MatthewZS
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There has been it seems alot of posting and replying today of a sort of "self examining" nature: "Are we pen makers or turners", "How can we make ourselves more creative", etc.... etc.... There was one post, I can't find it now, that said something about preferring something handmade to something stamped out by the millions from a big machine and it reminded me of something. I'm a Star Trek geek. Not a trekkie just an "informed fan" and I remember years ago in one of the tech manuals or "encyclopedias" on Trek there was a quote that in a roundabout way sums up my thoughts on handmade vs mass produced.
One of the series producers on The Next Generation was asked "with all the technology in the 24th century, particularly the ability to replicate things, even complex things, why do they still build star ships a piece at a time by hand?"
His reply:
"If we could produce an entire starship at the push of a button...... would we really NEED to?"
All that said, I pose this question: If we had the technology to produce millions of pens at the push of a button..... do we REALLY need to?
Comment or don't, this was mostly my brain being random.
One of the series producers on The Next Generation was asked "with all the technology in the 24th century, particularly the ability to replicate things, even complex things, why do they still build star ships a piece at a time by hand?"
His reply:
"If we could produce an entire starship at the push of a button...... would we really NEED to?"
All that said, I pose this question: If we had the technology to produce millions of pens at the push of a button..... do we REALLY need to?
Comment or don't, this was mostly my brain being random.