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There is more to pushing freight than just turning the ignition key. The complexity of supply-chains is overwhelming. Your fancy boat or train needs a boatload
by sususuuss 2mo ago
There is more to pushing freight than just turning the ignition key.
The complexity of supply-chains is overwhelming. Your fancy boat or train needs a boatload (!) of grease, oils, spare parts, maintenance, logs, not to mention fuel, accounting, insurance, the list is endless and it’s all either fully enabled by or extraordinarily simplified by digital networks.
- darkerside 2mo agoYou realize it wasn't always that way, right? And that whole we continue to optimize this complex supply chain, there are diminishing returns. If you roll back recent computing technology, many people die, but if you roll back the industrial revolution, modern civilization collapses.