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We don't universally praise hand-crafted objects in the real world. We only praise it in situations where the resulting object is significantly aesthetically or functionally unique. In all other cases hand crafting is absolutely considered a quaint curiosity. A good way of thinking of this:

* Mass produced bread <- cost effective product, heavy use of machinery and tooling

* Small local bakery <- higher quality product, still use plenty of professional tooling to make it cost effective

* Making your own bread at home with store bought flour <- Makes use of prepackaged assets to enable a creative experiment

* Making your own bread with wheat you grew in your backyard and hand shaped stone tools <- quaint curiosity



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