And a reply from Tom Igoe (mentioned in the original post as being opinionated and informed): https://ello.co/tigoe/post/dxGk7ID3kcO0cF95U2so6w https://ello.co/

And a reply from Tom Igoe (mentioned in the original post as being opinionated and informed): https://ello.co/tigoe/post/dxGk7ID3kcO0cF95U2so6w https://ello.co/tigoe/post/dxGk7ID3kcO0cF95U2so6w > US makers have the luxury of being able to be makers because we outsourced manufacturing. And as China's manufacturing wages rise, that middle class has less romanticism about making things, because the skills are not two generations in the past, as they are for us. The kids there who wanna be makers most likely (based on a handful of conversations at MF Shenzen, not systematic) romanticize the part of a US Maker life that we now find tiring: the part where we hold down a high-wage job designing things to be made in offshore factories. > I'm wondering if Maker culture is just genx's mid-life crisis. Instead of getting Porsches, we get 3D printers.