Something that bothers me a lot in the US is my strong impression that in urban, suburban, and tech society the physical world somehow implicitly imagined to be quaint, small, and trivial. In these sectors, engagement with a traditional craft seems to be displayed as a performance art choice when personal, an anthropological phenomenon in backwater life when mentioned as a regularity in some societies.
Going by public discourse you'd think agriculture was a minor enterprise, and mostly not worth considering.
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Date: 2023-06-21 01:51 pm (UTC)Going by public discourse you'd think agriculture was a minor enterprise, and mostly not worth considering.