tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377057412446264720.post1152073111377398153..comments2023-07-10T00:13:42.099-04:00Comments on <a href="http://antipastohw.blogspot.com/">Antipasto Hardware Blog</a>: Community EconomicsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377057412446264720.post-50971965205384394562010-01-10T11:28:58.107-05:002010-01-10T11:28:58.107-05:00To answer #1, capitalism runs on hubris and unreal...To answer #1, capitalism runs on hubris and unrealistic expectations. That's necessary to reconcile two facts: great business succeed, and 90% of all businesses fail.<br /><br />For #2 and #3, I'd worry that this is a little of a "scroll saw" phenomenon. Around the turn of the century everybody got a scroll saw and kept their hands busy ("creating value") cutting out clock cases and plant stands. We could call it ultimately futile if the world didn't really need those ornate clock cases etc.<br /><br />I am doing a little electronics now, but I kind of wonder if today's blinking lights and internet cat doors are really just plant stands, if you get what I mean.<br /><br />There probably is a business model, for a while, filling hands that want to be busy, but I don't think it's assured that this will break through to universal duplicator maker nirvana.<br /><br />The competition MSM (mainstream manufacturing) might be too good, and this might fall back to less trendy hobby electronics.john personnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449440713042469202noreply@blogger.com