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Did mass production take the artist out of each of us?

Asked by josie (30934points) February 2nd, 2010

Before industrialization, people often personally created the goods that they exchanged at market. Now, in many cases, individuals are faceless components in the process of wealth creation. Certainly, this has allowed an expansion of wealth and prosperity for more people than could have been imagined 500 years ago. But has something been lost?

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