<h4 style="padding-top: 20px">Who would think it wasn't going to last forever?</h4>

<p>The mines of Cornwall, England operated for over 4000 years. Then, after these four millenia of continuous human endeavour, the entire industry became extinct in little more than a single generation. When the end came, it was unexpected, swift and brutal...</p>

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<p><em>Listen, above, or <a href="http://www.ntyessays.com/articles/003-the-collapse-of-the-cornish-tin-mines" rel="nofollow">read the essay instead</a>.</em></p>

Who Will Be Our Fred Terman?

The Not There Yet podcast is a ongoing series of short essays covering a wide range of subjects from the perspective of the third decade of the 21st century. They are intended to be thought provoking, challenging, skeptical and hopefully funny once in a while. They are sometimes conventional in nature and others are a little more experimental. They cover science, history, sports, technology, philosophy or just about whatever subject comes to mind. Sometimes they look forward, other times they look back. They will not, however, take up a lot of your time and will be told in an interesting and accessible way.