A machine might be able to make an objectively better thing, but that’s not what people are paying extra for. It’s the story about a real person applying their skills and effort to make it. Demand for that will likely never cease to exist. I bet it’ll just increase.


Buy local.
That’s why I threw the caveat there “unless you can physically walk to where they handmake it”, but of course depends what you want and if you live anywhere near somewhere that does it.