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You're right about the monkeys thing. I agree that a fashionista thing will remain. But, I do think another type of custom culture will grow. It won't be people designing stuff so much as getting their hands on cool designs.
I agree that for any given object, especially now, there's probably a better way to go about it. But the advantage of the printer is the versatility. As materials improve, printers improve, and costs come down, I think the open-endedness of it will provide for some cool surprises. Basically, I don't think we disagree that much here. As for the jeans, you are right. I'm sure you can get $600 jeans in Grosse Pointe or a few places around Detroit, but you won't get much awe factor. Awe on Investment would be low. You can get plenty of proper awe on an overpriced car in the Detroit Metro, but jeans, not so much. Cool stuff by the way. I dig building too.