About this episode

The episode discusses Leonard E Read's 1958 essay 'I, Pencil' and the complexities of producing a simple pencil.

In his 1958 esssay 'I, Pencil,' Leonard E Read demonstrated that no one is capable of producing something as simple as a pencil.

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