I’m currently reading the book An Army of Davids written by Glenn Reynolds, that blogger of Instapundit fame. Reynolds is cited by the Advocates for Self Government as a friend of liberty in spite of his support for the Iraq War. I think I can see why. Although I am not far into it yet, his book talks about how technology is empowering the individual against monolithic organizations both public and private. This is extremely appealing to me. I believe in decentralization as a core virtue.Empowering individuals and small organizations is important to that.
I’m hoping his logic turns out to be sound. I may post a proper analysis later. I may also follow up reading this by looking into the book Fab: The Coming Revolution on your Desktop – From Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication by Neil Gershenfield. It was mentioned in the book. Personal fabrication is a concept of particular interest to me. I’veoften wished I could construct useful (and especiallysaleable) items at home.