Why We Drive: On Freedom, Risk and Taking Back Control
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- Author：Matthew Crawford
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Summary
Why We Drive is a rebellious and daring celebration of the human spirit and the competence of ordinary people by the bestselling author of The Case for Working with Your Hands。
Once we were drivers on the open road。
Today we are more often in the back seat of an Uber。
As we hurtle toward a 'self-driving' future， are we destined to become passengers in our own lives too？
In Why We Drive， the philosopher and mechanic Matthew Crawford celebrates the risk， skill and freedom of driving。 He reveals what we are losing to technology and government control in the modern world， and speaks up for play， dissent and occasionally being scared witless。
'Fascinating。。。 A pleasure to read' Sunday Times
'Persuasive and thought-provoking。。。 A vivid and heartfelt manifesto' Observer
Once we were drivers on the open road。
Today we are more often in the back seat of an Uber。
As we hurtle toward a 'self-driving' future， are we destined to become passengers in our own lives too？
In Why We Drive， the philosopher and mechanic Matthew Crawford celebrates the risk， skill and freedom of driving。 He reveals what we are losing to technology and government control in the modern world， and speaks up for play， dissent and occasionally being scared witless。
'Fascinating。。。 A pleasure to read' Sunday Times
'Persuasive and thought-provoking。。。 A vivid and heartfelt manifesto' Observer
Reviews
Kirk Mayer
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It’s been a long time since I’ve read a surprise book - this one has broken that streak。 Unusually for me I bought it purely for the title。 There’s enough in the book to cover that expectation， but it’s actually about something different and much bigger。 The author skilfully raises issues of freedom and individual agency in the context of cars and driving。 In doing so he highlights the gap between where I am as the reader， and where I need to be - for the latter it’s my choice， the author doesn’ It’s been a long time since I’ve read a surprise book - this one has broken that streak。 Unusually for me I bought it purely for the title。 There’s enough in the book to cover that expectation， but it’s actually about something different and much bigger。 The author skilfully raises issues of freedom and individual agency in the context of cars and driving。 In doing so he highlights the gap between where I am as the reader， and where I need to be - for the latter it’s my choice， the author doesn’t tell me where to be。But there’s more。 By about a third of the way in there’s the dawning realisation that this describes some of the behaviours behind support for so called populists。 For those not put off by the prospect of understanding the possible basis for such behaviours I’d strongly recommend this book。 In turn that improved understanding might well be uncomfortable。In closing I’m tempted to say that it is an ‘important’ book， but that might put even more people off reading it， which would be a shame。 。。。more
Ian
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