be evil
Oct 7, 2012, 9:06:19 PM10/7/12
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I was going to suggest a very similar notion.
Some time ago I read "What the Doormouse Said" (it's about the early days of computers) - in addition to the dominant poo-pooing of the home user, a suggestion was made that a tipping point occurred when people realized that although the costs of faster, more capable devices were likely to fall dramatically in the future, it was better to get one's hands on something now (then) to be more familiar with what was likely to come forward in the future.
MangoChutney
Some time ago I read "What the Doormouse Said" (it's about the early days of computers) - in addition to the dominant poo-pooing of the home user, a suggestion was made that a tipping point occurred when people realized that although the costs of faster, more capable devices were likely to fall dramatically in the future, it was better to get one's hands on something now (then) to be more familiar with what was likely to come forward in the future.
MangoChutney
jason gessner
Oct 7, 2012, 9:13:28 PM10/7/12
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the reason i thought the piece was reasonable was that it wasn't disputing the future of 3d printing, it was predicting a service model rather than a home model, which is probably mostly correct. Think of all the things computers/phones do for people now where the device is essentially a dumb terminal for a service somewhere.
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