{"product_id":"dirt-water-and-chips-the-real-economy-behind-the-digital-illusion-9798198444508","title":"Dirt, Water, and Chips: The Real Economy Behind the Digital Illusion","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert Geissler\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Economics - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe algorithm runs on a server. The server runs on a chip. The chip is made from materials extracted from the earth, refined with water, and fabricated in a single factory on a geopolitically contested island. The workers who built that factory are fed by farms that still run on soil, sunlight, and fertilizer derived from natural gas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing in the digital economy has been transcended. The physical foundation has merely been pushed out of sight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDirt, Water, and Chips\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the physical infrastructure that modern civilization cannot function without. Robert F. Geissler examines three critical sectors - agriculture, water and infrastructure, and semiconductors - tracing the economics, the geopolitics, and the concentration of control that is reshaping each of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside you will find: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy chronic water underpricing is draining aquifers that took millennia to fill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow four companies control the global grain trade - and what that means for food security\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy TSMC's dominance in Taiwan is the single greatest supply chain vulnerability in the world economy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat the CHIPS Act actually buys, and whether it is worth the cost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere the energy-water-food nexus creates the most consequential investment opportunities of the coming decade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe physical economy has been under analyzed, undervalued, and dangerously underinvested. \u003ci\u003eDirt, Water, and Chips\u003c\/i\u003e gives you the framework to see it clearly - and act on it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890500845719,"sku":"9798198444508","price":847.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798198444508.webp?v=1781180278","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dirt-water-and-chips-the-real-economy-behind-the-digital-illusion-9798198444508","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}