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Summary: <p>[2013-01-16 13:00:00] Who are the modern-day tinkerers and how has tinkering survived our culture’s focus on efficiency, conformity, and planned obsolescence? We’ll talk this hour with Alec Foege, author of “The Tinkerers: The Amateurs, DIYers, and Inventors Who Make America Great” (Basic Books, 2013).</p>