75 – Coperthwaite, Chapter One: “Society by Design / Design by Society”

In this episode, Joshua and Mike tackle the first chapter in Bill Coperthwaite’s A Handmade Life: “Society by Design / Design by Society.” This chapter is worked through section by section, explaining and interacting with Bill’s relentless call to deliberately reorient our lives toward the best and most beautiful ends. This “democratic” call is for everyone to participate in self-reflection and purposeful action. The guys made it through the first half of the chapter, which ends with an intriguing critique of electric can openers, of which Bill said he “can’t think of anything more ridiculous.” This is technology criticism in action.

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75 – Coperthwaite, Chapter One: “Society by Design / Design by Society” is an episode from The Mortise & Tenon Podcast by Mortise & Tenon Magazine.

This episode is 01:03:21 long.

This episode was published on Aug 14, 2025.

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