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Craft (n.) made ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the worker himself the machine: he was the living body that carried the tools, which is why the factory, by handing the tools to a machine, felt like a dethronement.

A Craft (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be closed without its community being closed: it is closed because its training works only on those who grew up saturated in it, which is why farmers can migrate to Paris and the trade stays home.

Craft (n.) knowledge ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠is pre-technical: it prepares everything and stops at the mould's door, never entering the operation itself.

Craft (n.) made ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to measure has no inner law: its rules are dictated from outside, by whoever ordered it.

Craft (n.) lingers ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in any machine science has not yet looked at closely: the giant Van de Graaff generator is still half an artisan's object.