New and Old #231
Cheap product engineering, "ghost wineries," America's oldest drive-in theater, and fancy product engineering
How a $1 Lighter Defied Inflation for 20 Years, Shear Force, Lesley Gao, August 13, 2025
This is a really fascinating piece about how various constraints on cheap manufacturing and exporting led to more and more efficiency, thereby getting around those constraints. I used to think that China today seemed a lot like America in the past. It’s probably more that eve…
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