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After finishing a book about the history of textiles, I question the overall break down of cost to create such things; how much goes into the process to get it from the factory to you? How much other effort goes into the things to create not just the energy we use to turn on the lights, but the things that help the lights turn on, like copper?
Executive Producer: quirkess
Book mentioned: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/75319.Virginia_Postrel
Podcast about the processing of materials like oil and copper: https://robertbryce.com/episode/simon-michaux-associate-professor-of-geometallurgy-at-the-geological-survey-of-finland/ The Apollo Program used a woven system to make magnetically resistant computers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_rope_memory
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