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Why Does Human Error Create Value? | How Craftsmanship Creates Better Teachers | Artes Mechanicae, Ep. 20
Can teaching ever be guaranteed to succeed? Is there something more valuable in an artifact made by hand, as opposed to one made by machine?
Jun 24
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Fixing America Through Mechanical Arts | Artes Mechanicae, Ep. 18
What are the mechanical arts for? Are they simply a means of producing more things to consume, or do they point us toward a better way of living?
Jun 15
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The Classical Dispatch
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When "Professionalism" Kills Human Worth | Artes Mechanicae, Ep. 17
Credentialism, specialization, and technology promise efficiency — but what happens when they begin replacing ordinary human wisdom and compassion?
Jun 5
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When Growth Hurts - "The Double Watershed" | Artes Mechanicae, Ep. 16
Austin introduces the concept of "The Double Watershed." This was discussed by Ivan Illich in his book Tools for Conviviality (1973).
May 26
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Embrace the Slow Things | Artes Mechanicae, Ep. 15
What is the point of doing difficult things?
May 4
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Your Weaknesses & Loving Your Neighbor | Artes Mechanicae, Ep. 14
It is a most human thing to interact with one another.
Apr 20
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The Priestly Aspects of Mechanical Arts | Artes Mechanicae, Ep. 13
All meaningful work either protects or nourishes.
Apr 13
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Greystone Theological Institute | Artes Mechanicae, Ep. 12
At the heart of this show—on the Mechanical Arts—is the vision that Austin Hoffman shares with the Greystone Theological Institute. That is, craft and…
Apr 7
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Soft Bodies = Weak Minds | Artes Mechanicae, Ep. 11
Creaturely qualities aren’t to be escaped but remedied by acts of service and love.
Apr 1
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In a world of Prometheans, be an Orpheus | Artes Mechanicae, Ep. 10
In this episode, Austin Hoffman explores the difference between the Promethean and the Orphic attitudes towards nature.
Mar 27
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Are you acting like a fool? | Artes Mechanicae, Ep. 9
What do the mechanical arts have to do with the pursuit of wisdom?
Mar 24
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You need the mechanical arts to understand reality | Artes Mechanicae, Ep. 8
Wisdom requires conforming the soul to reality rather than conforming reality to the will of man.
Mar 19
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The Classical Dispatch
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