Pick a commodity that you use in your everyday life Try to i

Pick a commodity that you use in your everyday life. Try to imagine and reconstruct how many different people, and relations between people, were necessary for you to have the use of that commodity (cup of coffee, bowl of cereal, suntan lotion, shoe etc.). How wide is the social web that this ordinary product (and consumption of that product) connects you to? How (if at all) does this change the way you see yourself and your relationship to the world?

Solution

Milk.

It is the commodity we use like other people- our neighbours ,relatives, friends, coleagues , other members of the society use for different preparations like, milk shakes, tea, coffee, ice creams, corn flakes etc.

This commodity has connected us with different set of people starting from the person from whom we buy the milk (milkman) to the other people such as our neighbours, relatives or other members of the society whom we meet at the same store everyday often to collect milk. This commodity has also connecyed us with our neigbours in other ways. If some day we are out of milk at home, we would definity visit our next door neigbours home to borrow some milk for preparing tea or coffee. This commodity has connected us with other people who uses same brand of milk with home we can discuss about the quality, taste, preprations etc. We have became friendly with other people and have gud chats with other people be it in our neighbourhood or at departmental store. The chat begins with milk and runs to other things.

This commodity has linked us with milkions of other people in a large social web. All the people who uses this commodity are connected with each other one way or the other.