Re:We're Not Innovating, We're Just Forgetting Slower
by WillAdams on Friday July 04, 2025 @03:02PM
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That's a tough row to hoe --- classic example of that is a pencil (see Thoreau and his family's history/business), though interestingly, there is a specialized tool now for making one (from components):
John Economaki's "Pencil Precision" from Bridge City Tool Works:
I have the preceding "Chopstick Master v2" and it is a delight to use (and probably if there was a suitable set of instructions for collecting the materials for making a pencil lead and baking them, I'd probably have the successor).
John Economaki's "Pencil Precision" from Bridge City Tool Works:
https://bridgecitytools.com/products/pp-1-pencil-precision
I have the preceding "Chopstick Master v2" and it is a delight to use (and probably if there was a suitable set of instructions for collecting the materials for making a pencil lead and baking them, I'd probably have the successor).