Ideas concerning innovation

   A broad view of technology it seems has on the one hand empowered individuals throughout the world (e.g., communications technology), but on the other hand with respect to the ability of individuals alone in producing basic materials, seems in many cases limited.  After all, who could imagine alone having been involved in all aspects of producing say a car, right down to mining for any particular mineral deposits or having drilled for crude oil, so that this could be transformed into the plastics that would used throughout the cars construction, not withstanding its tires.  It seems the idea of the individual therein, without some social reliance on the collection of individuals has and may keep for some time something of a social revolution from occurring with respect to high end technological production?!  But maybe some day this would change?  Some might find it hard to believe, that anything readily found in the environment could be so readily gathered and shaped so as to find constructive purpose in the fabrication of say a motor vehicle, but maybe someday, greater innovation will have occurred, allowing people greater access and ability to construct and make technology of their own without so much reliance on massive industries therein to accomplish these tasks for them?