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Hi Helgardt, Reghardt van Katstraat. I think Henrik has written about what he calls onramps in society for younger generations, I am struggling to find the exact reference to it. But his blog is full of ideas similar to what you have written about here. As economies develop and more specialization is allowed, it takes longer and longer for young people to "actually do work". Which is a good and bad thing. https://www…
A number of cities have "open house" weekends where public and private buildings and infrastructure that is generally closed off is temporarily made open to the public. I've always hoped that these weekends would be expanded to include both manufacturing facilities and many of the utilities that are essential to our lives. I've been fortunate enough to have visited some of these facilities (as an adult) and have both…
Yeah, I love Doors Open Toronto (end of every May), https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/festivals-events/doors-... . Many of the sites are related to arts or churches, but some are infrastructure like a water treatment plant, public transit maintenance garages (TTC bus, streetcar, subway), natural gas power plant. I would love to see an expansion to more industrial sites in the open house.
https://www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk/content/oxford-open-do...
I went to a STEM summer camp in Switzerland where they took us to see a variety of industrial sites including the Turbomach generator manufacturing facility, the Gotthard tunnel when it was under construction, an optic fiber connector company, a nuclear power plant, and a few other places that I cannot remember. The visits had a profound impact on me and inspired me, in a large part, to pursue engineering.
As part of the master's degree we went to multiple industrialized construction sites in Sweden over the course of a week.
I sort of wish I could do something like that every year as an adult. This year semi conductors. Next year, cars. The next one, TVs.