Conversation

Just saw someone astonished that the raw materials used to make a smartphone are worth $1-$2.

Then they went on a ramble about how billionaires are destroying the planet to line their pockets.

I agree with the sentiment, but there’s absolutely no direct correlation between the initial fact and the exposed opinion.

The industrial processes needed to go from $1-$2 of materials (in bulk!) to the individual electronic devices multi-capable we are familiar with and retailed for $200-$1000 apiece are a little more complex than mixing them up over moderate heat.

Now it’s my turn to be astonished that you can somehow make this logical jump from an irrelevant fact and arrive at another opinion I hold.