Makers will save the world (and your soul)

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Makers will save the world (and your soul) @andrewsleigh

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A talk about makers and maker culture I gave at Create Brighton on 14 May 2013

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Makers will save the world (and your soul)

@andrewsleigh

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Great camping spot

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What can we learn from makers?

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Tinker

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1950

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2013

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2032

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1970s

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2010s

Brains

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Tell stories

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“Remarkable fit and finish”

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“What a piece of junk”

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Make physical stuff

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“Filling rectangles”

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Play, experiment & fail

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Leap before you look

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Jane from Sugru, 2003“I don’t want to buy new stuff all the time. I want to hack the stuff I already have so it works better for me.”

http://sugru.com/story

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Keep learning

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Take power

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