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Matthew Crawford, born in 1965, is an American writer. His works often explore labor, technology, and cultural phenomena in modern society. Crawford's writing is praised for its profound insights and emphasis on the value of labor.

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“We‘ve sacrificed silence - the condition of not being addressed. And just as clean air makes it possible to breathe, silence makes it possible to think.”

Life Work Silence Society Noise Think

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“What sort of personality does one need to have, as a twenty-first-century mechanic, to tolerate the layers of electronic bullshit that get piled on top of machines?”

Needs Firsts Doe Century Personality Machines Twenties Layers Tolerate Bullshit Mechanic

Book:The Case for Working with Your Hands: Or Why Office Work is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels Good

Source: The Case for Working with Your Hands: Or Why Office Work is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels Good

“We in the West have arranged our institutions to prevent the concentration of political power. … But we have failed utterly to prevent the concentration of economic power, or take account of how such concentration damages the conditions under which full human flourishing becomes possible (it is never guaranteed).”

Humans Political Economic Conditions Accounts Institutions West Damage Concentration Political Power Flourishing Economic Power

Book:Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work

Source: Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work

“The truth does not reveal itself to idle spectators.”

Doe Idle Spectators

Book:Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work

Source: Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work

“It's a good idea to pay attention to the world and try to understand how it works rather than how you would like it to work.”

World Trying Ideas Pay Attention Pay Attention Good Ideas

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“Out of the current confusion of ideals and confounding of career hopes, a calm recognition may yet emerge that productive labor is the foundation of all prosperity.”

May Careers Ideals Labor Foundation Calm Currents Prosperity Confusion Recognition Productive Confounding

Book:Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work

Source: Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work

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Born: 1965
Known for: Writer
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Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of WorkRelated source material

The Case for Working with Your Hands: Or Why Office Work is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels GoodRelated source material

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