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  1. …in reply to @samsam411sam
    @samsam411sam @Lithium_Wave @pronounced_kyle yeah, it turns out that abstract knowledge is less important than all of the implicit knowledge embedded within processes, which only persists while the system is continuing to function.
    1. …in reply to @v21
      @samsam411sam @Lithium_Wave @pronounced_kyle that's why stuff like the red list of endangered crafts exists : heritagecrafts.org.uk/redlist/ theoretically we might understand how to do coracle-making, but there are aspects of it that are lost unless it is continually practiced, and that tacit knowledge passed down
      1. …in reply to @v21
        @samsam411sam @Lithium_Wave @pronounced_kyle like, this is also a description of the FOGBANK situation, right?