De-automation seems like it should be a thing. Reversing automation (cousin to insourcing/onshoring, but from Planet Automation not Asia).
Example: pour-over coffee. Others?
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Making our own sense, instead of outsourcing to well-monied, well-connected institutional story-makers.
Like a pour-over of hot memes onto a dinner napkin that's been crudely draped over a mammalian & reptilian brainstem.
So far, results are not promising.
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De-automate fun things, automate boring things.
Tabletop games vs video games? Seems like a stretch maybe and both have their merits.
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The colouring book mania seems a signal that many people crave to "deautomatize" something
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Meal preparation subscriptions. Why not just buy a frozen, pre-made dinner, or order from a restaurant? Or hire a chef?
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A lot of retrocomputing has this vibe. Some of it is "re-skilling", reminding ourselves how to do the things that are otherwise automated out of sight/mind.
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