The Case for Working with Your Hands, or, Why Office Work is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels Good

Viking Press (2010)
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A brief case for the useful arts -- The separation of thinking from doing -- To be master of one's own stuff -- The education of a gearhead: from amateur to professional -- The contradictions of the cubicle -- Thinking as doing -- Work, leisure, and full engagement.

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