Matthew Crawford: Why We Drive / Shop Class as Soulcraft
Why We Drive (also: Shop Class as Soulcraft) by Matthew B. Crawford
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shop craft is SoulCraft is his big work. But he also wrote a book called Why We drive which is a car book. He's a gearhead.
Episode 181: Bucket of Chicks (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:22:38 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
Dave was reading Why We Drive, by gearhead philosopher Matthew Crawford, whose best-known work is Shop Class as Soulcraft. He liked Crawford's critique of tech 'futurism'.
Not in the audio. Titles normalized ('shockcraft as SoulCraft' = Shop Class as Soulcraft).