

#1853
Mentioned in 13 episodes
The Box
How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
Book • 2006
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Mentioned in 13 episodes
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as a book that teaches you about something that sounds boring but is responsible for much innovation.


Patrick O'Shaughnessy

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Zach Dell - Powering the Future - [Invest Like the Best, EP.434]
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as a biography about the person who developed container shipping, illustrating how a seemingly niche topic can have broader significance.


David Perell

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Nick Bilton: The Art of Storytelling in Films, Journalism, and Murder Mysteries | How I Write
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as a comprehensive history of containers from different perspectives.

Eduardo Saldaña

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199. El contenedor: la revolución del comercio global


Alex Lindsay

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MBW 979: Matt Baloney - Controversy Over Apple's F1 Movie Wallet Push Notification
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as an iconic book about the advent of container shipping.

John Konrad

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Returning from Ebb Tide LIVE at Sea Air Space 2025
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as a book about Malcolm McLean and his vision for containerization.

Christopher Mims

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171 | Christopher Mims on Our Interconnected Industrial Ecology
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as a book on his bookshelf that tells the story of the shipping container.


Patrick O'Shaughnessy

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Ryan Petersen - Where There Is Mystery, There Is Margin – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 22]
Von Nils als Beispiel für die Vorteile von Standardisierung und Modularisierung im Kontext des Zettelkasten-Prinzips erwähnt.

016 - "Das Zettelkasten-Prinzip" von Sönke Ahrens
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pour son étude de cas fascinante sur l'innovation et la disruption.

Clémence Lepic

#173 - Louis Chatriot - Alma - Leadership, courage, humilité et franchise radicale
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while discussing the impact of containerization on port cities and global economic geography.


Alexis Madrigal

People of the Pacific Circuit: Oakland’s place in the global economy
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for its insights into the shipping container industry.


Dom Cooke

Union Pacific: Long Train Runnin’ - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 69]
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for its insights into the invention and rollout of the shipping container and its consequences.


Matt Campbell

739: Matthew Campbell | Examining Global Shipping’s Grim Underbelly
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as a recommended book covering the history and impact of containerization.

Tim Minshall

Tim Minshall, "How Things Are Made: A Journey Through the Hidden World of Manufacturing" (Ecco, 2025)
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as a book about shipping containers and their impact on the world economy.


Brooks Duncan

The Secret to Actually Using What You Learn from Books (TPS549)
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as a book about the history of the shipping container.

Kate Kavanaugh

The Wood Age: Humans and the Forests That Made Them Human with John Perlin
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as a great resource about the history and impact of containerization.

Tim Minshall

Tim Minshall, "How Things Are Made: A Journey Through the Hidden World of Manufacturing" (Ecco, 2025)
Recommended by Greg LeBlanc as a classic story that will stay in print for at least 100 years.

563. How the Container Changed the World feat. Marc Levinson
Highly recommended, it goes through the history and impact of containerization.

Tim Minshall, "How Things Are Made: A Journey Through the Hidden World of Manufacturing" (Ecco, 2025)
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when discussing the history of shipping containers and the standardization they brought to global trade.


Sam Charrington

Benchmarking ML with MLCommons w/ Peter Mattson - #434
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as an example of a great book about the material aspects of supply chains.


Alexis Madrigal

The Invisible Chain that Holds Us Together (w/ Alexis Madrigal)