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> the "We here in the Maker movement could not be more pleased with ourselves" vibe. This is another of way of saying that we enjoy making here beyond earning
by msie 12y ago
> the "We here in the Maker movement could not be more pleased with ourselves" vibe.
This is another of way of saying that we enjoy making here beyond earning a living.
I didn't see it that way. To me it meant: "we are pleased with ourselves that we are not just helpless consumers but also creators and self-reliant". We are smug with our technical know-how. Another form of machismo.
- chaostheory 12y agoIf that's what cshirky meant, he's is just totally and completely wrong on several major things.
- HeyLaughingBoy 12y agoMaybe, but I came to the same conclusion quite some time ago. I saw the whole Maker movement with a kind of bemused "why is this news" kind of attitude because I (and many of the people I knew) had made things our entire lives and it never seemed in any way noteworthy. It was quite a surprise to find that there were actually people who found DIY to be an alien concept.