Imagine driving on a certain bumpy road over and over, and that your vehicle parts play clanking music louder and louder till you have to push it all the way to the service.
Sounds silly to practice and annoying to see it. YET…
YET, people do take a similar attitude, wrongly abiding by “Practice makes perfect”.
Practical proof of a difference between man and a monkey was emergence of agricultural and hunting tools. Their development, hence would further depreciate this comparison . But, some have not gone too far.
Relating a development of an economy to its agricultural tools, though not void from criticism, can serve a cogent argument, as sectoral shift starts from agriculture.
As a development leverage, I’ve chosen one of the essential agricultural tools - spade. Heavy reliance on agriculture for a long period should imply improved designs of tools. However, it is not always the case. Spade used by my grand grand grand parents does not much differ than the ones we use today, as we are still earning blisters due to the shape of its handle. Suffice it to say, we plow today, as we did many years ago.
On the other hand, developed countries were not industrially born. They too started off from agriculture. But, in a relatively shorter period, some blister freaked genius came up with a T-shaped handle spade. Which formed some kind of a loop for hand, helped avoid blisters, and apply greater pressure. They no longer waste time pitying their worn out hands. Voila tout!!
In fact, spade is not the only mirror of development, it was an analogy in this article. By the same token, we could compare irrigation systems. But the point is clear. Practice does not make it perfect, it causes blister on and on!!!
Thus “Only conscious practice can make it perfect!!!”
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