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Securing the sufficient delivery of water, growing and processing crops, feeding and slaughtering animals, producing and converting enormous quantities of primary energies, and extracting and altering raw materials to fit a myriad of uses are endeavors whose scales (required to meet the demand of billions of consumers) and infrastructures (that ena

Vaclav Smil • How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going

Our process, for example, is very resource light, we can put assets anywhere in the world, it can be close to the end source of demand or production. We're less reliant on a lot of the upstream inputs or agricultural processes, and that probably extends to a lot of these fermentation technologies.

Jan-Erik Asplund • Not Found

Manufacturing processes are precisely defined. At every stage of his development of the assembly line, Ford could detail exactly how Model Ts were produced in his factory. In the knowledge sector, by contrast, decisions about organizing and executing work are largely left up to individuals to figure out on their own.

Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Smartphones are built on assembly lines that Henry Ford would recognize—and their marketing follows the rules laid down by Alfred Sloan.

Tom Standage • A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next

The Junkification of Amazon

John Herrman nymag.com

This is the deep maker culture of the east. Engrained in thousands of years of history. Incredible. Can you imagine how these processes were made/discovered? https://t.co/DdICI0wDLO

Linus Ekenstam x.com

The factory was called Nippon Rubber. It was the biggest shoe factory I’d ever seen, a kind of Shoe Oz, capable of handling any order, no matter how big or complicated.

Phil Knight • Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

“DYMO” is synonymous with labels. This brand name once edged toward the immortality of genericization, close to what Kleenex is to the tissue, almost a Band-Aid, nearly a Xerox. It fits the familiar two-syllable bill of a word creature jolted to life in the mid-20th century by a corporate brand agency, one of those that looks most comfortable and s... See more

Jonathan Tarleton • Yes labels｜Dirt

The delivery formula has been cracked when all the following events always happen. ★ Products are delivered to the same high standard, on time, every time. ★ This year’s product is measurably better than last year’s. ★ This year’s product costs at least 5 per cent less to make than last year’s. ★ Volumes can be doubled within a year without panic o