tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453733315126080339.post4377759836266906771..comments2013-03-29T15:30:21.444-04:00Comments on Object Reference Not Set: Post-Peak Society: Dystopia, or Opportunity?Steve Salterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01706560630255032002noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453733315126080339.post-80065122185766879422012-01-24T20:40:06.806-05:002012-01-24T20:40:06.806-05:00This American Life's recent episode 'Mr. D...This American Life's recent episode <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/454/mr-daisey-and-the-apple-factory" rel="nofollow">'Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory'</a>, speaks to kernels of this--very much worth the listen. <br /><br />Of everything else, what struck me most about this introspection into the places where our iThings and droidItes are produced is that they are all, each of them, <i>hand made</i>. Hundreds of thousands of little hands putting the pieces together, one at a time.<br /><br />Beyond the very serious moral implications of this process, beyond the aversion and contempt we hold for "consumerism" in its many forms, beyond even the economics of scale which demand an eventual end...it's ghastly, gruesome and amazing...<br /><br />Kudos for the hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com