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The same type of story as the classic "I, pencil," published in 1958: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%2C_Pencil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%2C_Pencil
by jstalin 12y ago
The same type of story as the classic "I, pencil," published in 1958:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%2C_Pencil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%2C_Pencil
- ad_hominem 12y agoA story sometimes referenced by Milton Friedman: http://youtu.be/4ERbC7JyCfU?t=19s http://youtu.be/4ERbC7JyCfU?t=19s
- kevinflo 12y agoI'd love to see the same structure analyzed again by a marxist or something instead of Friedman. Instead of focusing on the pencil getting made by this almost unfathomably complex concert of global labor, you can focus on the few bourgeoise actually profiting from it and how all of these disparate groups of laborers are almost invisibly caught in/exploited by the web. Not that I think either is the whole story, it would just be fun to listen to in the same way that this was.
- 27182818284 12y agoThanks. I vaguely remembered a pencil story similar to this, but I'm glad to have the title now.
- forrestthewoods 12y agoCame here to post exactly this link. A similar ppiece was written in the context software, Dizzying but Invisible Depth. https://plus.google.com/+JeanBaptisteQueru/posts/dfydM2Cnepe https://plus.google.com/+JeanBaptisteQueru/posts/dfydM2Cnepe
- joshdance 12y agoHe edited the piece to note that one. I love this tool chain type piece. Someone should write one about computer tool chains.
- zachrose 12y agoWow, yeah. Explaining how a goofy CSS animation appears on your screen after being sent from a disk on a web server, starting from rare earth metals and silicon purification.