<p>The Toaster Project is an example of how we often fail to notice the complexity of our modern world. When you buy a toaster, you don&#39;t think about everything that has to happen before it appears in the store. You aren&#39;t aware of the iron being carved out of the mountain or the oil being drawn up from the earth.</p><p>We are mostly blind to the remarkable interconnectedness of things. This is important to understand because in a complex world it is hard to see which forces are working for you as well as which forces are working against you. Similar to buying a toaster, we tend to focus on the final product and fail to recognize the many processes leading up to it.</p>