The global web of gratitude hidden in your morning cup
In short: What if you personally thanked everyone involved in your morning routine? A.J. Jacobs embarked on a global quest to trace the supply chain of his coffee, discovering the vast, unseen human effort required for a single cup.
In this talk, A.J. Jacobs recounts his journey to express gratitude to every individual responsible for his morning coffee. This mission led him on a globe-trotting expedition that eventually resulted in more than one thousand individual thank-yous.
Through this process, Jacobs realized that his daily ritual relies on hundreds of people whom he previously took for granted. The experience provided him with profound, life-altering wisdom regarding our interconnectedness with the world.
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