The World in a Grain of Sand

Developing Sand Alternatives

When William Blake wrote the phrase “to see the world in a grain of sand” in 1803, one wonders whether he could have fathomed that, deep into the future, the world as an economic entity would one day quite literally pivot on the availability of that grain of sand—the availability of which is currently in the balance.

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Developing Sand Alternatives

When William Blake wrote the phrase “to see the world in a grain of sand” in 1803, one wonders whether he could have fathomed that, deep into the future, the world as an economic entity would one day quite literally pivot on the availability of that grain of sand—the availability of which is currently in the balance.

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