This will be obvious to anyone who’s ever home brewed, but it’s still nice to see it laid out. Dave Conz, who’s an assistant research professor at the Center for Nanotechnology in Society and the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes (and a lecturer in interdisciplinary studies in the School of Letters and Sciences at Arizona State University) penned an article, What Beer Can Teach Us About Emerging Technologies, where he makes the case that the legalization of homebrewing led to the rise in commercial brewers and breweries, along with a wave of innovation and creativity. Hard to disagree with that. To my mind, homebrewing is easily the ultimate DIY.