Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work

by Matthew B. Crawford

What are the attractions of being disburdened of involvement with our own stuff?

Craftsmanship entails learning to do one thing really well, while the ideal of the new economy is to be able to learn new things, celebrating potential rather than achievement.

context in which to view the problem has already been determined, so there is no effort of interpretation required. But in the real world, problems don’t present themselves in this predigested way;

rooted in the separation of thinking from doing.

the personal grooming habits of Albert Einstein are highly significant—how

The truth, of course, is that creativity is a by-product of mastery of the sort that is cultivated through long practice.