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Nice comment. You hit the wood dowel on the head ;) regarding the chisel work being more intimate. I think it comes down to commodity vs craft - and if the goa
by mikeg8 4y ago
Nice comment. You hit the wood dowel on the head ;) regarding the chisel work being more intimate.
I think it comes down to commodity vs craft - and if the goal is to simply produce a house or to produce a house where the process and craftsmanship was good for your soul.
- dimitrios1 4y agoThanks. The loss of craftsmanship is something I think about and lament on frequently. It's not just about making things. Of course modern methods are more "efficient" in the strictest capitalistic sense. But there is more to the puzzle than that. I fear we aren't considering what we have lost in return, not limited to relationship between master and apprentice, knowledge transfer in the most natural way, and the connection to your work, to name a few. And with the ongoing improvements to AI via things like ChatGPT, and the learning tools and tricks and opportunities they open up, and more of the old craftsman and tradesmen and women of old passing on to the next life, we may soon start to also see the decline of knowledge soon, as we will relegate more and more of that to our models.