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 It feels like the lesson being learned each time is β€œoh good we still have some slack in the system, it turns out, so no worries then. [turns dial another notch]”
@c_9 @mhoye I wonder how long can the industrial production peak be pushed into the future and what will be the straw that breaks the camel's back. https://medium.com/@alysion42/recalibration-of-limits-to-growth-a-2023-update-of-the-world3-model-055b677a6cd5
Recalibration of Limits to Growth: A 2023 Update of the WORLD3 Model

Old news from 1972, in case you missed it

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