*Shop Class as Soul Craft* is a great book. I believe that it was
discussed on RBW or iBOB when it first came out. I had never heard of the
newer one and appreciate the reference.
On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 1:00 PM Patrick Moore wrote:
> Good points. Moulton reminds me of Matthew Crawford's *Shop
Another great intro to this topic is the 2016 documentary, “Hypernormalisation”
by British filmmaker Adam Curtis. Easy to find on streaming services and worth
a watch, as are all of his films.
--Eric N
> On Mar 24, 2021, at 2:16 PM, Scott G. wrote:
>
>
> I think I have been hanging out in
I think I have been hanging out in a different reality than Mr. Moulton.
Great Grandad explained the the world had gone to hell once the Emperor
Franz Joseph died.
On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 4:33:52 PM UTC-4 George Schick wrote:
> Glad you brought those points up, Patrick. There was a
Glad you brought those points up, Patrick. There was a time in our nation
when rewards were external. Sure, people took pride in what they did, but
they saw the reward in what earning a living did for their families. Not
any more. Beginning with our Boomer generation (yep, I'm one of 'em,
Patrick,
Good reminder to look at Dave Moulton's blog. I appreciate his early years
in England; quite a challenging start in life. As he says in yesterday's
blog: *Remember when you were 5,6 or 7? The thoughts you had, was that not
the same person that does the thinking now? *He comes by it
Good points. Moulton reminds me of Matthew Crawford's *Shop Class as Soul
Craft* where he argues that even the "base mechanical arts" (Crawford's
examples are electrician and motorcycle mechanic) incline the practitioner
to both moral and intellectual virtue (in the traditional sense; Crawford
is
Dig it. I end up on his blog occasionally. He does have some good been
around the block a few times wisdom. I think Grant may have linked to
Dave's blog and that was how I ended up there.
I was reading Lila by Robert Pirsig last night and got to a section talking
about celebrity. A zen master
Thanks for posting. Good read.
On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:01:13 AM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote:
> I guess not too many on this list read a blog by a retired builder of
> racing frames, but Moulton has a fund of basic wisdom in his very old age.
> He's not a wise man, but he's a practical
