The Critical Element
A critical element
Elements of Criticality
An element of criticality

Phosphor. Helium. Tantalum. Holmium. Indium. Some elements are rare these days. They existed in abun- dance for about fourteen billion years, until they recent- ly became ‚critical‘, due to excessive mining and their fundamental role within the global economy. This is, what critical means: The elements are as rare as they are fundamental to the way we live.Take Phosphor. Phosphor emerged, when stars exploded. After oating through the universe for half an eternity, it became one of the basic elements of all life on earth. To withdraw it from the life-cycle, it is usually harvested by distilling faeces until they start to gleam - or can be used as fertilizer and preservatives to feed the world. The international phos- phor-based food industry that arose in the twentieth cen- tury is about as fundamental to the world economy as oil. That‘s what criticality also means: Elements that provide a perspective on that, what is. By the way, Holmium was named after Stockholm. Whatever that means.

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