How can the changing industrial manufacturing world be applied to hacking?
hs: In what ways do you think the internet will continue to disperse and converge?i think the internet helps refining the art by feedback loop.  i learnt a lot reading success/fail experiments results posted in forums.  needless to say, i won't be able to make fert without the internet -- so dissemination of idea goes without sayingWhich technologies are still out of reach to most people in terms of price or required technological know-how?law can be bigger hurdle, especially for chemistry.  price is not normally the problem since the raw materials are usually very cheap.  100x markup for commercial ready products is common.What is the optimal size for hackers to be able to effectively collaborate but not be bogged down by excessive control?hmmm ... one -- if you can automate the whole process without human presence (it's very doable in web 2.0 -- much less so as things go more physical or from bit to atom spectrum)