From cooking to woodworking, rising levels of skill, effort and information intensivity have become a barrier to entry.
Megan McArdle is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist.
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: