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Here's Why the Supply Chain Is Screwed

The future is . . . containers!

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Jonathan V. Last
Oct 25, 2021
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Container ships anchored outside of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach October 2, 2002 in Long Beach, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

1. Containers

Our modern world is built in large party by invisible pieces of infrastructure.

An example: Elish Otis invented the safety elevator. Without him and without his device, the topography of urban bu…

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