The photo here is from the photos I have taken in my wanderings. This was on a mid-summer day in Anchorage, Alaska, now almost three years ago. I think it was not long after I had read Levinson's book, and when I walked out of the motel and saw stacks of containers at a distance, well, I had to take a photo! No zoom nothing in my simple camera ...
With this week, we wrap up the Levinson text as well. I bet from now on you won't ever see the "box" the same way again. When you see that long freight train with containers after containers, you will recall the text, this class, and then you will swing by the post office and mail me a check for $5,000!
Levinson winds up the discussions with some wonderful summaries of the previous chapters. Even now, when I read how much everybody underestimated the impacts that containerization was going to have, I am reminded of Yogi Berra's succinct summation that "it is tough to make predictions, especially about the future."
To add an epilogue of sorts, I have included the news item about the Panama Canal's expansion.
I will leave it relatively unstructured for your comments and observations. I do expect your posts to be substantive, with facts and evidence, and with as minimal repetition and as much continuation of threads as possible.
Enjoy the Valentine's Day weekend, everybody.
