Why We Drive
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Why HN recommends it
Offers a deeper look at the hacker side of the automotive world, suited to readers curious about cars and driving who want more than surface-level commentary.
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Take a look at Matthew Crawford's latest book, Why We Drive, for a deeper dive into the "hacker" side of the automotive world.
on “Dan's online motorcycle repair course (1999-2020)” ↗…without the kind of cultural specificity that makes college, or the rest of life, particularly interesting. And this isn't just university life. Read Matthew Crawford's The World Beyond Your Head and Why We Drive to get a sense of the ways that safety-ism is the new American way. As humans, we develop cognitively and emotionally when we are placed in risky situations (whether emotionally or physically). Perhaps…
on “Stanford’s war on social life” ↗…assist in locomotion, such as domesticated horses and carriages and bicycles and cars—and then extend their awareness to those tools. The driver “becomes one” with the machine, as we say. In his 2020 book, Why We Drive, Crawford argues that a device becomes a prosthetic. The rider fuses with the horse. To move the tool is to move the self. Crawford argues that this cognitive enhancement is possible only when you can…
on “The End of Manual Transmission” ↗