I have recommended this article of the Wired Magazine for a while now because it matches nicely up with my growing conviction that our societal models are changing from top down structures to emergent structures, i.e bottom up structures. One of the last strong vestiges of absolute top down autocracy is the private economy, especially the one of the old industrial giants with their armies of workers swarming into noisy factory halls where individual freedom is a foreign word. Who would think it could be otherwise? Along comes crowd manufacturing and, if Wired is right, access for production by the masses. This neatly matches other trends of bottom up trends we have already seen taking place in software creation, publishing and news media. And interestingly, concurrent with these societal trends we re-discover nature and notice that there, all along, emergence is a strong force. Ants and bees are really not commandeered by a queen but are rather emergent structures with many bottom up feedback loops.
The Wired predicted industrial revolution would change our outlook drastically. Gone would be the concept of the post-industrial service and entertainment society (in which members import all "real" products). A former industrial city might see its future not only in the arts and health services but also in making real stuff. Truly inspiring, isn't it?
In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms Are the New Bits | Magazine
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