Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World · chapter 3 · id deep-work-c3-03-pre-industrial-craftsmen-found

“Pre-industrial craftsmen found deep meaning through engagement with materials. Newport draws on George Sturt's 'The Wheelwright's Shop' (1923) and Dreyfus/Kelly's 'All Things Shining' (2011).”

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George Sturt -- Wikipediasource alive

Sturt was a real wheelwright in Farnham who documented his trade. His book is a genuine primary source from 1923.

Sennett, R. (2008) - The Craftsman, Yale University PressFLAGGED: DOI not in registry

Sennett documents how craftwork produces 'engaged material consciousness' -- a state where the worker's identity merges with the process of skilled making, generating both competence and meaning that industrial labor systematically destroyed.

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