Maybe the same can be applied to the human patterns too because this bit made me feel a bit sad: "mechanised winding system, ending the requirement for somebod

Maybe the same can be applied to the human patterns too because this bit made me feel a bit sad: "mechanised winding system, ending the requirement for somebody to climb the narrow, winding staircase each day to the clock room to do the job by hand" It feels like something has been lost even if I don't know what. It's not that I want the job but we might be modernising and automating away human purpose in the world. There is something about someone visiting the mechanism daily that feels like it gives it life. An act of observation. There may be some practical sense to it e.g. spotting problems and what you "feel" in the mechanism as you manually wind it.