I strongly recommend you buy and read her book (which sticks to fascinating histories of fabric, not techno-futurism).

I've been recommending "The Fabric of Civilization" by @vpostrel to basically anyone who will listen. It's an incredible read for anyone who cares about economies and cultures and how they change and grow...

My September book award goes to the masterpiece by @vpostrel The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World [link] It is filled with so much history & so many stories I'd never seen in any other book. A book to be joyfully read & re-read.

A fascinating, surprising and beautifully written history of technology, economics, and culture, told through the thread of textiles, humanity's most indispensable artefacts. I loved it.