The Real Cost of Plundering the Planet's Resources

Elizabeth Kolbert reviews “Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization,” by Ed Conway, and “So Much Stuff: How Humans Discovered Tools, Invented Meaning, and Made More of Everything,” by Chip Colwell.

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