MichaelPollen, bestsellingauthorofbooksonplantpharmacologyexplainswhy a verystrongcasecanbemadethatcaffeinecontributedtotheenlightenmentandtheageofreasonandtheindustrialrevolution, allofwhichrequiredustothinkinmuchmorefocusedlinearterms.
Sotherewerecoffeehousesdedicatedtoliteratureandwritersandpoetswouldcongregatethere, therewas a coffeehousededicatedtosellingstockandthatturnedintotheLondonstockexchange.
It's nothardtosee a throughlinefromcoffeecupworkerskeepingupwiththepaceofthemachinesinthefactoriesTotheriseofofficecultureandtheestablishmentofthecoffeebreakinthe 1950s, Caffeinehasmade a superproductive.
Wehavecreated a worldinwhichcaffeineisindispensableandthereforethecoffeeplantandtheteaplantareindispensableandwe'vecreatedexactlytheworldtheyneedinwhichtothrive.