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A review by bmpicc
Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It by Adam Savage
3.0
I'm a little torn on this one. I loved it and I was not in love with it at the same time. I loved the section about lists (I felt so seen!), the little bits about his childhood and his life, the idea that we are looking at "failure" & "wrong turns" incorrectly.
Sadly, what bored me was when he would go deep into different types of glue or scissors. I can appreciate his love of these things, but it was a little much for me. I still think it is worth a listen and has some wonderful takeaways.
“The best part of making a list is, you guessed it, crossing things off.”
“When we say we need to teach kids how to “fail,” we aren’t really telling the full truth. What we mean when we say that is simply that creation is iteration and that we need to give ourselves the room to try things that might not work in the pursuit of something that will.”
“Wrong turns are part of every journey. They are, as Kurt Vonnegut was fond of saying, “dancing lessons from God,” and the last thing we want to do is give our kids two left feet.”
Sadly, what bored me was when he would go deep into different types of glue or scissors. I can appreciate his love of these things, but it was a little much for me. I still think it is worth a listen and has some wonderful takeaways.
“The best part of making a list is, you guessed it, crossing things off.”
“When we say we need to teach kids how to “fail,” we aren’t really telling the full truth. What we mean when we say that is simply that creation is iteration and that we need to give ourselves the room to try things that might not work in the pursuit of something that will.”
“Wrong turns are part of every journey. They are, as Kurt Vonnegut was fond of saying, “dancing lessons from God,” and the last thing we want to do is give our kids two left feet.”