Hipster Luddites
The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg
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The Origins of Textile Trade Secrets
The earliest textiles that have been recovered are tend to be more like nets or there for what's called twining, which is actually harder than weaving. What was the primary necessity that caused all of these different cultures to develop this stuff? Was it one necessity? We talk about food clothing and shelter and we tend to take all three for granted these days. But was it was it was a need for clothing? And then people saw the string and said it is good. It opened up doors to all sorts of other cool things you could do with the same concept.
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