Re: <nettime> Means of production: The factory-floor knowledge economy (le monde diplo)

[Rob Myers <rob@robmyers.org>]

On 23/03/13 19:18, Morlock Elloi wrote:

> "Desktop publishing", now 20+ years old, had the same false premise.
> Ability to typeset and print at home did not change publishing world
> much. The same big publishers are making the same money today, and
> choose what they want to print in pretty much the same way. [...]
> Once billions of 'tards can print objects at home, the value will go
> down the drain. You may bury yourself in coffee mugs, gun receivers,
> dildos, jewelry - it will all be worthless, as photo prints are
> today.

How much are you being paid to write this?





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