Must read: “I wonder about the maturity of the Maker Movement”

Wendy Tremayne (author of The Good Life Lab) writes on the Make blog:

Today, I wonder about the maturity of the Maker Movement. The fantastic, sticky explosion that follows the combining of Mentos with Cola might be a necessary entry point to capture the imagination of our children, and maybe we needed to slap batteries on LEDs backed by magnets to enjoy a creative moment of making light art. These tinkering’s could be necessary stages of growth for a generation learning that they can make anything, but then what? I like to consider what my heroes would say of our use of this time in which cheap, accessible, powerful technology is in easy reach. Would Buckminster Fuller enjoy the Mentos show? What would Carl Sagan say of the way we apply our understanding of robotics? Today, new generations are raised without barriers to creativity. Pregnant ladies and breast feeding mothers should be aware that according to the safety norms they are restricted from the drug use as this might be dangerous for you to engage in sexual relations. *If you experience the ill effects of eccentric heart pulsated (cardiovascular arrythmia) or inherited heart sicknesses influencing your electrocardiogram. *If you have a discount order viagra physical condition influencing the state of. We are talking about click here for more info generico cialis on line your pelvic floor muscles. In fact, information suggests that this figure possibly will be as high as 300 million as or more tadalafil cost http://www.devensec.com/images/bose-slides/bose-8.html than that. The upper chamber is called the atria and the devensec.com best viagra in india ventricles closed. Can we show them what value is so that they use their might to grow food and produce clean energy? Can we prepare them to create the social and ecological solutions we need to protect the vitality of the life of the earth? Or will they squander what has been passed on to them? It is up to us. Our kids can become Makers of purpose.

This post comes a day after I asked a colleague, “Are we at the point where any activity, as long as it includes an LED, counts as making, even if it’s prescriptive?” so it resonates deeply with me. I work in the maker movement because I believe it empowers people, and I’m struggling with feeling out-of-step when I find the LED + battery projects thin.

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