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We've come a long way from the days of unloading individual items from ships by hand. The NPR Planet Money podcast had a great show on the invention of shipping containers: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/12/04/248883212/episo...

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Levinson's The Box is also a great read on the topic. Many of the issues associated with adopting containers such as standards and existing workers apply to many areas of technology as well.

The Box was an excellent read

The Omega Tau podcast on container shipping is fascinating, as well: http://omegataupodcast.net/2014/04/146-container-shipping/

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