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Your great-grandfather could fix his own shoes. Your grandfather could change his oil. You can barely change a printer toner cartridge. This isn't because you're less capable. It's because we designed an entire economy around your incompetence. The subscription model, the planned obsolescence, the "it's cheaper to replace it than repair it" logic—these aren't bugs. They're features. But here's what nobody talks about: when you stop making things, you start understanding things differently. A shoe you've resoled yourself has a different weight in your hand. A chair you've built holds your body differently. The tool you know how to use becomes an extension of your mind, not a source of frustration. We didn't just lose craft skills. We lost a way of being in the world that didn't require intermediaries, tutorials, or customer support lines.