Obsolete technologies can also mean raw materials

tags:: #History #culture projects::@tullyVictorianEcologicalDisaster2009

[!quote|#ffd400] Highlight It is difficult to think of another once-ubiquitous industrial and domestic commodity that has been so comprehensively forgotten as this rainforest gum.

obsolete technologies can also mean building materials.

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This quote from Tully showcases how widely used gutta-percha was, and how it is incredible how it went to almost forgotten. Tully gives multiple examples of how most people in todays society, save for a few niche groups, don't even know what gutta-percha is.

This point can expand upon the topic of recent technologies quickly became obsolete, in showcasing that obsolete technologies can also mean building materials.