"From Mass Production to Production By the Masses" (parte I)

No capítulo VI, "3D Printing - From Mass Production to Production By the Masses", do livro "The Zero Marginal Cost Society" de Jeremy Rifkin, encontro muito do que tenho escrito ao longo dos anos neste blogue acerca de Mongo:

"The long-dominant manufacturing mode of the Second Industrial Revolution is likely going to give way, however, at least in part, over the coming three decades.
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The consumer is beginning to give way to the prosumer as increasing numbers of people become both the producer and consumer of their own products.
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First, there is little human involvement aside from creating the software. The software does all the work, which is why it's more appropriate to think of the process as "infofacture" rather than "manufacture." [Moi ici: Coloco este trecho final só para sublinhar que este capítulo está todo virado para o Mongo tecnológico, o Mongo da produção 3D]
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A 3D PRINTING PROCESS EMBEDDED in an Internet of Things infrastructure means that virtually anyone in the world can become a prosumer, producing his or her own products for use or sharing, employing open-source software. The production process itself uses one-tenth of the material of conventional manufacturing and requires very little human labor in the making of the product. The energy used in the production is generated from renewable energy harvested on-site or locally, at near zero marginal cost. The product is marketed on global marketing websites, again at near zero marginal cost. Lastly, the product is delivered to users in e-mobility transport powered by locally generated renewable energy, again at near zero marginal cost.
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The democratization of manufacturing means that anyone and eventually everyone can access the means of production, making the question of should own and control the means of production irrelevant, and capitalism along with it.
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The democratization of production fundamentally disrupts the centralized manufacturing practices of the vertically integrated Second Industrial Revolution.
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But underneath the surface, an even more radical agenda is beginning to unfold, albeit undeveloped and still largely unconscious. If we were to put all the disparate pieces of the 3D printing culture together, what we begin to see is a powerful new narrative arising that could change the way civilization is organized in the twenty-first century. Think about it. The DIY culture is growing around the world, empowered by the idea of using bits to arrange atoms. [Moi ici: Mongo é meta "bits to atoms"] Like the early software hackers of a generation ago, who were motivated to create their own software to share new information, DIY players are passionate about creating their own software to print and share things."

Continua.