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Old 09-07-2017, 02:28 PM   #22
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Default Re: How hard is it to acquire raw materials for 3D printing?

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Originally Posted by Anthony View Post
THS has an inherent conflict between the fluff text (radical) and the specified future history (less radical). Given that THS does not have exponential wealth increases, 3D printers must have some inherent limits to what they can produce, and the easiest one is feedstock.
If we take it literally, and the bottleneck is licensing, then the only thing stopping exponential growth is IP bureaucracy. I guess infosocialism is right after all. :)
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