On Naphtha
How naphtha -- one of the first fossil fuel derivatives ever made -- played a key role in the commercialization of rubber.
Spencer Wright
Spencer Wright is the (mostly accidental) founder of Scope of Work, which he started writing (as The Prepared) in 2013. Today he serves as its editor-in-chief and chief dilettante.
On Vulcanization
On Charles Goodyear and the unlikely discovery of the vulcanization process.
On Latex
The geography and logistics of pre-industrial rubber production.
A Supply Chain in the Jungle
How did Foxconn arrive at the inaccessible heart of the Amazon rainforest?
2023-Q1 Report
Notes, 2023-04-17
Over the first five years of its existence, this newsletter averaged around six hundred and fifty words per issue, a length that the internet tells