21A: Reading Reflection No.2
Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson
General Theme or Argument:
Within Anderson's book, Makers: The New Industrial Revolution, he examined the historical parallels between the Maker Movement and the second Industrial Revolution. The second Industrial Revolution was characterized by the development of small machines that democratized the means of production, leading to the proliferation of home-based micro businesses and cottage industries. Anderson elaborated on how the advent of the Maker movement would bring about a re occurrence of the second Industrial Revolution, but this time, unfolding at the speed of the Information Age.
Connection & Enhancement of ENT 3003:
Anderson actually spoke from personal experience within his book. Anderson is the CEO and co founder of 3D Robotics, a company dedicated to producing kits for the DIY drone community. Anderson himself was an entrepreneur, which allowed me to read about an entrepreneur and his experiences, while also gaining his perspective into something as important as the second Industrial Revolution. Anderson also spoke of some fascinating business stories, including: Local Motors, SparkFun, KickStarter, Etsy, and MFG. These are all small entrepreneurs that again, enhanced my learning in ENT 3003. Overall, I think this was a perfect book to not only connect material learned in class, but enhance it to a whole new level.
Class Exercise:
If I were to design a class exercise for this book specifically, I think I would have students compare and contrast the first and second Industrial Revolution, and then write how they saw these time periods contributing to entrepreneurs today. Both Industrial Revolutions were time periods of major change that contributed and developed some of the greatest entrepreneurs of our time! I'd love to see how some students interpreted each of these time periods and where they believed contributions came from.
"Aha" Moment:
Prior to reading the book, I knew absolutely nothing about Chris Anderson himself. I only looked at him as the author of a book I was forced to read for class. It was very cool to learn that Anderson was actually an entrepreneur of his time, and a pretty pivotal one if you ask me! It made the book more interesting and believable coming from someone who directly relates to the topics within class.
General Theme or Argument:
Within Anderson's book, Makers: The New Industrial Revolution, he examined the historical parallels between the Maker Movement and the second Industrial Revolution. The second Industrial Revolution was characterized by the development of small machines that democratized the means of production, leading to the proliferation of home-based micro businesses and cottage industries. Anderson elaborated on how the advent of the Maker movement would bring about a re occurrence of the second Industrial Revolution, but this time, unfolding at the speed of the Information Age.
Connection & Enhancement of ENT 3003:
Anderson actually spoke from personal experience within his book. Anderson is the CEO and co founder of 3D Robotics, a company dedicated to producing kits for the DIY drone community. Anderson himself was an entrepreneur, which allowed me to read about an entrepreneur and his experiences, while also gaining his perspective into something as important as the second Industrial Revolution. Anderson also spoke of some fascinating business stories, including: Local Motors, SparkFun, KickStarter, Etsy, and MFG. These are all small entrepreneurs that again, enhanced my learning in ENT 3003. Overall, I think this was a perfect book to not only connect material learned in class, but enhance it to a whole new level.
Class Exercise:
If I were to design a class exercise for this book specifically, I think I would have students compare and contrast the first and second Industrial Revolution, and then write how they saw these time periods contributing to entrepreneurs today. Both Industrial Revolutions were time periods of major change that contributed and developed some of the greatest entrepreneurs of our time! I'd love to see how some students interpreted each of these time periods and where they believed contributions came from.
"Aha" Moment:
Prior to reading the book, I knew absolutely nothing about Chris Anderson himself. I only looked at him as the author of a book I was forced to read for class. It was very cool to learn that Anderson was actually an entrepreneur of his time, and a pretty pivotal one if you ask me! It made the book more interesting and believable coming from someone who directly relates to the topics within class.
Hello again Kasey! I hope your week is going great. I found really interesting the reading that you chose for this week assignment. I think that the class exercise that you created would be very good because there have been entrepreneurs in all decades and it would be very nice to identify them. Overall, great job again this week Kasey.
ReplyDeleteKasey, great job on this assignment as always. It's valuable that we can learn from different entrepreneurs and their struggles as well as their successes. It would be fun and interesting to do your class assignment because we would be able to learn more about the industrial revolutions and the entrepreneurs that were part of such. Some of the greatest entrepreneurs come from these eras.
ReplyDeleteHi Kasey - I hope you are well. I thought you did a really great job on this assignment. I enjoyed reading about your book reflection on the new industrial revolution. I thought that it was a very interesting read, and I think that you took some really great points from the book and put them in this post. I enjoyed reading about your class exercise, and hope that they'll make it happen next semester! Good job.
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