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Knitting Killed the Textile Star

January 18, 2013

@justinpickard "How Knitting Killed the Textile Industry"

— Scott Smith (@changeist) January 18, 2013

Only it didn't. Anymore than 3D printing will kill innovation, or make everything different tomorrow. Nor will robots displace all manual labor. Nor will the future be all better, or all worse. Have a look at today. It's a mix of the good and the bad, the great and the ridiculous, the just and the unjust, the superdense and the diluted.

I suspect Justin may have something to say about this shortly at Lift '13.

Happy weekend.

Tags progress, 3D printing, values, technology, future, culture
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