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The idea that handcrafted goods are superior to factory-made ones. In our society this perception is primarily driven by two things: that cheap goods are always factory made (because it simply isn't economical to handcraft IKEA-tier furniture), and that hand-crafted goods often have to justify their increased price by being luxury items (since luxury items' prices are a lot less tied to their inputs than other classes of commodities). Something made by hand isn't necessarily better than something made by a machine, but there's certainly a recurring idea that it is in pop culture.
You figure that's the origins of DIY? Seems like it'd make a good explanation of that trend...
I think DIY is something that's always been with us. Heinlein was right about exactly one thing: specialization is for insects.
The division of labor has been a disaster for the human race - Karl Kaczynski... (lmao)