Yeah people simply can’t fathom that people in the past were just as intelligent as people are now. They just didn’t have quite as much technology as we do now. Also people tend to think of technology as being magic and don’t actually understand the underlying science that makes that technology work was the same in the past.
This results in weird ideas about how something isn’t possible without a laser level or whatever.
And people tend not to think about skill being a factor. Probably many of the skills you have as a stone mason aren’t too different from the skills people had in the past. Sure there’s some technology you have available to help you now, but a larger part of it is just skill gained from experience working with stone that’s completely independent of technology.
For instance, yes I use grinders and saws to cut big pieces of stone into smaller pieces so they fit where I need them, but I was taught how to do all that by hand as well. Sometimes you don’t have power or petrol, but the shit still needs to go up!
And the way we do things now is just a continuous evolution from how we did it then. I don’t have to sharpen my chisels every 30mins because we have better materials. I don’t have to break a giant billet of stone into manageable sizes(I can though) because a shop does it for me. And almost all of the old tech is still in use, albeit in a new form or in new materials.
Yeah a lot of technological improvements aren’t really changers, they just make people more productive at their jobs.
My brother is a plumber and his biggest annoyance is people that think “if I had your tools I’d be able to do your job.” Nope, that’s not how things work at all. Weird how some people think technology makes skill obsolete.
Exactly! I used to do solo jobs, and it’s shocking how many people balk at my (legit very reasonable) rates, and say things like: well you’re just piling up some rocks.
Yeah people simply can’t fathom that people in the past were just as intelligent as people are now. They just didn’t have quite as much technology as we do now. Also people tend to think of technology as being magic and don’t actually understand the underlying science that makes that technology work was the same in the past.
This results in weird ideas about how something isn’t possible without a laser level or whatever.
And people tend not to think about skill being a factor. Probably many of the skills you have as a stone mason aren’t too different from the skills people had in the past. Sure there’s some technology you have available to help you now, but a larger part of it is just skill gained from experience working with stone that’s completely independent of technology.
FUCKING THANK YOU!
For instance, yes I use grinders and saws to cut big pieces of stone into smaller pieces so they fit where I need them, but I was taught how to do all that by hand as well. Sometimes you don’t have power or petrol, but the shit still needs to go up!
And the way we do things now is just a continuous evolution from how we did it then. I don’t have to sharpen my chisels every 30mins because we have better materials. I don’t have to break a giant billet of stone into manageable sizes(I can though) because a shop does it for me. And almost all of the old tech is still in use, albeit in a new form or in new materials.
Wire/string friction sawing has been around for millenia…here’s an example of a new bit of kit.
Yeah a lot of technological improvements aren’t really changers, they just make people more productive at their jobs.
My brother is a plumber and his biggest annoyance is people that think “if I had your tools I’d be able to do your job.” Nope, that’s not how things work at all. Weird how some people think technology makes skill obsolete.
Exactly! I used to do solo jobs, and it’s shocking how many people balk at my (legit very reasonable) rates, and say things like: well you’re just piling up some rocks.