> he didn’t want to be responsible for sending a young man into a dead-end business When I looked much younger, I was passing through an alley when I saw a for

> he didn’t want to be responsible for sending a young man into a dead-end business When I looked much younger, I was passing through an alley when I saw a forge and stopped to chat with the old fellow whose shop it was. He took my artisanal interest in metalwork for a craftsperson's at first, and tried to brush me off, saying he didn't take apprentices anymore, because these days no one builds anything, only tacks together factory-ordered sections. Every now and then I wonder how much similarity bits have to atoms in that regard?