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1. alxd writes (alxd@writing.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Nov-2018 10:55:26 EST alxd writes

   Even making, a middle ground between the hackers and the general public is using very entrepreneur-ed language, leading people to think in terms of companies and growth hacking instead of communities and infrastructure. With the MakerFaires all over the world, how will they change the local cultures, which don't have tech independence traditions as strong as Germany? Will they have any other way to perceive modern technology than the startups, Blockchain and phone apps?

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   1. ⚗️⚗️⚗️ pnathan ⚗️⚗️⚗️ (pnathan@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Nov-2018 12:52:01 EST ⚗️⚗️⚗️ pnathan ⚗️⚗️⚗️

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      @alxd interesting. In Seattle & region, the maker/hackerspace movement largely died by 2015. Even the for-profit groups have mostly died.

      At least for me the makerspace (as opposed to hackerspaces) thing always felt like a weird appropriation of suburban dad garage shop "culture" .