[wskinner]

I share your sense of wonder at everyday objects. The essay “I,Pencil” captures this rather poignantly.

https://cdn.mises.org/I%20Pencil.pdf

[CTDOCodebases]

Thanks for posting this. I saw a video[0] with Milton Friedman in it that quoted this essay but didn't understand it's origin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67tHtpac5ws

[buildsjets]

Very interesting. I had never seen that, but had seen this other essay which is clearly based on it, which supposes the complications that might arise if the FAA required pencils to certified for aviation use. I think it's a lot funnier than I, Pencil.

http://www.rstengineering.com/rst/articles/tsodpencil.pdf

[GeorgeTirebiter]

Whenever I think of "I, Pencil", for some reason, I think of John Wick.