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> Switch off a light bulb for an hour and you are saving illumination that would have cost our ancestors all week to create > But the price of light alone tell
by fabricexpert 8y ago
> Switch off a light bulb for an hour and you are saving illumination that would have cost our ancestors all week to create
> But the price of light alone tells a fascinating story: it has fallen by a factor of 500,000, far faster than official inflation statistics suggest.
This is a fantastic anecdote in favour of automation, technology, science and research.
I can imagine how the sperm whale sailors, candle stick makers and matchbox makers felt when the light bulb started to become commonplace and replace their jobs. We will see the same arguments against progress coming through again and again over the next 100 years, I hope we continue to prevail in our growth and find a solution for those displaced when technology overtakes their job.
- vwcx 8y ago> I can imagine how the sperm whale sailors, candle stick makers and matchbox makers felt when the light bulb started to become commonplace and replace their jobs. And now the match industry has an upper-end, boutique product for wealthy millennials. Markets in everything. http://skeemshop.com/apothecary-match-bottles/ http://skeemshop.com/apothecary-match-bottles/
- nkrisc 8y agoHuge, dim "Edison" bulbs also appear to be trendy. The cycle seems to be accelerating.
- henvic 8y agoYou are probably familiar with... but for those who aren't... Here is something cool to read by Frédéric Bastiat, a French philosopher during the 19 century: http://bastiat.org/en/petition.html http://bastiat.org/en/petition.html