For some reason, I notice certain people, myself included, crave a certain amount of manual labor. Better prefab stuff would be great, however, you still need someone to install the stuff. And just mixing instant concrete and laying a small foundation is enough to make me feel like I’m a contributing member to the physical infrastructure of society. Despite my belief in specialization, I still want for myself what you called ‘Mastery.’
This is very understandable. That is also why people grow vegetable gardens. There is millions and millions of years of evolution behind our feelings wrt to what feels like a job well done, and obviously it does not have a lot to do with what are actually the most productive and lucrative works today. Wifey named it all “adult LEGO”. Also, assembling IKEA furniture. That is when she coined the term first. This used to be work, but today more like play that is made to feel like work.
For some reason, I notice certain people, myself included, crave a certain amount of manual labor. Better prefab stuff would be great, however, you still need someone to install the stuff. And just mixing instant concrete and laying a small foundation is enough to make me feel like I’m a contributing member to the physical infrastructure of society. Despite my belief in specialization, I still want for myself what you called ‘Mastery.’
This is very understandable. That is also why people grow vegetable gardens. There is millions and millions of years of evolution behind our feelings wrt to what feels like a job well done, and obviously it does not have a lot to do with what are actually the most productive and lucrative works today. Wifey named it all “adult LEGO”. Also, assembling IKEA furniture. That is when she coined the term first. This used to be work, but today more like play that is made to feel like work.