Reply #34: Survival of the species? [View All]

[Toucano]

Really? Hanging a photo on the wall is a necessary life skill for the survival of the species?

Most examples cited in this article are simply the use of common tools.

As the need for those tools diminishes they become less common and knowledge of their practical application is sure to wane. Why should someone know how to address an envelope if they never send a letter?

How many people living in the developed world would know how to use a butter churn? Boot hooks? An abacus?

Still, it's hard to believe we are at the point where a can opener has lost it's practical application.

A young person's inability to use a clothes hanger hardly threatens human survival.