- Max Gutapfel
- Saarbrücken
- Germany
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The next Industrial Revolution: How do we prepare for it?
The last "revolution" which was the ability to recreate and share data from our homes through the internet and the use of computers is still not solved yet.
We react like noone saw it coming that at one point it would be possible to recreate for example music and videos in 2 mousclicks. A huge debate is going on about how to distribute things which are basically free to recreate (even tho everyone could potentially have it)... and there are such simple solutions to it yet we are stuck in endless debates.
I see the next revolution coming which carries the last revolution into the "physical" world. Im talking about 3D printing which is becoming cheaper and cheaper. I see it coming that one day everyone will manufacture the things he wants at home from raw materials.
And i see the outcry coming which is going to inhibit this development and will basically disrupt our new gained ability.
So my question is: Shouldnt we prepare for it now?! So we dont end up in emotional debates where one party fears to loose it all whilst the other one fights for the right to make use of technology that changes the way our economy works.
I think we should bring well thought out laws into place now and propose business models which handle this exact scenario in which everyone can make use of a blueprint and he/she only needs the raw materials.
How can we inhibit the mess of debates and this fight for money as its going on today?
-because it will come within the next 20 years (i could even imagine 10 years)
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pat gilbert 50+
You can't pass laws about stuff that hasn't happened yet?
This fight for money you talk about is exactly what will sort it all out until the government, if it still exists, here get their clumsy hands on it.
Max Gutapfel
Bio engineering and Nano engineering will be another revolution but not the one im talking about.
There was first the "Computer revolution" but then there was a network revolution which was the moment every single person got its hands on it. And i think this will happen again with 3D printing it might not have an as strong impact when its first put to use however when people get their hands on it it will have an impact and we will feel it ;o).
And why wouldnt i be able to pass a law thats not needed now? What prevents us from doing so?
pat gilbert 50+
As far as passing laws before they are needed, with ALL due respect that is kind of crazy. In fact one of the fundamental violations of logic that takes place in D.C. is exactly what you describe. In large part it comes from an arrogant top down mentality that is great for building power and terrible for you and me.