21 Jun
2004
21 Jun
'04
12:37 p.m.
>>
>> The skills that are being lost are the ones that cannot be
>> taught but instead must be learned, by doing, and doing,
>> and doing. Those skills it is no great catastrophe to
>> lose, because each person must relearn them anyway, "lost" or not.
Except for the fact that it is much easier and effective to learn from a
master than from a text. This is why all of the "craftsmen" had
apprenticeship programs. Who you studied under often had more bearing on
your acceptance into the trade than your actual skill once you completed
your apprenticeship.