Into the light

Whenever I’ve felt tempted to grumble about my job over the last few weeks I’ve reminded myself that I’m not working down a Chilean copper mine. Now that this story looks certain to have a happy ending I think it’s worth reflecting on the fact that our virtual playgrounds all depend on the labour of men in the darkness deep underground, digging out the metals that build the bones of our modern world.

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