Robert M. Pirsig

May 29, 2024 | artofmanliness.com | Robert M. Pirsig |Tom Steele |Matthew I Crawford |Ron Di Santo

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig. It’s a peculiar book, especially for a bestseller. Not a lot of it is actually about zen or motorcycle maintenance, it combines a travelogue, a father/son story, and philosophical musings, and the structure of its narration makes it hard to follow. Thus, it’s the kind of book people often buy, start, and then put down without finishing.

Dec 25, 2023 | likewise.com | Hermann Hesse |Albert Camus |Robert M. Pirsig |Viktor E. Frankl

Suggested byPix and upvoted by 1 otherSiddharthaby Hermann HesseLiked by 2.5KPixThrough the journey of the protagonist Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse delivers a novel rich with Buddhist philosophy that invites the reader to contemplate the nature of self and happiness. To add a comment, download the Likewise app from your device's app store.

Aug 18, 2023 | freakonomics.com | Steven D. Levitt |John List |Jill Lepore |Robert M. Pirsig

My guest today, Reginald Dwayne Betts is the MacArthur “genius award” winner, founder of the nonprofit Freedom Reads, a poet, and a graduate of Yale Law School. He’s accomplished all that despite the fact that he spent more than eight years in prison from the age of 16 to 24.

Jul 25, 2023 | hagerty.com | Jack Kerouac |William Least Heat-Moon |Robert M. Pirsig |Ian Frazier

When I was hired at Car and Driver 34 years ago, editor-in-chief William Jeanes said: “P.J. O’Rourke has fled to D.C. to interrogate politicians. You’re replacing him. Try to be funny. Try.” I immediately phoned P.J. to ask, “You got any unused material stuffed behind the refrigerator?”We thereafter remained friends, at least until February 2022, when P.J. hit life’s ultimate blind curve.