Been a while since I was here, but just
need to vent so please bear with!
Read this
earlier and it made me grumpy.
The suggestive bias made me cross not to mention that there are plenty of questions, there is no new information and
definitely no answers.
I think it is safe for us all to assume today that 3D Printing
is here, that the sector is going to grow significantly, that there are
business opportunities available with money to be made and that there are many,
many applications of the technology that have not been thought of yet. Some of
these applications will be for the benefit of many and some will be to the detriment
of a few, personally I still think there is a killer app to come that will
prove to be the tipping point. It is all going to play out one way or another, but it’s getting harder to swallow
the financial predictions, which once upon a time I saw as a positive indicator.
I suppose they still are, but these days they just serve to wind me up because
it just whiffs of greed!
Does your heart soar or sink when you read
that the market will be worth x billions in 5 years or xx billions in 10 years
etc? The articles are cynically directed at VCs and similar, trying to get
their attention, bring it all about faster than it otherwise might.
No one actually knows.
And really, apart from the greedy, who
cares?
I much prefer stories that centralise 3D printing people and/or applications and/or innovation, but that’s just me.
I know money makes the world go round. I know I can't change/stop it. I know this type of post makes very little difference. But, saying it out loud does just make me feel a little bit better!
On a happier note – I have started my
Christmas shopping and most of my f&f are getting 3D printed gifts this
year :-)