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“It’s not how you run a business” is a phrase thrown around a lot, and it’s generally accepted, even praised. And it drives me crazy. This Mario Savio speech is as relevant today as it was in 1964.
We were told the following: If President Kerr actually tried to get something more liberal out of the Regents in his telephone conversation, why didn’t he make some public statement to that effect? And the answer we received — from a well-meaning liberal — was the following: He said, “Would you ever imagine the manager of a firm making a statement publicly in opposition to his Board of Directors?” That’s the answer.
Well I ask you to consider — if this is a firm, and if the Board of Regents are the Board of Directors, and if President Kerr in fact is the manager, then I tell you something — the faculty are a bunch of employees and we’re the raw material! But we’re a bunch of raw materials that don’t mean to be — have any process upon us. Don’t mean to be made into any product! Don’t mean — Don’t mean to end up being bought by some clients of the University, be they the government, be they industry, be they organized labor, be they anyone! We’re human beings!
We’re at war. Millions of us lack healthcare. Millions of us are in debt because of a system that depends upon consumerism, speculation, and endless production. So the question is, how are we going to—not throw our bodies on the machine, but walk away from the machine and realize that applying rules to human beings as you would to a machine is inherently wrong. Can we walk away from the machine and instead create something that reflects our humanity? The prevalent notion is that society is a machine that must be powered by the suffering of many for the profit of a few, when in reality we ought to think of our society as an organism: a living, breathing thing comprised of living, breathing beings, and when any part is threatened, the whole is threatened. The path we’re on now is suicidal, and we have to work desperately and furiously to move away from it.
via narindaism, alexanderpf
Whilst reading a blog post by Seth Godin entitled The forever recession (and the coming revolution) with the line “When everyone has a laptop and connection to the world, then everyone owns a factory” it reminded me of the book ‘Makers’ by Cory Doctorow and in turn of the potential of Shapeways 3D Printing as New Work.
Seth’s post looks at the current employment recession as a long term revolution, where “The internet has squeezed inefficiencies out of many systems, and the ability to move work around, coordinate activity and digitize data all combine to eliminate a wide swath of the jobs the industrial age created.” This echoes elements of Cory’s Makers where an economic and employment revolution happens thanks in part to product hacks, access to 3D printing and internet notoriety.
If we look at the potential of Shapeways online 3D printing in the context of these visions which speak of ‘employment’ in terms of a series of projects you just do, whether they be self initiated, collaborations or by consultation for cash, a factory plugged into your laptop is an incredibly powerful asset.
Take a moment to read Seth’s post, set aside some time to read Makers which you can download for free in various formats and prepare yourself for New Work.
Copeland-Chatterson Company, loose-leaf systems factory composing room, Brampton, Ontario ca. 1905. By Toronto Public Library Special Collections
(via shapeways)
Machines making machines meets networked intelligence.
A tumblr dedicated to the technique, products, and goals of modern making/hacking/engineering.
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A tumblr dedicated to the technique, products, and goals of modern making/hacking/engineering.
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