This so-called “maker movement” is arguably a big and important development in the American economy. If you want to get a better sense of it, read Jim’s late-2012 article, which both describes this phenomenon and also puts it in a larger context.
Here, I want to step back from the reporting we’ve done on this from various American cities and share some of what was said about this maker movement by people who know it well and whom I heard speak a week or so ago in Boulder, Colorado, at an unusual week-long conference held there annually, the Conference on World Affairs, which I previously discussed here and here.
Two different panels addressed the maker movement. (I use that term because it’s been widely adopted and I don’t have a better one.) That adds up to almost three hours of commentary, questions, answers, and discussion. It’s both impossible and unnecessary in this space to…
