After invigorating conversations this weekend about robot clothes-making, paired with reading http://www.amazon.com/How-Asia-Works-Success-Failure/dp/080211959X … on bootstrapping ..
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Very difficult, strange to imagine and to encompass the necessary ripple effects of such a dramatically different world. But interesting.
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@flipzagging yes! neat stuff! Also lived with professional/factory seamstress in Serbia for a short bit who was making clothes for DE/IT..
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@quinzee interesting, how would this change things toward that? the reuse cycles for clothes aren't bad? much clothing remains recyclable..Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@starsandrobots i would like to imagine a future where textiles are touched by human hands, but not at survival (or sub survival) wages.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@starsandrobots …as is nike's flyknit as a way to reduce textile waste, byproduct being less shoe upper assembly/sewing labor required.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@starsandrobots and another industry will get slotted in when a developing nation is moving beyond agriculture.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@starsandrobots but i am not naive, when automated textile manufacturing booms, it will still require machine operators, as it does now.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@starsandrobots i don't think american apparel is perfect, but they are an interesting case study.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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