Looking Back to Save the Future

Edited by Emily R Pellerin The common narrative of industry is of a steady march of progress, improvement, and innovation since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Innovation's superiority complex touts itself as "better," kicking "inferior" methods on the curb in its pursuits. There's a misconception embedded in the narrative, though: the fallacy ignores the fact that older manufacturing methods are often more sound in economic, ecological, industrial senses and beyond. The...