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Sometimes a single unlikely idea can have massive impact across the world.
Sir Harold Evans, the author of They Made America, describes how frustration drove Malcom McLean, a small-town truck driver, to invent the shipping container.
Containerization was born, and it transformed the modern global economy.
(Launching a series on Inventions that Shaped History)
“How Containerization Shaped the Modern World” was animated by Sunni Brown (http://www.sunnibrown.com)