How Good is Good Enough? Craft Pursuits & Diminishing Ret...

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How good is good enough? For those of us obsessed with any craft category (e.g., coffee, watches, wine, knives, audio gear, etc), we can find ourselves crossing the line of ‘diminishing returns,’ where we keep chasing some notion or ideal of perfection. So why do we do this? Today, our CRAFTED co-hosts, Eli Brown, Jonathan Ellsworth, & Simon Stewart discuss.We Want to Hear from You!Have a topic, craft category, or craft company you’d like to see us cover? Email us at [email protected] to share those or any other thoughts you have about CRAFTED.TOPICS & TIMES: JE's Manifesto (1:54)Eli's Categories For Spending (11:14)MOMA NYC (16:38)Status As Return? (20:48)Rabbit Holes (26:58)Wine Price Points (30:09)Craft As Experience (35:45)Audio Space: Diminishing Returns (37:25)Headphones (41:12)Contentment and Curiosity (46:22)Hario V60 (53:16)Watches (56:12)Paying Scarcity (1:04:17)SEE OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Blister CinematicBikes & Big IdeasGEAR:30Blister PodcastENTER OUR WEEKLY GIVEAWAYS:Enter Our Free Weekly Giveaways Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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How good is good enough? For those of us obsessed with any craft category (e.g., coffee, watches, wine, knives, audio gear, etc), we can find ourselves crossing the line of ‘diminishing returns,’ where we keep chasing some notion or ideal of...

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