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Why is it relevant what he does for a living? It's his passion and hobby that is interesting.
> Why is it relevant... I'd say the point is "An Ordinary Guy did X". Vs. an engineering genius, or somebody with deep pockets, or a Hollywood special effects model builder, or 3D printer junkie, or whatever.
pics: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Relief_Magnin
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> Why is it relevant... I'd say the point is "An Ordinary Guy did X". Vs. an engineering genius, or somebody with deep pockets, or a Hollywood special effects model builder, or 3D printer junkie, or whatever.
He is with certainty not ordinary, precisely because of the feat. So a “an ordinary guy did x” statement would be false.
That he had to get extremely focused on the task, and devote years to it, is pretty well spelled out in the article's title.
> “One of the reasons Joe is so insistent that every single building is here is because he would never want someone to come and see it and not be able to find where they live and see their story,” Sherman tells Artnet.
https://www.muzeumprahy.cz/en/visit-langweils-model-of-pragu...
There is a miniature of Prague from around 1830 by Antonín Langweil. He dedicated his all free time to finish it in a hope of making money for his daughters. Langweil never found a benefactor for his work and he died poor. Pretty tragic story. https://www.muzeumprahy.cz/en/visit-langweils-model-of-pragu...