Reading for @longnow curriculum: "Seven Centuries of Energy Services" [pdf] https://www.pressestelle.tu-berlin.de/fileadmin/a70100710/Medieninformationen/2007/Pearson_and_Fouquet_7_Centuries_Light_En_Jnl_2006v27-01-a07.pdf … ht @andreasligtvoet cc @michael_nielsen
@futuryst Don't remember if I mentioned this to you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies … Might be fun to dig into for the class.
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@michael_nielsen We touched on the topic, I don't remember the Wikipedia article. Anyway great angle - thanks! -
@futuryst Incidentally, the oldest company - Kongo Gumi - went out of business in 2006 :-( Tonne of interesting articles on it around then.
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