Chapter five has an interesting perspective, “When the quantity of machine shrinks, another area of human realization expands: skill.” I think this statement is extremely true. In our world of machines and technology, we don’t have to think, because someone else has already done it for us. If we had to build our own house its not that we couldn’t it is that we choose not too. If we didn’t have access to the resources we have today, we simply would find other means of creating and doing what needs to be done. Sure it would be more difficult and more time consuming, but we would find a way to make it happen. I think that this has its strengths as well as its weaknesses. On a positive note, it’s a way of taking advantage of skills that people have invested lifetimes in without having to take the time to understand how it works on your own. For example, if a clock breaks do we fix it ourselves? Of course not, we take it to someone who specializes in that field so we do not have to waste who knows how much time figuring it out. On the other hand, if we were the builder and sole creator of the clock, we would not need to take it to be serviced, because we know everything about it since it was made with our own two hands. When different people specialize in different things it frees up more time to take part in the things we are interested in. I would much rather pay someone else to fix my car then to build and service my own. Taking advantage of different people’s skills and trading services has led us to a world of endless possibilities. At the same time, people are able to do the things they are good at making it more successful for everyone.
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I would also want to take my car to a specialist when it breaks down. However, on the other hand if you never try to do something yourself you won't learn. I think that there is an invisible line where it is best to let an expert do it on one side and you should expand your horizons and try and do it yourself first on the other side. Doing it yourself also saves money and once you learn it probably won't take nearly as much time as it took in the begininng.
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