Stephen Downes

This article fits into a category of articles I might call 'humans still doing things machines could probably do better'. Recently I saw an article ask, "why do we still have children run in gym class when an Uber could take them the same distance in a minute?" I reflected on my own experiences being taught (badly) gold, curling and dancing by a gym teacher. Anyhow, in this article Tom Woodward practices carving linoleum to create prints. I like the "mediocre" birds, the misshapen elephants' ears, the revisited can of sardines. I like the mistakes, the scrawl, and the originality. It reminds us that evolution happens in the errors; design didn't produce the human brain, mistakes did. And as Woodward says, "Learn all the stuff. Do as many things as you can. Avoid repetitive stress syndrome in your brain, body, and soul."