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I think there's a positive way of looking at the same situation. There's no doubt that cheaper mass produced goods will replace more expensive manually produce
by revorad 14y ago
I think there's a positive way of looking at the same situation.
There's no doubt that cheaper mass produced goods will replace more expensive manually produced ones. But as techies, we often overestimate the speed at which this change actually happens in the world.
I bet there are thousands of people who really value high quality handmade wooden goods. The internet and mobile tech now makes it easier than ever before to find these people. So, there's probably enough money to be made in selling to these people. There'll also be less competition.
- blablabla123 14y ago>There's no doubt that cheaper mass produced goods will replace more expensive manually produced ones. But as techies, we often overestimate the speed at which this change actually happens in the world. If your furniture is not older than 20 years, I doubt that you have manually produced furniture. Ikea was the pioneer and the rest somehow followed. Probably almost nothing that you own is hand-made.
- justincormack 14y agoSome of my furniture is older than 20 years true but not all of it, but most of it is hand made. And lots of other items I own are.
- ameister14 14y agoI live in Maine; most of my furniture is hand-made, either by shakers or people I went to high school with that now make furniture professionally. It really depends on where you live; some places, people buy things that are more expensive but last forever.