We Are Makers tells the story of the Maker Movement.

It’s the story not of tools but of people. A publisher. An entrepreneur. A design professor. A middle school teacher. Two museum educators. And a creative director. Each provides an important viewpoint on why new technologies and communities of making are bringing us back to something deeply human.

What if everyone is creative, and the tools to shape our world are within reach?

This is a central question of the Maker Movement, a title Dale Dougherty famously assigned the cultural shift sparked by new tools and communities that emphasize learning through the process of creation.

Further reading: We Need a Fixer (Not Just a Maker) Movement by Clive Thompson via Wired Opinion.