"The Future of Manufacturing Is Local."

Encouraging stuff from a week or so ago in The Future of Manufacturing Is Local, by Allison Arieff, from the Opinionator (New York Times).

“Manufacturing isn’t dead and doesn’t need to be preserved,” (Kate Sofis) says. “Let’s stop fixating on what’s lost. Let’s see what we have here, what’s doing well, and let’s help those folks do better.”

Manfacturing evolution ... what a concept.

As Mark Dwight, who started SFMade in 2010, explains, “For decades we have developed a culture of disposability — from consumer goods to medical instruments and machine tools. To fuel economic growth, marketers replaced longevity with planned obsolescence — and our mastery of technology has given birth to ever-accelerating unplanned obsolescence. I think there is increasing awareness that this is no longer sustainable on the scale we have developed.”