In Praise of Hard Industries: Why Manufacturing, Not the Information Economy, Is the Key to Future Prosperity cover
In Praise of Hard Industries: Why Manufacturing, Not the Information Economy, Is the Key to Future Prosperity
by Eamonn Fingleton
ISBN: 0395899680
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Animats · 2025-07-17 · Original thread
The extreme version of that: "Embrace the Suck".[1] By a Navy SEAL with a masochistic streak. SEALs are selected for people who will keep going while suffering, but this guy is into the suffering as an end in itself.

The industrial version: "In Praise of Hard Industries".[2]

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Embrace-Suck-Navy-SEAL-Extraordinary/...

[2] https://www.amazon.com/Praise-Hard-Industries-Manufacturing-...