Nerding Out

I think reading is absolutely, fantastically amazing. Like while I was reading the book SALT: A WORLD HISTORY today, I just made the connection that, millennia ago, the Egyptians have already figured out comparative advantage (each region/country/people produce things that they are good at producing and then trade for things they need, which is more profitable than producing everything they need). They also understood that value-added goods are more profitable than raw material (in general).

Yes, MILLENNIA.

The Chinese were the first to manipulate natural gas in pipes, which were made out of hallowed out bamboo covered in salted mud, hooked up to shelters for boiling sea water for salt. These pipes were also used as sewage pipes.

And these are only a few of the many things I learned.

I LOVE READING. Ahhhh!