When we flip a switch and flood a room with light, it feels almost magical. Yet behind this everyday miracle lies a hidden infrastructure: vast power grids, burning fuels, nuclear reactors, and fragile networks that stretch across our cities. But what if light could be alive? What if instead of wires and bulbs, we invited…
Part I: Beneath The Surface – Congo's Cobalt Curse
Every device in your hand - your phone, your laptop, your electric car - is powered by a silent tragedy. Its heart, the lithium-ion battery, depends on a metal that flows from the depths of the earth in one of the most tormented places on the…