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Material World
- A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future
- By: Ed Conway
- Narrated by: Ed Conway
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 318
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 294
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Story5 out of 5 stars 294
Sand, iron, salt, oil, copper and lithium. The struggle for these tiny, magical materials has razed empires, demolished civilizations, fed our greed and our ingenuity for thousands of years. But the story is not over. We are often told we now live in a weightless world of information but in fact we dug more stuff out of the earth in 2017 than in all of human history before 1950. And it's getting worse. To make one bar of gold, we now have to dig 5,000 tons of earth. For every tonne of fossil fuels, we extract six tonnes of other materials - from sand to stone to wood to metal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well worth more than one listen
- By JCM on 25-08-23
- Material World
- A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future
- By: Ed Conway
- Narrated by: Ed Conway
Deep insight delivered with a light touch
Reviewed: 23-09-23
Even for someone who has dabbled in the world of natural resources this has changed my mind and deepened my understanding multiple times. A great read or listen for anyone who cares about history and the future of the global economy and our planet.
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