On Ingenuity

Drinks make us smarter. Despite the liquified livers, massive hangovers, and annhiliated brain cells, drinks have inspired epic societal changes throughout time. Civilized settlements. Debate. Storage techniques. Biology. Agriculture. And so on. We're radically changed by the drinks we create. So says Tom Standage, and so say I.

But in day to day life, it's nonetheless pretty rare to see anything as ingenious as these two fellows who are as determined to open a wine bottle as anyone I've ever seen. Learn from them, and learn from that drink sitting in front of you.



(You really only need to watch the first 15 and last 15 seconds of this second video to get the idea. It's a bit long.)