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“The bias of human nature to be slow in correspondence triumphs even over the present quickening in the general pace of things:”
― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
“I like to fix motorcycles more than I like to wire houses (even though I could make about twice as much money wiring houses).9 Both practices have internal goods that engage my attention, but fixing bikes is more meaningful because not only the fixing but also the riding of motorcycles answers to certain intuitions I have about human excellence. People who ride motorcycles have gotten something right, and I want to put myself in the service of it, this thing that we do, this kingly sport that is like war made beautiful.”
― Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work
― Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work
“The Rubicon, we know, was a very insignificant stream to look at; its significance lay entirely in certain invisible conditions.”
― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
“We laugh at hamsters stuck on their metal play wheels. They give everything their little hamster bodies have but don’t go anywhere. That doesn’t matter, though, because they have little hamster brains. The hamster isn’t trying to finish anything. If anything he’s just trying to execute that elusive move where you get the wheel going so fast that you can do a full 360 around the circle. I bet the girl hamsters love that. You are smarter than a hamster. There’s a positive affirmation for you. Slap that on a mug.”
― Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done
― Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done
“There is a real freedom of speech on a job site, which reverberates outward and sustains a wider liberality. You can tell dirty jokes. Where there is real work being done, the order of things isn’t quite so fragile. Not surprisingly, it is the office rather than the job site that has seen the advent of speech codes, diversity workshops, and other forms of higher regulation. Some might attribute this to the greater mixing of the sexes in the office, but I believe a more basic reason is that when there is no concrete task that rules the job—an autonomous good that is visible to all—then there is no secure basis for social relations. Maintaining consensus and preempting conflict become the focus of management, and as a result everyone feels they have to walk on eggshells. Where no appeal to a carpenter’s level is possible, sensitivity training becomes necessary.34”
― Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work
― Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work
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