While many people think that things are complicated which are in fact simple, a number of simple things are rather complicated.
Take for examples balloons.
Spoons appeared to be simple eating utensils, however they can present the user with a series of complex decisions that can confound even the sharpest minds.
Want does it take to make a spoon? It takes intellectual property.
From the conversion of raw materials into a finished product we see a series of complex manufacturing processes that are truly staggering.
Mining the medal for a simple spoon and that will be used in a diner takes an enormous orchestration of resources.
Mining for minerals requires property rights, technology patents and transportation logistics - not to mention the intricacies of labor acquisition and negotiation.
Consider the payroll of a typical Mining wart exploration company.
Next those raw materials need to be transported to a forge so that they can be extracted and refined.
Because steel is not mind it must be created in a steel plant.
Next the blocks of steel must be purchased in a market environment.
Here to consider the magnitude of the commodities market.
There are thousands of financial instruments, individuals and institutions involved along the way.
A spoon manufacturer requires tooling and machinery which in itself must be created and manufactured from raw materials using labor, intellectual property, and exploits the law of the land.
Finally the spoon is created but now must be delivered to a wholesaler who will take that spoon and group it with other spoons just like that spoon and perhaps create a spoon catalog.
A spoon-a-log if you will.
That spoon catalog must be created using the talents of graphic artist, website developers and paper manufacturers and printers.
If that spoon catalog is going to be mailed then we now involves the postal system.
That simple spoon in front of you is not so simple after all now is it? I hope you've learned a thing from this.
Spoons are not as simple as you might think.