[jbpnoy6fifty]

I would also agree to this in MANY fronts, not just software. As a kid I dreamt of building a robot at ~6 years old. Just this past weekend, I helped my God-son build one (a solar kit for kids) and it was on sale for $10.

Things are generally more affordable now than they used to be for the masses, and more easier to achieve and prototype, in less turn around time, with 1 day shipping, or the mall-ification of society.

Cool stuff really.

[monktastic1]

The flip side is that because we treat cheap things as disposable, we are accelerating the collapse of the biosphere.