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This is one of my favorite books. Changed the way I looked at work and what I wanted to do with my life (always keeping a tangible output for my efforts). Alo
by desine 5y ago
This is one of my favorite books. Changed the way I looked at work and what I wanted to do with my life (always keeping a tangible output for my efforts). Along with Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, the pair are wonderful motorcycle books that teach a lot about life and very little about motorcycles.
I am a bit biased as someone who is fond of motorcycles, but they're both excellent without that, I think.
- ianmcgowan 5y agoAnother meditation on technology, that is perhaps more grounded than Zen. Worth a read: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/truck-on-rebuilding-a-worn-out-pickup-and-other-post-technological-adventures_john-jerome/445700/#edition=4363951&idiq=12505603 https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/truck-on-rebuilding-a-worn-out... What he does find, however, is that he must make peace with technology; it’s a mistake, he says, to "assume there is a point on that line between the caveman’s club and the moon shot that marks the moral turnaround, before which technology was somehow benign, after which it is malign."
- desine 5y agoThanks, I had not heard of this, but will definitely give it a read. Zen definitely does go a bit into lofty metaphysics, enough to lose some of the more casual readers. Shop Class as Soulcraft is very much in the physical world. I think that point on the line that many of seem to feel is when we no longer understand the underlying principles of the technology, but both (all three?) books examine the breaking down of these knowledge barriers. For anyone else still reading this comment - Zen focuses more on "quality" and it's definition, than the actual work. The physical acts of adjusting the bike serve as introduction to the discussion. Anyways thanks again for the recommendation.