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58: The Economy of Smartphones

Techquila

English - July 26, 2019 02:14 - 2 hours - 84.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
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Holden and Mike join me to talk about the economy of smartphones from material mining to the end of their lifecycle and we got pretty fucking drunk doing it.

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Citations:

[The spiralling environmental cost of our lithium battery addiction](https://www.wired.co.uk/article/lithium-batteries-environment-impact)

[Is your phone tainted by the misery of the 35,000 children in Congo's mines?](https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/oct/12/phone-misery-children-congo-cobalt-mines-drc)

[You can’t buy an ethical smartphone today](https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/06/ethical-smartphone-conscious-consumption/?guccounter=1)

[Shenzhen: The Silicon Valley of Hardware](https://youtu.be/SGJ5cZnoodY)

[Why your old phones collect in a junk drawer of sadness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyUqqA8wA0A&feature=youtu.be)

[RIGHT TO REPAIR IS NOW A NATIONAL ISSUE](https://www.wired.com/story/right-to-repair-elizabeth-warren-farmers/)

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