Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Apr 2026 on The Ezra Klein Show.
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Ezra Klein👍 Recommends
…classic book on maintenance philosophy and deliberate thinking before action
“And you quote quite a lot from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, which is a classic book. I was also very struck in the first chapter you're writing about this sailboat race. And you talk about a sailor thinking about how to fix a problem on his boat and forcing himself to think for two days before acting because, quote, I did not want to crystallize my thinking prematurely.”
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