25 October

Germans are often seen as efficient, orderly, logical etc. Actually I think that’s a misdiagnosis, you understand so much about Germany when you understand they’re a nation of craftsmen. That’s where their apparent obsession with doing things just right comes from. As in my other weekend posts, their 21st century technology companies are extensions of old craft hierarchies. One of the only countries to retain that link with the past, a superb way to organise society, around quality and expertise. https://www.dw.com/en/skilled-crafts-boom-stretches-capacities-in-germany/a-41902114