Revive the older sense of craft (cræft) as a fusion of practical skill, strength, and virtue, not merely handmade aesthetics. If moral excellence is partly forged through skilled bodily action, then restoring craft education and apprenticeships is a character policy, not nostalgia.
— This reframes schooling, work, and AI displacement debates by tying human flourishing to embodied mastery rather than purely cognitive or procedural metrics.
Jane Psmith
2025.03.24
100% relevant
The review notes Alfred the Great used cræft to translate virtus and cites the Dictionary of Old English’s broader senses ('skill,' 'strength,' 'resources,' 'virtue').
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