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

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

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Documentary
Runtime
54 mins
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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?

Cast

  • Nora Atkinson
  • Jon Bruner
  • Martin Ford
  • Shigeo Kiuchi
  • Nahoko Kojima
  • Neil MacGregor
  • Hisato Nakahigashi
  • Katsuaki Suganuma

Director

  • Clay Jeter

Producers

  • Rupert Maconick

Screenwriter

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