alt Hacker NewsLithium seems like a weird one to add to that list. It definitely hasn’t been important for thousands of years. Potassium or Nitrates are a more likely addition.
Lithium seems like a weird one to add to that list. It definitely hasn’t been important for thousands of years. Potassium or Nitrates are a more likely addition.
Excellent point. I suspect it's more a nod to its recent importance --- bought the book for my ebook reader when it was on sale, but it hasn't gotten to the top of the to be read stack yet --- should probably accelerate that.