21 min listen
The story of the Lomi, and how our technology handles death and decay
FromThe Big Story
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22 minutes
Released:
Jul 7, 2022
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(This is part four in a five-part series called Interconnected, detailing how technology is changing humanity.)The Lomi is a high-tech composter made by a Canadian company. It looks elegant and sleek. It claims to turn your leftover organic waste into compost, with no mess, no smell and no need to feel "gross"—which is how it assumes everyone feels about garbage.But does it work? Will its compost actually do for your plants what regular, messy organic waste does? Or does it sanitize the process and remove the mess, but also the life? This is a look at how modern technology deals with death and decay, two things that humans have been trying to avoid for a very, very, very long time.GUEST: Tynan Stewart, independent journalist based in Fort Worth, Texas. Tynan wrote about how the Lomi, a plastic composting gadget exemplifies tech’s desire – and failure – to smooth away imperfections of life and death for Real Life Magazine.
Released:
Jul 7, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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