Articles 2026
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‘The UPS Man’: All in the Delivery
The Wall Street Journal, October 24, 2026
Review of The UPS Man: James E. Casey and the Creation of Modern Logistics by Marc Levinson
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Virtual Worlds
Works in Progress, September 08, 2026
10 Mins The massively multiplayer online game was created in the 1980s.
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How Amsterdam invented the fire department
Works in Progresss, July 01, 2026
Two Dutch brothers invented a system that transformed a city previously ravaged by fires,
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Engineering the Disposable Diaper
Works in Progress, April 24, 2026
Benjamin Spock told mothers in the mid-twentieth century to buy six dozen cloth diapers and a covered pail. Within a decade, both were obsolete.
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How TV learned to sell itself
Sports solved a problem that nearly killed television.
Works in Progress, March 11, 2026