Thomas Thwaites: How I built a toaster -- from scratch
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Designer Thomas Thwaites describes his attempt to build a toaster from scratch, from mining ore and deriving plastic from oil. It is a short TED talk on how much civilization a simple object depends on.
Why HN recommends it: HN uses it as the standard illustration of hidden complexity and supply-chain dependencies behind everyday objects.
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