A whole issue devoted to the proud culture! Brought tears to my eyes.

Generation DIY: Do, Make, Say, Think 

by Catherine Thompson

It seems like everyone in Brooklyn these days is either making something and selling it, teaching other people how to make it, or learning how to make something with plans on selling it. While this boroughwide DIY drive to become more self-sufficient than a frontier tinker can occasionally approach self-parody, we’re just going to go ahead and say “fuck that.” As trends go, self-suffiency is pretty hot. The best way to do something is to do it yourself.

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