@LuckyGuy I think it gave me an understanding that to achieve a desired result things could require only the slightest tweak.
I see men using muscle, make large sweeps, and for many things, that works great. Some things require tiny movements and great patience, and that became noticable from such childhood pastimes.
Children miss out on so many ways these days. It is becoming clear to me why great civilizations of the past fell to ruin. As they engaged improvements, they lost the needs which drove their innovations. We face similar now. However, we have enough research materials available to make new achievements. What we have now is the means to move forward, but a lack of understanding about which forward needs to be pursued. We have a lack of individual imagination. Currently, most follow the directions taken by someone else. Innovation has gone stale. The true needs of civilizations are being left unexplored. Instead, people are trying to push already met needs into further advancement. Worse, imagination not inspired productively is spiraling out of control in ugly and dangerous directions.
I don’t know why I suddenly felt a need to voice these thoughts, but I’m not sorry I did.