Re: [microsound] iConsume [reflux]

[Kyle Klipowicz <kyleklip@xxxxxxxxx>]

Planned obsolescence is one of the prime factors in perpetuating
needless and inflationary debt in (at least U.S.) society.

If consumer goods were made of a consistently higher quality (remember
those VCR's from the late 1980s?), then people wouldn't buy as many,
and there wouldn't be a need to constantly push these products, thus
causing many financial sectors to crumble (because they rely on
consumer debt, fueled by marketed 'desire' as a crutch to support
their industries).

It makes me wonder if this strategy is a big part of why North
American auto companies are biting the big one now: people prefer the
quality of a car that lasts 300k miles as opposed to 100k miles.

Is it any wonder why the two growing industries in the US right now
are financial services, and the medical field? Both are indelibly
linked to consumer debt, in fact, rely upon it to fill their coffers.

Of course, I'm not an economist. These are just vague thoughts, not a thesis.

~Kyle

On 2/15/07, Xdugef <info@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Gee is it any wonder that half the equipment I buy now was released an
> average of 5 years or more prior.
>
> I recently had to replace my 6 year old Nokia after I threw on the
> ground one too many times and instead of opting for a new phone that
> would have way more features, cost more and break much quicker I got
> the nokia that was closest to the one I had.
>
> Actually I had been meaning to buy a used nokia like the one I had
> because I had allready spare parted out another like it my girlfriend
> had owned but since I was suddenly SOL with no phone I had to go to the
> store to replace it the same day. But I liked the old one better..
> maybe I will still buy a old used one.
>
> Anyway planned obsolescence sucks we live in a disposable culture.
> Gizmodo heralds it's regress.
>
>
> --- Kim Cascone <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > http://tinyurl.com/ytj4vk
> >
> >
> >
>
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