{"id":39678,"date":"2017-08-17T02:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T06:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=39678"},"modified":"2018-02-20T09:28:53","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T14:28:53","slug":"the-most-important-invention-you-never-thought-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2017\/08\/17\/the-most-important-invention-you-never-thought-about\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Important Invention You Never Thought About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Zl0wr1915o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Published on 26 Jul 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One entrepreneur\u2019s invention cut world poverty and revolutionized manufacturing. Learn more with Steve Davies: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7QLoeehMw0w&#038;list=PL-erRSWG3IoBe1BsaqgTwYx0nS4nl2m_N&#038;index=2\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7QLoeehMw0w&#038;list=PL-erRSWG3IoBe1BsaqgTwYx0nS4nl2m_N&#038;index=2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LEARN MORE:<br \/>\nHow to Sabotage Progress (video): During the earliest part of the Industrial Revolution, workers worried about losing their jobs to machinery would throw their shoes into the machines in order to sabotage production. We\u2019re seeing recurrence of sabotage again today, but there\u2019s no more successful saboteur than regulation. Duke University Professor Michael C. Munger explains. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K0nSiwnbv4o\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K0nSiwnbv4o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger (book): Economist Marc Levinson delves into the history of the shipping container and how the invention changed the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Box-Shipping-Container-Smaller-Economy\/dp\/0691136408\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Box-Shipping-Container-Smaller-Economy\/dp\/0691170819\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1502034038&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=The+Box:+How+the+Shipping+Container&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=quotulatiousn-20&#038;linkId=ca8f280248e61c2c42aaae2b3c5f1395<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An Awesome Map of World Trade and Shipping (article): Daniel Bier uses UCL Energy Institute\u2019s timelapse of global shipping to illustrate spontaneous order. <a href=\"https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/an-awesome-map-of-world-trade-and-shipping\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/an-awesome-map-of-world-trade-and-shipping\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TRANSCRIPT:<br \/>\nFor a full transcript please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnliberty.org\/videos\/the-most-importa%E2%80%A6er-thought-about\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.learnliberty.org\/videos\/the-most-importa%E2%80%A6er-thought-about\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published on 26 Jul 2017 One entrepreneur\u2019s invention cut world poverty and revolutionized manufacturing. Learn more with Steve Davies: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7QLoeehMw0w&#038;list=PL-erRSWG3IoBe1BsaqgTwYx0nS4nl2m_N&#038;index=2 LEARN MORE: How to Sabotage Progress (video): During the earliest part of the Industrial Revolution, workers worried about losing their jobs to machinery would throw their shoes into the machines in order to sabotage production. 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