Is it more or less mind-blowing to look around and note that virtually everything in our houses and offices--electronics, pots and pans, tables and chairs, auto

Is it more or less mind-blowing to look around and note that virtually everything in our houses and offices--electronics, pots and pans, tables and chairs, autos, etc.--came out of the ground? Think about all the ore-bearing rock and soil that had to be mined, sifted, transported, refined, formed, milled, transported again, and so on, just to produce the machine that puts a label on a box. Even putting truly complex tech aside, the amount of resources we collectively tear through, day after day, to get to this (not particularly admirable) place is staggering.