“When the point of education becomes the production of credentials rather than the cultivation of knowledge, it forfeits the motive recognized by… — Matthew B. Crawford Aristotle Copy Share Image
“The lover of excellence is prone to being drawn out of himself, erotically almost, in a way that the universalist egalitarian is… — Matthew B. Crawford Copy Share Image
“I was nearing a familiar point where I’ve descended through every level of madness and despair, and a certain calm takes over.… — Matthew B. Crawford Despair Copy Share Image
“I used to try to hypnotize myself into a Zen-like state of resignation at the outset. It doesn't work, not for this… — Matthew B. Crawford Hypnotize Copy Share Image
“The satisfactions of manifesting oneself concretely in the world through manual competence have been known to make a man quiet and easy.… — Matthew B. Crawford Boasting Copy Share Image
“The idea of autonomy denies that we are born into a world that existed prior to us. It posits an essential aloneness;… — Matthew B. Crawford Autonomy Copy Share Image
“...an external reward can affect one's interpretation of one's own motivation, and interpretation that comes to be self-fulfilling. A similar effect may… — Matthew B. Crawford Making money Copy Share Image
“There is a classic psychology experiment that seems to confirm Brewer's point. Children who enjoy drawing were given marker pens and allowed… — Matthew B. Crawford Ahead of time Copy Share Image
“the goodness of money floats free of any particular evaluations that could engage our attention and energize our activity.” — Matthew B. Crawford Free Copy Share Image
“His treatment of mechanical problems wasn't divorced from the worldly situations in which they arise, and as a result [John Muir's service… — Matthew B. Crawford Muir Copy Share Image
“The truth about idiocy... is that it is at once an ethical and cognitive failure... The Greek idios means 'private,' and idiotes… — Matthew B. Crawford English words Copy Share Image
“We're not as free and independent as we thought. Street-level work that disrupts the infrastructure (the sewer system below or the electrical… — Matthew B. Crawford Different world Copy Share Image
“...it is often the case that when things get really hairy, you want an experienced human being in control. The preference for… — Matthew B. Crawford Intuitive Copy Share Image
“For humans, tools point to the necessity of moral inquiry. Because nature makes only ambiguous prescriptions for us, we are compelled to… — Matthew B. Crawford Character Copy Share Image
“...if we follow the traces of our own actions to their source, they intimate some understanding of the good life. This understanding… — Matthew B. Crawford Coherence Copy Share Image
“Both as workers and as consumers, we feel we move in channels that have been projected from afar by vast impersonal forces.… — Matthew B. Crawford Meaning Copy Share Image
“I did not even look at the scoreboard when my routine was done in 1976. My teammates started pointing because there was… — Matthew B. Crawford Habits Copy Share Image
“Stripped of the kind of judgments that are at the very heart of the idea of "credit", shot through with bad faith,… — Matthew B. Crawford Customer Copy Share Image
“When Jessica DuLong describes her work in the engine room of the John J. Harvey, you can practically feel the throb of… — Matthew B. Crawford Books Copy Share Image
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