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

201954mClay Jeter

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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?

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What is Takumi: A 60,000 Hour Story on the Survival of Human Craft (2019) about?

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…

Who stars in Takumi: A 60,000 Hour Story on the Survival of Human Craft?

Takumi: A 60,000 Hour Story on the Survival of Human Craft stars Nora Atkinson (Herself), Jon Bruner (Himself), Martin Ford (Himself), Shigeo Kiuchi (Himself), Nahoko Kojima (Herself). The film was directed by Clay Jeter.

How long is Takumi: A 60,000 Hour Story on the Survival of Human Craft?

Takumi: A 60,000 Hour Story on the Survival of Human Craft has a runtime of 54 min and premiered in 2019.

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