Takumi A 60000 Hour Story on the Survival of Human Craft (2019)

There is a popular theory that it takes at least 10000 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 60000 hours to their craft Thats 8 hours a day 240 days a year for over 30 years Its 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