Real Finishes: Monumental Mistakes
“But man, proud man, Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd— His glassy essence—like an angry ape Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As makes the angels weep.” - William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure This is a rebuttal from an artisan, apprenticed for three years as a traditional stone carver, earning his bread as a heritage and ornamental plasterer, to the recent podcast: The Aesthetic City Podcast #38 – Micah Springut, Monumental Labs: Disrupting How We Build – Robotic, A.I. & Automated Stone Carving When someone tells you publicly exactly who they are …believe them. Tech entrepreneur Micah Springut is forthcoming as well as his interviewer (and my own recently), Ruben Hanssen who enthusiastically lets it be known to all who will listen where his own sympathies lie. Spoiler alert, it’s not with craftsmen like me. Yes, I’m picking a fight; one I don’t expect to win. My argument will be sound; however, the fight does not lie in the r
Real Finishes: Monumental Mistakes Saturday, December 30, 2023 Monumental Mistakes Courtesy of Monumental Labs “But man, proud man, Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd— His glassy essence—like an angry ape Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As makes the angels weep.” - William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure This is a rebuttal from an artisan, apprenticed for three years as a traditional stone carver, earning his bread as a heritage and ornamental plasterer, to the recent podcast: The Aesthetic City Podcast #38 ̵
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