re: #384 FemNaziBitch

Brave New World again. We don’t know how the 3D printing industry will change the marketplace —all we have are our current models of how things work. This one is the Paradigm Shifter if there ever was one.

I’ve read/listend to a few sci-fi short stories and books which incorporate 3D printing as part of the future, it doesn’t seem so scary.

Try this one. The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer. The game changing technology in this is nanotechnology, but it’s used in much the same manner as 3D printing.

Especially interesting in this book is the political structure of the world. Nations are gone and replaced by phyles. These are groups that share a common bond. Some are tribes such as Zulus and Boers. Some are cultures such as the Han and the neo-Victorians. Some we would recognize such as the Reformed Distributed Republic. Even groups like Senderos Luminosa have a resence in the world.

Interesting, but I’m not sure I’d like living in it.