> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Christine Rosen > Reference:: Rosen, C. (2024). _The extinction of experience: being human in a disembodied world_. W. W. Norton & Company. > Date:: 2024 > Tags:: #warp > WeftLinks:: [[Aesthetic value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Handmade is beautiful]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Knowledge of the making is appreciated. ### Highlights > The significance—some might say "aura"—of the handmade object derives from our knowledge of the time and effort and skill that went into making it; even the most sophisticated machine churning out identically sophisticated objects doesn’t inspire the same feeling. "We are knowing as well as sensing creatures," philosopher Julian Baggini writes, "Knowing where things come from, and how their makers are treated, does and should affect how we feel about them."