What's the Pattern of New Technology?

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Plastic is overwhelmingly prevalent in today's society. It's in basically everything you use and, by some accounts, even pollutes your body right now. But if we didn't have plastic, society would look much different than it does today. In part 1 of our two-part episode on plastic, Geoff and Hunter explore the history of how and why plastic was even invented and some of the uses of plastic in our everyday lives.