Techquila

58: The Economy of Smartphones

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Holden and Mike join me to talk about the economy of smartphones from material mining to the end of their lifecycle and we got pretty fucking drunk doing it. --- Reach out to the podcast at: [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/Techquila) [Reddit - /r/Techquila](http://reddit.com/r/Techquila) [Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/techquilapodcast) [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4tjv7VLhOoEynTRLCWKnBw) [Twitter - @TechquilaCast](https://twitter.com/techquilacast) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TechquilaCast/) [Email - techquilapodcast@gmail.com](mailto:techquilapodcast@gmail.com) --- Citations: [The spiralling environmental cost of our lithium battery addiction](https://www.wired.co.uk/article/lithium-batteries-environment-impact) [Is your phone tainted by the misery of the 35,000 children in Congo's mines?](https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/oct/12/phone-misery-children-congo-cobalt-mines-drc) [You can’t buy an ethical smartphone today](https://www.en