If you excavate any square yard of ocean you'll find a bunch of sharks' teeth in the sediment. They're like tree rings for ocean paleoclimatology. They're 'high tech' (in the sense that an apex predator uses them), effective and constantly being replaced.
Now do the same thing with a landfill and you'll find generations of silicon doodads in the strata.
My point: we shouldn't be too surprised when things are disposable. Sharks' teeth aren't useful after they fall out. Companies can't be supporting ten generations of gadgets.
Now do the same thing with a landfill and you'll find generations of silicon doodads in the strata.
My point: we shouldn't be too surprised when things are disposable. Sharks' teeth aren't useful after they fall out. Companies can't be supporting ten generations of gadgets.