Matthew Crawford Quotes

• The truth does not reveal itself to idle spectators.

  Matthew Crawford

  Doe, Idle, Spectators

  Matthew B. Crawford (2009). “Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work”, p.71, Penguin

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• 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.

  Matthew Crawford

  Ideas, Trying, Attention

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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.

  Matthew Crawford

  Careers, Confusion, Foundation

  Matthew B. Crawford (2009). “Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work”, p.12, Penguin

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• En Occidente hemos organizado nuestras instituciones para evitar la concentración del poder político. ... Pero hemos fracasado rotundamente a la hora de impedir la concentración del poder económico, o de tener en cuenta cómo dicha concentración daña las condiciones en las que el pleno florecimiento humano se hace posible (nunca está garantizado).

  Matthew Crawford

  Political, Damage, West

  Matthew B. Crawford (2009). “Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work”, p.146, Penguin

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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?

  Matthew Crawford

  Bullshit, Personality, Firsts

  Matthew Crawford (2010). “The Case for Working with Your Hands: Or Why Office Work is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels Good”, p.12, Penguin UK

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