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What Happens When Trash Stops?
Takeaways:
- We often take systems like trash pickup for granted until they don’t work, right?
- Invisible systems in our lives can impact us greatly, often without us even realizing it!
- Modern society relies on a tightrope of efficiency, and one misstep can cause chaos.
- Have you ever thought about what other invisible systems we overlook daily?
- Trash day might seem mundane, but it reminds us how much we depend on routine services.
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Transcript
Speaker A:
This is the Daily Note.
Speaker A:I'm James A.
Speaker A:Brown.
Speaker A:I got home and found a soaked, windblown filled trash bin sitting at the curb.
Speaker A:Our pickup was late.
Speaker A:This is thankfully uncommon in Rochester, New York, but those green spray painted containers remind me of some of the uncomfortable truths of modern society.
Speaker A:We walk a tightrope of just in time everything.
Speaker A:Turn one lever off and so much could and will go wrong.
Speaker A:Trash pickup is one of those things you don't think about until it stops happening.
Speaker A:Then you notice real fast.
Speaker A:So what do you think?
Speaker A:What other invisible Systems Are we one description away from noticing?
Speaker A: -: Speaker A:Brown and as always, be well.
