58: The Economy of Smartphones
Techquila
English - July 26, 2019 02:14 - 2 hours - 84.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSociety & Culture Technology technology tech tequila techquila news shots commentary social culture alcohol Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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/)