Weekend Economists Go Out with a Boom August 24-26, 2012

[a geek named Bob]

62. no problems

1.) a Maker Group is a local collection of people who build things largely from scratch. (The name comes from a quarterly magazine: Make Magazine.) Each group puts together a workshop/lab/debating group. Every year, there's about 8 big Maker Fairs. Make NYC gets about 20,000+. My local group has already built a 3D printer, a laser cutter, re-habbed a sewing machine, and put in a keg. One of the things that I'm pushing the group to get into, sometime in the future, is to build up an open sourced, linked set of micro-power grids. This way, if the Economy does go south in a hurry, we can provide the backbones for a functioning and stable civilization.

2.) Marx MAY have had some valid point, at some time in the past. The majority of his writing seems to be rhetoric run amuck. I've yet to see one functioning country that runs on Marxist thought. Until that time, I guess my red beret will have to remain in the closet. One of the things that I worry about, is the lack of reality-testing displayed by the would-be Marxists. (I expect that lack in academics, but it's a little scary to hear it from certain groups outside of same.)

3.) Given your logo/pic, I'll assume you're a marine. Thank you for serving. (My wife has given me the on-again/off-again nickname of "Speaker to Marines," as I usually find myself conversing with same.) Semper Fi.