But the problem isn’t the tools we use. The ticky-tacky houses in Pete Seeger’s song don’t all look just the same because of the hammers and saws used to build them but because they were banged out fast and cheap for a one-size-fits-all market mentality. Tools aren’t the issue. Who hasn’t ruined breakfast with a microwave? But does that mean Thomas Heller at the French Laundry shouldn’t be allowed to own one? Countless great films attest to the value of video cameras, yet cable is mostly junk, because junk is cheap to make and it sells.
