Yesterday I mentioned Matthew B. Crawford’s The World Beyond Your Head, which is a fascinating read 90 pages in.  Crawford released another book a number of years ago that attracted a lot of attention, Shop Class as Soulcraft.  And while I haven’t read the book, I imagine this TEDx talk from 2011 is based on some of that work.  I think watching it will be a good 20 minutes of your time, even if just to remind you of how far we’ve “moved forward” as a culture.