Sleep Story 233 – The Instinct of Workmanship
Bore You To Sleep - Sleep Stories for Adults
Teddy
4.5 • 547 Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Tonight’s reading comes from The Instinct of Workmanship. Published in 1914 and written by Thorstein Veblen, this book looks at the psychology and physiology that contributes to our human workmanship.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to the Bore You to Sleep podcast, the podcast that will hopefully help you get to sleep. |
| 0:15.7 | I am going to read an open source book, one that is not particularly interesting, but one that is |
| 0:23.3 | hopefully boring enough to get you to sleep. |
| 0:27.9 | Tonight's reading comes from The Instinct of Workmanship, published in 1914 and written by Thorstein veblen this book looks at the psychology and physiology |
| 0:44.6 | that contributes to our human workmanship my name is teddy and i am to help people everywhere get a good night's rest. |
| 0:57.0 | Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest that you need. |
| 1:04.2 | The podcast is designed to play in the background while you slowly fall asleep. |
| 1:11.0 | A massive thank you to everybody who I heard from during the week. |
| 1:17.6 | It means so much to me to know that the podcast is helping you all get the sleep that you need. |
| 1:25.6 | Firstly, thank you to Shannon for becoming a new supporter on Anchor. |
| 1:31.8 | Your monthly donation is greatly appreciated and allows me to keep bringing out more episodes. |
| 1:40.4 | I am extremely grateful also to everybody who listens on Spotify and has taken the time to answer the |
| 1:49.6 | Q&A. I have heard from many listeners on Spotify and it is extremely warming to know how many of |
| 1:58.8 | you are benefiting from the podcast. |
| 2:02.6 | Thank you to listeners that I have heard from on Instagram during the week. |
| 2:08.3 | Faith Daniels, thank you for your lovely message. |
| 2:12.0 | And Baller Runs, thank you for your ongoing support. |
| 2:17.1 | For listeners on Audible, |
| 2:19.5 | firstly, thank you to everyone who has left me a view on Audible in the past. |
| 2:26.4 | I have only just become aware that there are ones that have been left outside of Australia. |
| 2:32.8 | And it appears that many Audible listeners globally have been left outside of Australia. And it appears that many audible listeners globally have been enjoying the podcast. |
| 2:40.3 | Most recently, thank you to Dennis, Linux and TB for your kind reviews in January on Audible. |
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