In Praise of Physical Work

The ordering of such values happens, in part, because of the way capitalist economies function. As well as this, there’s the way schools prioritize academic learning over practical skills. As a society, we’d much rather move away from certain forms of work, placing them out of view. If we could, we’d replace more and more of the practical aspects of industry with machines, computers, apps, or artificial intelligence. But why is work done by humans important? Why does bodily labor matter? Is there something to preserve from the thousands of years of the history of human bodily work?