Cobalt mines in the Congo // Smartphone

Dropping this here as future reference when discussing the role of the designer in a globalised economy. Should also be useful for a discussion of ethics, recycling, and other new-tech related issues.

Also, find below the Facebook video for comparison. Rather than sticking to "straight journalism" like we see in the YouTube video (thought it's still going for the heartstrings), the Facebook video below is all depressing music and emotive words, which is entirely the reason I have Facebook autoplay videos disengaged!

https://www.facebook.com/skynews/videos/1659591590722098/