Plastic
Patented: History of Inventions
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Heather Davis is a professor of media and culture at the New School in New York. She has pondered these very questions for a long time. We've covered three different inventions or beginnings in our chat today. First we talk about the emergence of plastics, where did it come from? Next we move on to the birth of our culture of disposable plastic. And finally there's the possibility of new forms of life emerging as a result of the changes plastics have made to the planet.
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