Matthew Crawford - The Case for Working With Your Hands
Subtitled "Why office work is bad for us and fixing things feels good". It was originally published in 2009 under the title "Shop Class as Soulcraft". The retitling was for the UK market, because of people here not having the umbrella term "shop class" for things like woodwork, metalwork and fixing cars.
This was a re-read after some years, and I must say it still feels relevant! What it's saying about the satisfaction of making and fixing, and the dissatisfaction of - to use David Graeber's term -
"bullshit jobs", is if anything even _more_ true now. And it explains well the discipline of having to deal with actual reality.
As a natural result of his own work, a lot of his firsthand stories are about men and motorbikes or cars. I did think there was a strand of subtle sexism at times: not actively _dismissive_ of women, just leaning a bit on, how shall I put it? "the mystique of the brotherhood of engineers" kind of vibe. I still would probably read it again though.