Hi Udhay, Have to thank u again on some more thought provoking posts :). Before I start off, I have to mention that silk list has become a sort of collection of esoteric, folks who contribute to various spaces, most likely the largest fraction of them is in literary sphere (makers in creative sense :))
Going back to the work vs life line of reasoning, I have to admit among other things that I have read Life Inc :). I have observed some resurgence in "maker"movement, I.e. Folks trying to use their hands to create stuff (doesn't always have to be hands....). There have been hackerspaces coming up all around the globe (I have to again admit guilt of association), have largely seen technology enabling folks to build things, the best example I have is "makerbot" and introduction of build your own CNC machines. I have to admit that hackerspaces, is niche phenomenon. But there higher number if folks who make stuff for a living in them, for the representative demographic (education and age). Another trend that has been noticed is personalisation, may be some truth in the argument that each revolutionary step de-skills folks, at the same time there is an increase in skill level needed at higher end, in fact more complex skills. At the sane time, technology has enabled folks to do things, which they couldn't do before ... Regards Anish PS:- Disclaimer, author of email has interest in robotics, is a member of hackerspace, has multi disciplinary expertise and have been a researcher before :) Anish Mohammed Twitter: anishmohammed http://uk.linkedin.com/in/anishmohammed On 14 Sep 2011, at 08:25, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote:
