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There is a trillion dollar treasure sitting at the bottom of the ocean.  And I’m not talking about shipwrecks or pirate’s gold. I’m talking about these… Those little black rocks are baseball sized deposits of metal used to make batteries. Nickel, cobolt, copper, manganese. Without these metals, we can’t make phones, electric cars, or any of the technology we envision for the future.  And those little metal balls are just sitting there, at the bottom of the ocean in this one zone in the middle of the Pacific. But here’s the problem…getting those metal balls, is a bit tricky. There are tons of countries with ships circling and researching this zone. And it’s super unclear who has the rights to what, how it will benefit humanity, and the process for mining without disturbing the ocean environment. Apparently there is a ton of international conflict about this. But here’s the part I found most interesting… The group that’s in the lead to harvest all these metals is called The M...

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