Shop Class as Soul Craft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work

In 2026, I realized that few things make me happier than giving someone a book. So I decided to be intentional about it and try to give away 100 books. This page is just a way for me to keep track of this effort. This is not meant to be self-congratulatory. It’s meant to encourage me to proactively…

I hate saying this, but I just didn’t get this book. It was written in 1974, and has become the best-selling philosophy book in history. But it totally escaped me. It’s the story of a Narrator and his son, Chris, who embark on a two-week motorcycle trip from Minneapolis to Northern California. They…