Posted on 05/28/2009 4:05:53 AM PDT by grey_whiskers
My Dear Brother just sent me a link to this article by Matthew B. Crawford, author of the forthcoming Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work. Reminds me of Robert Pirsig... just less depressing.
Gotta say, it really resonates with me. In my younger (and poorer) days, I spent a lot of time "wrenching" on my own car (out of necessity) and for friends (out of desire for beer and pizza). I was far from a professional mechanic, but I could fix lots of stuff that it would otherwise cost of lot of money to pay a professional to attend to.
(Excerpt) Read more at hnn.us ...
Cheers!
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