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- Silk is one of the oldest technologies on earth
- elements of our poems relate back to keeping pace of produciton in weaving
- the tools are not tech they are tools to be used in a social context
- was made in India by the 3rd century BCE
- China and Egypt where doing it long before then too
- Let to China and Rome being liked through the silk road specifically for the trade of silk
- led to the black death getting to europe in the 6th century
- wasn't industrialized yet, it was done in people's homes
- even up until the 16th century it was a 2 person job
- was still mostly a man's job