How beauty could save the world

A beautiful article link from Substack author Alex Krainer

The beautiful alternative

What if, instead of industrial hyperproduction we made craftsmanship great again? We’d produce less stuff, but the stuff would be more valuable, more beautiful and more durable. Instead of discarding and replacing things, we’d repair and maintain them. This approach would reduce the demand for resource extraction, waste and environmental devastation. It would also absorb a great deal of productivity and surplus labor, which has been a serious problem of the Western societies since the industrial revolution. read more