Dr. Ed Tori thanks everyone behind a single package: factory workers, drivers, software developers, mechanics, farmers, and the rain and soil that made it possible. A reminder that your purchase depends on thousands of invisible people and systems.
As I picked up that package and I reflected on all of the things that occurred for that package to arrive, thank you to the factory workers who crafted each piece. Thank you to the hands that packed the box, that sealed it with tape, and that printed the label. Thank you to the people who wrote the code so that add to cart actually works. And that as my data streamed through, that my personal data and my financial data was relatively secure. Thank you to those coders. Thank you to the drivers who wake up early, who might miss their kids' games or dinners or time with family, or may not have a family. Thank you to those drivers who worked those long hours. Thank you to the sorters and the loaders and the forklift drivers. Thank you to the ones who work at the conveyor belts. Thank you to the mechanics who kept the trucks in order. Thank you to the tire makers and the metal workers. Thank you to the teachers who taught them. Thank you to the parents and the caregivers who raised them. Thank you to the farmers who fed them. And thank you to the source of rain and sun and soil and all that is good in the world and all that makes this stuff possible. To all of you, I see you, I appreciate you, and I thank you.
