Interesting reading; Metalworking content..machines
Pencil: The Making of a Pencil
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>This is an essay that explains why people cannot live independently of others.
>It shows why the economic system has to be reconstructed. To reconstruct
>something does not mean to necessarily put it back as it was. Indeed, it is a
>chance for improvement and to remove what experience has shown were faults in
>the previous design.
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"To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem. To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized, merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas