Consumerism V Craft

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1. Consumerism v Craft Simon McCartney slow mover @simonmcc Thursday, 14

   November 13

2. anti-anti-snowflake Thursday, 14 November 13

3. Has the rush to own things diminished our desire to

   understand how they work? Thursday, 14 November 13

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5. Do you know how the things you own are made?

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7. Could you make fix any of the things you own?

   (Ikea doesn’t count) Thursday, 14 November 13

8. Building an Apple I from parts Thursday, 14 November 13

9. Roger W Smith • The Daniels Method • 32 individual

   skills required • 6 months to make a watch from scratch Thursday, 14 November 13

10. quality is not something that we create in an instance,

    it’s something that takes time, it takes thought Thursday, 14 November 13

11. Dieing Skills (in the UK at least) Thursday, 14 November

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12. Why is understanding important? Thursday, 14 November 13

13. When today’s machines get smarter, today’s young workers get poorer

    and sa Thursday, 14 November 13

14. When today’s machines get smarter, today’s young workers get poorer

    and save less. - Jeffrey Sachs & Laurence Kotilikoff Thursday, 14 November 13

15. HT Paul Rhodes Thursday, 14 November 13

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17. http://lifehacker.com/5848640/how-do-i-fix-my-bricked-iphone-ipad-or-ipod-touch Thursday, 14 November 13

18. Understand how things are made • So that you can

    fix them • So that you can automate them properly • So you can improve them Thursday, 14 November 13

19. Credits • http://www.rwsmithwatches.com/ • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24211691 • http://www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/index.php/ support/save-our-skills-appeal • http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8586172.stm

    • http://schmenk.is-a-geek.com/Apple.html • http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/ Thursday, 14 November 13