From PBS NewsHour.

Actor and longtime woodworker Nick Offerman says he has a "responsibility" to continue making things by hand as the world becomes more automated.

"The whole point of being human is that I have this incredible set of skills," he said. "I have a brain, I have coordination, I can read a language, and I can then write that language, and that manifests the knowledge and culture that I have grown up learning."

"Using tools and using my hands to make things allows me to participate as a citizen of the world in an active way that I consider even a responsibility," he added.

Offerman, best known for his role as Ron Swanson on NBC’s "Parks and Recreation," spoke to Geoff Bennett for PBS News’ podcast, "Settle In."

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