Our ability to prototype, build out ideas, and in general innovate is more complicated and less scalable. It's also predicated on people that are intimately fa

Our ability to prototype, build out ideas, and in general innovate is more complicated and less scalable. It's also predicated on people that are intimately familiar with the underlying manufacturing. Lose the manufacturing, and in a generation you're left only with people who know the current designs but lack the knowledge and experience essential to continue innovating. Exactly as you say: when you no longer have 30-minute access to experimental parts and in-depth advice, your ability to innovate suffers.