Sight is Limited by Context. Plate Tectonics: Cutting Edge Industrial Age Engineering This 2nd Episode of Earthloaf podcast delves deeper into the historical precedent for the design of seafloor spreading and tectonic subduction models of continental motion. Born into the 2nd Industrial Revolution, when the hottest tech of the time was laterally oriented, conveyor belt, assembly machines, Harry Hess, father of tectonics, was trained in engineering and geology. Now that were in the Technical Age where fiber optics, nano and satellite technology, the tectonic process seems dated to the Industrial relics of the 19th Century. Coincidentally, the rise of fossil fuels is also tied to the Industrial Revolution.