26.5.09

work with your hands

Here is a nice article from the NY Times about the importance of working with your hands, for all of us working in offices with digital media:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/magazine/24labor-t.html?_r=1

Here is a quote, if you are concerned with our future.

"The Princeton economist Alan Blinder argues that the crucial distinction in the emerging labor market is not between those with more or less education, but between those whose services can be delivered over a wire and those who must do their work in person or on site. The latter will find their livelihoods more secure against outsourcing to distant countries. As Blinder puts it, “You can’t hammer a nail over the Internet.” Nor can the Indians fix your car. Because they are in India."

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