[0] - http://www.thetoasterproject.org/page2.htm
[1] - https://gizmodo.com/one-mans-nearly-impossible-quest-to-make...
I ised to talk to friends about “deep thinking” of what it took to make the sinple object in front of them, which they took for granted.
My favorite example was a pen.
Youre so abstracted from what it takes to actually make a simple pen.
Imagine it was post-apocolypse, and youre the only person left on earth - and in addition to all other humans who have dissapeared, all pens/pencils have also dissapeared.
You must build a pen - a ball point pen, to chronicle humanity.
Where do you start?
The simplest of objects have such a complex origin story.
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/01/18...
> So, firstly, yes, I realise toasting bread over a fire would’ve been a lot easier. But was a piece of toast (or designing a better toaster) really the point of this project?