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aeronca65t
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In between building the new TeaPot racer, watching my grandaughter and helping my elderly parents, I'm hoping to get some good Summer reading in.
Like many of you, I'm pretty much a "shop-guy" with a great interest in hands-on work.
Here's a link to an article about a book I haven't read yet (I've ordered it) but I have a feeling it'll be a good one:
~“Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work,”~
The author, Matthew B. Crawford, majored in physics as an undergraduate, then turned to political philosophy (Ph.D. Univ. Chicago).
He runs a motorcycle repair shop in Virginia.
Here's an interesting quote from the article:
"When we praise people who do work that is straightforwardly useful, the praise often betrays an assumption that they had no other options. We idealize them as the salt of the earth and emphasize the sacrifice for others their work may entail. Such sacrifice does indeed occur — the hazards faced by a lineman restoring power during a storm come to mind. But what if such work answers as well to a basic human need of the one who does it? I take this to be the suggestion of Marge Piercy’s poem “To Be of Use,” which concludes with the lines “the pitcher longs for water to carry/and a person for work that is real.” Beneath our gratitude for the lineman may rest envy."
The article goes on to discuss the unsatisfying "Dilbert-like" jobs that many professionals have.
Matthew Crawford's book (the source of the above article) is available from Amazon for about $15.00 (I ordered it last week).
Like many of you, I'm pretty much a "shop-guy" with a great interest in hands-on work.
Here's a link to an article about a book I haven't read yet (I've ordered it) but I have a feeling it'll be a good one:
~“Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work,”~
The author, Matthew B. Crawford, majored in physics as an undergraduate, then turned to political philosophy (Ph.D. Univ. Chicago).
He runs a motorcycle repair shop in Virginia.
Here's an interesting quote from the article:
"When we praise people who do work that is straightforwardly useful, the praise often betrays an assumption that they had no other options. We idealize them as the salt of the earth and emphasize the sacrifice for others their work may entail. Such sacrifice does indeed occur — the hazards faced by a lineman restoring power during a storm come to mind. But what if such work answers as well to a basic human need of the one who does it? I take this to be the suggestion of Marge Piercy’s poem “To Be of Use,” which concludes with the lines “the pitcher longs for water to carry/and a person for work that is real.” Beneath our gratitude for the lineman may rest envy."
The article goes on to discuss the unsatisfying "Dilbert-like" jobs that many professionals have.
Matthew Crawford's book (the source of the above article) is available from Amazon for about $15.00 (I ordered it last week).
