The Separation of Thinking from Doing
Matthew Crawford’s excellent Shop Class as Soulcraft¹ is an impassioned defense of the value of manual work and the particular rewards of work that one is personally invested in. Although his focus is on the trades, his overall inquiry into the value of various kinds of work has a [...]
The posters page doesn’t seem to be getting any visitors. Maybe nobody realizes it’s there. Perhaps this reminder will rectify that situation: there is a whole page of letter-size posters for you to print and proudly display (suitable for framing!) Here’s one based on the famous “Keep Calm and Carry On” posters. The linked page [...]
In 1937, researchers at Harvard began a remarkable psychological study of Harvard sophomores that has continued up to the present day. Unlike most other clinical studies which focus on illnesses, the goal of the Grant Study was to examine health and well-being. The Atlantic has published a fascinating article—What Makes Us Happy?—about the Study and [...]
1469 (May 3) – Niccolò Machiavelli is born
1475 – Bernardo Machiavelli receives Livy’s History of Rome from the printer Niccolò Tedesco o Alamanno as compensation for creating the index for the volume.
1478 – Pazzi conspiracy. An attempt by the Pazzi family to kill Lorenzo and Guiliano di Medici and usurp power fails as Lorenzo (later [...]