Megan McArdle, Columnist

Aficionado Culture Is Where Fun Goes to Die

From cooking to woodworking, rising levels of skill, effort and information intensivity have become a barrier to entry.

Are we having fun yet?

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Are we making cooking too complex?

That’s the gist of a thought-provoking tweetstorm from economist Lyman Stone, which I’ve edited into a slightly easier-to-read paragraph form: