Pablos Holman argues the key property of 3D printing is not additive manufacturing but programmability — machines that never need to make the same thing twice — enabling rapid iteration like modern software development. He contrasts this with mold-based economies of scale and describes projects including a speculative food printer and on-demand custom manufacturing.
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