Takumi: A 60,000 Hour Story on the Survival of Human Craft (2019)

03/19/2019 (JP) • 54m

Documentary

Overview

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?


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

future

work

artificial intelligence (a.i.)

craftsman

artisan

calm

japanese

takumi

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