Here's Why the Supply Chain Is Screwed

The future is . . . containers!

Container ships anchored outside of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach October 2, 2002 in Long Beach, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

1. Containers

Our modern world is built in large party by invisible pieces of infrastructure.

An example: Elish Otis invented the safety elevator. Without him and without his device, the topography of urban bu…