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

2019 | 54 minutes | 9.0 ★ (4)

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

    19 March 2019

  • DirectingClay Jeter
  • Budget

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    $0.00

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