mhoyeMar 15

Anyone else remember that thing where 2020 taught us that a bufferless, deeply interconnected world of just-in-time production was incredibly fragile, and an otherwise completely manageable temporary disruption would cascade quickly into economic catastrophe, but instead of learning any lessons or building resilient, humane infrastructure we told everyone that the crisis was past and normal was back and go sacrifice your lives and health to grease the machine?

I do.

https://www.techspot.com/news/111683-critical-semiconductor-gas-lost-third-global-supply-drone.html

Drone strikes halt a third of the world's helium supply, threatening chip production

At the center of the issue is the precision gas vital to chip manufacturing and cryogenics. Helium cools silicon wafers during fabrication, maintaining the extremely low temperatures...

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@mhoye I remember reading that a bestseller book of the 1910s argued that there would never be a major war in Europe because France and Germany were each other's largest trading partner and their economies were too interconnected, making a war too expensive for no appreciable benefit. It was true, as what you said is true, but it didn't and doesn't matter because the idea of starting a war is never rational in itself in the best of cases, and we're far away from the best case these days
Mar 15 at 10:10pmWeb