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When younger generations reject traditional craft skills

My teenage son has natural talent for woodworking but he thinks it is boring old man work and wants to code instead.

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What we've seen

The transmission of craft knowledge faces extinction when each generation values different forms of making.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Craft traditions across cultures — the shokunin?”

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