Takumi: A 60,000 Hour Story on the Survival of Human Craft

Takumi: A 60,000 Hour Story on the Survival of Human Craft

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  • 2019
  • 0 hr 54 min
  •  9  (4)
  •   Released

There is a popular theory that it takes at least 10,000 hours of focused practice for a human to become expert in any field. In Japan, there are craftspeople who go far beyond this to reach a special kind of mastery. These people are called Takumi and they devote 60,000 hours to their craft. That's 8 hours a day, 240 days a year, for over 30 years. It's an almost superhuman level of dedication to a life of repetition and no shortcuts. This film asks the question: Will human craft disappear as artificial intelligence reaches beyond our limits?

Takumi: A 60,000 Hour Story on the Survival of Human Craft
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There is a popular theory that it takes at least 10,000 hours of focused practice for a human to become expert in any field. In Japan, there are craftspeople who go far beyond this to reach a special kind of mastery. These people are called Takumi and they devote 60,000 hours to their craft. That's 8 hours a day, 240 days a year, for over 30 years. It's an almost superhuman level of dedication to a life of repetition and no shortcuts. This film asks the question: Will human craft disappear as artificial intelligence reaches beyond our limits?
  • Release Date
    2019
  • Runtime
    0 hr 54 min
  • Language
    en
  • Rating
    9  (4)