anotherdayreading 's review for:

Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson

4.0

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Chris Anderson always connects the dots for me. If you want to know how the maker revolution has the potential to change the not so distant future, read this book. While I feel like I'm only peripherally part of this movement (being a librarian who is exploring the possibilities of libraries being sites for makerspaces) I knew enough about what is going on with the maker movement to have begun thinking about the possibilities. I particularly loved his connection between the DIY punk culture of the 80s and today's maker movement. I'd thought of this myself and was excited when Anderson mentioned it. The idea that anyone can be in a band - just pick up an instrument and learn to play. And the idea that anyone can publish their thoughts, just make a zine with a typewriter and a copy machine. Expand this DIY thinking to so many more possibilities and add the connectedness of the Internet, the crowdfunding of sites like Kickstarter, and the growing availability of 3-D printing and you can see why we have a new industrial revolution on our hands.