The Shipping Container: An Excavation of Distance

A simple steel box changed civilization.In this excavation, J.C. Hayes explores how the shipping container transformed global trade, supply chains, manufacturing, abundance, and the distance between producers and consumers. As efficiency increased and products became more accessible, what became harder to see?Topics include: shipping containers, global trade, supply chains, resilience, economic concentration, local communities, systems thinking, and modern civilization.Because the shipping container was never the story. It was the clue.