I, Pencil, By Leonard E. Read
I, Pencil by Leonard E. Read is an essay narrated by a wooden pencil describing its humble beginning and all about its life. The real message behind the pencil is to show how complex social coordination is. The point is to compare the creation of a pencil to social coordination. And how both are very complicated. Every part of the making process of the pencil is equally important and necessary. Loggers are the people who cut down the trees, gather the wood, ship them, cut the wood, clean, and dry out the wood. Eventually, this will be the pencil body, which is necessary. Without the body of a pencil, there could be no pencil at all. Therefore, the loggers, who deal with the wood, are essential for making a pencil. Graphite or zinc miners are