Virtual Exploration of Real Possibilities
Computer-controlled manufacturing technologies, combined with information technologies capable of supporting new forms of social organization, have the potential to take humanity far beyond the industrial revolution, to an economy in which many products of value in daily life are produced again locally in small workshops. Large corporations will still be significant but playing somewhat different roles. They will provide much of the machinery used in local manufacturing, the computer-aided design software used to personalize each product, and the communication systems that support cooperation between people and technologies. It seems likely that some categories of products will be suitable for ...
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